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And then they lived happily, and we who hear the story are happier still.

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And the old woman who had been the prince’s nurse became nurse to the prince’s children — at least she was called so; though she was far too old to do...more

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...she has been bewitched by a wicked sorceress, and will not regain her beauty until she is my wife.''Does she say so? Well if you believe that you m...more

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Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if you do not find the happiness that ...more

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It is so delightful to teach those one loves!

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...remember that the danger that is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of.

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Madame d'Aulnoy is the true mother of the modern fairy tale. She invented the modern Court of Fairyland, with its manners, its fairies, its queens, it...more

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Again, if there are really no fairies, why do people believe in them, all over the world? The ancient Greeks believed, so did the old Egyptians, and t...more