After my husband died suddenly from a heart attack on the tennis court, my world crashed around me. My six children were 10, nine, eight, six, three and 18 months, and I was overwhelmed with the responsibilities of earning a living, caring for the c...
Once upon a time...in the immense Russian steppe, lay a little village where nearly all the inhabitants bred horses. It was the month of October, when a big livestock market was held yearly in the main town. Two brothers, one rich and the other one p...
Once upon a time... There was a king who had an only son. When the lad was about eighteen years old his father had to go to fight in a war against a neighbouring country, and the king led his troops in person. He bade his son act as Regent in his ab...
WHAT a happy land you are! said a Republican Form of Government to a Sovereign State. Be good enough to lie still while I walk upon you, singing the praises of universal suffrage and descantingupon the blessings of civil and religious liberty. In th...
A small mountain spring ran tinkling down the narrow stone crevices. Many years passed. An egg-sized shallow hole was washed out on the rock. Strangely, the mountain spring anyhow brought some bright yellow gold sand and got to fill the small hole....
A fox’s tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump. At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was d...
The goose with the golden eggs One morning a countryman went to his goose’s nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there. He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure...
The bat, the birds,and the beasts There was a big fight between the birds and the beasts. The bat did not join in the fight. Some birds said to the bat, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a beast."...
英文 The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. One day she wanted to go into...
The hare and the tortoise The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never been beaten," he said, "when I run at full speed, no one is faster than me." The tortoise said...
