A Dark Dark Story

I think that this story provides a perfect example of the concept at the heart of the article system in English. Pay careful attention to the uses of A and THE

Once upon a time…
There was a dark dark county
And in the dark dark country
There was a dark dark forest
And in the dark dark forest
There was a dark dark tree
And near the dark dark tree
There was a dark dark lake
And by the dark dark lake
There was a dark dark house.
In the dark dark house
There was a dark dark hall
And through the dark dark hall
There was a dark dark room
In the dark dark room
There was a dark dark cupboard
And in the dark dark cupboard
There was a dark dark box
And in the dark dark box there was…