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The Message of the Lily
“Little flower, little flower,” said the birdie, “why are you so silent and sad?” “I am not sad, sweet sister,” whispered the flower gently; “ah! no, but I have seen an angel. Yestere’en, as I slept, my birdie, being all aweary with gazing up into your bird-land home among the branches, and watching the merry […]
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The Old Rocking Horse
He was a very old rocking-horse indeed. His first master, sunny-headed little Robbie, had grown into a man with a beard, and had given his old playmate to his sister’s children. These children had in their turn grown into great schoolboys, so the old horse, like the other toys, was left forsaken in the big […]
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The Millers Mouse
The reason why every one loved Tom Lecky so much was, I believe, that he was so good-tempered, so cheerful and so unselfish. Tom was not good-looking, and, indeed, if one were disposed to be critical in such matters, one could have found fault with almost all his features except his eyes. These were brown […]
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SINDBAD THE SAILOR
In the reign of the same caliph, Haroun-al-Raschid, of whom we have already heard, there lived at Bagdad a poor porter called Hindbad. One day, when the weather was excessively hot, he was employed to carry a heavy burden from one end of the town to the other. Being much fatigued, he took off his […]
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Ali Baba and Forty Thieves
The story takes place in Baghdad during the Abbasid era. Ali Baba and his elder brother Cassim are the sons of a merchant. After the death of their father, the greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman and becomes well-to-do, building on their father’s business – but Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into […]
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Aladdin
There once lived, in one of the large and rich cities of China, a tailor, named Mustapha. He was very poor. He could hardly, by his daily labor, maintain himself and his family, which consisted only of his wife and a son. His son, who was called Aladdin, was a very careless and idle fellow. […]
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The Race for Space
(This story is dedicated to the memory of Neil Armstrong, whose courage and heroism will live on forever. ~ AK) . On January 20th, 1961, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President of the United States. At age forty three, he was the youngest president ever elected in American history. JFK […]
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The Hummingbird Who Chewed Bubblegum
There was a little hummingbird in my neighborhood that usually perched on my windowsill. I enjoyed hearing her sing, but I hadn’t seen the little hummingbird for several days. About a week ago, a bad storm came through and blew all the flowers away. I felt sorry for the little hummingbird. She must be hungry […]
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The Wasp and the Canary
Hello, Dexter here. I’m just your average ordinary neighborhood wasp. Before you go swatting me though, I think you should know that like everyone else, I too have a story to tell. At least afford me the opportunity to get something off my wings before you swat me with your flyswatter. Please? It’s late October […]
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Larkin Wyleys Paleantology Adventure
BEFORE THE SUN had even broke across the horizon, young Larkin Wyley was anxious to start his day. Larkin was confident he was going to make a paleontology discovery so big and so grand, that it would put his name in the Kid’s Hall of Fame. As his parents drove him to the digging site, it […]