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"A sparrow kept by a kind - hearted old woman licked some starch at the house of a cross old woman who lived next door. In a rage, the cross old woman cut out the tongue of the sparrow before it managed to fly away. Hearing of this incident, the kind…

"Battle of the Monkey and the Crab tells how the monkey tricked the crab, and how the crabs got revenge with the help of rice - mortar, pounder, bee, and egg." (The International Children's Digital Library,…

This Japanese tale retails the story of a fairy, guardian of the sea, who is expelled from the fairy-land and encounters an eight - headed serpent to save a young girl.

This Japanese tale retails the story of a fairy, guardian of the sea, who is expelled from the fairy-land and encounters an eight - headed serpent to save a young girl.

This fairy tale tells the story of a young girl whose mother gives her a special mirror.

This is the story of eighty one brothers who wish to be King and their encounters with a hare without fur in need of help.

"Hunters had slain almost all of the animals in the forest. All that were left were one badger and a mother fox with one little cub. At the end of his rope after their food ran out, the badger worked out a plan. First, the mother fox assumed human…