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The Little Jackal.
T here was once a little jackal who lived in the jungle. He was a greedy little jackal, and one of his favourite meals was fresh crabs fr...

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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
O ne winter a beautiful queen sat sewing by a window. As she gazed down at the snow-covered garden she saw a black raven and, at the same m...

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The Story Of Persephone.
T his story is one of the tales that the ancient Greeks told about their gods. It is the story of Persephone, the lovely daughter of Deme...

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The Gingerbread Man.
A n old woman was baking one day, and she made some gingerbread. She had some dough left over, so she made the shape of a little man. She m...

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Nail Soup.
O ne dark and stormy night, a tramp knocked on the door of a cottage and asked for shelter. An old woman answered the door and told the tram...

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The Elves And The Shoemaker.
Once upon a time there was a shoemaker who made very good shoes. But though he worked hard in his shop, times were difficult and he became ...

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Cinderella.
There was once a gentleman who lived in a fine house, with his kind and gentle wife and their pretty daughter. His wife died, so the ge...

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The Ugly Duckling.
One summer's day, when the corn was golden yellow and the hay was being dried in the fields, a mother duck was sitting on her nest of eg...

Orville And Wilbur Wright.
Have you ever watched a bird flying gracefully through the air and wished that you could do the same? Some years ago two American boy...

Florence Nightigale.
"Be a lady dear. That's what we want! " How many times pretty young Florence Nightingale heard these words from her father and...

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American Culture
The American Character
"What a country!" says the Russian immigrant and popular comedian, Yakov Smirnoff. This exclamation expresses his surprise, de...

The Beast Of Bodmin.
The beast of Bodmin: whether it is a native cat, previously thought extinct, or an escaped exotic pet, the Beast of Bodmin is a creature t...

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Goldilocks And The Three Bears.
Once upon a time there were three bears who lived in a house in the forest. There was a great big father bear, a middle-sized mother be...

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Dave married
* Dave married Dave married, and when his new wife saw the clothes in his cupboard, she said, "Dave, you have only got one good ...
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