The Lesson of the Cats
The Lesson of the Cats (A Tale From Italy) Once upon a time in Venice, there lived two neighbors. Both men were merchants with fine…
Literature
The Namesake
Seven of us, students, sat one evening in Hartwell’s studio on the Boulevard St. Michel. We were all fellow-countrymen; one from New Hampshire, one from…
The Story of Night
The Story of Night (A Legend of the Mundurucu Indians) Long ago the Great Serpent lived beneath the sea. His only daughter married a young…
A New England Nun
It was late in the afternoon, and the light was waning. There was a difference in the look of the tree shadows out in the…
The Enchanted Bluff
We had our swim before sundown, and while we were cooking our supper the oblique rays of light made a dazzling glare on the white…
On The Day of the Crucifixion
On The Day of the Crucifixion by Leonid Andreyev On that terrible day, when the universal injustice was committed and Jesus Christ was crucified in…
The Dreamer by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
The Dreamer by H.H. Munro (SAKI) It was the season of sales. The august establishment of Walpurgis and Nettlepink had lowered its prices for an…
Henry David Thoreau: A Child’s Biography
Henry David Thoreau: A Child’s Biography by Henry David Thoreau Concord, Massachusetts, is one of the New England towns that everybody likes to visit. When…
The Merchant’s Lazy Son
The Merchant’s Lazy Son (A Persian Tale) Long ago there was a wealthy merchant who loved his only son Ahmed with all his heart. Sadly,…
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake (A Welsh Tale) Long ago a lonely shepherd lived on a farm near Myddvai. One day the shepherd led his…
The Story Spirits
The Story Spirits (A Tale Told in Southeast Asia) Once upon a time, there lived a boy who loved stories. Each night before Che Low…
The Unkindest Blow by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
The Unkindest Blow by H.H. Munro (SAKI) The season of strikes seemed to have run itself to a standstill. Almost every trade and industry and…
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