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Don't Test the Princess!

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This story is called Don't Test the Princess! by Madeline Walton-Hadlock. This story is a twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea. This is a LibraryCall recording. Once upon a time, a young prince named Maximus decided the time had come for him to marry a princess. But he wasn’t interested in marrying just any princess. He wanted to marry a truly-true princess. Maximus made a list of all the qualities he believed a truly-true princess should have.

The Golden Fish

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THE GOLDEN FISH by Brothers Grimm Once upon a time...a poor fisherman lived in a humble cottage near the sea. One day, he set off as usual with his load of nets to go fishing. "Don't you dare come home empty handed!" shouted his wife from the door. Down on the shore, he had just thrown the nets into the sea, when something glittering in the meshes caught his eye. "What a strange fish!" he said to himself, picking up a golden yellow fish. And his amazement grew when he heard the fish say these words: "Kind fisherman, let me go free!