IN A THOUSAND YEARS एक हजार साल में
by Hans Christian Andersen Yes, in a thousand years people will fly on the wings of steam through the air, over the ocean! The young inhabitants of America will become visitors of old Europe. They will come over to see…
Year of the big thaw बिग थाव का वर्ष
By Marion Zimmer Bradley मैरियन ज़िमर ब्रैडली द्वारा You say that Matthew is your own son, Mr. Emmett? Yes, Rev’rend Doane, and a better boy never stepped, if I do say it as shouldn’t. I’ve trusted him to drive team…
PIGS IS PIGS सुअर सुअर है
By Ellis Parker Butler Mike Flannery, the Westcote agent of the Interurban Express Company, leaned over the counter of the express office and shook his fist. Mr. Morehouse, angry and red, stood on the other side of the counter, trembling…
Peter Klaus the Goatherd पीटर क्लॉस, गड़ेरिया
In the village of Sittendorf in Germany there dwelt, a long time ago, a poor but worthy man whose name was Peter Klaus. All the people for miles around knew Peter. He was not fond of hard work. He could…
The Gift of the Magi मेगी का उपहार
by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s…
THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF वह बिल्ली जो अपने आप चलती थी
by Rudyard Kipling HEAR and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was…
Beowulf बियोवुल्फ़
Old King Hrothgar built for himself a great palace, covered with gold, with benches all round outside, and a terrace leading up to it. It was bigger than any hall men had ever heard of, and there Hrothgar sat on his…
AN ARROW IN A SUNBEAM सूर्य की किरण में एक तीर
The minister of a fashionable church had noticed Sunday after Sunday a little old lady with a sad, patient face, dressed in very shabby mourning, sitting in the strangers’ pew. Like Job this good man could say, “The cause that…
DAVID AND GOLIATH डेविड और गोलियत
Long, long ago there lived, in the country of Israel a boy named David. He was a shepherd boy, and all day long he watched the quiet sheep as they ate sweet grass on the hillside. Although David was only…
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING शुभ रात्रि और शुभ प्रभात
A fair little girl sat under a tree,Sewing as long as her eyes could see;Then smoothed her work and folded it right,And said, “Dear work, good night, good night!” Such a number of rooks came over her head,Crying “Caw, caw!”…
LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES थोड़ी अच्छी टू शूज़
All the world must know that Two Shoes was not her real name. No; her father’s name was Meanwell, and he was for many years a well-to-do farmer. While Margery (for that was her real name) was yet a little…
THE BAKER BOYS AND THE BEES बेकर बॉयज़ एंड द बीज़ : जर्मन लोक कथा
Long years ago many cities had great stone walls around them. The walls were built to keep out enemies, for in those old days cities often went to war with one another. The city of Andernach had around it one of…
DICK WHITTINGTON डिक व्हिटिंगटन अंग्रेजी लोक कथा
Dick Whittington was a poor little boy who lived in the country. His father and mother were both dead. Poor little Dick was always willing to work, but sometimes there was no work for him to do, so he often…
AN INDIAN STORY मूल अमेरिकी कहानी
AN INDIAN STORY—I Many years ago two boys lived on a farm in New England. It was so long ago that there were few white people in this country. The farms were scattered, and around them were great forests. The…
THE BELL OF ATRI अत्री की घंटी (जर्मन लोक कथा)
THE BELL OF ATRI Once upon a time a good and wise king ruled in the city of Atri. He wished all his people to be happy. In order that justice might be done to every one, he ordered a…
THE GOLDEN TOUCH सुनहरा स्पर्श : ग्रीक मिथक
THE GOLDEN TOUCH—I Many years ago there lived a king named Midas. King Midas had one little daughter, whose name was Marigold. King Midas was very, very rich. It was said that he had more gold than any other king…
Rumpelstiltskin रम्पेलस्टिल्टस्किन
RUMPELSTILTSKIN—I Once upon a time there lived a miller who had a beautiful daughter. Now the miller had to visit the king’s castle and, while there, he happened to meet the king face to face. The king stopped and spoke…
Class VIII English: THE THREE QUESTIONS by Leo Tolstoy
THE THREE QUESTIONSby Leo Tolstoy It once occurred to a certain king, that if he always knew the right time to begin everything; if he knew who were the right people to listen to, and whom to avoid, and, above…