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Little kids ride tricycles.
Little Mouse wanted to buy a valentine card.
Long ago and far away there lived a peasant who had two sons.
Long ago, Beatrix the butter maid and her best friend, Gerda the cow, lived in a cozy cottage in a happy valley.
Long ago by the sands of the Nile River a great Egyptian queen gave birth to her last son.
Long ago, in a faraway land, the people forgot how to get along together.
Long ago, in a land southwest of sunrise, there was a valley with a slow river winding and tall mesas all around.
Long ago in Cambodia, a young couple sat in peace.
Long ago in Kampuchea, a man and a woman lived on the edge of a lake.
Long ago there lived a king so greedy and selfish that he made everyone else miserable.
Long ago, there were three witches.
Long ago, when Ireland was all untamed, the greatest captain and pirate of the age sailed forth from Connaught in the west.
Long before my mother was born, her aunts owned a store in a small village in Maine.
Long before recorded time, there lived the Twins, Monster Slayer and Child Born of Water.
Long, long ago, before the Two-Legged walked the Earth, the weather was always warm and the animals were always happy.
Long, Long ago, in a land far, far away--but much closer than you may think--there lived a king whose priorities were all mixed up.
Long, long ago--when fairy tales were young--every bear could change into a prince, and every princess could change into a bear.
Long years ago in ancient Japan, there lived an old man who was known by the name of Kichei.
Look at this kangaroo.
Look, everybody! I've got a new paint box. Come with me and I'll show you the colors...
Lots of people on Wilson Street but Nana and little Joe are always the first ones up.
Louis James skipped school again.
Luke got a little blue airplane from Uncle Mitch.
Luz awoke and looked out the window.
Ma Goodness she's coming a-skippity skoppetty
skippity skoppetty
skippity skoppetty
Ma Goodness she's coming a-skippity skoppetty
All doon the hill.
Madeleine...A wild and turbulent storm took control of my hot-air balloon and sent me far off course.
Mae Morgan lived with her mum and dad and her big brother Frankie in the flats on the corner of Trotter Street.
Maggie's aunts hated Christmas
Mama and I stand well back from our window, looking down.
Mama peeks out through the gingham curtains, and we hear her murmur, "One of these days, I'm going to retire from housework, and thing swill change around here."
Mama's packed our supper, the sheep are in their pens, it's time to go and visit the Seminole Indians.
Many years ago, in a railroad station high in the mountains, there lived a stationmaster named Wassil and his little daughter, Malina.
Many years ago, Mexico was ruled by Porfirio Diaz.
Many years ago, when my brother and I were small, Mom let us spend the summer with our Gramma and Grampa Gaw on their farm in Michigan.
Many years ago, when only birds dared to fly, there lived a little Old Man.
Marshall McGumbo, until he turned nine, would play Piggyback Ninja on his father's spine.
Martha noticed a little box on George's kitchen table.
Martha was always a great communicator.
Martin Crumpet plays the trumpet all day from dawn till dark.
Martin has a present.
Marty, please, can I come in?
Marty's heart was beating hard with excitement.
Marvin was going to the dentist.
Mary, Remember, and Bartholomew stood on the deck of a little boat in the very middle of dark blue ocean all around.
Matt is a tot.
Max the cat sat.
Maxie lived in three small rooms on the top floor of an old brownstone house on Orange Street.
May name is Nate the Great.
Meet the Klunks.
Meg and Ted will sled.
Melissa was a little girl who loved a good parade.
Millions and millions of years ago, when the birds and beasts first came upon the earth, the King of the Animals said: "Go and look throughout the land and find a place to live--for you may make your home wherever you choose."
Miss Crump is cross.
Miss Tibbett lived in the city.
Mittens is a pet.
Moe worked at the Frozen Cow ice cream factory.
Mom is mad at me again ,and it's all Michael's fault.
Mom said, "Sam must go."
Mom said, "You can each have half."
Mom's home.
Moonbear loves books.
More than she wanted anything else in all of Japan, Suzu wanted to hold the doll that stood in the case in her grandmother's house.
Moses went up to the mountain.
Most of all was Papa and Mama.
Most of the cats you and I know have tails.
Most people think cows are boring old munchers...Well this one isn't...This is SUPERMOO!
Mother rabbit sits by her nest under a hedge at the edge of green lawn.
Mouse creeps.
Mouse was very hungry.
Mr. Benjamin B. Bear put down his spoon and sniffed.
Mr. Griggs worked at the old post office. He was pretty old himself.
Mr. Large was getting ready for work.
Mr. Little lived in Glome, In a cozy little home. He had lived there all his life with his children and his wife.
Mr. Lunch was very good at chasing birds. In fact, he was a professional.
Mr. Panda was an artist who painted pictures all day long.
Mr. Penny loved Halloween.
Ms. Darcy's class was getting ready for a long holiday weekend.
My aunt Connie is a great artist.
My baby brother wanted to sleep with my teddy bear.
My big sisters are mean.
My brothers and I worked hard all summer in a field with furrows straight as a good man's life.
My daddy is sick in bed.
My family has a photo album with pictures of me and my big brother in every one of our Halloween costumes.
My father told me that when he was young he had traveled far from his home.
My good friend Farmer Rabbit grows tasty things each year.
My grandfather was a young man when he left his home in Japan and went to see the world.
My grandma has a lap that is big enough to hold both me and my sister--at the same time.
My house wakes up at daybreak, and makes pictures in the sky.
My Mom said I need a new suit.
My name is Chester Filbert.
My name is Orlando.
My sister, Carla, goes to school now.
Nan is sad.
Naughty Nicky thought he could do anything he wanted.
Ned, Ted, and Ed saw Jed and his red sled.
Nell ran up the hall.
Nestled in Woody's strong arms, Bud opened his eyes to his first day of spring.
Never go down to the Withering Wood!
No one went to the Malibu Zoo.
Nora, Nora, open the door, Open the door, Nora Blue.
Not so long ago in a country far around the world there lived a girl named Tara.
Not so very long ago, a terrible war began in Europe and soon spread across oceans and continents.
Now a proper house has just one ghost and the ghost who lived in the Whittaker's house was Georgie.
October 31st, 5:00 p.m. Miss Maple, Shamrock Homes, and Sam Slade, please come quickly.
Of course, the members of the Bear family, who lived in the big tree house down a sunny dirt road in Bear Country, loved each other.
Oh, Father, look, look. Here is something funny. I want to go to it.
Oh, misery! There must be a better life than this.
Oh, No! The sky is turning gray! There's no fun in a rainy day!
Old Geppetto the toymaker was kind to all the children who lived in his village, and they all loved him, too.
Old Washburn always looked at the bright side of life on Grandfather Mountain.
Old Washburn always looked at the bright side of life on Grandfather Mountain.
On a bimulous night, the sky is like lace.
On a blazing summer's day Spot and his gang are loafing about in their backyard when Spot has a bright idea.
On a dark dark hill there is a dark dark town.
On a dark dark night, on a dark dark sea, on a dark dark boat, three skeletons float...on a vacation.
On a dreadfully dark and stormy night, an egg was blown right out of its nest.
On a fine Sunday morning in May, Mr. Skola's Tourist Club hit the road again.
On a lovely spring Monday, Mrs. Calamari began her week by moving into a fine new apartment.
On a mild day, at the high end of the forest, in a thicket near a mountain meadow, a baby was born.
On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
On a warm afternoon in June 1783, Sarah Whitcher got lost in the woods.
On a warm and rumbling night in June, there were three peaceful people in a stout log home by a big mountain wood where the air softly blew through the night and the leaves on the trees.
On a winter's afternoon, in a neighborhood called Turf Lodge, great gangs of children are out and about, filling the streets.
On an island of the Nile, just before you come to the First Cataract, there once lived a princess, the youngest daughter of Pharaoh.
On August 1, 1815, when Angelica Longrider took her first gulp of air on this earth, there was nothing about the baby to suggest that she would become the greatest woodswoman in Tennessee.
On crisp blue days, when clouds are high and few, I can see the trains cross the railroad bridge down in the valley.
On Friday afternoon Wendell's parents dropped him off at Sophie's house.
On Halloween, Old Witch baked a pie.
On his birthday Fletcher Fox decided it was time to go off in the world to seek his fortune.
On max and Lucy's first fossil hunt, their grandfather, Professor Sponge, led them to an old gravestone by a stream.
On Monday morning Fox was up in a flash.
On Pebble Island, there lived three frogs: Marilyn, August, and one who was always somewhere else.
On sultry summer days at my grandma's farm in Michigan, the air gets damp and heavy.
On the banks of the river Nagara, where the long-necked cormorants fish at night, there once lived a poor widow and her son.
On the first day of April the sun was shining, birds were chirping, and a rabbit was nibbling on a bush as Robert went off to school.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a wart snake in a fig tree.
On the first day of my visit, my grandma said to me, "Today we will go to Bloomingdale's--we New Yorkers call it Bloomie's.
On the icebergs, the nights were long and the days were short.
On the island of Hawaii there is a hot dry place called the Ka'u Desert.
On the island of Limuw, where the heavens touch the sea, Hutash the earth goddess walked alone.
On the last day of school, Harriet's whole class was going to the amusement park.
Once, a long time ago, there was a boy named Ben who lived on a farm with his parents.
Once, a strapping young feller named Bubba lived on a ranch with his wicked stepdaddy and his hateful and lazy stepbrothers, Dwayne and Milton.
Once I lived with my parents, a big dog named Thunderbird, and a mean cat named Tiger in a small pink house in the middle of a lot of other small houses.
Once I wanted to be in the zoo.
Once in a far away kingdom in the Pacific Ocean lived a wise and handsome King, whose kingdom stretched far beyond what the eyes could see.
Once in a funny, odd-shaped house there lived a wee maid and a mouse.
Once in a stone house on the edge of a tangled forest lived a woodsman.
Once long ago a boy named Miguel lived in a pueblo in Mexico.
Once long ago, in a humble hut, lived Mr. Haktak and his wife, Mrs. Haktak. They were old and very poor. What little they ate came from their tiny garden.
Once, long long ago...yet somehow, not so very long...when all the animals and rocks and winds and waters and trees and birds and fish and all the beings of the world could speak...and understand one another...there began...an argument.
Once, my children, when the world was new, all words were magic words.
Once, the train station had been a very busy place.
Once there was a bee who sat on a duck.
Once there was a boar who beat around the bush.
Once there was a boy named Wilson. Wilson liked to paint pictures, and sometimes he wrote stories to go with them.
Once there was a boy with the saddest face in the world.
Once there was a dinosaur.
Once there was a family of owls that lived in a barn.
Once there was a fellow named Tooley, always grumbling about his bad luck.
Once there was a girl who lived alone on the northernmost island in all the world.
Once there was a little girl who lived in Nebraska, U.S.A.
Once there was a little boy who was afraid of the sound of a squeaky door.
Once there was a little giraffe who wanted to join the circus.
Once there was a little girl called Goldilocks. "What a sweet child," said someone new in town. "That's what you think," said a neighbor.
Once there was a triangle that was--as most triangles are--always busy.
Once there was a widower with a kind and beautiful daughter.
Once there was a wise and generous king, slow to anger and very fair.
Once there was a woodcutter who lived at the edge of the cold North Woods.
Once upon a time, a goblin lived alone in the deep forest.
Once upon a time, a thin man came down North Road.
Once upon a time, deep in a Hawaiian forest, there lived a family of three mongooses.
Once upon a time, in a faraway country, there lived a king.
Once upon a time, in a strange land called Brooklyn, a brother and sister named Myron and Sadie made the most fabulous and beautiful clothing you could imagine.
Once upon a time in the dark of the moon there was a little raccoon.
Once upon a time, in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, there was a little island called Bananaland.
Once upon a time, in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, there was a little island called Bananaland.
Once upon a time, in the old-growth forest, a band of Bigfoots lived.
Once upon a time, long before the horse and buggy had given way to the motor car, a town called Pumpkinville sprang up out in the prairies just a hoot and a holler to the right of Turkeytown and a stone's throw from the lower bend in the old Spooky River.
Once upon a time, long, long ago, when the weather was so cold as to almost freeze your toes, there arose such a dreadful fuss at North Pole, Alaska, that it almost changed the lives of every good little boy and girl in the world.
Once upon a time there lived a Goose.
Once upon a time there lived in England a charming and Godfearing vicar called The Reverend Lee.
Once upon a time there was a boy called Jack who lived with his mother.
Once upon a time there was a boy who liked to go fishing.
Once upon a time there was a colony of penguins living happily together in the Antarctic.
Once upon a time, there was a farmer's daughter named Emma who went barefoot in the summer, talked to the pigs, and liked to sit in the branches of the old cherry tree all year round.
Once upon a time there was a little boy called Hobbin.
Once upon a time, there was a little boy who played the ukelele.
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Jeremy who lived with his mother in a small house near the sea.
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Jeremy who lived with his mother in a small house near the sea.
Once upon a time there was a little boy named King Shabazz who didn't believe in Spring.
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Kate.
Once upon a time, there was a little mermaid who lived with her sisters in a castle under the sea.
Once upon a time there was a small boy called Johnny.
Once upon a time there was a swanherd, and his name was Baptiste.
Once upon a time there was an Elephant.
Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman and a little boy.
Once upon a time there were Five Chinese Brothers and they all looked exactly alike.
Once upon a time there were three fierce robbers.
Once upon a time there were two children whose names were Bonnie and Steven.
Once upon a time there were two girls who lived next door to each other.
Once, when I was very small, Grandfather lifted me up in the air.
One afternoon at an elegant garden party, young Elbert heard a word he had never heard before.
One busy morning, Mother Cat sat down and wrote a letter.
One by one or two by two--Come along, it's fun to do!
One cold, winter evening...Alfie and his little sister, Annie Rose, were ready for bed.
One cold winter morning, a woodcutter and his little dog went for a walk in the forest.
One cold winter night Baby Bear snuggled down under the bed covers and shut his eyes to go to sleep.
One dark and perilous night, three mouse explorers sailed toward a strange, uncharted island.
One dark and windy autumn night when the sun had long gone down, Mama asked my sister and me to take the road to the end of the town to get a bucket of milk.
One day (it was a Tuesday, but that doesn't matter), a witch (who wasn't a very clever witch, and that does matter) was out in the forest visiting her cookie tree.
One day a farmer in West Africa went out to gather some yams.
One day a hippopotamus followed me home from school.
One day a magician came to a small village.
One day across the lake where echoes come now an animal that needed sound came down.
One day Alfie and Mom and Annie Rose were coming home from shopping.
One day Alfie came home from nursery school with a card in an envelope.
One day Babar said to General Cornelius, Doctor Capoulosse and Podular, the sculptor: "My dear friends, we shall soon be celebrating the anniversary of the founding of Celesteville, the elephants' city.
One day, Fred painted a picture of his family.
One day, Henny Penny was picking up corn in the farmyard when--whack! An acorn hit her on the head.
One day Jill came home and Fletcher wasn't there.
One day Monster and the little boy got out of bed.
One day Mother Lion said to Father Lion, "Johnny can read."
One day my momma told me, "You know you're gonna have a little friend come stay with you."
One day, the Hungry Thing went to a restaurant.
One day the Postman brought Mary a letter from her Aunt which said...
One day Thomas' mother bought him a nice new brown snowsuit.
One fall morning Bizzy Bones and Uncle Ezra went to the far edge of the meadow to bring back seeds and nuts for winter.
One hen wants a hat.
One hungry baby, Two front teeth, Three dribbly chins with bibs underneath.
One Monday morning, the king, the queen, and the little prince came to visit me.
One morning after breakfast Tom was fooling around with his chemistry set and he invented anti-sticky.
One morning Babar said to Cornelius: "Old Friend, you who have been my constant companion through good times and bad, listen now to my wonderful news.
One morning in Hawaii a mother and father pig called their children together.
One of Mormonism's darkest hours begins as the Saints are forced to leave Missouri in the cold winter of 1838.
One, one, is the sun.
One Saturday Ernie and Bert went to the movies.
One summer day, when Andrew was five, he decided he was much too old to ride his tricycle.
One summer night Bear and his friend Little Bird sat down to watch the moon.
One summer, Uncle Ezra's card club decided to take a trip to Paris Hill.
One sun rises over Africa.
One sunny Monday in May, an old man went out with a basket in one hand and a walking stick in the other.
One sunny morning in early September, I drove to see old John Skipton at Dale Close Farm since he had telephoned to say that one of his carthorses was lame.
One sunshine morning, in the month of July, on a small green island in the blue Caribbean sea, a baby girl is born.
One time a lonely old farmer jammed some old clothes full of straw and put up a scarecrow.
One winter day, the forest lay peacefully sleeping under a thick blanket of snow.
One winter night, when a star shone brighter than the sun and moon, three brothers watched over their sheep.
Orange Oliver and his family lived on a farm in Pennsylvania.
Our house was exactly the right size for all of us.
Our house was full of secrets.
Our village has a fair where we keep a lonely rare bear.
Out in the hottest, dustiest part of town is an orphanage run by a female person nasty enough to scare night into day.
Over in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun, lived an old mother turtle and her little turtle one.
Owen had a fuzzy yellow blanket.
Owly started asking questions when he was two years old.
P.J. Funnybunny did not mean to be bad.
Papa dug coal from deep in the earth to earn a living.
Papa, is winter coming? Yes, and when winter comes, she'll touch every living thing.
Pat the cat has two hats.
Patsy and Peter and Little Bill were playing in the creek.
Patty lived on the corner of Central Street and Auburn Avenue.
Peace Crane, when the sun fell on Hiroshima, you rose like a phoenix from the fire and flew toward heaven in a flock.
Percy Pig, Junior Bear, Lenny Bunny, and their friends like playing together and having fun.
Percy the park keeper couldn't sleep.
Peter and Andrew were playing in the front yard when they heard their Grandmother calling to them.
Peter liked pennies.
Pickaxes, pickaxes swinging today, plaster clouds flying every which way.