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July 26, 2017

THE LION AND JACKAL (South-African Folk-Tales, 1910) by James A. Honey

Not because he was exactly the most capable or progressive fellow in the neighborhood, but because he always gave that idea—that is why Jackal slowly acquired among the neighbors the name of a “progressive...

July 25, 2017

The Lion And The Mouse (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: “If you would...

July 24, 2017

THE FIR TREE by Hans Christian Andersen

Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir Tree. The place he had was a very good one: the sun shone on him: as to fresh air, there was enough of that, and...

July 23, 2017

THE GRATEFUL FOXES (Tales of Old Japan) by A. B. Mitford

One fine spring day two friends went out to a moor to gather fern, attended by a boy with a bottle of wine and a box of provisions. As they were straying about, they...

July 22, 2017

A Tale Of The Tontlawald (The Violet Fairy Book, 1901) by Andrew Lang

Long, long ago there stood in the midst of a country covered with lakes a vast stretch of moorland called the Tontlawald, on which no man ever dared set foot. From time to time...

July 21, 2017

BLONDINE (Old French Fairy Tales, 1920) by Comtesse de Ségur

THERE was once a king called Benin. He was good and all the world loved him; he was just and the wicked feared him. His wife, the Queen Doucette, was also good, and much beloved....