Trucker And The Emu – Humor
An Aussie truckie walks into an outback cafe with a full-grown emu behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders. The truckie says, ‘A hamburger, chips and a coke,’ …
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A Story From The Sand-Dunes
This is a story from the sand-dunes or sand-hills of Jutland; though it does not begin in Jutland, the northern peninsula, but far away in the south, in Spain. The …
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A Leaf From The Sky
High up yonder, in the thin clear air, flew an angel with a flower from the heavenly garden. As he was kissing the flower, a very little leaf fell down …
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Beauty Of Form And Beauty Of Mind
There was once a sculptor, named Alfred, who having won the large gold medal and obtained a travelling scholarship, went to Italy, and then came back to his native land. …
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The Fir Tree
Far down in the forest, where the warm sun and the fresh air made a sweet resting-place, grew a pretty little fir-tree, and yet it was not happy, it wished …
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Little Tiny Or Thumbelina
There was once a woman who wished very much to have a little child, but she could not obtain her wish. At last she went to a fairy, and said, …
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The Saucy Boy
Once upon a time there was an old poet, one of those right good old poets. One evening, as he was sitting at home, there was a terrible storm going …
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Little Claus And Big Claus
In a village there once lived two men who had the same name. They were both called Claus. One of them had four horses, but the other had only one; so …
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The Tinder-Box
A soldier came marching along the high road: “Left, right—left, right.” He had his knapsack on his back, and a sword at his side; he had been to the wars, …
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The Flea And The Professor
Here was once an aëronaut with whom things went badly; the balloon burst, tumbled the man out, and broke into bits. His boy he had two minutes before sent down …
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