MINI STORY BOOK

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A duck sits on a clutch of eggs to make them
hatch. The eggs hatch one by one, and soon, there are
six yellow-feathered ducklings, chirping excitedly. The
last egg takes longer to hatch, and from it emerges a
strange looking duckling with grey feathers. Everybody
finds the grey duckling ugly, including its own mother.

The dejected duckling runs away and lives alone in
a swamp until winter comes. Seeing the duckling
starving in winter, a farmer takes pity on the ugly
duckling and gives it food and shelter at home. However,
the duckling is afraid of the farmer’s noisy children and
flees to a cave by a frozen lake.

When spring comes, a flock of beautiful swans
descend on the lake, and the duckling, which is now
fully grown, but lonely, approaches the swans, fully
expecting to be rejected. To his surprise, the swans
welcome him. He looks at his reflection in the water
and realizes that he is not an ugly duckling anymore,
but a beautiful swan. The swan joins this flock and flies
off with his new family.

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There was once a shepherd boy who watched a
flock of sheep near his village. The area was known to
have a wolf that was infamous for raiding the sheep
flock and making away with a couple of sheep. Every
villager knew of the menace and was always ready to
come to the aid of anyone who had a problem with the
wolf. But the boy overlooked this helpful nature of the
villagers, and in fact, ridiculed it. For his amusement, he
brought out the villagers, three times, by crying out for
help, saying “Wolf! Wolf!”. The ever-vigilant villagers
immediately came to help him, only to find the shepherd
boy having a hearty laugh. They were naturally upset
when he laughed at them for getting fooled.

One day, however, a wolf actually came and
started killing and eating his sheep. This time, when he
cried for help, none of the villagers came to his aid, as
they thought he was playing a prank on them again. As
a result, the wolf destroyed the shepherd’s flock.

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Once, a beautiful girl named Cinderella lived with
her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. One day,
the stepmother and stepsisters went to a ball in the
King’s palace, leaving Cinderella behind. Suddenly, a
fairy godmother appeared in a burst of light, and she
used her magic to transform Cinderella into a princess,
wearing a lovely dress and glass slippers. She also turned
a pumpkin and some mice into a carriage and horses,
respectively. Cinderella could now attend the ball.

The fairy godmother warned her that the magic
will wear off at midnight and that Cinderella should
return home before that. When Cinderella arrived at the
ball, the prince saw her, and they fell in love. They
danced until the clock struck twelve, Cinderella rushed
to her carriage, leaving one of her glass slippers behind.
The prince searched every house in town for the
mysterious girl whose foot fit into the glass slipper. He
reached the wicked stepmother’s house and found that
the shoe belonged to Cinderella. Thus, the prince and
Cinderella got married and lived happily ever after.

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There once was a merchant who got lost in a
storm and took shelter in a castle that he found. While
leaving, he plucked a rose from the garden to gift to his
daughter Belle. Suddenly, a hideous beast imprisoned
the merchant for trying to steal the rose. After pleading
to be set free. The Beast let him go, on the condition
that his daughter will take his place and live in the
castle.

The merchant returned home Belle went to live in
the castle with the Beast, in place of her father. The
Beast fell in love with the beautiful Belle, who realized
that the Beast was very good natured and not vicious.
One day, Belle asked permission to go see her father.
When she left, the Beast felt heartbroken.

When Belle returned to the castle, the Beast was
dying. She held the Beast and cried, admitting that she
loves him. All of a sudden, the Beast turned into a
handsome prince. He was cursed by a witch that he
would remain a Beast, until a woman truly loved him,
despite his hideous looks. When Belle said she loved the
beast, the curse was broken. The prince and Belle got
married and lived happily ever after.

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Once upon a time, a husband who was desperate for a
child snuck into the Witch’s garden to find the only cure for
his sickly pregnant wife. Upon getting caught by the Witch,
she promised that in exchange for all the herbs in the garden,
they must give up their first child. Rapunzel was born and
given to the witch, where she became a beautiful woman
with long locks of blonde hair. The witch locked her in a castle
with only a window and would visit every day and call up to
Rapunzel, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair".

Eventually a Prince heard her signing from the window,
and fell in love. He proceeded to watch the witch, and did the
same thing himself. Once he got to Rapunzel, they instantly
fell in love and wanted to get married. After multiple visits
from the prince, Rapunzel slipped and accidentally mentioned
the Prince. The witch cut her hair off, and sent her to live in
solitude.

When the prince came for Rapunzel, the witch let the
hair down and he came up to a surprise. The Prince then
jumped, fell into a bush, and became blind. After years of
wandering the forest, Rapunzel and the Prince found each
other. Her tears of happiness cured his blindness and they
lived happily ever after together in the kingdom.

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Once upon a time there was a kingdom whose
Queen gave birth to a beautiful girl with cheeks as
white as snow whom they called Snow White. When her
mother died, the King remarried an evil woman who was
actually a witch. The Evil Witch desired to be ‘the fairest
of them all’ but Snow White’s beauty was far greater
than hers. Jealous of Snow White's beauty, the wicked
queen orders the murder of her innocent stepdaughter.
She runs into a forest and was rescued by 7 dwarfs who
form a friendship with her.

Upon discovering that Snow White is still alive,
she disguises herself as a hag and brings a poisoned
apple to Snow White. Innocent Snow White ate the
apple and fell into a death-like sleep. The dwarfs
thought she was too beautiful to be buried and left her
in a coffin covered with flowers.

One day, a young prince passed through the forest
and saw Snow White in the coffin. Saddened by her
apparent death, he kisses her, which breaks the spell
and awakens her. The dwarfs all rejoice as the Prince
takes Snow White to his castle to get married.

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Children of a poor wood cutter, Hansel and Gretal’s
stepmother convinced their father to abandon them in
the forest as they could no longer feed them. While lost
in the forest, they find a gingerbread house with sugar
windows in which they began to eat. The old woman
living there invites them in and prepares a feast for
them.

The woman, however, was a witch who built the
house to entice children to her, so that she may fatten
them up and eat them. She cages Hansel and makes
Gretal her servant. While she prepares to boil Hansel,
she tells Gretal to climb into an over to be sure it is
ready to bake. Quick-witted Gretal guesses that the
witch intends to bake her, and tricks the witch into
climbing into the oven first, then closes the oven door
on her.

Taking the jewels from the witch’s house, Hansel
and Gretal set off to be reunited with their father,
whose wife has since died. Then all anxiety was at an
end, and they lived together in perfect happiness.

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Jack and his mother live off their cow’s milk. One
day, when the cow doesn't produce any milk, Jack is told
to go sell the cow for money and food. While on the way
to sell the cow, Jack he meets a man who says he has
magic beans that grow really tall overnight. Jack
decides to exchange the cow for the magical beans.

When Jack got home, his mother is furious and
throws the beans out the window. The next morning,
the beans had sprouted into a giant beanstalk traveling
all the way up to the sky. Jack becomes curious and
climbs up the beanstalk. There he finds a giant castle
and sees a giant woman inside. Jack begged for food as
he hasn't eaten since yesterday’s lunch. The women
gave Jack food, but when her child-eating husband
comes home Jack hides in the oven.

Once the husband falls asleep Jack escapes and
steals a bag of gold, a chicken that poops gold and a
gold harp. However, the giant husband sees Jack as he
is running out of the house and chases after him. Once
Jack gets down the beanstalk, he cuts the beanstalk
causing the giant to fall to death.

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One day, a wicked magician comes to Aladdin and says
he will pay him money for doing a small job. He also gifts him
a ring as a token of advance. He then takes him to a hidden
cave and asks him to go inside and bring him a lamp. Aladdin
finds the lamp and brings it to the opening of the cave and
started a quarrel. The magician gets angry and says magic
words that trap Aladdin inside the cave.

Aladdin absently rubs the ring on his finger, and a genie
magically appears, saying it will grant him any wish. Aladdin
asks the genie to help him get out. He takes the lamp and
goes home, telling his mother everything. The next day, his
mother rubs the lamp while cleaning it, and again, a genie
appears. It grants Aladdin and his mother anything they wish
for. They now become rich and live in comfort. Aladdin also
marries the princess of the land and lives luxuriously.

Then, the magician disguises himself and comes to the
palace, claiming to exchange new lamps for old. The princess
gives away the magic lamp, not knowing what it really is. The
magician uses the genie of the lamp to take away Aladdin’s
riches, palace and even the princess. Aladdin is in despair and
tries to find a way to get everything back. He suddenly
remembers the magic ring and uses the genie of the ring to
put things right. Aladdin then sets the genies of the lamp and
ring free and lives happily ever after with the princess.

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King Midas is a greedy and discontented man, who
loved gold more than anything else. Once, he did a good
deed for someone, and a Greek God appeared before him,
saying that he will be granted his heart’s desire for
doing the good deed. Midas wished that everything he
touched should turn into gold, instantly. Midas got
excited and went about touching random objects,
turning everything he touched into gold.

After a while, he became hungry. However, when
he touched his food, it turned to gold, and he could not
eat it. Seeing him troubled, his loving daughter threw
her arms around him to comfort him, and she, too,
turned to gold. Midas was horrified that his daughter
had become a statue of gold.

He regretted asking for the Golden Touch and
realized that he had been greedy. He cried and begged
the God to take back his wish. The God took pity on him
and asked him fill a pitcher of water from the river and
sprinkle it on all the things he wanted to change back.
He followed the instructions and changed his daughter
back to normal. From then on he stopped being greedy.

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