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Romeo and Juliet

Act 2, Scene 5

by William Shakespeare

Juliet anxiously awaits the arrival of her nurse, who brings news of her meeting with Romeo.

Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories

“The Golden River”

by John Ruskin

A story about an abused brother that gets his reward for his kind-hearted nature through magic.

Moby Dick

Chapter 67: Cutting In

by Herman Melville

The narrator describes the processing of the whale carcass.

Cannetella doesn’t wish to be married, but agrees to do so if her father finds a man to fit her outrageous demands. Her insistence leads her to trouble, when her husband treats her poorly. She manages an escape, but her husband pursues her, using magic to try to capture her once more.

The Secret Garden

Chapter 18: “‘Tha’ Munnot Waste No Time’”

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mary tells Dickon about the previous events with Colin. He is determined to bring Colin to the garden. Mary and Colin’s friendship grows and she tells him all about the garden.

The Yellow Fairy Book

A Story About a Darning-Needle

by Andrew Lang

A darning-needle takes on different jobs and has adventures.

The Secret Garden

Chapter 16: “‘I Won’t!’ Said Mary”

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Martha tells Mary that Colin will be angry and throw a tantrum if she decides to see Dickon instead of visiting him in his room. Mary confronts Colin about his health saying that he isn’t dying—he’s only feeling sorry for himself. He tells her that he will banish Dickon if it happens again.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 9: “Curly and the Spinning Top”

by Howard R. Garis

Curly is recovering from his vaccination. Flop buys him a top to take his mind off the soreness. A giant snail comes to take his vaccination, so Curly activates the top. The snail get so dizzy that it falls out of the window into a bush.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 24: “Curly and the Afraid Girl”

by Howard R. Garis

Curley and Flop split ways to see who will find an adventure first. Curly comes upon a mouse girl named Edna who was afraid of the water and seeing an alligator. Just when she feels safe and comfortable, Curly spies a gator approaching their boat. He tells her to put on a blindfold so she won’t see the gator.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 20: “Flop and the Pie Lady”

by Howard R. Garis

While at the bungalow, Curly, Flop, and Uncle Wiggly meet a woman with brown hair, Margaret More. She offers to make pies for them and shoos them away. When they return, a wolf comes by to eat the pie lady, Flop, and the pie. Flop throw the peels at him and sends him running back home.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 11: “Curly and the Chestnuts”

by Howard R. Garis

Curly was punished by his teacher and had to stay after school. While cleaning the chalkboard, Jacko the organ-monkey hit Curly in the head with chestnuts. They decided to roast them. The alligator came to attack them, but was frightened away by the popping of the chestnuts.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 10: “Flop and the Turtle”

by Howard R. Garis

While Curly went to school, Flop stayed home and played. He found a stone and gave it to his mom to use as a doorstop. A mean egg-dog comes by to eat his mom’s pies. The stone began to talk and explained that he was a frozen turtle. The turtle bit the dog and it ran away.

The Blithedale Romance

Chapter XXIV: “The Masqueraders”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Upon his return to Blithedale, Coverdale stumbles upon a strange scene.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 3: “Pinky’s Rubber Ball”

by Howard R. Garis

While Curly and Flop were playing soldier in the forest, baby Pinky played alone. A fox spied her and carried her away to the forest. Pinky squealed for her brothers and tossed them her rubber ball to wet the fox. They filled the ball with water and squirted the fox.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 4: “How Curly Helped Mother”

by Howard R. Garis

The pig children help their mother do the laundry. When she leaves to help a sick neighbor, Curly decides to surprise her and finish the laundry. When he tries to hang up a large pillowcase, the wind picks him up into the air and into a tree.

The Secret Garden

Chapter 2: “Mistress Mary Quite Contrary”

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mary is sent to live with an English clergyman and his five children. Afterwards, she is sent to live with Archibald Craven, a hermit uncle. She meets the housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock—she and Mary instantly dislike each other.

The Four Million

"Sisters of the Golden Circle"

by O. Henry

One bride helps another.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 25: “The Piggies at the Party”

by Howard R. Garis

Sadie, a lady pig with long earrings, asks Curly and Flop to her party. A bear comes to the house to eat them and Sadie throws marshmallows in his face. The bear thought it was snowing and rushed back to his cave before he got snowed in.