Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Mother Nature’s House Cleaning”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about the rain and the first few days of March/Spring.
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The Story of Siegfried
Adventure 6: “Brunhild”
by James Baldwin
Siegfried awakens a princess.
The Crimson Fairy Book
“Motiratika”
by Andrew Lang
A woman is sent by her husband to fetch water and runs into an ogre that threatens to eat her. She offers her magical baby in her place, but the baby is able to outsmart the ogre and he eats the husband (his father) instead. Therefore, justice prevails for the husband ordered her to fetch the water.
Seven O’Clock Stories
“Seventh Night: Mr. Scarecrow”
by Robert Gordon Anderson
The Toyman teaches the function of a scarecrow and why crows are bad for the corn crops.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Act 5, Scene 1
by William Shakespeare
Octavius and Antony confront Brutus and Cassius as they prepare for battle. Cassius is affected by some recent bad omens. Brutus and Cassius ponder the possible outcomes of the battle.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Chapter 16
by Edgar Allan Poe
At the suggestion of Pym, the captain of the Jane Guy heads south.
The Four Million
"An Unfinished Story"
by O. Henry
A poor working girl's tale.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapter 24
by Stephen Crane
Henry, realizing that the battle has ended for the time being, reflects on the days experiences and feels proud of his actions.
Florida: Essays and Poems
The Florida Pioneers
by Will Wallace Harney
The speaker looks back over family history, while placing their own struggles in the larger context of American progress.
Half-Past Seven Stories
Story 6: "Two O' Cat"
by Robert Gordon Anderson
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. Marmaduke is at first left out of the baseball game and is very upset by it. However, he practices and he impresses the other boys when they let him join in.
The War of the Worlds
Book One—The Coming of the Martians, Chapter 11: At the Window
by H.G. Wells
Now at his home, the narrator talks with a soldier about the current state of affairs.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“The Robin”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about a robin who flies north in the springtime, builds a nest for his mate, and migrates south for the winter.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"Goliath of Gath. 1 Samuel, Chap. xvii"
by Phillis Wheatley
YE martial pow'rs, and all ye tuneful nine,
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Part the Third
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The crew is overtaken with thirst. The approach of another ship causes the mariner to become hopeful. But as the ship gets ever closer, his hope turns to dread.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
A Chinese Empress quells an uprising and then has to mend the heavens and the pillars that hold up the sky.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Frederick Douglass"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"A hush is over all the teeming lists,"
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chapter I: Down the Rabbit-Hole
by Lewis Carroll
Alice, bored by her sister's reading, follows a passing rabbit down a hole.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Sweetheart Roland
by Grimm Brothers
A witch plots against her stepdaughter.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Ogre of Rashomon
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
A brave warrior fights an ogre, cutting off his arm. The ogre runs away, and the warrior keeps the arm as a prize. Later, the warrior’s old nurse appears at his door and pleads to see the arm. He lets her, and she grabs it, turning into the ogre. The ogre thus gets away with his arm, and is scared enough of the warrior that he never troubles the city again.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Chapter 17
by Edgar Allan Poe
The Jane Guy continues its journey south.
Gulliver's Travels
Part Four: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 5
by Jonathan Swift
The author at his master’s command, informs him of the state of England. The causes of war among the princes of Europe. The author begins to explain the English constitution.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter X: “A Visitor from Town”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moodie reappears, on a mysterious visit to see the ladies of Blithedale.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“How the Raindrops and Sunbeams Helped”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about the first days of spring.
The Tragedy of MacBeth
Act 5, Scene 1
by William Shakespeare
The doctor is witness to Lady Macbeth''s strange behavior.
The Tale of Tommy Fox
Chapter 9: “Tommy Fox in Trouble”
by Arthur Scott Bailey
Despite a warning from his mother, Tommy tries to steal one of Farmer Green’s hens.