Ama-terasu and Susa-no-o
June 7, 2019
Susa-no-o, or “The Impetuous Male,” was the brother of Ama-terasu, the Sun Goddess. Now Susa-no-o was a very undesirable deity…
A STORY OF ROBIN HOOD
May 2, 2019
In the rude days of King Rich-ard and King John, there were many great woods in England. The most famous…
The Little Prince
April 8, 2019
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about…
The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
March 26, 2019
HIGH above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with…
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
March 26, 2019
[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]ON[/su_dropcap] glancing over my notes of the seventy-odd cases in which I have during the last eight years…
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
March 26, 2019
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE I HAD called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas,…
THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY WE were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the maid brought in…
The Hammer of Thor Sif was the wife of mighty Thor, the thunder-god, and she was very proud of her beautiful…
HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN
March 18, 2019
Rudyard Kipling’s brilliantly funny tale of How the Rhinoceros got his Skin of “Just so stories” series.
HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP
March 18, 2019
HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and…