Once upon a time there was a poor laborer who, feeling that he had not much longer to live, wished to divide his possessions between his son and daughter, whom…
The king of a great land died, and left his queen to take care of their only child. This child was a daughter, who was very beautiful; and her mother…
There was once upon a time an old king who was ill and thought to himself 'I am lying on what must be my deathbed.' Then said he 'tell faithful…
SECOND STORY: A LITTLE BOY AND A LITTLE GIRL In a large town full of houses and people there is not room for everybody to have even a little garden.…
Long, long ago, some two thousand years or so, there lived a rich man with a good and beautiful wife. They loved each other dearly, but sorrowed much that they…
There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in…
Cinderella The wife of a rich man fell sick, and as she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, dear…
Once upon a time in a certain country there lived a king whose palace was surrounded by a spacious garden. But, though the gardeners were many and the soil was…