Death and Cupid – comic story for kids
Cupid, one sultry summer's noon, tired with play and faint with heat, went into a cool grotto to repose himself. This happened to be the cave of Death. He threw…
The Bald Knight – comic story for kids
A certain knight, who wore a wig to conceal his baldness, was out hunting one day. A sudden gust of wind carried away his wig and showed his bald pate.…
The Cat and the Mice – comic story for kids
A certain house was much infested by mice. The owner brought home a cat, a famous mouser, who soon made such havoc among the little folk that those who were…
The Bundle of Sticks – comic story for kids
An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice. He ordered his servants to bring in a faggot of sticks,…
The Sick Lion – comic story for kids
A lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his subjects, came round…
The Old Man and Death – comic story for kids
An old man cut himself a bundle of sticks in a wood and started to carry them home. He had a long way to go, and was tired out before…
The Swan – comic story for kids
The swan is said to sing but once in its life -- when it knows that it is about to die. A certain man who had heard of the song…
The Wolves, the Sheep, and the Ram – comic story for kids
The wolves sent a deputation to the sheep with proposals for a lasting peace between them, on condition of their giving up the sheepdogs to instant death. The foolish sheep…
The Man, the Horse, the Ox, and the Dog – comic story for kids
One winter's day during a severe storm a horse, an ox, and a dog came and begged for shelter in the house of a man. He readily admitted them, and,…
The Man and His Two Mistresses – comic story for kids
A man of middle age, whose hair was turning grey, had two mistresses, an old woman and a young one. The elder of the two didn't like having a lover…