Stories

I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors…

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In Baltimore there lived a boy. He wasn’t anybody’s joy. Although his name was Jabez Dawes, His character was full of flaws. […]

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter…

All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this…

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife…

Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that…

A long time ago, in a castle far away, there lived a young prince named Alexander.  He
 was 18 years old…

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…

IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood.

Far off in a beautiful city in China a ragged urchin called Aladdin used to play in the street…

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em…

A certain miller had three sons, and when he died the only worldly goods that he had left to them were his […]

Once upon a time there were Three Bears, who lived together in a house, in the forest.  One of them was a […]

One morning, a lion, who was asleep in his den, was awakened by a playful mouse running across his face. In an […]

Learn about the origin of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Once there were Three billy goats who were all brothers and who […]

One day a hare was making fun of a tortoise for being slow, while a the same time he bragged about his […]

Once there were two mice that had been playmates when they were young but life had taken them on different paths, and […]

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do…