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  2. The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack

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    Professor Dov Noy cited that variants in the Americas are found in the French, English and Spanish traditions of the continent. [ 5 ] An assessment on a global scale of international tale indexes, by Daniel J. Crowley, let him conclude that the tale type appears "among the most popular and widespread tales on Earth".

  3. On Fairy-Stories - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien was a professional philologist and an author of fantasy fiction, starting with the children's book The Hobbit in 1937. The Andrew Lang Lecture was important as it brought him to clarify his view of fairy stories as a legitimate literary genre, rather than something intended exclusively for children. [2]

  4. The Wonderful Toymaker - Wikipedia

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    Evelyn Sharp's short story "The Wonderful Toymaker" is part of a collection of fairy tales in the book, All the Way to Fairyland: Fairy Stories. The Cambridge University Press originally published the anthology in 1897. An EBook version was made available through The Project Gutenberg on 3 November 2009. [1]

  5. 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People - AOL

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    Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...

  6. The Best Inspirational Quotes to Motivate and Uplift You Out ...

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    Inspirational Quotes About Success "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll “Change your thoughts, and you change your world.”—

  7. Wish - Wikipedia

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    Wishes written on red ribbons and tied to a tree in Beihai, Guangxi, China. Several cultures engage in customs that entail wish-granting, such as blowing out the candles on a birthday cake, praying, seeing a shooting star at night, [1] tossing a coin into a wishing well or fountain, breaking the wishbone of a cooked turkey, blowing a dandelion, or writing wishes on a ribbon or a sky lantern.

  8. The Elves and the Shoemaker - Wikipedia

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    In the 2003 Christmas movie Elf, shoe making is one of the jobs for elves. Jim La Marche retold and illustrated his version of the story in 2003, published by Chronicle Books. The Grimm Variations, a 2024 Netflix anime series, features a retelling of the story. This version features a struggling novelist who wakes up to find someone has ...

  9. Long, Broad and Sharpsight - Wikipedia

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    Slavicist Louis Léger translated the tale as Long, Large et Clairvoyant, in his Contes Populaires Slaves, and indicated its origin as Czech. [2]Andrew Lang included the tale in The Grey Fairy Book, as Long, Broad and Quickeye, and A. H. Wratislaw collected it in his Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources, as Long, Broad and Sharpsight. [3]