The Sea-Hare - format ePub

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The bird kingdom is missing a king, so they decide to hold a contest. The one to fly the highest will be the winner. The contest starts. The eagle is about to win. And all of a sudden a wren flies out...

A man is sent to jail for beating his wife. After a while he is released and he promises to never repeat his faults. He says that a couple has to share every joy and sorrow and stay together no matter...

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The fish face a serious issue. They do not have a king. So they decide to hold a contest where the fastest fish is to be proclaimed as the new king. The herring is leading. The sole is right behind. Who...

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A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn-sacks to the mill indefatigably for many a long year. But his strength was going, and he was growing more and more unfit for work. Then his master...

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What if someone tells you that he will shave your hair and beard and will give you coal in return? It does not sound appealing, right? But what if you still agree and shortly after you see that the coal...

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Follow Piggy as he cooks up a treat for his friends in this rhyming story book.

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In the war-torn continent of Chenxing, where the strong are revered, Xia Chen was once the rising star of the Xia family, the most prominent clan in Yunyi County. He had cultivated internal energy at...

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Young Ling Luoyu was born with the Nine Suns Veins, a unique gift that endowed him with extraordinary potential but also doomed him to not live past eighteen. Every noon, his body felt as if it were inside...

The only S-class fire ability user on Earth, Lin Yu, was reborn in the Tianhuo Continent, a world where fire is revered, into the body of a fifteen-year-old boy named Xiao Yu.The original owner of this...

The only S-class fire ability user on Earth, Lin Yu, was reborn in the Tianhuo Continent, a world where fire is revered, into the body of a fifteen-year-old boy named Xiao Yu.The original owner of this...

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When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town.But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she...

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I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. 'Shoot,' I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly...

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