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December 19, 2017

THE LEGEND OF THE “WHITE GIFTS” (CHRISTMAS STORIES AND LEGENDS, 1916) As Told by Phebe A. Curtiss

A great many years ago in a land far away from us there was a certain king who was dearly beloved by all of his people. Men admired him because he was strong and...

December 12, 2017

A Kidnapped Santa Claus by By L. FRANK BAUM

Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured. His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every...

December 9, 2017

Mercury and the tradesmen (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

When Jupiter was creating man, he told Mercury to make an infusion of lies, and to add a little of it to the other ingredients which went to the making of the Tradesmen. Mercury...

December 5, 2017

CHRISTMAS TREE (Pohutukawa) – (PICCANINNIES by ISABEL MAUD PEACOCKE

I. Long ago the Piccaninnies didn’t have a rag to their backs except a huia feather which they wore in their hair. They were the jolliest, tubbiest, brownest babies you ever saw with tiny...

November 28, 2017

CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that...

November 23, 2017

THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBIN (The Indian Fairy Book, 1869) BY CORNELIUS MATHEWS

An old man had an only son, named Iadilla, who had come to that age which is thought to be most proper to make the long and final fast which is to secure through...