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by H.H. Munro (SAKI) The farmhouse kitchen probably stood where it did as a matter of accident or haphazard choice; yet its situation might have

by Robert Louis Stevenson THE CARAFFE stood on a table in the midst of the room. For near a week no one had passed the

by Aesop A Fox was caught in a trap one fine morning, because he had got too near the Farmer’s hen house. No doubt he

by Aesop One bright evening as the sun was sinking on a glorious world a wise old Cock flew into a tree to roost. Before

The Cock of the Walk by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman DOWN the road, kicking up the dust until he marched, soldier-wise, in a cloud of

by Aesop A Cock was busily scratching and scraping about to find something to eat for himself and his family, when he happened to turn

by Leo Tolstoy (After Bernardin de Saint-Pierre) In the town of Surat, in India, was a coffee-house where many travellers and foreigners from all parts

by Rex Ellingwood Beach Those marks on my arm? Oh! I got ’em playin’ horse-thief. Yes, playin’. I wasn’t a real one, you know–Well, I

by H. P. Lovecraft West of Arkham the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut. There

by Guy de Maupassant “Upon my word,” said Colonel Laporte, “although I am old and gouty, my legs as stiff as two pieces of wood,

by O. Henry Every Saturday night the Clover Leaf Social Club gave a hop in the hall of the Give and Take Athletic Association on

by Bram Stoker The little Cornish port of Pencastle was bright in the early April, when the sun had seemingly come to stay after a

by O. Henry There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love and war.

by H.G. Wells The night was hot and overcast, the sky red, rimmed with the lingering sunset of mid-summer. They sat at the open window,

by Rudyard Kipling Private Copper’s father was a Southdown shepherd; in early youth Copper had studied under him. Five years’ army service had somewhat blunted

by Ethel M. Dell “So you don’t want to marry me?” said Earl Wyverton. He said it by no means bitterly. There was even the

by Charlotte M. Yonge 1433 The illustrious days of Portugal were during the century and a half of the dynasty termed the House of Aviz,

by W. W. Jacobs Mr. Bob Grummit sat in the kitchen with his corduroy-clad legs stretched on the fender. His wife’s half-eaten dinner was getting

by Honore de Balzac Every one knows through what adventure King Francis, the first of that name, was taken like a silly bird and led

by Richard Harding Davis For over forty years, in one part of the world or another, old man Marshall had, served his country as a

by Rudyard Kipling Ride with an idle whip, ride with an unused heel.But, once in a way, there will come a dayWhen the colt must

by Bret Harte The habitually quiet, ascetic face of Seth Rivers was somewhat disturbed and his brows were knitted as he climbed the long ascent

The Cook’s Wedding by Anton Chekhov Some word definitions that will be helpful to the reader: pothouse: a pub. tram: horse-drawn streetcar Tchernomor: Chernomor was

by W. W. Jacobs All ready for sea, and no cook,” said the mate of the schooner Gannet, gloomily. “What’s become of all the cooks