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The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water
" and the hippo promised. The tortoise then shouted as loud as he was able, "Your name is Isantim," at which a cheer went up from all the people, and then they sat down to their dinner.
When the feast was over, the hippo, with his seven wives, in accordance with his promise, went down to the river, and they have always lived in the water from that day till now; and although they come on shore to feed at night, you never find a hippo on the land in the daytime.
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The Little Singing Frog - The Story of a Girl Whose Parents were Ashamed of Her
Category: Slavic Folktale
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The Girl in the Chest - The Story of the Third Sister Who was Brave and Good
Category: Slavic Folktale
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In a village there lived two men who had the self-same name. Both were named Claus. But one of them owned four horses, and the other owned only one horse; so to distinguish between them people called the man who had four horses Big Claus, and the man who had only one horse Little Claus. Now I'll tell you what happened to these two, for this is a true story.
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