Arts

Once upon a time, there lived a man who had a long beard that he was very proud of. Every day, he would clean his…

A very long time ago, there lived a king and his three daughters. One day, the king wanted to find out which of his daughters…

Thereof Madame’s finest bronze turkeys were missing from the brood. It was nearing Christmas, and that was the reason, perhaps, that even Monsieur grew agitated…

There once lived a group of monkeys in a jungle. An old monkey was the chief of the group and he ruled them wisely and…

There was once a Goala who was in charge of a herd of cattle and every day he used to bring the herd for their…

Once upon a time, there was a Raja and a rich merchant, and they each had one son. The two boys went to the same…

Here was once a farmer who suffered much at the hands of a money-lender. Good harvests, or bad, the farmer was always poor, the money-lender…

Here was once upon a time a King who had no children. Now, this King went and laid him down to rest at a place…

Ninette was scouring the tin milk-pail with sand and lye-soap, and bringing it to a high polish. She used for that purpose the native scrub-brush,…

Once upon a time, there lived a King who had seven Queens, but no children. This was a great grief to him, especially when he…

On my return home from my sixth voyage, I had entirely given up all thoughts of again going to sea; for, besides that my age…

I know, my friends, that you will wish to hear how, after having been shipwrecked five times, and escaped so many dangers, I could resolve…