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Two Fables

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Two Fables is a collection of two short stories by Roald Dahl, first published in 1986 by Viking in England and in 1987 by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in the United States. It contains the following two stories: "Princess and the Poacher" "Princess Mammalia"

Audience
childrens
Length
short · 64 pages

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