DESCRIPTION=The 312 Fables contained in this electronic book, "Aesop's Fables," translated by the Rev. George Fyler Townsend (1814-1900), came from a Public Domain ASCII text file that is freely available on the Internet and other electronic BBS. Several minor textual errors, such as punctuation, spelling and capitalization, were found in the ASCII text file and have been corrected in this version.
To Read The Fables Contained In This Electronic Book: You MUST Have Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Higher Installed.?
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TITLE=Color Wizard
FILE_NAME=install.bat
INSTALL=wizard
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DESCRIPTION=Color Wizard is an educational and full-featured coloring book for children ages 4 to 11.
This program will delight your children for hours. It teaches children about light, shadows, reflections, texture, perspective, and color. Paint with a pallette of over 700 different colors and color blends. The pictures are organized into four categories which include Dinosaurs, Sharks, Aesop's Fables, and the Rapunzel Fairy Tale.?
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TITLE=Dragon Theme
FILE_NAME=install.bat
INSTALL=dragon
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DESCRIPTION=This Dragon Theme will transform your computer desktop into the mystical world of Dragons. It includes wallpaper, icons, animated cursors, and WAV sounds.
To Use This Program: You Need To Have MS Plus! Installed On Your Computer.?
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TITLE=Fairy Godmother
FILE_NAME=fgodmom.exe
INSTALL=fgodmom
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DESCRIPTION=F.Godmom, as in Fairy Godmother. An arcade game in which you move around ladders avoiding crabs, and trying to collect coins. CGA, EGA, and VGA.?
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TITLE=Goldilocks
FILE_NAME=goldilks
INSTALL=goldi
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DESCRIPTION=Goldilocks Gamebook is an illustrated and animated, interactive version of the classic Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, for children 2 and older.
You can have the story read to you while you watch the bears discover what Goldilocks has been up to. Or you can navigate through the story yourself and discover the world of Goldilocks. Throughout the story you can also choose to play one of the separate games that relate to specific scenes and encounters.?
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TITLE=Grimm's FairyTales Theme
FILE_NAME=grimm.exe
INSTALL=grimm
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DESCRIPTION=Grimm's FairyTales Theme transforms your computer desktop into the magical world of fairy tales. It includes wallpaper, icons, animated cursors, and WAV sounds.
To Use This Program: You Need To Have MS Plus! Installed On Your Computer.?
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TITLE=Hansel and Gretel
FILE_NAME=h&gstory.exe
INSTALL=hansel
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DESCRIPTION=Hansel and Gretel is a narrated retelling of the classic fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel".
This interactive story book consists of over 30 pages of black & white drawings. You can read the caption on each page that tells the story as you listen to the narration. Each page can be colored using a 240-color palette. It can then be saved to be used in place of the black & white image. You can print both the black & white and the colored pictures.?
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TITLE=Jack & the Beanstalk
FILE_NAME=j&b.exe
INSTALL=jack
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DESCRIPTION=Jack & the Beanstalk is an electronic version of the famous children's fairy tale. This illustrated narrative tells the story through a series of hand-drawn pictures and synchronized narration. In addition, the program is interactive, allowing the reader to become involved in the story by coloring the various pictures. The drawings are all black and white and can be used as-is or colored in. Just click the Color button, and a large palette of colors is displayed. Select the color you want, and click on the area of the picture you want to color. This program is easy to use and suitable for children of all ages.?
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TITLE=Menlo the Frog
FILE_NAME=mendemo.exe
INSTALL=menlo
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DESCRIPTION=Menlo the Frog includes the Singing Clam Game which teaches high and low tone recognition skills.
This game teaches you the concept of tones in a range from very low to very high, and helps you recognize those tones as a high sound, low sound or middle range sound. Each of the tones is associated with its own singing clam character.
The Singing Clam Game is just one part of the full program, "Menlo the Frog - A Musical Fairy Tale", for children ages 3 to 7 years.?
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TITLE=Multimedia Nursery Rhymes
FILE_NAME=nursery.exe
INSTALL=nursery
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DESCRIPTION=Multimedia Nursery Rhymes provides a fun playing and learning experience with a selection of nursery rhymes.
Each rhyme has its own screen with original artwork, animations, fun sound effects, and great songs. Some of the rhymes include on-screen fingerplays.
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TITLE=Peter Pan
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INSTALL=peterpan
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DESCRIPTION=Come join Peter, Wendy, and Tinkerbell as they embark on a high-flying adventure into the faraway world of Never Never Land, where fairies are real and mermaids frolic in a moonlit lagoon. Watch as Peter saves the children from the evil clutches of the infamous Captain Hook, a dastardly villain who is forever being chased by a crocodile with a clock in its belly. ''Peter Pan'' is the classic novel by James M. Barrie.
To Read Peter Pan: You MUST Have Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Higher Installed.?
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TITLE=SnowWhite's Voyage
FILE_NAME=snow.exe
INSTALL=snow
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DESCRIPTION=SnowWhite's Voyage is a fun action/arcade game with many levels. It features VGA scrolling action, music, and sound effects. It includes nine thrilling episodes that are full of surprises and plenty of action. Your goal is to stay alive, collect flowers, fruit, gems, hearts and then try to find the exit to the next level. Catch valuable items such as balloons, butterflies, ducks, rabbits, stars, and so on. Avoid your enemies and collect magic rings to throw at them for extra points. ?
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TITLE=Storybook Weaver Deluxe
FILE_NAME=sbw.exe
INSTALL=sbw
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DESCRIPTION=Storybook Weaver Deluxe lets you write and illustrate your own storybooks. This demo presents a story titled "Exploring Storybook Weaver." The story can be viewed, or you can try your hand at a new story. You can choose from a selection of backgrounds and images to illustrate your storybook. For children ages 6 to 12.?
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TITLE=The Boy Who Cried Wolf
FILE_NAME=wolf.exe
INSTALL=wolf
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DESCRIPTION=The Boy Who Cried Wolf is an electronic version of the famous children's fairy tale. It is an illustrated narrative that tells the story through a series of hand-drawn pictures and synchronized narration. In addition, the program is interactive and allows the reader to become involved in the story by coloring the various pictures. The drawings are all black and white and can be used as-is or colored in by the reader. Just click the Color button and a large palette of colors is displayed. Select the color you want and click on the area of the picture you want to color. This program is easy to use and suitable for children of all ages. It is one in a series of electronic children's stories.?
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TITLE=The Mother Goose Game
FILE_NAME=goose2.exe
INSTALL=mgoose
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DESCRIPTION=The Mother Goose Game tests preschoolers' knowledge of their favorite nursery rhymes by asking them to fill in missing words. Correct answers are rewarded with colorful graphics and sounds. A portion of the rhyme, the first letter of the missing word, and the number of letters in the word are given as clues. With positive reinforcements, the Mother Goose Game makes learning fun.?
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TITLE=Twisted Tails
FILE_NAME=tails.exe
INSTALL=tails
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DESCRIPTION=Twisted Tails is a hilarious and educational game that features traditional retellings of classic fairy tales we all know and love in an illustrated storybook format.
Now you can give the fairy tales a hilarious twist as the program puts randomly selected names, words and phrases into the framework of the traditional stories. You can even select the names of the hero/heroine in each story, or let the computer pick for you. Every time you read one of the stories it comes out different. You can read the classic fairy tale, or you can choose how much twist to add to the story (half or full). It includes the following fairy tales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel.?
