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And they're all alive to this day, if they haven't died since.
And this is a true story. And if it isn't, it should be. (Doc McConnell)
And this was a story of how it happened.
Are you getting tired of this story yet? No? Well I've had enough If you want any more you
can make it up yourselves. The rat's tail is off. That's the end.
Be bow bendit, My story's ended. If you don't like it, You can take it to Wales, And buy some
nails And mend it.
But do you want to know something interesting? The entire story took place in one afternoon!
But that is another story.
But the prince and his wife lived together long and happily, and ruled their people well.
Chase the rooster and catch the hen, I'll never tell a lie like that again.
(Bahamas)
Don't remember all of it from them days. But I do remember some such.
Even to this day.
A grief shared by many is half a grief. A joy shared is twice a joy. (Vietnamese)
A grief shared by many is half a grief. A joy shared is twice a joy. (Vietnamese)
How about that for a real story!
I am assured that it was really so, and we must believe it.
I go around the bend, I see a fence to mend, on it is hung my story end.
I hope you won't fail to be pleased by my tale. For a potful of butter, I tell you another.
(Russian)
I jumped in the saddle and rode away to tell you the stories you've heard today. I jumped on
a spoon and away I flew and you've heard all my stories, so God bless you. I jumped on a
spindle and away I spun. And God bless me, my stories are done. (Romanian)
If I get another story, I'll stick it behind your ears. (Ghana)
If my story be sweet, it is yours to keep. If it be bitter, blame the teller & not the tale.
If my story be sweet, if it is not sweet, take some elsewhere and let some come back to me.
If my story be sweet, if it is not sweet, take some elsewhere and let some come back to me.
If my story is not true, may the soles of my shoes turn to buttermilk. (Ireland)
If you don't believe me, go see for yourself.