On the way home from buying a cake at the store, Flop meets Nurse jane Fuzzy Wuzzy and she gives him some stockings to hang out for Santa. When she leaves, he is chased by a fox. When he hides, he sees a mouse who tells him to throw a stocking full of leaves at him to fool him. He does and escapes.
"Outside the rain upon the street,"
Foreword to the text.
An awful tempest mashed the air,
Wen de colo’ed ban’ comes ma’chin’ down de street,
Dorothy and her friends come upon a dark forest where they discover wild animals who fear a giant animal-eating spider. The Lion attacked and killed the deadly spider and the forest animals declared him their king.
Arcturus is his other name, —
A frog in an attempt to prove he is bigger than an ox blows himself up until he bursts. Be careful about how great you need to be. It can lead to your demise.
How a youth overcomes the seven-headed serpent who has demanded from his nation twenty-four young people each year.
A fairy tale about the sons of two widows that were on a quest to save the king’s daughters from the possession of the Red Etin, a horrible monster.
A mother goat rescues her children from a hungry wolf.
Ishael draws on Greek mythology to show the heroic nature of whaling.
The abandoned young Quasimodo is taken in by the priest, Claude Frollo. Rumor of sorcery are spread about the priest.
This poem expresses the problem many people have with getting up when it is dark in the morning and going to bed in the evening when it is still light outside.
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.
"Out of the sunshine and out of the heat,"
Victor finishes his creature and is frightened by its appearance. He falls ill with a nervous fever after reuniting with Henry, who nurses him back to health and gives him a letter from Elizabeth.
Ishmael continues to analyze and admire the whale.
I have not told my garden yet
A visit to the butcher's shop provides Black Beauty with further insight as to the conditions that drivers and horses face in the course of their duties.
Albert prepares his home for the Count of Monte Cristo.