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When lady Carlotta is mistaken for the Quabarl's new governess, she takes it as an opportunity to try out a few of her own teaching methods.
It is said that when a Cernogratz dies in the family castle, the wolves in the forest howl all night long ... but Baroness Gruebel, new owner of Cernogratz castle, is sceptical.
An uncle tries to interest his young nephews in some experimental non-violent toys.
A domineering wife and mother unobtrusively and inexplicably vanishes.
A small grocery store comes up with an ingenious way of competing with the big city shops.
Two half-brothers - one a farmer, the other an artist - come to blows over their differing aesthetic viewpoints.
A sweet-voiced but lonely bird finds refuge with an isolated statue.
A dramatic confrontation between two sworn enemies in a generation-old land dispute.
When his wife's dog begins to shift the balance of power in their relationship, Mr Strudwarden resolves to take extreme measures.
A newly imported King of England finds a harsh - but effective - way of dealing with the country's feminists.
The great king Hkrikros - a devout worshiper of the sacred and esteemed serpants - depairs as his favourite nephew begins to show signs of Christianity.
Clovis is sceptical that the Baroness' hunting story will be as unusual as promised.
When Clovis overhears a middle-aged man bemoaning the lack of excitment in his life, he decides to help out. And then some.
Revealing the dangers of giving previously dumb animals the power of speech. Especially cats.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
"It's at the ranch, on the other side of the farm, in those mountains. All we need to do is catch it. Can you imagine how much we can sell it for?
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
Berry liked movies. Correction, he loved them.
