MANY, many years ago lived an emperor, who thought so muchof new clothes that he spent all his money in order to obtainthem; his only ambition was to ...
A FEW large lizards were running nimbly about in theclefts of an old tree; they could understand one another verywell, for they spoke the lizard langu...
IN the midst of a garden grew a rose-tree, in fullblossom, and in the prettiest of all the roses lived an elf.He was such a little wee thing, that no ...
IN the high-road which led through a wood stood a solitaryfarm-house; the road, in fact, ran right through its yard. Thesun was shining and all the wi...
WE are travelling to Paris to the Exhibition. Now we are there. That was a journey, a flight withoutmagic. We flew on the wings of steam over the sea ...
OF course you know what is meant by a magnifying glass-one of those round spectacle-glasses that make everything looka hundred times bigger than it is...
THERE was an old mansion surrounded by a marshy ditch witha drawbridge which was but seldom let down:- not all guestsare good people. Under the roof w...
THERE was once a darning-needle who thought herself sofine that she fancied she must be fit for embroidery. "Hold metight," she would say to...
Now listen! In the country, close by the high road, stooda farmhouse; perhaps you have passed by and seen it yourself.There was a little flower garden...
IT was the month of May. The wind still blew cold; butfrom bush and tree, field and flower, came the welcome sound,"Spring is come." Wild-fl...