Once there was an old woman whose beloved husband had died many years ago, yet in all those years she had not shed a tear for him. But one night she receives a visitor who begins a change...
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Once there was a farmer who could never decide what use to make of one of his fields. He'd tried various crops, he'd let it lie fallow, but never quite found the right use for it. One year, however, he decides to throw a party there. And that's when his troubles really begin....
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When the King was a young man, he had assembled all the saints and the sages of the kingdom and sought to imbibe their wisdom. For years they sat with him in his rose garden, explaining to him the workings of the universe until one by one they departed, declaring that they had nothing left to teach him. Filled with zeal, the King set out to teach his people the wisdom he had learned. And this is where his difficulties really began.
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Once there was a Princess who refused to marry. No suitor was good enough for her, and the more men came seeking her hand the sharper her tongue became. But one day a stranger arrives at her palace calling himself "I am who I am" and declaring his home to be "everywhere and nowhere". Through him she learns to perceive the world as it really is, and to see the beauty in every man and woman.
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