The Skylight Room Fairy Tale The Skylight Room English Fairy Tale Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ First Mrs. Parker would show you the double parlours. You would not dare to interrupt her description of their advantages and of the merits of the gentleman who had occupied them for eight years. Then you would manage to stammer forth the confession that you were neither a doctor nor a dentist. Mrs. Parker's manner of receiving the admission was such that you could never afterward entertain the same feeling toward your parents, who had neglected to train you up in one ...
The Skylight Room by O. Henry – English Fairy Tale
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It was realy a good story and I want to know what does sidewalk means?
Glad you liked this English short story. Sidewalk or pavement is a paved path for people on foot or pedestrians alongside a street or road.
I enjoy the writing style of O. Henry and the twists at the end of his stories.
The Skylight Room by O. Henry has taught me to be optimistic even in the most somber moods or conditions. Although Miss Leeson was suffering from poverty, malnutrition, etc., she kept on looking on the bright sight, a star that she called Billy Jackson. This positive thinking and innate optimism became a reality by the end of the story when the protagonist is actually saved by the same star that was known to her.