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3) Cinderella
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With the help of her fairy godmother, a beautiful young woman mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters attends the palace ball where she meets the prince whom she marries.
6) Cinderella
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Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown, and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving only a single glass slipper, the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending! Bonus features included.
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With a kiss, a sleeping princess is awakened from her cursed sleep. Charles Perrault's "The Sleeping Beauty" and the Brothers Grimm's "Little Briar Rose" tell the tale of a beautiful princess and a peaceful kingdom that fall under the spell of a jealous fairy bent on revenge.
The story of the Sleeping Beauty has enchanted the young and the young-at-heart for centuries, and has served as the inspiration for numerous adaptions, including the
...11) Puss in Boots
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A poor young man gains a fortune and meets a beautiful princess when his cat outwits an evil giant.
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La Bella Durmiente es la historia de una joven niña que se llama Aurora. Al nacer ella, para celebrar se da una gran fiesta. Cuando la están bautizando, aparece el hada maléfica que enojada por no ser invitada a la fiesta, le echa un maleficio. Este maleficio consiste en que a los 16 años se picará y morirá.
14) Barba Azul
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Un hombre rico es evitado por las mujeres a causa de su barba azul. Un día le pide a una vecina distinguida alguna de sus hijas en matrimonio, las cuales se pasan el compromiso una a la otra, por rechazo al aspecto de Barba Azul. Pero finalmente la hermana menor accede atraída por la vida opulenta que le ofrece el ricachón.
Un día Barba Azul anuncia que partirá en viaje de negocios y entrega todas las llaves de la casa a su nueva esposa, incluida...
15) Pulgarcito
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Pulgarcito es un cuento escrito por Charles Perrault y publicado en 1697 en un recopilatorio de cuentos titulado Cuentos de antaño.
El cuento nos narra la historia del diminuto Pulgarcito, un niño del tamaño del dedo pulgar de la mano. Aún así, era muy listo, y vemos como de manera ingeniosa escapa de numerosas peripecias que le ocurren en su viaje, mientras intenta conseguir fortuna para sus padres.
Este audiolibro cuenta, además de la...
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Little Red Riding Hood is a young girl, so called because of the red cloak she wears. One day her mother asks her to take some food to her sick grandmother, who lives in a clearing in the nearby forest. On the way to her grandmother, she meets an apparently friendly wolf, and since she has many friends in the animal kingdom, she sees no harm in stopping to talk with him. But the wolf is not as he appears to be! The wolf has sinister plans, and Little...
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Beloved fairy tale author Charles Perrault published the first known version of The Tales of Mother Goose in 1697, under the French title Histoires ou contes du temps passés, avec des moralités. The collection includes "The Sleeping Beauty", "Little Red Riding Hood", and "Cinderella", as well as many others that would go on to become adored favourites, several of which are thought to be inventions of Perrault himself. The stories
...18) Little Thumb
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Once upon a time there was a woodcutter and his wife, who had seven children, all boys. The eldest was but ten years old, and the youngest only seven. They were very poor, and their seven children were a great source of trouble to them because not one of them was able to earn his bread. What gave them yet more uneasiness was that the youngest was very delicate, and scarce ever spoke a word, which made people take for stupidity that which was a sign...
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In order to provide English learners with extensive reading pleasure, it consists of jewels that span the East and West, from literary works of famous writers such as Aesop's fables, Andersen, Shakespeare, and picture brothers to traditional fairy tales from all over the world.
20) Blue Beard
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Once upon a time there was a man who had fine houses, both in town and country, a deal of silver and gold plate, carved furniture, and coaches gilded all over. But unhappily this man had a blue beard, which made him so ugly and so terrible that all the women and girls ran away from him.