Arts

In former times, when God himself still walked the earth, the fruitfulness of the soil was much greater than it is now; then the ears…

In Rome, there was once a poor slave whose name was Androclus. His master was a cruel man, and so unkind to him that at…

A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor that at last, he had nothing left but leather for one pair of…

Once upon a time, in a land known as Hope and Plenty, there lived a man named Mumanyi, full of knowledge. He was a quiet…

There was once a little Kid whose growing horns made him think he was a grown-up Billy Goat and able to take care of himself.…

Once upon a time, a young boy named Samuel ran away into the forest to seek the magic of a wise woman. People said she…

Herminia, mounted upon a dejected-looking sorrel pony, was climbing the gradual slope of a pine hill one morning in summer. She was a ‘Cadian girl…

A poor Fisherman, who lived on the fish he caught, had bad luck one day and caught nothing but a very small fry. The Fisherman…

A Lion and a Man chanced to travel in a company through the forest. They soon began to quarrel, for each of them boasted that…

Trézinie, the blacksmith’s daughter, stepped out upon the gallery just as M’sieur Michel passed by. He did not notice the girl but walked straight on…

No one can trick a Tengu, those fantastic, long-nosed goblins with feathered wings. They may look ridiculous in their funny clothes, but they possess extraordinary…

When Randall, for a brief absence, left his Dorothea, whom he was to marry after a time, the parting was bitter; the enforced separation seemed…