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1  A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown very old, and had lost all his teeth.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In OLD SULTAN
2  After him came several others; but they had all the same luck, and all lost their lives in the same manner.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
3  There was nothing to do but to bring out the scissors and cut the beard, whereby a small part of it was lost.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
4  He thought it so beautiful that he got up and ran out, and as he crossed the threshold he lost one of his slippers.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE JUNIPER-TREE
5  When the animals saw that, they thought all was lost, and began to flee, each into his hole, and the birds had won the battle.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR
6  Then she felt for the little piece of wood; but when she unwrapped the cloth it was not there, and she saw she had lost the gift of the good stars.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE SEVEN RAVENS
7  And at last he did so, and in a moment the fox was changed into a man, and turned out to be the brother of the princess, who had been lost a great many many years.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
8  Now it so happened that on this very day the queen lost her most beautiful ring, and suspicion of having stolen it fell upon this trusty servant, who was allowed to go everywhere.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE WHITE SNAKE
9  He had two richly laden ships then making a voyage upon the seas, in which he had embarked all his wealth, in the hope of making great gains, when the news came that both were lost.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN
10  The little tailor at last lost all patience, and drew a piece of cloth from the hole under his work-table, and saying: 'Wait, and I will give it to you,' struck it mercilessly on them.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
11  The carter seeing that he had thus lost all that he had, went down into his kitchen; and was still not sorry for what he had done, but sat himself angrily and sulkily in the chimney corner.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
12  Now she was so frightened that she did not see it; but her maid saw it, and was very glad, for she knew the charm; and she saw that the poor bride would be in her power, now that she had lost the hair.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOOSE-GIRL
13  They were in truth great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost; they were tired; so they sat down and made a fire under the very tree where Frederick and Catherine were.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In FREDERICK AND CATHERINE
14  When it was at an end, he would have held her fast by the hand, but she slipped away, and sprang so quickly through the crowd that he lost sight of her: and she ran as fast as she could into her little cabin under the stairs.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In CAT-SKIN
15  Before the castle gate all was as the fox had said: so the son went in and found the chamber where the golden bird hung in a wooden cage, and below stood the golden cage, and the three golden apples that had been lost were lying close by it.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
16  Then the witch herself took it into the kitchen to be dressed; and when it was ready she could not wait till it was carried up, but took a few leaves immediately and put them in her mouth, and scarcely were they swallowed when she lost her own form and ran braying down into the court in the form of an ass.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE SALAD
17  Then he took leave of his father, and set himself in the boat, but before it got far off a wave struck it, and it fell with one side low in the water, so the merchant thought that poor Heinel was lost, and went home very sorrowful, while the dwarf went his way, thinking that at any rate he had had his revenge.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN
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