Literature

At Denver there was an influx of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound B. & M. Express. In one coach there sat a very…

The storks relate to their little ones a great many stories, and they are all about moors and reed banks, and suited to their age…

The fact that Henry Armstrong was buried did not seem to him to prove that he was dead: he had always been a hard man…

Once upon a time, all the roses were plain white. They told each other, “If only we had different colors like other flowers. That’s true!…

People said, “The Evening Bell is sounding, the sun is setting.” For a strange wondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a large…

There was once an Emperor who had a horse shod with gold. He had a golden shoe on each foot, and why was this? He…

One day, the chief queen of King Brahmadatta wished to swim in the lake in the royal garden and left her jewelry with the servant…

I ‘That was a remarkably fine dinner yesterday,’ observed an old Mouse of the female sex to another who had not been at the festive…

I Adventures come to the adventurous, and mysterious things fall in the way of those who, with wonder and imagination, are on the watch for…

One day Henny-penny was picking up corn in the rickyard when whack! An acorn hit her upon the head. “Goodness gracious me!” said Henny-penny, “the…

There was once a woman who was very, very cheerful, though she had little to make her so; for she was old, and poor, and…

I A considerable number of hunting parties were out that year without finding so much as a fresh trail; for the moose were uncommonly shy,…