Cury and Flop are sent to the store to get cornmeal. Each brother took a bag. On the way home, they were invited to take apples from a tree. Flop took a small one that he could carry. Curly took the largest one he could find. When a fox jumped out to catch the pigs, Curly was unable to run as fast and still refused to drop his large apple.
Having escaped death, three new friends attempt to make a getaway.
A short story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
"“In the fight at Brandywine, Black Samson, a giant negro armed witha scythe, sweeps his way through the red ranks….”"
"Home agin, an’ home to stay—"
The narrator, Sylvie, and Bruno come upon Nero.
When Benjamin Bunny and his children, the “Flopsy Bunnies,” go to Mr. McGregor’s rubbish heap, they are pleasantly surprised to find it filled with overgrown lettuces. They eat their fill, and then fall asleep. When they are found by Mr. McGregor and put in a bag, Thomasina Tittlemouse comes to their rescue.
A poem about the ringing of the bells in a Flemish belfry
The narrator is alarmed by the continued normalcy of life. The military starts to take interest in the Martian presence.
A poem about violence and war.
The narrator keeps his promise to the innkeeper. A third tripod makes its appearance.
Clever Alice intends to marry Hans, but worries a great deal. First about a hatchet possibly killing her future child. Then her husband plays a trick on her when he sees her napping when she should be working. She becomes disoriented and unsure of her identity and runs from the town forever.
A poor shoemaker receives some much needed help.
A poem describing the beauty and the wonders of nature bathed in sunlight.
The travels of a tattered and worn songbook
The author gives explanation for the many princes who have lost their states.
Black Beauty finds that his new duties are somewhat restricting.
After the conclusion of the ball, Romeo sets out to find Juliet.
Starbuck, bound to Ahab by loyalty, fears the worst.
ADIEU, New–England's smiling meads,
Monica and Bertha visit their new neighbors, Mrs. Westmacott and her nephew, and determine she is a very unpleasant woman.
Hal Winter's situation causes a brief feeling of bitterness to overcome Ray Pearson.
A description of the time period is presented to the reader.
The short story of Easter and three young lillies.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. This story specifically focuses on the children saving a little fox named Reddy from the redcoats.