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• The protagonists of this story are a young woman, Rose Mapendo, and her children. —  Isabel Allende tells tales of passion
• Thomas, who had been more than usually frisky all day, was taking a little repose on the hearthrug, and as the story was about a cat, had condescended to listen You all know the story--how the White Cat, though in the form of a cat, was really a princess, and how she married the prince, and changed back into a princess at last Thomas listened enthralled, and from the moment the story ended, his Private History began For, at the close of the story, Thomas had quite come to the conclusion that he, too, was no ordinary cat. —  More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme
• And knowing the whereabouts of Mr. Badger Brush's heart, Conte Crayon did not hesitate to tell the whole story-- winding up with the pointed suggestion that inasmuch as the hero of the story was an animal-painter of decided, though as yet unrecognized, ability, Mr. Brush could not do better than manifest his interest in a practical way by giving him an order. —  Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2
• In any case Ethne has no warlike traits in Irish story, and as Lug and Balor were deadly enemies, it remains to be explained why they appear tranquilly side by side. —  The Religion of the Ancient Celts
• The story, as told at the inquest, throws little light on what must always remain more or less a mystery This story was as simple as it was tragic. —  Love Romances of the Aristocracy

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