Worth While Stories for Every Day

Dick packed his bundle and set out to seek his fortune. He left early in the morning and wandered into the fields and sat down to rest. Just then the Bow Bells, that is the bell...

The ugly duckling found himself in the tall grass, and up flew a flock of little birds, making much noise. “That is because I am here. Even the little birds fly from me,” though...

The queen stopped crying after a while and made the king send for the young man. She then sent everybody from the room and made the young count tell the story of how he came in...

Years passed by while Sir Launfal wandered far and wide, but never found the great thing he sought to do. He fought many battles and he endured great hardships in the deserts, b...

Jack and his mother had plenty of money, but still he could not help thinking about the giant, and wondering what he was doing, and if there was any way to slay him. Every day h...

Then Joseph commanded his servants to fill the men’s sacks with food, and to put every man’s money in the sack’s mouth. He also told them to put his own silver cup in the sack o...

You can imagine how the older sisters acted when they heard their father’s sad story. When the time came for the merchant to go, Beauty declared that she would go with him and d...

The old king did not really wish to give up his kingdom at all, and so he sent his three sons out for a third time, and said to them:

After Theseus had killed the giant robber, he traveled to another village where he thought he would rest awhile. He had hardly entered the place when a band of soldiers arrested...

We left August fast asleep inside the precious stove. The journey was long and cold, and the train stopped and started and August was jolted about until he woke up stiff and col...

unlighted lantern. Outside a storm was raging. He thought of the sailors on the wild waters fighting against the furious storm, but he could not give them the light that they ne...

While the Cratchits were having their merry Christmas dinner, old Mr. Scrooge had gone home and gone to bed. “All this is foolishness,” he said, “and a waste of time and money....

The oldest woman said, “You must go on until you come to the country of King Atlas, called Mauretania. Here you will find a garden guarded by a dragon. If you get by the dragon...

We left Tom Thumb inside the cow. More hay kept on coming down until Tom cried out: “Don’t send any more hay! Don’t send any more hay!” The cook was milking just at that time, a...

“Is that the only difference between a king and a beggar?” said he. And he sat all night with his head between his knees thinking how proud he had been.

We left the princess and all her attendants asleep in the castle. Years passed. Kings and queens ruled over the land and died. The old castle was covered with ivy and hidden dee...

Theseus was the son of the king of Athens. One day his father was called away to the wars, and said to his wife, “Take care of the boy, and bring him up like a king’s son. When...

Once upon a time there was an old woman who lived with her flock of geese, in a small cottage in the woods. Every day she went to the meadows and gathered a big bundle of grass...

Perseus was a brave young man who lived with the king of Greece. The king decided to send him on some dangerous mission. So he said to him one day: “Perseus, you must find the G...

It came to pass as she wished. One day a little boy was born and he was no bigger than her thumb. No matter how much she fed him he never grew any larger, so she called him Tom...

“My sons, I wish to give my crown to one of you. The one who brings me the smallest dog shall be king in my place.” The three sons were very much astonished at this, for each on...

Dick Whittington had been brought up in a poorhouse. He did not even know who his parents were. He was so cruelly treated that he ran away, and started for London. On the way he...

There was a merchant who had three daughters. The two older were very proud and haughty and ugly. The youngest was so gentle and pretty that everybody called her Beauty. The mer...

August lived in a small town in Germany. He was a little fellow only nine years old. He had rosy cheeks, big brown eyes and lots of curls the color of ripe nuts. His mother was...

This story begins in the summer time when everybody and everything was bright and happy. The flowers were blooming, the birds were singing, and every leaf and blade of grass mad...

When Two-Eyes saw her mother kill the goat, she went out into the meadow crying. The old woman stood before her again. She told Two-Eyes to go home, take the goat’s head, bury i...

Once upon a time there was a miller who died leaving his three sons nothing but a mill, a cow, and a cat. The oldest son took the mill, the next one took the cow, and the younge...

Joseph was carried away by the merchants. When, at last, they came to Egypt they sold the boy to Potiphar, the Captain of the guard. There in Egypt Joseph grew to be a man, wise...

An old duck sat on her nest in the high grass just outside of the barn yard. It was summer time; the corn fields were yellow, and the hay had already been put up in stacks. Ever...

Things were going very well with Puss and his master. The king was delighted, the princess was blushing, and the young master was looking very handsome, while Puss ran on ahead...

It will surprise you very much to hear that there was once a man who did not like Christmas. His name was Scrooge. Mr. Scrooge had no wife and children and Christmas meant nothi...

There was once a king who was so proud of himself that he thought all the earth was just made for him to live on. He called himself the emperor, and lay awake at night thinking...

Once upon a time a king and queen grieved sorely because they had no child. When a daughter was born there was great rejoicing and all the fairies in the kingdom were invited to...

A long time ago there lived a poor woman who had an only son named Jack. The time came when they had no bread at all, and Jack’s mother said:

Father Jacob had a big family--twelve boys! What a happy time they could have had together! Let us see why they did not. Ten of the brothers were grown men but Joseph was sevent...

Once upon a time there was a mother who had three daughters. One was called One-Eye, because she had only one eye. Another was called Three-Eyes because she had three eyes. The...

Joseph’s brothers were feeding the sheep at Dothan. They had not seen their father nor Benjamin nor Joseph for a long time. The brothers saw Joseph coming across the field. They...