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If you don't believe this story is true, give me a dollar.
In fact, if I hadn't been there myself, I never would have believed it could happen.
In that town there was a well and in that well there was a bell. And that is all I have to tell.
(Russia)
It's the truth I've been telling you. (Peddlar of Ballahadereen)
Kespeadooksit. The story is ended. (Abenaki)
May God hold you in the palm of his hand and not squeeze too tight, may you be safe in
heaven before the Devil hears of your death.
My story has come to an end. Let out the rooster and lock up the hen.
My story is done. Let some go and let some come! (Ghana)
My story is done. But this story will go on, as long as grass grows and
rivers run. (Native American)
Now all is past: the story also, for all stories must come to an end at last.
Now, honorable dames and gentlemen, do not judge this story of mine too severely. If you
like it, praise it; if not, let it be forgotten. The story is told and a word is like a sparrow--once
out it is out for good.
Now, that is all of this story. What does it mean? Can you not see? Prut! Rub your spectacles
and look again! (Howard Pyle's ending to The Apple of Contentment)
Now, that piper handed the tune down to his children, and his children to their children, and
the old people taught it to me.
Off with the rat's head. (African)
Open you ears and open your eyes, am telling' the truth, can't tell no lies.
Poor meat, thud! Good meat, swell! Don't you know another story to tell?
Shall we go to _____?
Snip, snap, snout, this tale's told out.
So be it, bow bended, don't you know. My story's ended.
So goes my little tale. Now it's your turn us to regale.
So now all their cares were at an end and there was nothing to mar their happiness.
So the bridge was mended and my story's ended.
So the story is told, and here it begins. So the story is told, and here it ends.
So you see, wonders abound...if you play your cards right. (Russian gypsy)