When Mary Van Beke was growing up in the 1920s, she lived in Newark, N.J., and was the oldest of four children. Her parents were immigrants from Europ...
"What shall I do," said a very little dog one day to his mother, "to show my gratitude to our good master, and make myself of some valu...
In the remote southern seas there is a cluster of islands. The weather is fair, the land is fertile and the ocean is rich with fish. Each island is in...
I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-ye...
A squirrel, merrily leaping on the branches of an oak tree, accidentally missed its hold and fell upon a lion who lay at the trunk, basking in the sha...
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and w...
It happened that a country man was sowing some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other Birds were hopping about picking up their food.Be ...
My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that young men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them. For instanc...
Back in the old days there were three boys, Tung, Truc, and Mai. Each of the boys was from a different region in Vietnam and by chance they were broug...
Fox hummed as he poured lemonade into molds for ice pops. He had invited Bear for lunch.Bear will be surprised,” Fox said to himself. He doesn&r...