English Stories Moral Novels

24 January 2023 22:08

An Anarchist
by Joseph Conrad
THAT year I spent the best two months of the dry season on one of the estates -- in fact, on the principal cattle estate -- of a famous meat-extract manufacturing ...
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https://telegra.ph/An-Anarchist-05-31

English Stories Moral Novels

23 January 2023 21:10

The Boy & the Nettle
Aesop's Fables
A Boy, stung by a Nettle, ran home crying, to get his mother to blow on the hurt and kiss it."Son," said the...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Boy--the-Nettle-05-07

English Stories Moral Novels

22 January 2023 21:37

Three Bullocks & a lion
Aesop's Fables
A Lion had been watching three Bullocks feeding in an open field. He had tried to attack them several times, but they had kept together, and helped each other to drive him off. The Lion had little hope of eating them, for he was no match for three...
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https://telegra.ph/Three-Bullocks--a-lion-04-14

English Stories Moral Novels

21 January 2023 22:29

The Fox Without a Tail
Aesop's Fables
A Fox that had been caught in a trap, succeeded at last, after much painful tugging, in getting away. But he had to leave his beautiful bushy...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Fox-Without-a-Tail-04-29

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20 January 2023 20:13

The Cask of Amontillado
by  Edgar Allen poe
THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. At length I ...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Cask-of-Amontillado-01-20

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19 January 2023 19:37

Mercury & the Woodman
Aesop's Fables
A poor Woodman was cutting down a tree near the edge of a deep pool in the forest. It was late in the day and the Woodman was tired. He had been working since sunrise and his strokes were not so sure as they had been early that morning. Thus it happened that the axe...
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https://telegra.ph/Mercury--the-Woodman-04-15

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18 January 2023 21:04

Excerpt
From Little Dorrit
By Charles Dickens
Thirty years ago, Marseilles lay burning in the sun, one day.
A blazing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then, than at any other time, before or since. Every thing in Marseilles, and about Marseilles...
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https://telegra.ph/Excerpt-From-Little-Dorrit-01-18

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17 January 2023 20:06

Paul Bunyan
By George Grow
Many years ago, Paul Bunyan was born in the northeastern American state of Maine.  His mother and father were shocked when they first saw the boy.  Paul was so large at birth...
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https://telegra.ph/Paul-Bunyan-01-17

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16 January 2023 20:27

The Boarded Window
By Ambrose Bierce
In 1830, only a few miles away from what is now the great city of Cincinnati, Ohio, lay a huge and almost endless forest.
The area had a few settlements established by people of the frontier. Many of them...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Boarded-Window-01-16

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15 January 2023 21:19

The Zero Meter Diving Team
By Jim Shepard
Guilt, Guilt, Guilt
Here’s what it’s like to bear up under the burden of so much guilt: everywhere you drag yourself you leave a trail. Late at night, you gaze back and view an upsetting record...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Zero-Meter-Diving-Team-01-15

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14 January 2023 11:32

The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents
Ukrainian folktale
Somewhere, nowhere, in another kingdom, in the Empire of Thrice-ten, lived––whether ’twas a Tsar and a Tsaritsa, or only a Prince and a Princess, I know not, but anyhow they had two sons. One day this prince said to his sons, “Let us go down to the seashore and listen to the songs of the ...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Wondrous-Story-of-Ivan-Golik-and-the-Serpents-07-14

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13 January 2023 11:43

“A Tiny Feast”
by Chris Adrian
It took them both a long time to understand that the boy was sick, though she would point out that she had been the first to notice that he was unhappy, and had sought to remedy his discontent with sweeter treats and more delightful distractions. She thought it was evidence that she loved him more—that she had noticed first...
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https://telegra.ph/A-Tiny-Feast-01-13

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12 January 2023 13:15

The Tortoise & the Ducks
Aesop's Fables
The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home. They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home that....
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https://telegra.ph/The-Tortoise--the-Ducks-02-06

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10 January 2023 22:11

“Little Red Riding Hood”
byThe Brothers Grimm
Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little riding hood of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else...
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https://telegra.ph/Little-Red-Riding-Hood-01-10

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09 January 2023 20:39

The Golden Slipper
Ukrainian folktale
There was once upon a time an old man and an old woman, and the old man had a daughter, and the old woman had a daughter. And the old woman said to the ...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Golden-Slipper-07-03

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24 January 2023 10:50

The Origin of the Mole
Ukrainian folktale
Once upon a time a rich man and a poor man had a field in common, and they sowed it with the same seed at the same time. But God prospered the poor man’s labour and made his seed to grow, but the rich man’s...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Origin-of-the-Mole-07-11

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23 January 2023 14:14

The Goatherd & the Wild Goats
Aesop's fables
One cold stormy day a Goatherd drove his Goats for shelter into a cave, where a number of Wild Goats had also found their way. The Shepherd wanted to make the Wild Goats part of his flock; so he fed them well. But to his own flock, he gave...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Goatherd--the-Wild-Goats-04-09

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22 January 2023 11:51

The Fox & the Stor
Aesop's Fables

The Fox one day thought of a plan to amuse himself at the expense of the Stork, at whose odd appearance he was always laughing......
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https://telegra.ph/The-Fox--the-Stork-01-30

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21 January 2023 04:35

The Hares & the Frogs
Aesop's Fables
Hares, as you know, are very timid. The least shadow, sends them scurrying in fright to a hiding place. Once they decided to die rather than live in such misery. But while they were debating how best to meet death,...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Hares--the-Frogs-03-10

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20 January 2023 09:37

The Bees & Wasps, & the Hornet
Aesop's Fables
A store of honey had been found in a hollow tree, and the Wasps declared positively that it belonged to them. The Bees were just as sure that the treasure was theirs. The argument grew very pointed, and it looked...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Bees--Wasps--the-Hornet-05-18

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19 January 2023 04:28

The Thieves and the Ass
By La Fontaine's fables
Two thieves, pursuing their profession,Had of a donkey got possession,Whereon a strife arose,Which went from words to blows.The question was, to sell, or not to sell;But while our sturdy ...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Thieves-and-the-Ass-06-09

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18 January 2023 11:32

The Man & the Lion
Aesop's Fables
A Lion and a Man chanced to travel in company through the forest. They soon began to quarrel, for each of them boasted that he and his kind were far superior to the other both in strength...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Man--the-Lion-04-19

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17 January 2023 03:37

The Cat & the Fox
Aesop's Fables
Once a Cat and a Fox were traveling together. As they went along, picking up provisions on the way—a stray mouse here, a fat chicken there—they began an argument to...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Cat--the-Fox-05-06

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16 January 2023 12:31

Jupiter & the Monkey
Aesop's Fables
There was once a baby show among the Animals in the forest. Jupiter provided the prize. Of course all the proud mammas from far and near brought their babies. But none got there earlier than Mother..
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https://telegra.ph/Jupiter--the-Monkey-05-25

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15 January 2023 11:09

The Mole & his Mother
Aesop's Fables
A little Mole once said to his Mother:"Why, Mother, you said I was blind! But I am sure I can see!"
Mother Mole saw she...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Mole--his-Mother-06-02

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13 January 2023 21:03

“A Tiny Feast” part 2
by Chris Adrian
The ward was almost the ugliest place she had ever seen, and certainly the ugliest place she had ever lived. Someone had tried, some time ago, to make it pretty, ...
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https://telegra.ph/A-Tiny-Feast-part-2-01-13

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12 January 2023 20:36

The Lion and the Ass Hunting
La Fontaine's fables
The king of animals, with royal grace,
Would celebrate his birthday in the chase.
'Twas not with bow and arrows,
To slay some wretched sparrows;
The lion hunts the wild boar of the wood,
The antlered deer and...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Lion-and-the-Ass-Hunting-06-18

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11 January 2023 20:09

FIFTY-TWO
BY Charles Dickens
In the black prison of the Conciergerie, the doomed of the day awaited their fate. They were in number as the weeks of the year. Fifty-two were to roll that afternoon on the life-tide of the city to the boundless everlasting sea. Before their cells were quit of them, new occupants were appointed; before their blood ran into the...
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https://telegra.ph/FIFTY-TWO-03-12

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10 January 2023 11:51

The Wolf, the Kid, & the Goat
Aesop's Fables
Mother Goat was going to market one morning to get provisions for her household, which consisted of but one little Kid and herself.
"Take good care of the house, my son," she said to the Kid,...
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https://telegra.ph/The-Wolf-the-Kid--the-Goat-05-23

English Stories Moral Novels

09 January 2023 12:56

The Man & the Lion
Aesop's Fables
A Lion and a Man chanced to travel in company through the forest. They soon began to quarrel, for each of them boasted that he and his kind were far superior to the other both in strength...
Level:#intermediate


https://telegra.ph/The-Man--the-Lion-04-19