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  2. The Lesson (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The narrator has found a way to direct her anger and spouts "ain't nobody gonna beat me at nuthin," illustrating how the two main characters choose different paths at the end of the story. This story also emphasizes that individuals who are segregated to certain environments should not be condescended to, as Miss Moore, the educated outsider ...

  3. Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child - Wikipedia

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    The story of Brothers Grimm is set in Mexico, as Hanselito and Gretelita explore a candy house where the evil witch lives. Featuring the voices of Christopher Montoya as Hanselito, Chrissy Padilla as Greteltia, Liz Torres as the Stepmother, Cheech Marin as the father, Rosie Perez as the Witch and Tito Larriva as Ricky Garbanzo.

  4. ABC Weekend Special - Wikipedia

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    A larger book in the middle of the display (with the show's title printed on the cover) magically opens, with the ABC logo printed on the first page. Various figures from literature and intertitles pop up from out of the book. The intertitles read Children's Novels for Television and Short Story Specials respectively. The series title "blossoms ...

  5. The BFG - Wikipedia

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    The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 novel Danny, the Champion of the World . The book is dedicated to Dahl's oldest daughter, Olivia, who had died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962.

  6. Lamb to the Slaughter - Wikipedia

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    In the story proper, Patrick declares that he is leaving Mary, played by Barbara Bel Geddes, for another woman. The adaptation otherwise follows the original story, with Harold J. Stone as the police detective in charge of the investigation. At the very end of the program, because network practices of the time would not allow a murderer to get ...

  7. Eudora Welty - Wikipedia

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    Welty is noted for using mythology to connect her specific characters and locations to universal truths and themes. Examples can be found within the short story "A Worn Path", the novel Delta Wedding, and the collection of short stories The Golden Apples. In "A Worn Path", the character Phoenix has much in common with the mythical bird.

  8. Unmentionable! - Wikipedia

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    However, his hair has actually saved his life because the man saw it floating in the water! The boy wakes up and sees both the man and his cousin looking down at him, only to see what the ice sculpture was based on, the fish man's cousin.

  9. Anecdote - Wikipedia

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    Gradually, the term "anecdote" came to be applied [10] to any short tale used to emphasize or illustrate whatever point an author wished to make. In the context of Greek, Estonian , Lithuanian , Bulgarian and Russian humor , an anecdote refers to any short humorous story without the need of factual or biographical origins.