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The Sparrows Return
Just then the babblers set up a huge commotion. “They’re back, they’re back, they’re back!” they shouted all together. And sure enough, there they were…
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Whatever Happened to Kaga Mama?
“Goodbye, goodbye,” called the sparrows and off they flew.
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One day in her distress, she took an egg, wrapped it in cotton cloth, and put it carefully in a corner of her hut. Every day she went to look at the…
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Yeo Ka?
“I fear Fear itself, mother! Every night I hear it on our way back home at that hour that is the darkest before dawn."
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The Legend of Tomiris, Queen of the Massagetae
During the reign of the Achaemenid king of kings, Kir II, whom they also call Cyrus the Great, there lived a warrior queen of the Massagetae Saka…
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The Old Woman's Treasure
She had no family, no friends, just a nasty temper. The villagers felt sorry for her, but she was rude and rough with them. If anyone ventured near her…
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How Cuchulainn Came to Conchobar’s Court
There were a hundred and fifty young boys in the boy-troop of Emain...
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Reminiscences of an Unknown Draughtsman of the Calcutta Botanical Garden
Suddenly something thumped on my head and landed in my lap. Alarmed, I took a moment to see what it was.
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