There was once a rich man, who had a servant who served him diligently and honestly: He was every morning the first out of bed, and the last to go to ...
There was once a mother who had a little boy of seven years old, who was so handsome and lovable that no one could look at him without liking him, and...
There was once a countryman who had money and land in plenty, but how rich soever he was, one thing was still wanting in his happiness he had no child...
Hill and vale do not come together, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met with each other in their t...
In a certain mill lived an old miller who had neither wife nor child, and three apprentices served under him. As they had been with him several years,...
There was once a little child whose mother gave her every afternoon a small bowl of milk and bread, and the child seated herself in the yard with it. ...
One day a peasant took his good hazel-stick out of the corner and said to his wife, "Trina, I am going across country, and shall not return for t...
There was once a young fellow who enlisted as a soldier, conducted himself bravely, and was always the foremost（最先的） when it rained bullets. So long a...
A disbanded soldier had nothing to live on, and did not know how to get on. So he went out into the forest and when he had walked for a short time, he...
There was once a poor woodcutter（樵夫） who toiled from early morning till late night. When at last he had laid by some money he said to his boy, "Y...