A queen marries another man after the king dies and he is especially cruel. He passes a ridiculous law that a man with a golden beard doesn’t abide by. The king goes off to war and his stepson lets the man out and he is therefore blessed by good luck and magical assistance.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. In this story Marmaduke and his friends travel to China through the hole they dug.
This first chapter contains little in the way of action, instead setting the scene and introducing the first of many symbols that will come to dominate the story.
Prometheus stole from Heaven the sacred fire
While traveling with Mr. Haley, Uncle Tom encounters Evangeline St. Clare. An act of kindness by Tom does not go unnoticed.
The boys journey by canoe. Concerns are raised when they find evidence of others pursuing the tribe, evidence that leads them to fear there are enemies nearby.
The princess meets a very selective prince. He immediately falls in love with her quirky personality and surreal condition as they swim in the lake beside the palace.
Worth learns about alligators and panthers.
This poem must be done to–day;
The speaker looks back over family history, while placing their own struggles in the larger context of American progress.
"I saw thee once—once only—years ago:"
The author gives the reader several random logic puzzles to decipher.
While sitting on a fallen column, the four friends admire the moonlight.
In this story the circus comes to town and the three children enjoy the spectacle.
A princess dreams of her husband-to-be and his death.
Passepartout awakes to find that he is alone aboard the Carnatic, eventually arriving in Yokohama.
The sphere strikes back.
How a magical quern ended up at the bottom of the sea, grinding out salt.
The narrator describes the musk-melons that can be found to the west of the Indian River. He goes on to describe the day he was taken on a road that led to Palm Beach and his experiences there.
In this story, a demon recounts the curses he placed on the beauty that surrounded him.
Come, essay a sprightly measure,
Lady Macduff receives a warning but still falls prey to Macbeth's plan.
Guph goes to visit the Phanfasms. The First and Foremost Phanfasm and the others agrees to help, but secretly plans to use the tunnel, conquer Oz themselves, kill the Nomes, Growleywogs, and Whimsies, and control the world.
Ahab's hat is stolen as he obsessively waits to spot Moby Dick.
"Ring out, ye bells!, All Nature swells"