Tag: Children’s Literature
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapters 13 and 14
Chapter 13 The next morning, all were engaged in archery: I completed the bow for Francis, and at his particular request made him a quiver too. The delicate bark of a tree, united by glue, obtained from our portable soup, formed an admirable quiver; this I suspended by a string round the neck of my…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 38
Chapter 38 The storm continued to rage the whole of the following day, and even the day after, with the same violence. Happily our tree stood firm, though several branches were broken; amongst others, that to which Francis’s wire was suspended. I replaced it with more care, carried it beyond our roof, and fixed at…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapters 11 and 12
Chapter 11 My anxiety kept me awake till near morning, when, after a short sleep, I rose, and we were soon all at work. My wife, after milking the cow and goats, harnessed the cow and ass, and set out to search for drift-wood for our use. In the mean time, I mounted the ladder…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 37
Chapter 37 Our animals were impatiently expecting us; they had been neglected during the storm, and were ill-supplied with food, besides being half-sunk in water. The ducks and the flamingo liked it well enough, and were swimming comfortably in the muddy water; but the quadrupeds were complaining aloud, each in his own proper language, and…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 10
Chapter 10 After dinner, as I found we could not ascend at present, I suspended our hammocks under the arched roots of our tree, and, covering the whole with sailcloth, we had a shelter from the dew and the insects. While my wife was employed making harness for the cow and ass, I went with…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 35 and 36
Chapter 35 On entering, I found Francis sitting on his mother’s bed, telling her the story of the lightning, of the wire which was called a conductor, of the figs that he was going to gather for her, and that papa had called him little Francis the preserver of the whole family. She soon was in a…
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Heidi Chapter 8
There Are Great Disturbances In The Sesemann House A short time after the tutor had arrived next morning, the door-bell rang so violently that Sebastian thought it must be Mr. Sesemann himself. What was his surprise when a dirty street-boy, with a barrel-organ on his back, stood before him! “What do you mean by pulling…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 34
Chapter 34 We entered our apartment literally as if we had come out of the sea, and I found my poor Elizabeth much agitated. “Heaven be praised!” said she; “but where is Jack, that rash little fellow?” “Here I am, mamma,” said he, “as dry as when I left you. I have left my dress…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter XXII IT WAS SOLOMON’S FAULT
Chapter XXII IT WAS SOLOMON’S FAULT Reddy Woodpecker had a very good reason for not laughing when he met Solomon Owl. Of course, he knew nothing whatever of Solomon’s new hiding place in the haystack. And that very morning Reddy had invited a party of friends to go with him to the hemlock grove where…
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Heidi Chapter 7 – Part 2
Miss Rottenmeier Has An Uncomfortable Day continued… “Where do you go to look far down on everything?” “On a church-tower. Do you see that one over there with the golden dome? From there you can overlook everything.” Heidi immediately stepped down from the stool and ran down-stairs. Opening the door, she found herself in the…