where did we get this story? would you like to know?we got it from the basket that the wastepaper is thrown into.many a good and rare book has been taken to the delicatessen store and the grocer's, n....
EVERY key has its story,and there are many keys;the chamberlain's key,the clock－key,St.Peter's key; we could tell about all the keys,but now we shall only tellabout the chamberlain's door－key.It ...
the wind moans in the old willow tree!it is as if one heard a song;the wind sings it,thetree tells it.if you don't understand it,then ask johannain the almshouse;she knows,she was born here in thedis....
poultry meg was the only person who lived in the newstately dwelling that had been built for the fowls and ducksbelonging to the manor house. it stood there where once theold knightly building had sto...
outside the paper mill, masses of rags lay piled in high stacks; they had been gathered from far and wide. every rag had a tale to tell, and told it, too; but we can't listen to all of them. some of ....
four or five miles from the capital stood an old manor, with thick walls, tower, and pointed gables.here lived, but only in the summer-time, a noble family: this manor was the best and most beautiful ...
there was a little fish—a salt-water fish—of good family: i don’t recall the name—you will have to get that from the learned people. this little fish had eighteen hundred brothers and sisters all ...
whosoever could do the most incredible thing was to have the king's daughter and half of his kingdom.the young men, yes, and the old ones too, bent their heads, their muscles, and their hearts upon w....
there was once a big wax candle who had the highest opinion of his merits."i," he said, "am made of the purest wax, cast in the best mold. i burn more brilliantly than any other candle, and i outla...
