Grandfather Turtle And Toad
Long ago, in the beginning of time, the world looked very different from the world we now know. Instead of earth, ocean and air, the…
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The Ransom Of Red Chief
It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you. We were down South, in Alabama Bill Driscoll and myself-when this kidnapping idea…
Tide Maker
Long, long ago, in a time people have forgotten, the tides did not rush in and out the way they do today. Instead, the ocean…
The Archbishop’s Gift
Arras, blacksmith and armourer, stood at the door of his hut in the valley of the Alf, a league or so from the Moselle, one…
Wisakachak And The Flood
When the world was new, the Creator called to one of his mysterious creatures who was known as Wisakachak. “I have given you great powers,”…
The Ransom Of Mack
Me and old Mack Lonsbury, we got out of that Little Hide-and-Seek gold mine affair with about $40,000 apiece. I say “old” Mack; but he…
The Purple Dress
We are to consider the shade known as purple. It is a color justly in repute among the sons and daughters of man. Emperors claim…
The Wolf’s Last Joke
Once upon a time three animals a goat, a pig, and a horse -ran away from their cruel master and set off into the world.…
The Prisoner Of Zembla
So the king fell into a furious rage, so that none durst go near him for fear, and he gave out that since the Princess…
The Ambassador’s Pigeons
Haziddin, the ambassador, stood at the door of his tent and gazed down upon the famous city of Baalbek, seeing it now for the first…
Lone Bird
Once upon a time and long ago, on the shores of the Big Water, there lived a maiden known as Lone Bird. She lived with…
How To Live To Be 200
Twenty years ago I knew a man called Jiggins, who had the Health Habit. He used to take a cold plunge every morning. He said…
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