Five Minute Stories

Now all was ready, and we all stood waiting for the final moment. I do not know what were the thoughts of the Rubber Baby at this moment, but we were all in a state of great exc...

“Ho! ho!” roared the Wind. “Not know her own name? That is news, indeed! And here she has been sleeping, while all the world has been looking for her, and calling her, and wonde...

The Boy could not speak for fright; but the poor woman answered, “It’s the dear little gentleman offering me his seat for the baby, sir! The Lord bless him for a little jewel th...

This was an orange on top; he could tell that without seeing it. And this long, soft thing, which jingled as he pulled it out? Oh, a pair of reins! How nice! But what was this t...

PUNKYDOODLE was at one end of the see-saw, and Jollapin at the other. (Those are not the boys’ real names, but they will do just as well, and they look better on paper than Joe,...

I, your sister, Silver, Pure and fair and white, I was made, like you, to give Pleasure and delight. Mines in Colorado, And in far Peru, Yield my shining whiteness up To be a ma...

Little King Pippin, his story is done; Little King Pippin, his battles are won. Never a fight that he did not whip in! What do you think of little King Pippin?

LULLABY, little lad! Shut thine eyes gay and glad; Make thy mouth a folded rose, Tilt not up thy tiny nose! Little heart must beat, beat, Little head must slumber sweet. Lullaby...

“Yes, dear, it is a very good thing to be rich, if it is the right kind of riches. Go now, darling, and get the bread and milk; set the table, and then call Freddy in to supper.”

This charming autobiography by the daughter of Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe is replete with amusing anecdotes and portraits, especially of famous literary figures of...

“Well, I may want to make a chair some day,” replied the cheese-maker. “The door will be locked after this,” he added; “but whenever your master wants cheese, you know how to ge...