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One day there lived a king and queen with their two handsome sons and their small daughter with beautiful golden hair, whom everyone who saw her loved. To celebrate her arrival, the queen invited fairies from all over the world and held a lavish feast. The fairies told the queen that Rosette would cause great misfortune to her brothers and they might meet their doom because of her—this is what appears about your little daughter. Unfortunately, we have nothing better. The king and queen were stricken with grief. ...

One day, there were three young sisters named Dafia, Peter, and Simona. The girls lived with their mother in a wooden house in the forest. Days passed, the girls grew up and became beautiful, and the house they lived in became small for them. Their mother gathered them and said to them, “The time has come for each of you to get your own house. I will give you the money your father left. You must be generous like your father was.” ...

In ancient times, there lived a righteous man who had three sons: Hamid, Hamdan, and Mahmoud. This man was poor at the beginning of his life, but he worked diligently and sincerely until he had a large trade. He also bought a piece of land that he farmed in his free time from trade, which provided him with a large income. When the man grew old, he gathered his three sons and said to them, “I have grown old, my sons, and have become unable to work. Therefore, I will leave everything I own for you to manage yourselves.” Mahmoud said to his father, “Father, I love trade, and I am skilled in it. If you leave me your trade, I will care for it and develop it.” The father agreed but stipulated that his son Mahmoud must never cheat in trade and must give out zakat money from the wealth at its appointed time. ...

One day there was an evil crow living on top of a high mountain where the winds in it produced a sound like music. And the branches were gentle and complete, so the crow was greedy, cold, and thinking all the beautiful things, and whenever she turned from food she felt constant with hunger, but her mother was generous for humans. And all who lived in the village of the monster feared this evil crow that was killing their children to eat them. And even though the birds of the village had never seen the crow while she was killing their children, they were very confident that the crow had a relationship with their children, and they were right! ...

The letter Jeem is the fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet, following the letters Alif, Ba, Ta, and Tha (أ-ب-ت-ث). It is written in several ways: at the beginning of a word as جـ, in the middle as ـجـ, and at the end as ـج. It is one of the “Lunar Letters.” In formal Arabic, it is pronounced with a strong, “mu’attasha” sound. It is a letter found in words like Jamil (beautiful), Jadd (grandfather), Jumu’ah (Friday), Jaza’ (reward), and many others. ...

It is told that once upon a time, there was a small girl named Sarah who lived in a kingdom ruled by a queen called Mili. This kingdom was called Monoli, and Sarah lived with her grandparents in Monoli with happiness. She loved her grandparents very much. She had a friend named Lucy whom she loved very much, and Sarah and Lucy worked always with happiness all the time. But in the recent past they didn’t work always because their families were exposed to a big danger. This danger was about a big villain called “Gink” who ruled by killing “a thousand” every year. And they would call his name in a “G.” And this evil deed had started by sticking to the queen of the kingdom Mili. ...

The mother sparrow left her home since early morning and headed toward the meadows to search for food to feed her three small chicks. The small chicks were standing on the roof, guarding their mother’s house. A hawk came out of the sky while their mother was searching for food, so the hawk fell from above the roof. The hawk said, crying, “O sky, I’ve fallen from the sky. How will I find my shelter now?” ...

In ancient times, there was a large farm called the duck farm. It was full of birds and geese, but the duck goose was sad and not beautiful because there wasn’t a small duck to embrace it and eat them and look after its weakness. It wished to give birth to a small duck and small geese and lay a small goose and emerge. So she looked to the sky and prayed to God Almighty, saying, “O Lord, grant me a small goose.” And because of its great begging, God Almighty granted it a small goose. It came out a day while it was on the road, found a large goose, was very happy and praised God Almighty for responding to its request and that God had granted it a goose as a reward for His grace. It went to its home with the goose while it was in a state of happiness, and all the geese and birds came to enjoy it and laughed greatly for it. ...

One day, in a place called Sari, came a merchant selling vessels and ornaments. A beautiful girl passed with her mother, and their poverty was similar. They wondered how to sell it in the same village and profit from it—if someone saw it, they would hide from me and when they sold it, they would hide from it. So they said to the boat owner, “Can you lend us your boat? We have an idea. Why don’t you transport the goods by half? You sell your goods in half and you in the other half. When you finish from your place, you two can share the profits.” They replied to him that it was a wonderful idea. Thus, the two men began and set off on their way. ...

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Rasha. Her hair was always messy, and she wore torn clothes and worn-out shoes. She lived in an old house with her parents. They often went to sleep hungry. Despite that, she never complained. She was characterized by striving to improve her life and her family’s life. Sometimes Rasha would share food with her favorite friend Jad, whose family was also poor. He would do the same as her when food was available to him. ...