One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank. He pricked his ears and listened to the trit-trot, trit-trot of a pony. A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside him sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet. As soon as they had passed, little...
My dear Freda, because you like fairy-tales, and have been ill, I have made you a story all for yourself, a new one that nobody has read before. I heard it in Gloucestershire, and the story is true-at least about the tailor, the waistcoat, and the “No more...
Once upon a time, there was a king and queen who lived happily together. They were fond of each other and had nothing to worry about, but then the king grew restless. He longed to go out into the world, to try his strength in battle against some enemy and to win all...
Once there was a cat, and a parrot. And they had agreed to ask each other to dinner, turn and turn about: first the cat should ask the parrot, then the parrot should invite the cat, and so on. It was the cat’s turn first. Now the cat was very mean. He provided...
Once there was a little pink Rosebud, and she lived down in a little dark house under the ground. One day she was sitting there, all by herself, and it was very still. Suddenly, she heard a little TAP, TAP, TAP, at the door. “Who is that?” she said....
