A colony of bats living in a great American cave had got along fine for a thousand generations, flying, hanging head down, eating insects, and raising young,
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Sunday, 29 September 2013
The Bat Who Got the Hell Out
A Widow of the Santa Ana Valley
The Widow Wade was standing at her bedroom window staring out, in that vague instinct which compels humanity in moments of doubt and perplexity to seek this
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The Chatelaine of Burnt Ridge
It had grown dark on Burnt Ridge. Seen from below, the whole serrated crest that had glittered in the sunset as if its interstices were eaten by consuming fires,
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A Maecenas of the Pacific Slope
As Mr. Robert Rushbrook, known to an imaginative press as the “Maecenas of the Pacific Slope,” drove up to his country seat, equally referred to as a “palatial villa,”
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Brown of Calaveras
A subdued tone of conversation, and the absence of cigar smoke and boot heels at the windows of the Wingdam stagecoach, made it evident that one of the inside
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A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready
There was no mistake this time: he had struck gold at last!
It had lain there before him a moment ago
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The Queen of the Pirate Isle
I first knew her as the Queen of the Pirate Isle. To the best of my recollection she had no reasonable right to that title. She was only nine years old,
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The Eagle And The Arrow
An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death.
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The Nurse And The Wolf
‘Be quiet now,’ said an old Nurse to a child sitting on her lap. ‘If you make that noise again I will throw you to
the Wolf.’
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The Tree And The Reed
‘Well, little one,’ said a Tree to a Reed that was growing at its foot, ‘why do you not plant your feet deeply in the ground, and raise your head boldly in the air as I do?’
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The Right Eye of the Commander
The year of grace 1797 passed away on the coast of California in a southwesterly gale. The little bay of San Carlos, albeit sheltered by the headlands of the blessed Trinity,
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The Youngest Miss Piper
I do not think that any of us who enjoyed the acquaintance of the Piper girls or the hospitality of Judge Piper, their father, ever cared for the youngest sister.
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Bohemian Days in San Francisco
It is but just to the respectable memory of San Francisco that in these vagrant recollections I should deprecate at once any suggestion that the levity of my title
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Three Vagabonds of Trinidad
“Oh! it’s you, is it?” said the Editor.
The Chinese boy to whom the colloquialism was addressed answered literally, after his habit:–
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How Santa Claus Came To Simpson's Bar
It had been raining in the valley of the Sacramento. The North Fork had overflowed its banks and Rattlesnake Creek was impassable. The few boulders that
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The Devotion of Enriquez
In another chronicle which dealt with the exploits of “Chu Chu,” a Californian mustang, I gave some space to the accomplishments of Enriquez Saltillo, who assisted me
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Through The Santa Clara Wheat
It was an enormous wheat-field in the Santa Clara valley, stretching to the horizon line unbroken. The meridian sun shone upon it without glint or shadow;
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Bulger's Reputation
We all remembered very distinctly Bulger’s advent in Rattlesnake Camp. It was during the rainy season–a season singularly inducive to settled reflective impressions
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The Luck of Roaring Camp
There was commotion in Roaring Camp. It could not have been a fight, for in 1850 that was not novel enough to have called together the entire settlement.
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The Sick Lion
A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath.
The animals, his subjects, came round him
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The Fox And The Stork
At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the stork to dinner, and for a joke put nothing
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Saturday, 28 September 2013
An Episode Of Fiddletown
In 1858 Fiddletown considered her a very pretty woman. She had a quantity of light chestnut hair, a good figure, a dazzling complexion, and a certain languid grace which passed
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Salomy Jane
Only one shot had been fired. It had gone wide of its mark,–the ringleader of the Vigilantes,–and had left Red Pete, who had fired it, covered by their rifles
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Miggles
We were eight, including the driver. We had not spoken during the passage of the last six miles, since the jolting of the heavy vehicle over the roughening
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Devil's Ford
It was a season of unequalled prosperity in Devil’s Ford. The half a dozen cabins scattered along the banks of the North Fork, as if by some overflow of that
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A Phyllis Of The Sierras
Where the great highway of the Sierras nears the summit, and the pines begin to show sterile reaches of rock and waste in their drawn-up files, there are signs of
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Barker's Luck
A bird twittered! The morning sun shining through the open window was apparently more potent than the cool mountain air, which had only caused the sleeper
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High Water Mark
When the tide was out on the Dedlow Marsh, its extended dreariness was patent. Its spongy, low-lying surface, sluggish, inky pools, and tortuous sloughs,
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Burned Toast
When I was a kid, my Mom liked to cook food and every now & then I remember she used to cook for us.
One night in particular when she had made dinner
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The Man And The Wood
A Man came into a Wood one day with an axe in his hand, and begged all the Trees to give him a small branch which he wanted for a particular purpose.
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The Fox And The Cat
A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies. ‘I have a whole bag of tricks,’ he said, ‘which contains a hundred ways of escaping
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A Romance Of The Line
As the train moved slowly out of the station, the Writer of Stories looked up wearily from the illustrated pages of the magazines and weeklies on his lap to the
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The Mermaid Of Lighthouse Point
Some forty years ago, on the northern coast of California, near the Golden Gate, stood a lighthouse. Of a primitive class, since superseded by a building more
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A Convert Of The Mission
The largest tent of the Tasajara camp meeting was crowded to its utmost extent. The excitement of that dense mass was at its highest pitch. The Reverend Stephen Masterton,
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In The Tules
He had never seen a steamboat in his life. Born and reared in one of the Western Territories, far from a navigable river, he had only known the “dugout” or canoe as a means of conveyance
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Mliss
Just where the Sierra Nevada begins to subside in gentler undulations, and the rivers grow less rapid and yellow, on the side of a great red mountain, stands
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What Happened To Charles
A farm horse named Charles was led to town one day by his owner, to be shod. He would have been shod and brought back home without incident if it hadn’t been for Eva, a duck,
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The Sea And The Shore
A pair of gibbous creatures, who had lived in the sea since time began, which hadn’t been long before, were washed upon the shore one day and became the discoverers of land.
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The Rose, The Fountain, And The Dove
In a green valley, serene as a star and silent as the moon—except for the Saturday laughter of children and the sound of summer thunder—a rose and a fountain grew restless as time crept on.
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The Hen Party
All the hens came to Lady Buff Orpington’s tea party and, as usual, Minnie Minorca was the last to arrive, for, as usual, she had spent the day with her psychiatrist,
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Thursday, 26 September 2013
Notes by Flood and Field
It was near the close of an October day that I began to be disagreeably conscious of the Sacramento Valley. I had been riding since sunrise, and my course through
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
A Mother of Five
She was a mother–and a rather exemplary one–of five children, although her own age was barely nine. Two of these children were twins, and she generally alluded to them
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A Drift from Redwood Camp
They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature. From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel,
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A Yellow Dog
I never knew why in the Western States of America a yellow dog should be proverbially considered the acme of canine degradation and incompetency, nor why the possession of one
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A Lonely Ride
As I stepped into the Slumgullion stage I saw that it was a dark night, a lonely road, and that I was the only passenger. Let me assure the reader that I
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Long Odds
The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain,
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Hunter Quatermain's Story
Sir Henry Curtis, as everybody acquainted with him knows, is one of the most hospitable men on earth. It was in the course of the enjoyment of his hospitality at his
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A Wasted Day
When its turn came, the private secretary, somewhat apologetically, laid the letter in front of the Wisest Man in Wall Street.
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A Question of Latitude
Of the school of earnest young writers at whom the word muckraker had been thrown in opprobrium, and by whom it had been caught up as a title of honor,
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The Lost House
It was a dull day at the chancellery. His Excellency the American Ambassador was absent in Scotland, unveiling a bust to Bobby Burns, paid for by the numerous lovers of that poet
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My Buried Treasure
This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for the treasure.
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013
The Reporter Who Made Himself King
The Old Time Journalist will tell you that the best reporter is the one who works his way up. He holds that the only way to start is as a printer’s devil or as an office boy,
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The Father And His Daughter
A little girl was given so many picture books on her seventh birthday that her father, who should have run his office and let her mother run the home, thought his daughter
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The Lion And The Lizard
A lion and a lizard kept the halls where once a prince had slept. The prince had died, as even princes do, and his palace had fallen to rats and ruin.
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The Cat In The Lifeboat
A feline named William got a job as copy cat on a daily paper and was surprised to learn that every other cat on the paper was named Tom, Dick, or Harry. He soon found out that he was the only cat named William in town.
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The Princess Aline
H. R. H. the Princess Aline of Hohenwald came into the life of Morton Carlton–or “Morney” Carlton, as men called him–of New York city, when that young gentleman’s affairs
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Billy And The Big Stick
Had the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to make light, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make money, they need not have left Hayti.
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Two Dogs
One sultry moonless night, a leopard escaped from a circus and slunk away into the shadows of a city. The chief of police dogs assigned to the case a German shepherd named Plunger and a plainclothes bloodhound named Plod.
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The Lover And His Lass
An arrogant gray parrot and his arrogant mate listened, one African afternoon, in disdain and derision, to the lovemaking of a lover and his lass, who happened to be hippopotamuses.
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The Amateur
It was February off the Banks, and so thick was the weather that, on the upper decks, one could have driven a sleigh. Inside the smoking-room Austin Ford, as securely sheltered
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In the Fog
The Grill is the club most difficult of access in the world. To be placed on its rolls distinguishes the new member as greatly as though he had received a vacant Garter or had been caricatured in “Vanity Fair.”
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The Shepherd’s Boy
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan
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The Wolf And The Kid
A Kid was perched up on the top of a house, and looking down saw a Wolf passing under him. Immediately he began to revile and attack his enemy.
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The Bald Man And The Fly
There was once a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer’s day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time.
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The Serpent And The File
A Serpent in the course of its wanderings came into an armorer’s shop. As he glided over the floor he felt his skin pricked by a file lying there.
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The Lion in Love
A Lion once fell in love with a beautiful maiden and proposed marriage to her parents. The old people did not know what to say. They did not like to give
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The Two Pots
Two Pots had been left on the bank of a river, one of brass, and one of earthenware. When the tide rose they both floated off down the stream.
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The Scarlet Car
For a long time it had been arranged they all should go to the Harvard and Yale game in Winthrop’s car. It was perfectly well understood.
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The Frame Up
When the voice over the telephone promised to name the man who killed Hermann Banf, District Attorney Wharton was up- town lunching at Delmonico’s.
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Ranson's Folly
The junior officers of Fort Crockett had organized a mess at the post-trader’s. “And a mess it certainly is,” said Lieutenant Ranson.
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The Spy
My going to Valencia was entirely an accident. But the more often I stated that fact, the more satisfied was everyone at the capital that I had come on some secret mission.
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The Make Believe Man
I had made up my mind that when my vacation came I would spend it seeking adventures. I have always wished for adventures, but, though I am old enough
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A Charmed Life
She loved him so, that when he went away to a little war in which his country was interested she could not understand, nor quite forgive.
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The Nature Faker
Richard Herrick was a young man with a gentle disposition, much money, and no sense of humor. His object in life was to marry Miss Catherweight.
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Monday, 23 September 2013
Somewhere In France
Marie Gessler, known as Marie Chaumontel, Jeanne d’Avrechy, the Countess d’Aurillac, was German. Her father, who served through the Franco-Prussian War, was a German spy.
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The Bar Sinister
The Master was walking most unsteady, his legs tripping each other. After the fifth or sixth round, my legs often go the same way.
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The Man Who Could Not Lose
The Carters had married in haste and refused to repent at leisure. So blindly were they in love, that they considered their marriage their greatest asset.
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Vera, The Medium
Happy in the hope that the news was “exclusive”, the Despatch had thrown the name of Stephen Hallowell, his portrait, a picture of his house, and the words,
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The Boy Scout
A rule of the Boy Scouts is every day to do some one a good turn. Not because the copy-books tell you it deserves another, but in spite of that pleasing possibility.
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The Consul
For over forty years, in one part of the world or another, old man Marshall had, served his country as a United States consul. He had been appointed by Lincoln.
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Before he finally arrested him, “Jimmie” Sniffen had seen the man with the golf-cap, and the blue eyes that laughed at you, three times. Twice, unexpectedly, he had come upon
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A Derelict
When the war-ships of a navy lie cleared for action outside a harbor, and the war-ships of the country with which they are at war lie cleared for action inside the harbor,
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Tea For One
A young husband was wakened at five o’clock one morning by his bride. “Is the house on fire?” he mumbled. She laughed merrily. “The dawn is here,” she said, “and I am going to bake a sugar cake.”
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The Rose And The Weed
In a country garden a lovely rose looked down upon a common weed and said, “You are an unwelcome guest, economically useless, and unsightly of appearance. The Devil must love weeds, he made so many of them.”
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The Crow And The Scarecrow
Once upon a farm an armada of crows descended like the wolf on the fold. They were after the seeds in the garden and the corn in the field.
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Variations On The Theme
A fox, attracted by the scent of something, followed his nose to a tree in which sat a crow with a piece of cheese in his beak. “Oh, cheese,” said the fox scornfully. “That’s for mice.”
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The Lion And The Mouse
Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws
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The Fox And The Goat
By an unlucky chance a Fox fell into a deep well from which he could not get out. A Goat passed by shortly afterwards, and asked the Fox what he was doing down there.
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The Ass In The Lion's Skin
An Ass once found a Lion’s skin which the hunters had left out in the sun to dry. He put it on and went towards his native village. All fled at his approach,
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The Wolf And The Dog
A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by. ‘Ah, Cousin,’ said the Dog.
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Saturday, 21 September 2013
The Lion And The Statue
A Man and a Lion were discussing the relative strength of men and lions in general. The Man contended that he and his fellows were stronger than lions by reason of
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The Two Crabs
One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to take a stroll on the sand. ‘Child,’ said the mother, ‘you are walking very ungracefully.
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The Lion, The Fox And The Beasts
The Lion once gave out that he was sick unto death and summoned the animals to come and hear his last Will and Testament. So the Goat came to the Lion’s cave,
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The Dog And The Shadow
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook.
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The Crow And The Pitcher
A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a Pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the Pitcher he found that
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The Old Man And Death
An old laborer, bent double with age and toil, was gathering sticks in a forest.
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Thursday, 19 September 2013
Draft Board Nights
I left the University in June, 1918, but I couldn’t get into the army on account of my sight, just as grandfather couldn’t get in on account of his age.
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University Days
I passed all the other courses that I took at my University, but I could never pass botany. This was because all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory
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The Very Proper Gander
Not so long ago there was a very fine gander. He was strong and beautiful and he spent most of his time singing to his wife and children.
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A Sequence of Servants
When I look buck on the Ion0 line of servants my mother hired during the years I lived at home, I remember clearly ten or twelve of them (we had about a hundred and sixty-two, all told, but few of them were memorable).
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The Moth And The Star
A young and impressionable moth once set his heart on a certain star. He told his mother about this and she counseled him to set his heart on a bridge lamp instead.
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More Alarms at Night
One of the incidents that I always think of first when I cast back over my youth is what happened the night that my father “threatened to get Buck.”
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The Bear Who Let It Alone
In the woods of the Far West there once lived a brown bear who could take it or leave it alone. He would go into a bar where they sold mead, a fermented drink made of honey,
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The Night the Ghost Got In
The ghost that got into our house on the night of November 17, 1915, raised such a hullabaloo of misunderstandings that I am sorry I didn’t just let it keep on walking,
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The Day the Dam Broke
My memories of what my family and I went through during the 1913 flood in Ohio I would gladly forget. And yet neither the hardships we endured nor the turmoil and confusion
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If Grant Had Been Drinking At Appomattox
The morning of the ninth of April, 1865, dawned beautifully. General Meade was up with the first streaks of crimson in the sky. General Hooker and General Burnside were up
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The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble
Within the memory of the youngest child there was a family of rabbits who lived near a pack of wolves. The wolves announced that they did not like the way the rabbits
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The Crows And The Serpent
Once a crow couple built their nest on a tree. But as luck would have it, there lived a serpent in a hole at the bottom of the same tree. When the crows were away,
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The Cat, Partridge And The Hare
Long time ago there lived a partridge under a tree. The partridge one day decided to go to the fields and indulge itself in the food there.
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The Gold Giving Serpent
Long time ago there lived a poor bhrahman. He used to work hard on the fields but all his efforts did not bear fruit. He one day found an anthill on his field and found a serpent there.
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The Heron And The Crab
Long time ago there lived a heron by the side of a pond. It was a lazy creature and once devised a plan to get supply of fish without doing much work.
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The Day Dreaming Priest
Long time ago there lived a priest who was lazy and poor at the same time. He did not want to do any hard work but used to dream of being rich one day.
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The Sage's Daughter
Once upon a time there lived a sage on the banks of a river. He and his wife did not have any children. One day when the sage was praying in the middle of the river,
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The Moon Lake
Once A large herd of elephants lived in a jungle. Their king was a huge, majestic tusker. He looked after them with love and care.
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Wednesday, 18 September 2013
The Bhrahmin And The Three Thugs
Long, long ago, there lived a Bhrahmin in a small village. His name was Mitra Sharma. Once his father told him to sacrifice a goat according to some ancient Hindu rites.
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The Giant And The Helpless Bhrahmin
Once a Bhrahmin was passing through a jungle to reach another town, when a huge and cruel giant hiding somewhere behind the thick bushes, attacked the Bhrahmin and jumped upon his shoulders.
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The Owls Became Enemies Of The Crows
Long, long ago, all the birds of a jungle gathered to choose a new bird as their king. They were not happy with their king the Garuda, who they thought always enjoyed
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The Trader Dantila And The Sweeper Gorambha
In a city called Vardhamana, there lived a rich trader by the name of Dantila. He was a prosperous merchant. He kept both the common man and the king very happy.
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The King And The Parrots
Once a tribal king went to a jungle to hunt for birds. While hunting, he caught two parrots in his net. He was happy to catch the parrots as he could teach them to talk
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Town Visit Of A Village Mouse
Once upon a time, there lived a gentle mouse in a village. He had a friend living in a distant town. One day, the village mouse invited his town living friend to his village home
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The Mongoose And The Baby In The Cradle
Once upon a time, there lived a poor Bhrahmin named Dev Sharma with his wife in a small village. The Bhrahmin used to perform pooja in religious functions taking place
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The Hermit And The Jumping Rat
On the outskirts of a small village, there was a temple, in which, there lived a pundit. He used to perform pooja in the nearby villages.
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The Thief, The Giant And The Bhrahmin
Long ago, there lived a poor Bhrahmin in a village. He used to perform poojas in the nearby villages to earn his living. Once a rich farmer gave him a cow
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The Fox And The Elephant
There lived a huge elephant in a dense jungle. He was cruel and arrogant by nature. He roamed freely in the jungle, pulling down small trees and branches.
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The Hunter And The Doves
There was a huge banyan tree standing on the outer boundaries of a village. All kinds of birds had their homes in this tree. Even the travelers would come and relax under
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The Stag And His Antlers
Once upon a time, there lived a stag in a dense forest. One day, he went to a nearby lake to quench his thirst.
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The Lapwings And The Sea
Once upon a time, there lived a lapwing and his wife on a sea-shore. When it was time for the lapwing’s wife to lay eggs, she said to her husband.
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The Talkative Tortoise
Once upon a time, two geese by the names of Sankata and Vikata and a tortoise by the name of Kambugriva lived near a river. They were good friends.
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The Bird With Two Heads
Long, long ago, there lived a strange bird in a huge banyan tree. The tree stood beside a river. The strange bird had two heads, but only one stomach.
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The Bhrahmin And The Diamonds
Once upon a time there lived a clever Bhrahmin in a village. He performed poojas during the day time and robbed the unsuspecting traveler during the night time.
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The Cat, The Rat And The Hunter
Once upon a time, there lived an owl in a big banyan tree. A mouse, a cat and a mongoose also shared his neighborhood. They all feared each other. The owl was scared of the cat.
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The Falcon And The Crow
There lived a big falcon on a high mountain rock. Down in the plains, there lived a black crow in a huge tree.
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The Monkey And The Crocodile
Long, long ago, there lived a huge crocodile in the river Ganges. The river flowed through a dense jungle. On both sides of the river there stood tall jamun
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The Golden Bird And The King
Long, long ago, there lived a magic bird by the name of Sindhuka in a thick forest. It laid golden eggs.
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The Power Of Unity
In the middle of the jungle there stood a big peepal tree. A pair of sparrows lived on one of its branches. They had built a strong and comfortable nest and had two beautiful nestling.
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The Louse And The Bad Bug
There lived a white louse by the name of Mandarisarpini in the spacious bedroom of a mighty king. She used to live in the corner of the bed-sheet spread over the king’s beautiful bedstead.
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The Useful Thief
In a town, there lived a trader. He was a middle aged man. He was rich but a widower. He wanted to marry, but no girl was willing to marry him.
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The Dog In A Foreign Country
Long, long ago, in a town, there lived a dog by the name of Chitranga. Once there was a famine in the country. Due to lack of food the animals began to starve and die.
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The Little Mice And The Big Elephants
Once upon a time a village was devastated by a strong earthquake. Damaged houses and roads could be seen everywhere. The village was, as a matter of fact, in a total ruin.
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The Bhrahmin And The Delicious Dishes
Long ago, there lived a Bhrahmin in a village. He was a simple and honest man. But his wife was of a bad character. She had developed an illicit relation with a charming youth of the village.
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Three Fish And The Fisherman
Long, long ago, there lived three fish with their families in a pond. Their names were Anagatavidhata, Pratyutpannamati and Yadbhavishya. Anagatavidhata was very practical.
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The Visit Of The Swan
Once there lived a swan by the side of a big lake. The lake was situated in the middle of a dense forest.
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The Golden Goat
There lived a golden goat in a deep forest. He was as big as a pony and as strong as a bull. He had two pointed horns. His golden hair shone like burning flames in the bright sunlight.
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The Donkey Who Sang A Song
Once upon a time, there lived a washerman in a village. He had a donkey by the name of Udhata. He used to carry loads of clothes to the river bank and back home everyday.
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The Lion And The Woodcutter
There lived a lion in a dense forest. He had two good friends, a crow and a jackal. The lion hunted the whole day for his prey. And after assuaging his hunger,
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The Wolf And The Crane
Once, there lived a greedy and cunning wolf in a dense forest. One day, while he was having his dinner, a bone got stuck into his throat.
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Dharambuddhi And Paapbuddhi
In a village, there lived two friends. Their names were Dharambuddhi and Paapbuddhi. Paapbuddhi was not satisfied with the wealth he possessed.
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The Shepherd And The Wolf
There lived a shepherd in a village. He had many sheep. He took them out every morning for grazing. One day, his wife fell ill and he had to go to the city to
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The Merchant's Son
Long, long ago, there lived a merchant by the name of Sagaradatta. He had a son. The son once bought a book of poems. He recited a line of the poem so many times
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The Donkey And The Leopard's Skin
There was a washerman. His name was Shuddhapata. He had a donkey. The donkey had an insatiable appetite for food, but was least interested in doing his master’s work.
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The Mice That Ate Balance
Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy merchant named Jveernadhana, in a village. He ran a big business. His village was situated near a river.
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The Foolish Jackal
There lived two big bulls in a village. The village was situated near a thick forest. Once on some issue the bulls began fighting fiercely on the outskirts of the village.
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The Wise Crab
There stood two big banyan trees, side by side, in a dense forest. In fact, they were at such a short distance from each other that they formed one huge banyan tree.
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The Revenge Of The Elephant
Long, long ago, there lived a big elephant in a small town. The elephant was of a religious nature and used to perform puja in front of a temple.
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
The Cunning Judge
Once Upon a time, there lived a sparrow in a tree. He was very happy to have a beautiful and comfortable nest of his own in the tree.
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The Bullock And The Lion
Once upon a time, a village merchant named Vardhmanaka, was going to Mathura town on his bullock cart. Two bullocks-Sanjeevaka and Nandaka were pulling the bullock cart.
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The Bad Lady And The Wolf
Long ago, there lived a carpenter in a village. He was gentle but his wife was of a wicked nature and bad character. She detested her husband, because he was much older than her.
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The King Nanda And The Vararuchi
Once upon a time, there lived a king, by the name of Nanda.
He was very brave.
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The Dhobi's Donkey
Once upon a time, there lived a dhobi in a village. He had a donkey and a dog as his pets. The dog guarded his master’s house and accompanied him wherever he went.
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The Fool And The Crooks
Long, long ago, there lived a foolish man in a village. He was such an idiot that even a school child could fool him easily. The fool had one horse and one goat, as his pets.
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The Peacock And The Fox
Once a fox was wandering in a forest. He saw a beautiful peacock sitting on the branch of a tree at a considerable height: ‘How can I have this peacock for my meal,’ thought the fox to himself.
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The Marriage Of A Snake
There lived a Brahmin and his wife in a small ‘ village. The Brahmin couple had no children. They prayed day and night to God in order to be blessed with a child.
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The Old Greedy Crane
There was an old crane, who lived by a lake. He was so old that he could not arrange for his food. The fish swam around him, but he was so weak that he could not catch them.
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The Foolish Monkey And The King
Once upon a time, there was a ruler who kept a monkey as a pet. The monkey aided the king in whatsoever way he might. He had a allowed run of the majestic household because he was the king’s pet.
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The Rotating Wheel
Once upon a time, there lived four friends in a village. They were very poor. They wanted to earn a lot of money, but didn’t know how to do it?
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Two Fish And A Frog
Long, long ago, there lived two fish and a frog in a pond. The names of the two fish were Shatabuddhi and Sahasrabuddhi. The name of the frog was Ekabuddhi.
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The Clever Jackal
Once upon a time, there lived a jackal in a dense forest. His name was Mahachaturaka. He was very clever. One day, while he was wandering in search of food, he came across a dead elephant.
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The Frog And The Serpent
There lived a frog king by the name of Gangadatta, in a deep well. His subjects and other relatives too lived in the same well. The relatives had an evil eye on his throne and often created problems for the king frog.
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The Fake King
There lived a jackal in a jungle. His name was Chandarava. One day, he hadn’t eaten anything since morning and was so hungry that he wandered and wandered across the jungle,
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The Rabbits And The Elephants
Once upon a time, there lived a herd of elephants in a deep jungle. Their king was a huge elephant by the name of Chaturdanta.
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Saturday, 14 September 2013
The Prince And The Seedling
Once there was a king whose son was very ill-tempered and bad mannered. The king, the courtiers and many other eminent citizens tried to reform the prince and make
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Courtesy
Once upon a time, there lived a poor Bhrahmin in a village. He used to perform poojas and hawans in the nearby villages.
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The Wind And The Sun
Once an argument took place between the wind and the sun as to who was stronger of the two. The wind claimed that he was stronger than the sun, whereas,
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The Bear And Golu And Molu
Golu and Molu were fast friends. Golu was a lean and thin boy, whereas Molu was fat. People, in the village laughed at this combination. For a major period of the day, they would be seen together.
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King Chandra And The Monkey Chief
Once upon a time there lived a king by the name of Chandra. He had a beautiful palace surrounded by a huge garden. In this garden there lived many birds.
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The Four Friends And The Hunter
Long, long ago, there lived three friends in a jungle. They were-a deer, a crow and a mouse. They used to share their meals together.
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The Cow And The Tiger
Long, long ago, there lived four cows in a jungle. They were fast friends. They always grazed together and saved each other when some wild animal attacked them.
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Bhrahmadatta, The Crab and The Snake
Once upon a time, there lived in a village, a youth by the name of Bhrahmadatta. One day, Bhrahmadatta had to go to some other town for some important business.
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Beware Of Mean Friends
There in a deep jungle, lived a lion by the name of Madotkata. He had three selfish friends-a jackal, a crow and a wolf. They had become friendly with the lion,
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Friday, 13 September 2013
The Donkey And The Cunning Fox
Once there lived a foolish donkey in a town. The town was situated near a forest. There, in the forest lived king lion and his minister, a cunning fox.
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The Crow And The Monkey
Long, long ago, there was a big banyan tree in a dense jungle. In this banyan tree, there lived a crow’s family happily, with its nestling.
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When The Lion Came Back To Life
Long, long ago, there lived four friends in a village. Three of them were very learned, but they absolutely lacked in common sense.
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The Devta And The Weaver
Once upon a time, there lived a weaver by the name of Mantharaka. One day, while he was weaving, his handloom broke down. So he decided to go to a
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The Potter's Truth
Long, long ago, in a village there lived a potter by the name of Yudhisthira. He was in a habit of drinking liquor. One day, he stumbled on a broken pot in a drunken state and fell down.
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The Prince And The Bear
Once a prince went to a jungle to hunt for animals. He wandered the whole day in search of prey but to his sheer disappointment and disgust he didn’t get a single animal,
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The Monkey And The Log
Once some monkeys were sitting in a tree. The tree was at such a placed, where construction of a temple was going on.
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Somilaka The Weaver
Long, long ago, there lived a weaver in a town by the name of Somilaka. The cloth he wove was so fine and beautiful that even the king liked it.
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The Merchant And The Barber
Once upon a time, there lived a merchant called by the name of Manibhadra, in a town known as Patliputra. He was of a charitable nature.
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The Giant And The Horse Thief
Long ago, there lived a king by the name of Bhadrasen. He had a beautiful daughter, whose name was Ratnavati. Besides these two, there was the third, a giant, living in the nearby forest.
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The Crow And The Water Pitcher
Long ago, there lived a crow in a jungle. Once he was wandering in search of water to quench his thirst. At last, he came flying over a village.
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The Four Foolish Bhrahmins
Once upon a time, there lived four Bhrahmin friends in a village. They were learned persons, but were not satisfied with the knowledge they possessed
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The Rich Mohan And The Poor Sohan
Long ago, there lived two friends in a village. They were known as Mohan and Sohan. Mohan was a jeweller and was very rich, while Sohan was very poor.
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The Bats
Long ago, a fierce fighting broke out between the beasts and the birds. The birds pecked at the beasts and flew away. The beasts were helpless as the birds used
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Who Will Bell The Cat?
Once upon a time, there lived many mice in a grocer’s shop. There in the shop, they ate delicious wheat and rice, pulses and nuts, bread and butter and biscuits.
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The Cunning Snake
There lived a brown snake by the name of Mandvishya near a pond. The pond was full of frogs – big and small. They were all leading a happy life under the good rule of their king frog.
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The Wolf And The Lamb
Long ago, there lived a wolf in a dense forest. The forest was surrounded by hills and gorges. A small river flowed through it.
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The Old Wise Crow
There stood a huge banyan tree on the outskirts of a small town. Thousands of crows lived in this tree. Not far from the banyan tree, there was a mountain cave. Thousands of owls lived in it.
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The Mouse And The Bull
Once upon a time there lived a big bull in a village. The village was situated near a lake. One day, when the bull felt thirsty, he started walking towards the lake.
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The Lioness And The Young Jackal
Long, long ago, there lived a lion couple in a dense forest. One day, the lioness gave birth to two cubs. Now the lion would go out hunting and bring home a prey,
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The Camel With A Bell Round His Neck
There lived a cart-maker whose name was Ujjwalaka. He was not doing well in his business. Day by day, he was becoming poorer. Seeing no way out, the cart-maker decided to settle in some other town and try his luck there.
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A Poor Bhrahmin's Dream
Once upon a time, there lived a poor Bhrahmin in a village. His name was Swabhavakripna. He was all alone in this world. He had no relatives or friends. He used to beg for his living.
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Death And Lord Indra's Parrot
It was a meeting of all the gods in heaven. Lord Indra was also sitting on his thrown. His favorite parrot was perched on one of the arms of the throne. Lord Indra loved his parrot very much.
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The Lion And The Hare
There lived a lion by the name of Bhasuraka, in a dense jungle. He was very powerful, cruel and arrogant. He used to kill the animals of the jungle unnecessarily.
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The King Cobra And The Ants
There lived a big king cobra in a dense forest. As usual, he fed on birds’ eggs, lizards, frogs and other small creatures.
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The Bhrahmin And The Snake
There lived a poor Bhrahmin in a village. His name was Haridatta. He had a small farm to till, but in spite of all his hard work nothing grew in his farm.
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The Thief And The Sanyasi
Once upon a time, there lived a Sanyasi in a Matha. His name was Dev Sharma. He was a learned man. Many people used to visit him for his valuable preachings and advices on important matters.
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The Lion's Bad Breath
Long ago, there lived a lion in a dense forest. One morning his wife told him that his breath was bad and unpleasant. The lion became very angry and got embarrassed to hear this comment.
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The Monkeys And The Berries
Long, long ago, there lived a troop of monkeys in a hilly region. When winter fell, the monkeys began to shiver with cold. They had no place to protect themselves.
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The Jackal And The Arrow
Once a hunter was hunting in a forest. After sometime, he felt hungry. He saw a wild boar coming towards him. He shot an arrow at the boar. The arrow pierced the boar’s neck and protruded at its back.
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The Trick Of The Crow
Once upon a time, there stood a huge peepal tree on the outskirts of a small village. In this, tree there lived a pair of crows with their young ones.
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A Troublesome Visitor
In the low-pitched, crooked little hut of Artyom, the forester, two men were sitting under the big dark ikon — Artyom himself, a short and lean peasant with a wrinkled,
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The Chemist's Wife
The little town of B—-, consisting of two or three crooked streets, was sound asleep. There was a complete stillness in the motionless air.
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A Nervous Breakdown
A medical student called Mayer, and a pupil of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture called Rybnikov, went one evening to see their friend Vassilyev,
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The Bishop
The evening service was being celebrated on the eve of Palm Sunday in the Old Petrovsky Convent. When they began distributing the palm it was close upon ten o’clock,
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Anna on the Neck
After the wedding they had not even light refreshments; the happy pair simply drank a glass of champagne, changed into their travelling things, and drove to the station.
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The Schoolmistress
At half-past eight they drove out of the town.
The highroad was dry, a lovely April sun was shining warmly,
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In A Hotel
“Let me tell you, my good man,” began Madame Nashatyrin, the colonel’s lady at No. 47, crimson and spluttering, as she pounced on the hotel-keeper. “Either give me other apartments,
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The Two Volodyas
Let me; I want to drive myself! I’ll sit by the driver!” Sofya Lvovna said in a loud voice. “Wait a minute, driver; I’ll get up on the box beside you.”
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
The Grasshopper
ALL Olga Ivanovna’s friends and acquaintances were at her wedding.
“Look at him; isn’t it true that there is something in him?”
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Ariadne
On the deck of a steamer sailing from Odessa to Sevastopol, a rather good-looking gentleman, with a little round beard, came up to me to smoke, and said:
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In The Court
At the district town of N. in the cinnamon-colored government house in which the Zemstvo, the sessional meetings of the justices of the peace, the Rural Board,
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The Looking Glass
New year’s eve. Nellie, the daughter of a landowner and general, a young and pretty girl, dreaming day and night of being married, was sitting in her room,
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The Steppe
Early one morning in July a shabby covered chaise, one of those antediluvian chaises without springs in which no one travels in Russia nowadays, except merchant’s clerks,
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The Party
After the festive dinner with its eight courses and its endless conversation, Olga Mihalovna, whose husband’s name-day was being celebrated, went out into the garden.
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At The Barber's
Morning. It is not yet seven o’clock, but Makar Kuzmitch Blyostken’s shop is already open. The barber himself, an unwashed, greasy, but foppishly dressed youth of three and twenty,
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The Marshal's Widow
On the first of February every year, St. Trifon’s day, there is an extraordinary commotion on the estate of Madame Zavzyatov, the widow of Trifon Lvovitch,
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At A Summer Villa
I love you. You are my life, my happiness — everything to me! Forgive the avowal, but I have not the strength to suffer and be silent.
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The Examining Magistrate
District doctor and an examining magistrate were driving one fine spring day to an inquest. The examining magistrate, a man of five and thirty,
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The Juene Premier
Yevgeny Alexeyitch Podzharov, the jeune premier, a graceful, elegant young man with an oval face and little bags under his eyes, had come for the season to one of the
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Malingerers
Marfa Petrovna Petchonkin, the General’s widow, who has been practicing for ten years as a homeopathic doctor, is seeing patients in her study on one of the Tuesdays in May.
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The Petchenyeg
Ivan Abramitch Zhmuhin, a retired Cossack officer, who had once served in the Caucasus, but now lived on his own farm, and who had once been young,
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The Husband
In the course of the maneuvers the N—- cavalry regiment halted for a night at the district town of K—-. Such an event as the visit of officers always has the
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A Doctor's Visit
The Professor received a telegram from the Lyalikovs’ factory; he was asked to come as quickly as possible. The daughter of some Madame Lyalikov,
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Choristers
The Justice of the Peace, who had received a letter from Petersburg, had set the news going that the owner of Yefremovo, Count Vladimir Ivanovitch,
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The Bird Market
There is a small square near the monastery of the Holy Birth which is called Trubnoy, or simply Truboy; there is a market there on Sundays. Hundreds of sheepskins,
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The Schoolmaster
Fyodor Lukitch Sysoev, the master of the factory school maintained at the expense of the firm of Kulikin, was getting ready for the annual dinner.
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After The Theatre
Nadya Zelenin had just come back with her mamma from the theatre where she had seen a performance of “Yevgeny Onyegin.” As soon as she reached her own room she
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The Horse Stealers
A hospital assistant, called Yergunov, an empty-headed fellow, known throughout the district as a great braggart and drunkard, was returning one evening in Christmas week
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The Death Of A Government Clerk
One fine evening, a no less fine government clerk called Ivan Dmitritch Tchervyakov was sitting in the second row of the stalls, gazing through an opera glass
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Boys
“Volodya’S come!” someone shouted in the yard.
“Master Volodya’s here!” bawled Natalya the cook,
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From The Diary Of A Violent Tempered Man
I am a serious person and my mind is of a philosophic bent. My vocation is the study of finance. I am a student of financial law and I have chosen as the subject
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Ivan Matveyich
Between five and six in the evening. A fairly well-known man of learning — we will call him simply the man of learning — is sitting in his study
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Lights
The dog was barking excitedly outside. And Ananyev the engineer, his assistant called Von Schtenberg, and I went out of the hut to see at whom it was barking.
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Mari D'elle
It was a free night. Natalya Andreyevna Bronin (her married name was Nikitin), the opera singer, is lying in her bedroom, her whole being abandoned to repose.
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In Passion Week
Go along, they are ringing already; and mind, don’t be naughty in church or God will punish you.”
My mother thrusts a few copper coins upon me,
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Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Boots
A piano tuner called Murkin, a close-shaven man with a yellow face, with a nose stained with snuff, and cotton-wool in his ears, came out of his hotel-room into the passage
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On The Road
“Upon the breast of a gigantic crag,
A golden cloudlet rested for one night.”
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The Fish
A summer morning. The air is still; there is no sound but the churring of a grasshopper on the river bank, and somewhere the timid cooing of a turtle-dove.
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The Witch
It was approaching nightfall. The sexton, Savély Gykin, was lying in his huge bed in the hut adjoining the church. He was not asleep, though it was his habit
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At A Country House
Pavel Ilyitch Rashevitch walked up and down, stepping softly on the floor covered with little Russian plaids, and casting a long shadow on the wall and
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The Sage And The Mouse
There lived a famous sage in a dense forest. Everyday, the animals of the forest came to him to listen to his spiritual preachings.
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An Anonymous Story
Through causes which it is not the time to go into in detail, I had to enter the service of a Petersburg official called Orlov, in the capacity of a footman
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A Happy Ending
Lyubov Grigoryevna L, a substantial, buxom lady of forty who undertook matchmaking and many other matters of which it is usual to speak only in whispers,
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A Story Without An End
Soon after two o’clock one night, long ago, the cook, pale and agitated, rushed unexpectedly into my study and informed me that Madame Mimotih,
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Children
Papa and mamma and Aunt Nadya are not at home. They have gone to a christening party at the house of that old officer who rides on a little grey horse.
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The Cossack
Maxim Tortchakov, a farmer in southern Russia, was driving home from church with his young wife and bringing back an Easter cake which had just been blessed.
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The Head Of The Family
It is, as a rule, after losing heavily at cards or after a drinking-bout when an attack of dyspepsia is setting in that Stepan Stepanitch Zhilin wakes up in an exceptionally
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The Post
It was three o’clock in the night. The postman, ready to set off, in his cap and his coat, with a rusty sword in his hand, was standing near the door
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Sleepy
Night. Varka, the little nurse, a girl of thirteen, is rocking the cradle in which the baby is lying, and humming hardly audibly:
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In A Strange Land
Sunday, midday. A landowner, called Kamyshev, is sitting in his dining-room, deliberately eating his lunch at a luxuriously furnished table
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Tuesday, 10 September 2013
The Black Monk
Andrey Vassilitch Kovrin, who held a master’s degree at the University, had exhausted himself, and had upset his nerves. He did not send for a doctor,
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The Lady With The Dog
It was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front: a lady with a little dog. Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, who had by then been a fortnight at Yalta,
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The Wife
I received the following letter:
“Dear sir, Pavel Andreitch!
“Not far from you — that is to say, in the village of Pestrovo
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Drunk
A manufacturer called Frolov, a handsome dark man with a round beard, and a soft, velvety expression in his eyes, and Almer, his lawyer, an elderly man with a big
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A Slander
Serge Kapitonich Ahineev, the writing master, was marrying his daughter to the teacher of history and geography. The wedding festivities were going off most successfully.
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The Cook's Wedding
Grisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole. In the kitchen something extraordinary,
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La Lettre D'Amour
When Bardini, who led the Hungarian Band at the Savoy Restaurant, was promoted to play at the Casino at Trouville, his place was taken by the second violin.
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The Messengers
When Ainsley first moved to Lone Lake Farm all of his friends asked him the same question. They wanted to know, if the farmer who sold it to him had abandoned it as worthless,
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Hello! Cave
Long ago, there lived a lion by the name of Kharanakhara. He had been trying to hunt for his prey for the last two days, but could not succeed due to his old age
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The Golden Birds And The Golden Swans
Once upon a time there lived a mighty king in the state of Rajasthan. He had a beautiful palace in the ‘city of lakes’. One such lake surrounded his palace
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The New Villa
Two miles from the village of Obrutchanovo a huge bridge was being built. From the village, which stood up high on the steep river-bank,
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Monday, 9 September 2013
The Head Gardener's Story
A sale of flowers was taking place in Count N.’s greenhouses. The purchasers were few in number – a landowner who was a neighbor of mine, a young timber-merchant,
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On Official Duty
The deputy examining magistrate and the district doctor were going to an inquest in the village of Syrnya. On the road they were overtaken by a snowstorm;
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In Exile
Old Semyon, nicknamed Canny, and a young Tatar, whom no one knew by name, were sitting on the river-bank by the camp-fire; the other three ferrymen were in the hut.
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An Actor's End
Shtchiptsov, the “heavy father” and “good-hearted simpleton,” a tall and thick-set old man, not so much distinguished by his talents as an actor as by his exceptional physical strength
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