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1. Story without End

   

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   There was a King one time & he was longing for a story that had no end & he promised his daughter in marriage to whoever would be able to tell that story but if they failed they would be beheaded. Lots of people tried their hand but though their stories were long they came to an end but at last one fellow came with a story which had no end & it went like this.

   There was a man one time who had a great barn of corn which was closed up except for one little air hole at the top about as big as a mouse hole. A little mouse found the hole &

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   Item type

   Lore

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   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Denis Doyle