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A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children

by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateChildren's39 chapters
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39 chapters
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About this book

Two brothers, True and Untrue, set out to earn their living, but betrayal leaves True blind and alone in a dark forest. As night falls, he encounters a strange meeting of animals who share magical secrets that could change the fate of a distant king and his daughter.

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Contents

39 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02NOTICE.
03TRUE AND UNTRUE.
04THE OLD DAME AND HER HEN.
05EAST O’ THE SUN AND WEST O’ THE MOON.
06BOOTS WHO ATE A MATCH WITH THE TROLL.
07BOOTS, WHO MADE THE PRINCESS SAY, “THAT’S A STORY.”
08THE TWELVE WILD DUCKS.
09THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY.
10THE FOX AS HERDSMAN.
11THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL.
12PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL.

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