When he arrived in this world, many familiar stories had yet to begin: Sleeping Beauty had not yet been born, the magic lamp lay buried at the bottom of a treasure vault, Snow White’s father had ju...
Appendix: Stories in this book
Grimm's Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White
Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Tinderbox, The Little Match Girl, The Little Mermaid
One Thousand and One Nights: "Four Colored Fishes" and "Aladdin's Magic Lamp"
Others: The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Wizard of Oz, The Happy Prince, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio: Planting Pears
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