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November 2010
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We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own ways,...
– Neil Gaiman (via eightyninedreams)
March 2010
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Should the people always live, or should they die? They had some difficulty in...
– From a Blackfoot story on the Order of Life and Death.
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Under each arm he carries an umbrella; one of them, with pictures on the inside,...
– From Ole Lukøje, a tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
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February 2010
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Then the doll’s eyes began to shine like fireflies, and suddenly it became...
– From Vasilissa the Beautiful, a Russian fairy tale.
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One evening as she was dancing, twirling around lighter than air with her feet...
– From Rhodopis, an Egyptian tale and the earliest known version of the story we know as Cinderella.
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Once in Ceylon some fools tried to carry off a well because they looked into the...
– “The Death of Giufà,” a Sicilian folktale that can be read right here.