An Hour with the Aged AT a time when I had a nice Sunday-school class, of which I was very fond, there was an aged and very eccentric old lady who was quite particular in the selection of her acquaintances. For some reason of her own, she favored me with her friendship, and it became my custom to start so early to Sunday-school that I could spend an hour with her. Her room was very odd to look at ; she had a fancy for putting almost everything into a separate little bag. The hair-brush, coarse and fine combs, were each suspended in a bag just exactly large enough. Even the penholder stuck o ... read more

DUPED WITH A BOOK Jenny was very fond of reading books. One day, she went to a bookstore and was wondering which book to buy. Just then a lady standing beside her told that there was a fascinating novel in the next shelf. Jenny got so excited that she put her purse on the counter and went to have a look at the novel. She found the book very interesting and decided to buy it. When she looked out for her purse, it was missing. In its place was a note saying, "Goodbye. Read the novel. It's very interesting." The helpful lady had helped herself to Jenny's purse.

Once, there was a farmer’s wife. And one night she woke up and dreamt that it was day. And she took her basket on her arm and walked away from the farm, high, high, high onto the moor. And there the moon shone full and round. And silhouetted against the moon she saw a creature running towards her – long eared, fast: a hare. And quickly it ran. And behind the hare there came a black hound. And behind the hound, a horse with a rider tall in the saddle and a black hat upon his head. And the hunter came closer. And she saw as he came closer that there were horns, one on each side of his head ... read more

EVERYONE CARES FOR HIS ENDS Once a donkey and a dog met on a road. They both had to go in the same direction, so they became friends and traveled together. They had taken just a few steps when they saw a packet lying by the road-side. The dog picked up the packet and giving it to the donkey said, "Open it and read it out for me. " The donkey did exactly what the dog had asked him to do. The packet turned out to be all about the things that donkey eat like grass, barley etc. the dog felt bored hearing what the donkey was reading out and said, "Turn over the pages and see if there is somet ... read more

THE FIRE SPECIALISTS Once there was a big haystack near a village and several small animals had made their homes in it. Among them were a snake, a tortoise and a jackal. One day, all the three creatures were gossiping, when suddenly they heard some people shouting Fire! Fire! the snake said that he knew hundred ways to deal with the fire and the tortoise said that he knew thousand ways. When it was the Jackal's turn, he said, "I know only one way to deal with the fire and that is to run away." Saying this, the Jackal ran away and other fire specialists got burnt in the fire.