LiteratureThe Bittern And The Hoopoe “Where do you like best to feed your flocks?” said a man to an old cow-herd. “Here, sir, where the grass is neither too rich…
LiteratureThe Fairies’ Clock It was little Paddy O’Brien who first discovered the fairies’ dandelion secret, but many people didn’t believe the story he told. He was 8 years…
LiteratureThe Beam There was once an enchanter who was standing in the midst of a great crowd of people performing his wonders. He had a cock brought…
LiteratureAladdin Or The Wonderful Lamp In one of the large and rich cities of China there once lived a tailor named Mustapha. He was very poor. He could hardly, by…
LiteratureMelusine’s Secret Once upon a time, a Count and his eldest son, Raymond, and a hunting party traveled into the forest to hunt for boar. The men…
LiteratureThe Gnat And The Bull A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of…
LiteratureThe Aged Mother In a large town there was an old woman who sat in the evening alone in her room thinking how she had lost first her…
LiteratureEvening Dinner With A Father A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. Father being very old and weak while eating dropped food on his…
LiteratureThe Lion And The Mouse A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her…
LiteratureFather And The Donkey Banwarilal is a simple soul who believes whatever he is told. The village boys are aware of this and exploit his simplicity for a few…
LiteratureAli Baba And The Forty Thieves There once lived in a town of Persia two brothers, one named Cassim and the other Ali Baba. Their father divided a small inheritance equally…
LiteratureAucassin And Nicolette Long ago, in the city of Beaucaire, in Provence, there was a young knight named Aucassin, son of the Count of Beaucaire, and a slave-girl…