It was a chilly November afternoon. I had just consummated an unusually hearty dinner, of which the dyspeptic truffe formed not the least important item, and was sitting alone in the dining-room with my feet upon the …
On a bright sunny day, an ant was roaming around in the forest in search of water to quench his thirst. After walking for a very long time, he came across a river. ‘Finally! Now I can drink water from this lake’, thou…
Two Friends and a Bear Story Once two friends were walking through the forest. They knew that anything dangerous can happen to them at any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would remain united …
It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening. There had been many clever men there, and there had been…
The Bird by Leo Tolstoy It was Serozha’s birthday, and he received many different gifts; peg tops, and hobby horses, and pictures. But Serozha’s uncle gave him a gift that he prized above all the rest; it was a trap f…
My quiet residence in the country, aloof from fashion, politics, and the money market, leaves me rather at a loss for important occupation, and drives me to the study of nature, and other low pursuits. Having few neig…