Subject for June, 2016
Chapter 7 – Amy’s Valley Of Humiliation
Subject: Little Women
"That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn’t he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed. "How dare you ...
Tags:
Chapter 6 – Beth Finds The Palace Beautiful
Subject: Little Women
The big house did prove a Palace Beautiful, though it took some time for all to get in, and Beth found it very hard to pass the lions. Old Mr. Laurence was the biggest one, b...
Tags:
Chapter 5 – Being Neighborly
Subject: Little Women
"What in the world are you going to do now, Jo?" asked Meg one snowy afternoon, as her sister came tramping through the hall, in rubber boots, old sack, and hood, wi...
Tags:
Chapter 4 – Burdens
Subject: Little Women
"Oh, dear, how hard it does seem to take up our packs and go on," sighed Meg the morning after the party, for now the holidays were over, the week of merrymaking did...
Tags:
Chapter 3 – The Laurence Boy
Subject: Little Women
"Jo! Jo! Where are you?" cried Meg at the foot of the garret stairs. "Here!" answered a husky voice from above, and, running up, Meg found her sister e...
Tags:
Chapter 2 – A Merry Christmas
Subject: Little Women
Jo was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning. No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did long ago, when he...
Tags:
Chapter 1 – Playing Pilgrims
Subject: Little Women
"Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It’s so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at ...
Tags:
The Frogs’ Complaint Against The Sun
Subject: Aesop's Fables
ONCE UPON A TIME, when the Sun announced his intention to take a wife, the Frogs lifted up their voices in clamor to the sky. Jupiter, disturbed by the noise of their croaking, ...
Tags:
The Rose And The Amaranth
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN AMARANTH planted in a garden near a Rose-Tree, thus addressed it: “What a lovely flower is the Rose, a favorite alike with Gods and with men. I envy you your beauty a...
Tags:
The Thrush And The Fowler
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A THRUSH was feeding on a myrtle-tree and did not move from it because its berries were so delicious. A Fowler observed her staying so long in one spot, and having well bird-li...
Tags: