akorn - Mighty Old Tales Retold

Dear Charles Dickens once told us the story of the pig, and since that time it has put us in a good humor just to hear one grunt.

There was once a mighty queen, in whose garden were found the most glorious flowers at all seasons of the year and from all countries of the world.

It was in the month of May.

On the highroad in the forest, there stood a lonely farmhouse; the road passed right through its courtyard.

On board the steamer was an elderly man with such a joyful face that if it didn't belie him, he must have been the happiest person on earth.

All the apple trees in the garden were blooming.

Beneath the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Paradise stood a rosebush.

The flax was in full bloom.

There was once a perfect gentleman whose whole household goods consisted of one bootjack and a comb.

A mother sat by her little child.