Let's begin with a story.

Once upon a time

Chapter One Once upon a time...

It happened once.

One consequence of that, by the way, is that the phone never broke.

All we need is a reminder of how it once was and should be again.

Once upon a time there was a princess.

You're as young as you ever were, Ian.

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...

In BC 33, ah me, that's a dash long time ago, there lived a Roman hero who had shaken hands with Nero.

Once upon a time, there lived a pretty girl.

Let me tell you a little bit about where books come from.

In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto.

Once upon a time, there was a cat whose name was Tango.

BOTH No! People stories.

Once upon a time, there lived an old man.

Long long ago, there lived a pretty girl.

Long ago, people used to travel on foot.

Trees and people used to be good friends.

Once upon a time, someone decided that we were the losers.

Once upon a time, there lived a great king in Greece.

Once upon a time, there lived a cruel king.

Once upon a time, there lived a poor man and a rich woman.

Long, long ago, there lived an old man in a village.

Once upon a time, octopuses roamed the Earth.

It needs to be filled with something fantastic.

It'll be the bad old days all over again.

Was it a long time ago?

You once knew?

In old times people didn't think that the earth is round.

We remembered the old days when we had played together.

All our troops retreated long ago.

And she learned from hers and so on, going back 1000 years.

You're getting yourself involved in something that goes back many, many years.

I used to.

I remember

In a previous life.

Once there was a poor farmer in the village.

In early days pioneers lived in houses made of mud and straw.

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess.

I'm afraid the paper fails our initial quality control checks in several different ways. (Laughter)

Only once, and therefore forever.

Once upon a time, there was a big, strong Fighting Frog.

Country people are traditionally suspicious of strangers.

Long, long ago, there lived an old man and his wife.