Excerpt from the First Part The Fall of Troy (1) Excerpt from the Second Part The Fall of Troy(2) IV. The Doom of Laocoon “But what about the horse?” cried the crowd of Trojans, “What about the horse?”“The horse,” said…
Beowulf
Beowulf, an old English poem composed some time between the end of the 7th and the beginning of the 8th century, is considered the oldest epic in Anglo-Saxon literature. Beowulf, the dauntless and daring hero, killed three monsters in order…
The Wise Men of Gotham
There is a town in England called Gotham, and many merry stories are told of the queer people who used to live there. One day, news was brought to Gotham that the king was coming that way, and that he…
The Fall of Troy(2)
Excerpt from the First Part The Fall of Troy (1) III. The Deserted Camp About the middle of the morning, the old king of Troy caused a proclamation to be sounded in the streets: — “Our enemies have left, and…
The Golden Goose（The Princess Who Would Not Laugh）
Once there was a man who had three sons. The youngest was called Blockhead, and the other two always made fun of him and mocked him. The oldest son went one day into the forest to cut wood. Before he…
A Story of Robin Hood
A great many songs were made up about Robin Hood, and these songs were sung in the cottages and huts all over the land for hundreds of years afterward. Here is a little story that is told in one of…
The Donkey and the Lap Dog
Once a farmer went to his barn to see his favourite donkey, a great big shaggy gray animal, who was eating hay in a stall. Now the Donkey loved his master and as soon as he saw the man, he…
The Fall of Troy (1)
I. The Great Horse On the farther side of the Aegean Sea there was a fair, rich city, the most famous in the world. This city was called Ilium by its own people, but in story and song it is…
The Tale of Nutcracker（Story of the Ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky ）
On Christmas Marie and her brothers had a fine big Christmas tree. It shone with a glory of light from its myriad little candles. All the full green branches were draped with strings of popcorn and hung with honey-cakes, sugar-plums,…
Go to the Ant, Thou Sluggard
An ant spent all the summer running about the fields and collecting grains of wheat and barley to store for the winter. A beetle which saw it expressed amazement at its industry in working hard even during the season when…