Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer. One of the king’s ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice . Crime was punished, or innocence was decided,...
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Il était une fois une veuve qui avait deux filles : l’aînée lui ressemblait si fort d’humeur et de visage, que, qui la voyait, voyait la mère. Elles étaient toutes deux si désagréables et si orgueilleuses, qu’on ne pouvait vivre avec elles. La cadette...
Lire la suiteThe Return of a Private by Hamlin Garland
Our story today is called, "The Return of a Private. " It was written by Hamlin Garland. Here is Harry Monroe with our story. The soldiers cheered as the train crossed the border into the state of Wisconsin. It had been a long trip from the south back...
Lire la suiteDoctor Heidegger’s Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne
That very unusual man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four friends to meet him in his office. There were three white-bearded gentlemen, Mister Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mister Gascoigne. And, there was a thin old lady whose husband had died,...
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