The Little Jackal.

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...
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.

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...
 The Story Of Persephone.

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...

The Gingerbread Man.

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...
 Nail Soup.

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...
 The Elves And The Shoemaker.

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 ...
 Cinderella.

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...
  The Ugly Duckling.

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.

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.

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...
The American Character

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.

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...
 Goldilocks And The Three Bears.

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...
Dave married

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 ...