rhyme "Snip, snap, snout, this adventure is told out.") |- ! scope="row" | Occitan | || There was one time / There was once... | || |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Pashto | () || There was this work that... | Bas || The End |- | () || There was this work that... | Bas || The End |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Persian | || Someday, sometime, ... | || This book has come to end,(but) the story yet remains. |- | | Someone was, someone wasn't, ... | || Our tale has come to end,(but) the crow hasn't arrived at his house. |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Polish | || (A long, long time ago,) beyond seven mountains, beyond seven forests... | || ...and they lived long and happily. |- | || Beyond seven mountains, beyond seven rivers... | | ...and I was there [usually at a wedding] too, and drank mead and wine. |- ! scope="row" | Portuguese | || There was, once... | || ...and they lived happily forever. |- ! scope="row" | Qiang | || A long long time ago... | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" | Romanian | || There once was, (as never before)... because if there wasn't, it wouldn't have been to told | || ...and they lived happily until old age. |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Russian | () || Long, long time ago... | () | ...and they lived long and happily [and died on the same day] |- | () | (In the three-ninth kingdom, in the three-tenth realm) There lived, there was... |... и стали они жить поживать, да добра наживать. (i stali oni zhit' pozhivat', da dobra nazhivat''') |... and they lived and prospered. |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Sanskrit | () || In the ancient time... | Unknown || Unknown |- | () || Once upon the time, At any time | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" | Scots | In the days o lang syne || Long ago | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" | Scottish Gaelic | || A day that was here | || (and that's still how it is) until the present day. |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Serbian | (); () | Once, a long time ago... | () | ...and they lived happily for the rest of their lives. |- | (fem., ) (masc., ) (neuter,