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This book tells popular legends from the British Isles, including the legend of the unicorn appearing in a forest and befriending a girl, the story of a child kidnapped and his father's rescue of him, and a legend about a protective dog. It also describes ghost stories related to certain castles in the British Isles that still exist today. The author recommends the book as interesting and informative about British Isles culture and vocabulary.
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Tales of the alhambra celia garcía
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2. Don Vincent is a poor student in love with Emmeline. He meets a soldier with a treasure but to open it they need a maiden and fasting, so they call Emmeline. The soldier then locks them in to escape.
3. King Aben Habuz rules Granada and fears enemies. An astrologer helps him with magic but demands the princess, so the king has him make a garden but the astrologer takes the princess.
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1) A Chinese folktale about a mother who sends her son across the sea to his father in Japan on the back of a fish.
2) An Eastern European folktale about two sisters - one rewarded and one punished by a fairy for their treatment of her.
3) A folktale from Hans Christian Andersen about villagers searching for the source of a mysterious bell sound in the forest.
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A doorman found a hat and goose, giving the hat to Sherlock Holmes and keeping the goose. He discovered a blue diamond in the goose and took it to Sherlock. Sherlock investigated and met a man shouting at Mr. Breckinridges about his stolen goose. The man confessed to hiding the blue diamond in the goose after stealing it, and giving the goose to his sister, who then sold it to Mr. Breckinridges.
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