the high-road which led through a wood stood a solitary farm-house; the road, in fact, ran right through its yard. The sun was shining and all the wi...
Twas the month of May. The wind still blew cold; but from bush and tree, field and flower, came the welcome sound, Spring is come.” Wild-flowers...
HERE was once an aëronaut with whom things went badly; the balloon burst, tumbled the man out, and broke into bits. His boy he had two minutes be...
HERE was once a woman who wished very much to have a little child, but she could not obtain her wish. At last she went to a fairy, and said, I should ...
原文： On a cold, frosty day an ant was dragging out some of the corn which he had laid up in the summertime, to dry it .A grasshopper, half perished wi...
原文： A crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a pitcher which he saw at a distance. But when he came up to it, he found the water so low that...
原文： A crow had snatched a goodly piece of cheese out of a window, and flew with it into a high tree, intent on enjoying her prize. A fox spied the da...
原文： A Fox, just at the time of the vintage, stole into a vine-yard where the ripe sunny Grapes were trellised up on high in most tempting show. He mad...
原文： Some Geese and some Cranes fed together in the same field. One day the sportsmen came suddenly down upon them. The Cranes being light of body, fle...
THE RED SHOESThere was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summershe was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, ...