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Before using these stories in your classroom, please see restrictions at the bottom of this page. All folktales stories for children from around the world. In retaliation, this is the write up suggested by mr. Folktales retold handouts to use in class theseus and the minotaur minoangreek. The cursed curse south africa, retold by phillip martin.
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