Tag: literature
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 15: Sancho Panza on the Road
Chapter 15: Sancho Panza on the Road The next day as Sancho Panza was plodding slowly along the highway, he came to a little inn. He knew the place quite well, for he and his master had lodged there not a month before. It was dinner time, and the odors of the kitchen filled the…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 14: The Message to Dulcinea
Chapter 14: The Message to Dulcinea One day as Don Quixote with his squire was strolling aimlessly through the roughest and wildest part of the mountains, he became suddenly very silent. “Friend Sancho,” he said, “as you value your life, I bid you not to speak a word to me until I give you leave.”…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 13: In the Black Mountains
Chapter 13: In the Black Mountains The darkness of night found our two travelers in the midst of the mountains and far from any friendly inn. The sky was clear, however, and above the tree tops the round, full moon was shining brightly. Both knight and squire were weary from long traveling, and sore from…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 12: The Adventure with the Prisoners
Chapter 12: The Adventure with the Prisoners Day after day, the two travelers jogged slowly along, rambling hither and thither wherever their fancy chose to wander. At length they came into the rugged highway which leads through the Black Mountains, or, as they are called in Spain, the Sierra Morena. “Now we shall have our…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 11: The Adventure with the Barber
Chapter 11: The Adventure with the Barber Days passed, and still Don Quixote rode bare-headed: for as yet he had found no means whereby to win for himself a new helmet. Every day, however, had its adventures, and every turn of the road seemed to lead the knight and his squire into new fields of…
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THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MR. TOAD: OLD MR. TOAD’S MUSIC BAG
Never think that you have learned All there is to know. That’s the surest way of all Ignorance to show. “I’ve found Old Mr. Toad!” cried Peter Rabbit, hurrying after Jimmy Skunk. “Where?” demanded Jimmy. “In the water,” declared Peter. “He’s sitting right over there where the water is shallow, and he didn’t notice me…
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THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MR. TOAD: PETER RABBIT FINDS OLD MR. TOAD
It isn’t often that Peter Rabbit is truly envious, but sometimes in the joyousness of spring he is. He envies the birds because they can pour out in beautiful song the joy that is in them. The only way he can express his feelings is by kicking his long heels, jumping about, and such foolish…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 20: The Dainty China Country
While the Woodman was making a ladder from wood which he found in the forest Dorothy lay down and slept, for she was tired by the long walk. The Lion also curled himself up to sleep and Toto lay beside him. The Scarecrow watched the Woodman while he worked, and said to him: “I cannot…
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The Tale of Jolly Robin Chapter 14: One or Two Blunders
ONE OR TWO BLUNDERS Jolly Robin’s cousin, the Hermit, seemed much disappointed because Jolly did not weep after hearing the beautiful, sad song. But no matter how mournful a song might be, Jolly Robin could no more have shed tears over it than a fish could have. Naturally, a fish never weeps, because it would…
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The Tale of Jolly Robin Chapter 13: The Hermit
THE HERMIT Though Jolly Robin was quite bold for his size, he had a cousin who was actually shy. This timid relation of Jolly’s belonged to the Hermit Thrush family; and Jolly Robin always spoke of him as “The Hermit,” which was a good name for him, because he never strayed from the depths of…