great-grandfather was so lovable, wise and good. all of us looked up to great-grandfather. as far back as i can remember, he was really called "father's father," and "mother's father" as well, b...
godfather could tell stories, so many of them and such long ones, and he could cut out paper figures and draw pictures. when it was nearly christmas he would bring out a scrapbook with clean white pag...
the well was deep, and therefore the rope was long; the wheel went around with difficulty when the waterfilled bucket had to be pulled up over the side of the well. the sun could never mirror itself d...
a rose tree drooped in the window. not so long ago it was green and blooming, but now it looked sickly - something was wrong with it. a regiment of invaders were eating it up; and, by the way, it was ...
let us visit switzerland. let us take a look at that magnificent land of mountains, where the forests creep up the sides of the steep rocky walls; let us climb to the dazzling snow-fields above, and d...
a duck arrived from portugal. some people said she came from spain, but that doesn't really matter. she was called the portuguese; she laid eggs, and was killed and dressed and cooked; that's the st.....
"it's so bitterly cold that my whole body crackles!" said the snow man. "this wind can really blow life into you! and how that glaring thing up there glares at me!" he meant the sun; it was just ...
there was sorrow in the house; there was sorrow in every heart, for the youngest child, a four-year-old boy, the joy and future hope of his parents, was dead. they had two older daughters, the eldest ...
in a poet’s room, where his inkstand stood on the table, the remark was once made, “it is wonderful what can be brought out of an inkstand. what will come next? it is indeed wonderful.”“yes, certa...
the railroad in denmark still extends only from copenhagen to korsör; it is a string of pearls. europe has a wealth of these pearls; its most costly are named paris, london, vienna, naples. and yet m...
