Category: Children’s Literature
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Polly Goes to a Wedding Part I
Polly was very much excited. She was going to a wedding. So was Peter. But he did not care so much about it. Father and mother were going, too. Every morning at breakfast Polly talked about that wedding. “Now there are only five days to wait. Now there are only four days to wait,” she…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 56
Chapter 56 “We had been more than an hour under the tree, when I heard cries again; but this time I was not alarmed, for I distinguished the voice of the disconsolate mother, and I knew that I could comfort her. Her grief brought her back to the spot where she thought her child had…
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Heidi Chapter 22
Something Unexpected Happens The next day dawned cloudless and fair. The grandfather was still with the children, when Peter came climbing up; his goats kept at a good distance from him, to evade the rod, which was striking right and left. The truth was that the boy was terribly embittered and angry by the changes…
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Heidi chapter 21
Further Events on The Alps The sun was just rising, and the Alm-Uncle was watching how mountain and dale awoke to the new day, and the clouds above grew brighter. Next, the old man turned to go back into the hut, and softly climbed the ladder. Clara, having just a moment ago opened her eyes,…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 55
Chapter 55 We went to the grotto early in the morning, and found our two invalids much improved: my wife had slept better, and Mr. Willis found Jack’s wound going on well. Madame Mimi told her daughters to prepare breakfast: they went out and soon returned, with a native woman and a boy of four or five…
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Heidi chapter 20 part 2
News From Distant Friends continued… “Grandfather! Come here! Look, look!” A strange procession was winding up the Alm. First marched two men, carrying an open sedan chair with a young girl in it, wrapped up in many shawls. Then came a stately lady on horseback, who, talking with a young guide beside her, looked eagerly…
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Heidi Chapter 20
News From Distant Friends May had come. Warm sunshine was bathing the whole Alp in glorious light, and having melted the last snow, had brought the first spring flowers to the surface. A merry spring wind was blowing, drying up the damp places in the shadow. High above in the azure heaven the eagle floated…
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How Peter Catches Fish
One morning Peter went fishing. He went all alone. He did not take Tim. He did not take Polly. He said to himself, “Blacky went fishing all alone and she caught a fish. I shall try that way, too.” Father had given Peter a real fishing pole. He had given him a real line and…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 54
Chapter 54 “My life,” she began, “passed without any remarkable events, till the misfortune occurred which brought me to this island. I was married, when very young, to Mr. Hirtel, a merchant at Hamburg, an excellent man, whose loss I have deeply felt. I was very happy in this union, arranged by my parents, and…
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Heidi Chapter 19
Winter Still Continues Peter arrived punctually at school next day. He had brought his lunch with him in a bag, for all the children that came from far away ate in school, while the others went home. In the evening Peter as usual paid his visit to Heidi. The minute he opened the door she…