Tag: writing
-
The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter 1 SCARING JOHNNIE GREEN
Chapter I When Johnnie Green was younger, it always scared him to hear Solomon Owl’s deep-toned voice calling in the woods after dark. “Whoo-whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo, to-whoo-ah!” That weird cry was enough to send Johnnie Green hurrying into the farmhouse, though sometimes he paused in the doorway to listen–especially if Solomon Owl happened to be laughing.…
-
Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 24: The Wooden-Peg Horse
Chapter 24: The Wooden-Peg Horse One evening the duke and the duchess were amusing themselves by listening to Don Quixote’s valorous talk. “Do you know of any case of injured innocence?” he asked. “I will avenge it. I will go to the ends of the earth to combat error. I am not afraid of giants…
-
Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 23: The Duke and the Duchess
Chapter 23: The Duke and the Duchess One fine day, just before sunset, our travelers came suddenly into a broad, green meadow which was bordered on three sides by a wood. In this meadow they saw a company of men and women whom Don Quixote guessed to be fine people out for a hunt. Nor…
-
Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 22: The Enchanted Bark
Chapter 22: The Enchanted Bark Fair and softly, and step by step, did Don Quixote and his squire wend their way through field and wood and village and farmland. Many and strange were their adventures — so many and strange, indeed, that I shall not try to relate the half of them. At length, on…
-
The Children’s Six Minutes: Letters
LETTERS Who is the most popular man in your town? The Postman. Who is the man who is most eagerly looked for as he comes down the street? The Postman. Who receives, at every door where he stops, a most cordial welcome? The Postman. I wonder if the thrill of getting a letter will ever…
-
The Tale of Jolly Robin chapter 16 JEALOUS JASPER JAY
JEALOUS JASPER JAY The feathered folk in Pleasant Valley were all aflutter. They had heard a strange tale–the oddest tale, almost, that had ever been told in their neighborhood. It was Jolly Robin who had started the story. And since he was not in the habit of playing jokes on people, everybody believed what he…
-
Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 21: The Adventure with the Lions
Chapter 21: The Adventure with the Lions The sun rose high in the sky, and Don Quixote jogged onward, full of joy and pride. He had overthrown the Knight of the Mirrors, and he was more persuaded than ever that he was the most valiant hero in the world. Neither enchanter nor enchantments could alarm…
-
Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 20: The Knight of the Mirrors
Chapter 20: The Knight of the Mirrors That night Don Quixote and Sancho Panza sought shelter under some trees by the roadside. Sancho unsaddled his Dapple and turned the beast loose to graze among the shrubs and thistles; then he threw himself down at the foot of a cork tree and was soon fast asleep.…
-
Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 19: The Strolling Players
Chapter 19: The Strolling Players A few days afterward as Don Quixote was riding onward and still grieving because of his ill luck, he suddenly met a large cart full of strange people. The driver, who was walking by his horses, was dressed very oddly. His coat and trousers were of scarlet, he had horns…
-
Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 18: In Search of Dulcinea
Chapter 18: In Search of Dulcinea Towards evening on the appointed day, the start was made. Don Quixote mounted his Rozinante, and Sancho threw himself astride of his faithful Dapple. The knight carried a new lance and wore a new helmet of brass which his friend Samson had given him; and the squire carried a…