Christmas Day by Clement Clarke Moore
“Boys,” said Mrs. Howard one morning, looking up from a letter she was reading, “I have had a letter from your grandmamma. She writes that she is returning to England shortly.” The …
Short Stories
Children’s Prattle by Hans Christian Andersen
At a rich merchant’s house there was a children’s party, and the children of rich and great people were there. The merchant was a learned man, for his father had sent him …
Cadmus by C. E. Smith
Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix, the three sons of King Agenor, were playing near the seashore in their father’s kingdom of Phoenicia, and their little sister Europa was beside them. They had wandered …
By the Almshouse Window by Hans Christian Andersen
Near the grass-covered rampart which encircles Copenhagen lies a great red house. Balsams and other flowers greet us from the long rows of windows in the house, whose interior is sufficiently poverty-stricken; …
Buttercup by Asbjørnsen and Moe
Once upon a time there was an old wife who sat and baked. Now you must know that this old wife had a little son, who was so plump and fat, and …
Boots and His Brothers by Asbjørnsen and Moe
Once upon a time there was a man who had three sons, Peter, Paul, and John. John was Boots, of course, because he was the youngest. I can’t say the man had …