Arts

Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel.…

A father was one day sitting at dinner with his wife and his children, and a good friend who had come on a visit was…

Long, long ago, in a forest near Varanasi, there lived a handsome young antelope. He was very fond of the fruits of a particular tree.…

There was once on a time a little girl whose father and mother were dead, and she was so poor that she no longer had…

Most terribly cold it was; it snowed and was nearly quite dark, and even the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness…

A Flea, a Grasshopper, and a Leap-frog once wanted to see which could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and everybody else besides…

One afternoon, Memna the sheep was grazing in a mountain pasture along with the rest of the flock. Now, the other sheep were content to…

In the forest, high up on the steep shore, and not far from the open seacoast, stood a very old oak-tree. It was just three…

Life in the African jungle was not easy for Kalulu the rabbit, who had many enemies among the bigger, more powerful animals. They were just…

Really, the largest green leaf in this country is a dock-leaf; if one holds it before one, it is like a whole apron, and if…

There was once a poor woodcutter who toiled from early morning till late night. When at last he had laid by some money he said…

Long, long ago, when the wilds of Africa abounded with animals of all kinds, life was not easy for the smaller animals. They had so…