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Stories, Tales and Nonsense |
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Tongue Twisters |
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James Thurber: The
Little Girl and the Wolf |
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James Thurber:
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Frank Stockton, The
Lady and the Tiger |
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Saki, The Open
Window |
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Art Buchwald, The
Shock of Recognition |
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Art
Buchwald, Earth Day |
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Oscar
Wilde, The Happy Prince |
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Dorothy
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surprising stories |
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African Fairy
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The Magic Ring |
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The Tortoise Goes
On a Journey |
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The Cat and the
Rats |
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The Tortoise, the
Elephant and the Hippopotamus |
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What to Do? |
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The Jackal Foiled |
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Gratitude |
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The Bees and the
Tortoise |
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The Man and His
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The Leopard's
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Nonsense Poetry |
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by Edward Lear |
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The Chair and the
Table |
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Calico Pie |
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The
Pobble Who Has No Toes |
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The
Duck and the Kangaroo |
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The
Jumblies |
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Mr.
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The
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The
Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs |
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from and about Edward Lear |
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