I WAS born in the city of York, in England, in the year 1632. My father was a man of some wealth, able to give me a good home and send me to school. I...
OLD MOTHER GOOSE lived in a cottage with her son Jack. Jack was a very good lad, and although he was not handsome, he was good-tempered and industriou...
A LONG time ago, there lived a man who was very rich. He owned vast tracts of land, and lived in a splendid castle, that stood upon a high, steep hill...
THERE once lived in a town in Persia two brothers, one named Cassim, and the other Ali Baba. Cassim had married a rich wife, but Ali Baba was poor, an...
Meanwhile, the robbers had again visited their cave; and finding that the body had been removed, saw that somebody knew their secret, and resolved not...
What wasthe young'sname?THE big bear and the clever fox had once bought a firkin of butter together; they were to have it at Christmas-tide, and h...
A SPORTSMAN went out once into a wood to shoot, and met a snipe. "Dear friend," said the snipe, "don't shoot my children?" ...
ONCE there was a widower who had a son and a daughter by his first marriage. Both were good children, and loved each other dearly. Some time after the...
Donald's cousin imitating a cock-[In this tale the notes of the cock and Hen are to be imitated.]HEN - "You promise me shoes year after year,...
Kalulu the rabbit was one day watching the children of Soko the monkey playing in the trees, and saw one monkey reach out his tail and catch his broth...