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D'Aulaires' Book of Norwegian Folktales
From the authors who wrote and illustrated Ola, Leif the Lucky, and Children of the Northlights comes their collection of Norwegian folktales. First printed in 1938, this selection of timeless stories returns to enchant audiences all over again. Experience Norway’s magical world of cinderlads, princesses, and trolls throughout the pages of d’Aulaires’ Book of Norwegian Folktales.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1938
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Ingri d'Aulaire
47 books168 followersIngri d'Aulaire (1904-1980) was an American children's artist and illustrator, who worked in collaboration with her husband and fellow artist, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Born Ingri Mortenson in Kongsburg, Norway, she studied art in Norway, Germany and France, and met Edgar Parin d'Aulaire when she was a student in Munich. They married in 1925, and immigrated to the USA shortly thereafter, settling in Brooklyn in 1929. After pursuing separate careers initially, the couple turned to illustrating children's books together, releasing their first collaborative effort, The Magic Rug, in 1931. They settled in Wilton, Connecticut in 1941, and lived there until their deaths in the 1980s. Awarded the 1940 Caldecott Medal for their picture-book biography of Abraham Lincoln, the d'Aulaires published other children's biographies, as well as some notable works on Greek and Norse mythology. (source: Wikipedia)
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July 8, 2019
Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire - the husband-wife team whose
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
,
D'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants
, and
D'Aulaires' Trolls
provided so many hours of reading pleasure in my childhood - appear to have been far more prolific than I had realized, producing close to thirty picture-books and story collections in their long career together. This volume, first published in 1938, and reprinted in this edition in 1969, was their eighth book, and presents twenty-one Norwegian folktales, taken from the classic nineteenth-century collection of Asbjørnsen and Moe. Readers familiar with that collection will recognize these tales with pleasure, just as fans of the D'Aulaires' work will delight in the distinctive illustrations to be found herein.
I had already encountered most of the tales in East of the Sun and West of the Moon, through various other collections of Norwegian folklore I have read over the years, so I found myself focusing more on tale-types during this reading, as so many of these stories have parallels in the other folk traditions of Europe. Herding the King's Hares, for instance - in which a young man, aided by a magical whistle that allows him to herd the king's hares, wins the hand of the princess - reminded me in part of the French tale of the Three Perfect Peaches . The Ship That Went As Well By Land As By Sea was quite reminiscent of the Russian story of The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship , as well as the German The Six Servants , from the collection of the Brothers Grimm. The Maid on the Glass Mountain is quite similar, in many respects, to the Russian Chestnut-Grey , and so on.
Of course, it is entertaining to pick out such similarities, but though these tales can certainly be placed in the wider folkloric context, they are also uniquely Norwegian, with their abundance of trolls, and down-to-earth heroes and heroines. The titular East of the Sun and West of the Moon (so reminiscent of Cupid and Psyche ), is always a favorite of mine, as is the odd Tatterhood. A lovely collection, sure to entertain folklore enthusiasts and D'Aulaires fans alike, this wonderful volume would be an excellent candidate, for reprinting by the New York Review of Books! Here's hoping...
I had already encountered most of the tales in East of the Sun and West of the Moon, through various other collections of Norwegian folklore I have read over the years, so I found myself focusing more on tale-types during this reading, as so many of these stories have parallels in the other folk traditions of Europe. Herding the King's Hares, for instance - in which a young man, aided by a magical whistle that allows him to herd the king's hares, wins the hand of the princess - reminded me in part of the French tale of the Three Perfect Peaches . The Ship That Went As Well By Land As By Sea was quite reminiscent of the Russian story of The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship , as well as the German The Six Servants , from the collection of the Brothers Grimm. The Maid on the Glass Mountain is quite similar, in many respects, to the Russian Chestnut-Grey , and so on.
Of course, it is entertaining to pick out such similarities, but though these tales can certainly be placed in the wider folkloric context, they are also uniquely Norwegian, with their abundance of trolls, and down-to-earth heroes and heroines. The titular East of the Sun and West of the Moon (so reminiscent of Cupid and Psyche ), is always a favorite of mine, as is the odd Tatterhood. A lovely collection, sure to entertain folklore enthusiasts and D'Aulaires fans alike, this wonderful volume would be an excellent candidate, for reprinting by the New York Review of Books! Here's hoping...
February 3, 2017
3.5 Stars
Once on a time there was a boy named Caleb. Caleb was part Norwegian and was always fascinated with that part of himself. So, one day Caleb, decided to take the Norwegian folktale book from his parents house and finally read it. He had been looking at it for far to long and he finally decided to man up and read the whole thing from cover to cover no matter how long it would take. Because truly this young boy did enjoy folktales as well as fairy tales no matter the origin.
Young Caleb found out something about himself while reading his Norwegian folktale book. No, it wasn't that he fell in love with trolls from the stories. Or that he was disgusted that there were plenty of stories that had characters chop their heads off in order to reveal themselves as beautiful princesses. Nay, it wasn't even that Cinderlad happened to be in 80% of the stories. No, it was that having a book of short stories on the side is a wonderful, brilliant thing to do. Especially when he has a monster book that he is reading and needs to take a break from. He found a short story or a folktale every once in a while kept him from going into a book slump.
And after all that he lived well and happily together with his books a long, long, time, and if he's not dead, why, he's alive and reading still.
Once on a time there was a boy named Caleb. Caleb was part Norwegian and was always fascinated with that part of himself. So, one day Caleb, decided to take the Norwegian folktale book from his parents house and finally read it. He had been looking at it for far to long and he finally decided to man up and read the whole thing from cover to cover no matter how long it would take. Because truly this young boy did enjoy folktales as well as fairy tales no matter the origin.
Young Caleb found out something about himself while reading his Norwegian folktale book. No, it wasn't that he fell in love with trolls from the stories. Or that he was disgusted that there were plenty of stories that had characters chop their heads off in order to reveal themselves as beautiful princesses. Nay, it wasn't even that Cinderlad happened to be in 80% of the stories. No, it was that having a book of short stories on the side is a wonderful, brilliant thing to do. Especially when he has a monster book that he is reading and needs to take a break from. He found a short story or a folktale every once in a while kept him from going into a book slump.
And after all that he lived well and happily together with his books a long, long, time, and if he's not dead, why, he's alive and reading still.
June 19, 2014
Twenty-one Norwegian fairy tales. Most were interesting, entertaining, and full of the elements that make fairy tales beloved. Some were odd. A few made me wrinkle my nose in confusion and distaste.
February 8, 2020
It’s humorous how these stories escalate by trolls appearing with more numerous heads than the previous defeated troll! Oh my! Not six heads! Not nine heads! Oh dearie dearie me!
It’s also interesting how trolls steal princesses solely to have their heads scratched. I couldn’t help but find a similarity to rich trolls wanting their heads scratched to the wealthy Star Trek Ferengi who want their ears rubbed.
It’s also quite fun how Norse fairy tales have a “Cinderlad” rather than a Cinderella- who is always the youngest of three and proves his mettle better than his mocking brothers, who, in these tales, substitute for the ugly stepsisters (or Cinderella’s older sisters, depending on the version.)
I was also quite intrigued to find that the version of “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” in this collection was very like the myth of Cupid and Psyche except including trolls- as trolls, it would seem, are a requirement for every proper Norse fairy tale!
The one especially jarring detail in these tales is the translation of currency into dollars, and characters being said to have “a hundred dollars” if wealthy. I think it would have been better to say the character had “a hundred gold coins” or something along those lines- as the real-world currency sort of breaks the tales’ “somewhere and away” illusion and brings up questions such as “is a hundred dollars a lot?” Real currency changes value, after all, and may not mean the same thing as was intended when the tales were first published.
I think my favorite tale in the collection was “Tatterhood” which although a similar tale to that of “Prince Lindworm” (Queen eating flowers to have children and all that ensues) and sadly lacking a wyrm (who would not want a dragon in a tale?), however has instead a ugly princess who saves her sister and marries the prince. No lolling about for this gal, and never she minds what people think of her.
*****
A wee roll and a span have clattered around and I return to this review to right a fib. Although “Tatterhood” was dandy and good and I take back none of its attributes, I realized my favorite tale (by remembrance continued still in the brain, and an itch to tell it to some small folk) is the tale in this collection called “The Three Aunts.” It is a sort of version of Rumpelstiltskin where a maiden must complete impossible spinning tasks overnight, but instead of a wee man, she has the help of three ugly women- one with a nose like Cyrano de Bergerac, another with a substantial rump, and one further with huge bloodshot eyes. Because the Queen thinks the maiden did all the spinning and weaving work herself, she weds her to her son with the notion that she needn’t hire anyone to do any work anymore, as the new princess can do it all! However the three “aunties” show up at the wedding feast and tell the prince some very interesting reasons for their ugliness, and things take a rather different turn than the Queen had planned...
You’ll simply have to eye the tale yourself to see why!
It’s also interesting how trolls steal princesses solely to have their heads scratched. I couldn’t help but find a similarity to rich trolls wanting their heads scratched to the wealthy Star Trek Ferengi who want their ears rubbed.
It’s also quite fun how Norse fairy tales have a “Cinderlad” rather than a Cinderella- who is always the youngest of three and proves his mettle better than his mocking brothers, who, in these tales, substitute for the ugly stepsisters (or Cinderella’s older sisters, depending on the version.)
I was also quite intrigued to find that the version of “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” in this collection was very like the myth of Cupid and Psyche except including trolls- as trolls, it would seem, are a requirement for every proper Norse fairy tale!
The one especially jarring detail in these tales is the translation of currency into dollars, and characters being said to have “a hundred dollars” if wealthy. I think it would have been better to say the character had “a hundred gold coins” or something along those lines- as the real-world currency sort of breaks the tales’ “somewhere and away” illusion and brings up questions such as “is a hundred dollars a lot?” Real currency changes value, after all, and may not mean the same thing as was intended when the tales were first published.
I think my favorite tale in the collection was “Tatterhood” which although a similar tale to that of “Prince Lindworm” (Queen eating flowers to have children and all that ensues) and sadly lacking a wyrm (who would not want a dragon in a tale?), however has instead a ugly princess who saves her sister and marries the prince. No lolling about for this gal, and never she minds what people think of her.
*****
A wee roll and a span have clattered around and I return to this review to right a fib. Although “Tatterhood” was dandy and good and I take back none of its attributes, I realized my favorite tale (by remembrance continued still in the brain, and an itch to tell it to some small folk) is the tale in this collection called “The Three Aunts.” It is a sort of version of Rumpelstiltskin where a maiden must complete impossible spinning tasks overnight, but instead of a wee man, she has the help of three ugly women- one with a nose like Cyrano de Bergerac, another with a substantial rump, and one further with huge bloodshot eyes. Because the Queen thinks the maiden did all the spinning and weaving work herself, she weds her to her son with the notion that she needn’t hire anyone to do any work anymore, as the new princess can do it all! However the three “aunties” show up at the wedding feast and tell the prince some very interesting reasons for their ugliness, and things take a rather different turn than the Queen had planned...
You’ll simply have to eye the tale yourself to see why!
January 15, 2019
Not the best example of the D'Aulaire's work, alas. The tales were repetitive, the heroes all seemed to be the youngest of three brothers named Per, Pall, or Espen, the trolls all had three, six or nine heads and they all exploded at the sight of the sun - how many iterations of that do we need? Even the illustrations seemed lumpen in comparison to other books by the same illustrators.
March 7, 2022
Classic stories with multi-headed trolls, long and complicated adventures, and princesses in need of rescuing. Many more stories are about Cinderlad and Ashlad than Cinderella. It's interesting how Disney seems to have a large impact on the folktales or parts of folktales that are retold and remembered.
April 11, 2022
Absolutely fantastic! These were delightfully written. Many similar tales to those of other cultures, but with a sparkle and humor I've nit read elsewhere. And the pictures are great too.
August 4, 2016
Ingri and Edgar d'Aulaire are, in my opinion, the most underrated children's authors/illustrators of all time. They are best known for their books of mythology, both Greek and Norse, but they also brought us their Book of Trolls, Leif the Lucky, Children of the Northlights, and Ola, which doesn't even cover their American Folktales. Today, I am lucky enough to present to you their Book of Norwegian Folktales.
D'Aulaires' Book of Norwegian Folktales was originally published in 1938 with the title East of the Sun and West of the Moon. It begins with an introduction on Norway, and the couple's decision to translate a selection of the 100+ tales. They quickly realized that there were already near perfect translations available so they relied on an old Norwegian edition, Dasent's translation, and their own translation to perfect the stories. That was they "easy" part. The hard part was narrowing it down their selection and only including 21 tales in this book.
The most recognizable story in this book is "The Three Bushy-Billy Goats." This tells the tale of the troll bridge and the three goats crossing his bridge. I think nearly every child knows that story, but I wager that 99.9% of them didn't know it was Norwegian in origin. One of the shorter, cuter tales told why the bear had a short tail. In short, it was because, he tried to go ice-fishing with his tail, but he kept it in there too long and it was frozen off. The tale I most enjoyed was the one that shared the original name of this collection, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon." It told of a prince who had been cursed and was turned into a bear. He found a poor girl to be his bride, but she messed things up, so he had to leave her and marry someone else. This devastated the girl, so she vowed to come find him, and where she had to look for him was east of the sun and west of the moon.
This book was classic d'Aulaires and had that familiar Norwegian feel, like other books they have authored/translated. This was most visible in the ending of some tales, "Snip, snap, snout, and now this tale is out!" The stories were easy to read and very fascinating, because it exposes the reader to a culture they might not understand, but also might not get a chance to experience otherwise. The only thing that was lacking in this book was a lot of illustrations, like you are used to with their other books. They explain this in the introduction, but it doesn't make it any less disappointing. That complain aside, I would still highly recommend this book and even further recommend pairing it with some of the titles I listed above.
D'Aulaires' Book of Norwegian Folktales was originally published in 1938 with the title East of the Sun and West of the Moon. It begins with an introduction on Norway, and the couple's decision to translate a selection of the 100+ tales. They quickly realized that there were already near perfect translations available so they relied on an old Norwegian edition, Dasent's translation, and their own translation to perfect the stories. That was they "easy" part. The hard part was narrowing it down their selection and only including 21 tales in this book.
The most recognizable story in this book is "The Three Bushy-Billy Goats." This tells the tale of the troll bridge and the three goats crossing his bridge. I think nearly every child knows that story, but I wager that 99.9% of them didn't know it was Norwegian in origin. One of the shorter, cuter tales told why the bear had a short tail. In short, it was because, he tried to go ice-fishing with his tail, but he kept it in there too long and it was frozen off. The tale I most enjoyed was the one that shared the original name of this collection, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon." It told of a prince who had been cursed and was turned into a bear. He found a poor girl to be his bride, but she messed things up, so he had to leave her and marry someone else. This devastated the girl, so she vowed to come find him, and where she had to look for him was east of the sun and west of the moon.
This book was classic d'Aulaires and had that familiar Norwegian feel, like other books they have authored/translated. This was most visible in the ending of some tales, "Snip, snap, snout, and now this tale is out!" The stories were easy to read and very fascinating, because it exposes the reader to a culture they might not understand, but also might not get a chance to experience otherwise. The only thing that was lacking in this book was a lot of illustrations, like you are used to with their other books. They explain this in the introduction, but it doesn't make it any less disappointing. That complain aside, I would still highly recommend this book and even further recommend pairing it with some of the titles I listed above.
November 25, 2014
Jeepers.
What a compilation of creepy tales that basically teach the reader that laziness, thievery, deception, and wasting time poking around in fireplace cinders will be handsomely rewarded. Just make sure to heed the advice of little old men in the forest and don't mock old ladies in the forest that have gotten their noses stuck in a log.
Seriously, that's all that the heroes of these stories do to set them apart. Each story begins with an only or youngest son, usually named Espen or Cinderlad, who is a lazy little $hit. His hardworking older brothers, Per and Paal, often meet a horrific end (flayed, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and thrown into a snake pit? holy buckets!) simply because they didn't listen to the obligatory old man. Espen gets a shload of good luck and does stuff like ointment-filled horns from trolls. Trolls are often the obligatory evil in Norse fairy tales, but I'm starting to sympathize with the trolls. They just want to be left alone, maybe have a pretty princess occasionally scratch their many heads to help them fall asleep. Instead, pesky juvenile delinquents like Espen keep bothering them.
Fairy tales from all over the world often have a moral lesson. Good is usually rewarded and bad is punished. But in these tales, it's the opposite. What awful lessons.
Aside from the lovely "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" and the interesting, if odd and rambling "The Princesses in the Mountains So Blue", I don't recommend this book at all. I appreciate that it was a labor of love for the authors and the storytelling is beautiful. But it's like having Botticelli paint a pile of manure - a complete misuse of their talents.
What a compilation of creepy tales that basically teach the reader that laziness, thievery, deception, and wasting time poking around in fireplace cinders will be handsomely rewarded. Just make sure to heed the advice of little old men in the forest and don't mock old ladies in the forest that have gotten their noses stuck in a log.
Seriously, that's all that the heroes of these stories do to set them apart. Each story begins with an only or youngest son, usually named Espen or Cinderlad, who is a lazy little $hit. His hardworking older brothers, Per and Paal, often meet a horrific end (flayed, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and thrown into a snake pit? holy buckets!) simply because they didn't listen to the obligatory old man. Espen gets a shload of good luck and does stuff like ointment-filled horns from trolls. Trolls are often the obligatory evil in Norse fairy tales, but I'm starting to sympathize with the trolls. They just want to be left alone, maybe have a pretty princess occasionally scratch their many heads to help them fall asleep. Instead, pesky juvenile delinquents like Espen keep bothering them.
Fairy tales from all over the world often have a moral lesson. Good is usually rewarded and bad is punished. But in these tales, it's the opposite. What awful lessons.
Aside from the lovely "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" and the interesting, if odd and rambling "The Princesses in the Mountains So Blue", I don't recommend this book at all. I appreciate that it was a labor of love for the authors and the storytelling is beautiful. But it's like having Botticelli paint a pile of manure - a complete misuse of their talents.
June 26, 2013
These stories are remarkably strange. Folklore is incredibly similar from country to county, and many of these stories are versions of other more familiar tales - Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Jack in the Beanstalk. Almost all of them are bloody, often violent, with a hint of sex (I imagine there are unexpunged original tales that are far, far more sexy than these, what with all the kidnapped princesses and tricky lads). It's the utter weirdness of the stories that makes many of them so delightful. My favorite gruesome oddity: a troll with twelve heads, who has kidnapped twelve princesses so they can scratch his heads all day long, one per head. There are many trolls in these tales, some with one head, some with three. There are giant horses, talking cats, lots of stories about three brothers (the youngest who is always laziest and trickiest and usually named Cinderlad). Plenty of princesses forced to marry these tricky lads by their royal fathers (I wonder what THEY had to say about that). The d'Aulaire's illustrations are almost too warm and fuzzy for these very un-fuzzy stories. But you really can't fault the d'Aulaires for very long - these are draw in quintessential Depression era colors and style.
January 28, 2011
A short, sweet children's book that I had read years and years ago. I picked it up again since I've been reading Strindberg and taking in Scandinavian history. (Besides, my husband is of Norwegian ancestry!) Like all folktales, many of the same characters appear over and over in different adventures. We see Espen Cinderlad in many. Cinderlad spends all his time sitting by the fireplace and shifting and stirring the ashes with a branch until an adventure comes along. He and his brothers then start off to win the Princess's hand and half the kingdom (always the princess and half the kingdom). His brothers come across some ugly old peasant who asks for help with something and, of course, they just laugh and pass on. Cinderlad stops and helps and wins magical help with his task. And don't forget the magnificent Scandinavian trolls with multiple heads. If you can lure them out just before daybreak and keep them out until the first light of the sun, they exploded!!
If you have small children or even if you don't, you might want to pick this up to read. It's cute!
If you have small children or even if you don't, you might want to pick this up to read. It's cute!
December 1, 2016
This book of folktales is a intriguing as the authors name. The stories are written masterfully, and the illustration is impeccably fascinating. This book contains tales that may be familiar to some students , and others may be entirely new. This collection is sure to captivate the mind and heart of its readers.
I love how the stories are presented in this book, in that the books feels classic. Even though this is a recent printing, they made everything inside feel as if one is reading it in 1938. I could sit and read these tales all day, which is what makes them all the more perfect; that these are tales for adults and children alike. I will want to tell these tales to children as much as they will want me to tell them.
Writing lesson, reading lesson, rug-time, snack-time
I love how the stories are presented in this book, in that the books feels classic. Even though this is a recent printing, they made everything inside feel as if one is reading it in 1938. I could sit and read these tales all day, which is what makes them all the more perfect; that these are tales for adults and children alike. I will want to tell these tales to children as much as they will want me to tell them.
Writing lesson, reading lesson, rug-time, snack-time
October 29, 2017
This is one of the craziest books we've ever read. Just when you thought things were going one way...well, there's more to it. I appreciated the repetitive nature of some of the phrases and the hero often being Cinderlad because it helped my youngest lad understand the similarities between storylines.
April 21, 2011
Mom's note: We only read the first story, and it was really repetitive and boring, like I often expect mythology to be. Loki probably would have kept reading it, but I didn't want to. Total lack of pictures as well.
February 16, 2018
I bought this book due to my Norwegian ancestry. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. These folktales are not necessarily moralistic but rather for entertainment. I laughed at multiple points where I sensed sarcasm and a bit of snarky details. Fun for both young and old.
August 27, 2014
Wonderful.
October 22, 2016
Great book for learning Norwegian folktales. They have some interesting stories, many of them I haven't ever heard about. It was a fun read.
July 10, 2018
The tales in this book seem to consist of the same brothers being big fat dopes? I think that I was expecting more from this type of book.
February 16, 2019
While I found this book enjoyable, I still think the d'Aulaire's Greek mythology book is my favorite one.
July 21, 2019
Loved the stories! Loved the illustrations!
February 27, 2023
I don't read folktales on a regular basis, but picked this up as part of my library's reading challenge this year. I have a lot of Norwegian ancestry so I thought it would be interesting to check out some of the culture with the folktales.
This book has a nice intro that gives some background and context to the stories and collection that I found helpful. As someone who isn't well versed in the genre, I found the repetition to be a little overwhelming by the first few stories. I think this book could have been much shorter as quite a few stories had the same overall plot and made them less interesting to me.
The illustrations are meant to be authentic to the original Norwegian illustrations, but didn't add too much to the book overall for me. This is a fun read, but doesn't make me necessarily more inclined to read more folktales.
This book has a nice intro that gives some background and context to the stories and collection that I found helpful. As someone who isn't well versed in the genre, I found the repetition to be a little overwhelming by the first few stories. I think this book could have been much shorter as quite a few stories had the same overall plot and made them less interesting to me.
The illustrations are meant to be authentic to the original Norwegian illustrations, but didn't add too much to the book overall for me. This is a fun read, but doesn't make me necessarily more inclined to read more folktales.
May 31, 2021
Hands down my favorite book of all time! It is a collection of old tales, some more gruesome than you may anticipate. I have had this book since I was in Elementary (I am now in my 30s) and to this day will reference it! i will pass it to my children as they get older as well. This book is harder to get your hands on these days, but absolutely worth the purchase if you are able to obtain it!
December 28, 2021
The translation reads very clunky with an odd assortment of word choices. Furthermore, I think many of the stories have been drastically shortened making them confusing to the reader. Thankfully, the illustrations were quite good and give the reader some pleasure.
July 26, 2021
The book is sexist. There is always a princess trapped and a male has to save them.
December 25, 2024
I really liked that there was a sharpshooter
January 1, 2026
We did this as a read aloud in our morning time. It was HILARIOUS! Espen Cinderlad is our hero.
July 18, 2024
Fun to read and plenty of stories I had never heard of. There were several stories that had many similarities with just some of the details being different: the hero being betrayed and someone else claiming his deeds but the youngest daughter refuses the marry that person and the hero comes back and everything is good, i.e. Cinderlad for a name is often used and the boy is usually the youngest and thought to only enjoy poking at the ashes in the fire and being lazy but ends up being the hero of the stories. But for the girls and women out there, there are a few stories where girls are the heros.
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