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The king and the pearl
In a sad, famine-struck land, a king finds a beautiful pearl to make a ring. By giving a ring to the queen, he hopes his gift will lift her spirits. From the king's kind gesture, the queen imagines a way to help all the people in their land, which is the only thing that will make the queen truly happy.
Retold by Jeffrey L. Williams
Publisher: Hameray
Fables & the Real World is a unique series that pairs each of thirty fables with three nonfiction books for a total of 120 titles (30 fiction and 90 nonfiction). This series is an easy and engaging way for emergent readers to begin comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction texts.
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