all the apple trees in the garden were blooming. they had hastened to cover themselves with blossoms before their green leaves were fully unfolded. all the ducklings were in the farmyard, and so was t...
the flax was in full bloom. it had such pretty blue blossoms, as soft as the wings of a moth, and even more delicate. and the sun shone down on the flax, and the rain clouds watered it, and that was a...
a mother sat by her little child. she was so sad, so afraid he would die. the child's face was pallid. his little eyes were shut. his breath came faintly now, and then heavily as if he were sighing, ....
the flea, the grasshopper, and the skipjack1 once wanted to see which of them could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and whoever else would come, to see the grand sight. and there the t...
there was once a little girl, very nice and very pretty, but so poor that she had to go barefooted all summer. and in winter she had to wear thick wooden shoes that chafed her ankles until they were r...
GRANDMOTHER is very old, her face is wrinkled, and her hair is quite white; but her eyes are like two stars, and they have a mild, gentle expression in them when they look at you, which does you good....
once upon a time there was a darning needle who imagined she was so fine that she really was a sewing needle."be careful and hold me tightly!" she warned the fingers that picked her up. "don't dro...
once there was a little boy who went out and got his feet wet and caught cold. nobody could understand how it had happened, because the weather was very dry.his mother undressed him, put him to bed, a...
it was so beautiful out on the country, it was summer- the wheat fields were golden, the oats were green, and down among the green meadows the hay was stacked. there the stork minced about on his red ...
"whenever a good child dies, an angel of god comes down from heaven, takes the dead child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with him over all the places which the child had lo....
