THE STORY OF A MOTHERA mother sat there with her little child. She was so downcast, so afraid thatit should die! It was so pale, the small eyes had cl...
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRLMost terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening--the last evening of the year. In this cold and dark...
THE SHADOWIt is in the hot lands that the sun burns, sure enough! there the peoplebecome quite a mahogany brown, ay, and in the HOTTEST lands they are...
THE NAUGHTY BOYAlong time ago, there lived an old poet, a thoroughly kind old poet. As he wassitting one evening in his room, a dreadful storm arose w...
THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUKAh! yes, that was little Tuk: in reality his name was not Tuk, but that waswhat he called himself before he could speak plain: ...
The wind and the sun The wind and the sun were disputing who was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveler coming down the road. The sun said, "...
There is gossip wherever people gather. The participants of the gathering go home with bags of gossip.Each has a way to dispose of them.凡有聚会,便有闲话。参加聚会...
原文: A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance, sat down together to eat. The day being wintry and cold, the Man put his fingers to his mouse ...
One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem--how to deal with the kangaroos that were found out of the cage. They came ...
原文: A Husbandman who had a quarrelsome family ,after having tried in vain to reconcile them by words ,thought he might more readily prevail by an exam...