The Little Match Girl The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening– the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home…
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ TRUE!-NERVOUS–very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses–not destroyed–not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven…
Metamorphosis 1100 Words You Need Metamorphosis 1100 Words You Need /ˌmet.əˈmɔː.fəʊz/ change of physical form that takes place gradually, change of appearance or character, transformation, change, alteration, mutation, transmutation, conversation, transfiguration, transformed person or thing The butterfly and moth develop through a process called metamorphosis. This is a Greek word that means transformation or change…
داستان روباه و زاغ داستان روباه و زاغ روزی روزگاری، در جنگل زیبایی، زاغی در حال پرواز، قالب پنیری را دید و برای خوردن آن فرود آمد. از ترس اینکه مبادا فرد دیگری پنیر را ببیند، خیلی زود پنیر را به منقار گرفت و از آنجا دور شد. Watch this video on YouTube. زاغ خوش…
داستان پاسخ زیرکانه داستان پاسخ زیرکانه در روزگاران قدیم، پادشاهی زیرک زندگی می کرد. او همیشه برای حل مشکل های کشور، راه حل هایی هوشمندانه پیدا می کرد؛ به همین خاطر، هر از چند گاهی، معماهایی مطرح می کرد تا خلاقیت و ذکاوت درباریانش را بسنجد. Watch this video on YouTube. در میان خدمتکاران پادشاه،…
داستان خرگوش و لاک پشت داستان خرگوش و لاک پشت روزی، خرگوشی داشت لاک پشتی را به خاطر این که خیلی کند بود، مسخره می کرد. او با خنده ای تمسخرآمیز پرسید: “تا حالا هیچ وقت به مقصد رسیدی”؟ لاک پشت جواب داد: “بله، و زود تر از چیزی که فکر کنی می رسم.…
The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Fly by Katherine Mansfield Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project ‘Y’are very snug in here,’ piped old Mr. Woodifield, and peered out of the great, green-leather armchair by his friend the boss’s desk as a baby peers out of its pram. His talk was over; it was…
The Last Leaf by O. Henry The Last Leaf by O. Henry Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called “places.” These “places” make strange angles and curves. One Street crosses itself a time or…
The Goose With the Golden Eggs The Goose With the Golden Eggs Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to…
Bliss by Katherine Mansfield Bliss by Katherine Mansfield Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and off the pavement, to bowl a hoop, to throw something up in the air…