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By Kate Greenaway (1846-1901), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
The mayor and corporation of Hamelin outsource a rodent problem to a professional rat-catcher.
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© Timo Roller, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
A woman advises her husband to entrust their modest savings to the bank of God.
© Arya C S, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
A warlike king sets out to bag another small kingdom for his realms, but a monkey gets him thinking.
© James Denham, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cuthbert’s friend comes asking for a priest to attend his dying wife — so long as it isn’t Cuthbert.
© York Museums Trust, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soon after Athelstan became England’s first king, he played a trick on the King of Norway which demanded a reply.
© Buchhändler, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Samuel Smiles warns us against pursuing popularity for its own sake, saying that it is a kind of cowardice.