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Saint Francis and the Animals Long ago there lived a man named Francis who was born to a wealthy Italian merchant. Francis was generous beyond…

The Spider’s Gift (A South American Folktale) Long ago a boy stood at the spring outside his village collecting buckets of water in earthen jars.…

Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl… and the grim red planet was…

In the course of the year 1656, several of the people called Quakers, led, as they professed, by the inward movement of the spirit, made…

One September night a family had gathered round their hearth, and piled it high with the driftwood of mountain streams, the dry cones of the…

“Well, Corporal Westerburg,” Doctor Henry Harris said gently, “just why do you think you’re a plant?” As he spoke, Harris glanced down again at the…

Every Sabbath morning in the summer-time I thrust back the curtain to watch the sunrise stealing down a steeple which stands opposite my chamber window.…

Something was tapping on the window. Blowing up against the pane, again and again. Carried by the wind. Tapping faintly, insistently. Lori, sitting on the…

Raven and Beaver (A Native American Tale) Long ago Beaver lived in the northland in a lake where the waters ran cold and deep. Beaver…

Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong! The town-crier has rung his bell at a distant corner, and little Annie stands on her father’s doorsteps trying to hear what…

The Starfish Dance Once upon a time, a young man lived by the sea. He often sat overlooking the water and watching the waves rolling…

The Princess and the Puma by O. Henry There had to be a king and queen, of course. The king was a terrible old man…