The visitor's daughter was already smoothing down her dress with an inquiring look at her mother, when suddenly from the next room were heard the footsteps of boys and girls running to the door and the noise of a chair falling over, and a girl of thirteen, hiding something in the folds...
Here are some free short stories to read online. These very short stories are perfect for high school or middle school students or anyone who loves reading.
41. Birthday Party by Katharine Brush “There was nothing conspicuous about them, nothing particularly noticeable, until the end of their meal, when it suddenly became obvious that this was an Occasion—in fact, the husband’s birthday, and the wife had planned a little surprise for him.” ...
I felt so bad that after spending 6 years in secondary school and writing the last exam at the end of my 6 years I will come back to write again but the thing that amazed me was that God was aware of my situation because he told medaughter, I know what am doing just write the ex...
【小题3】On her___(fifty) birthday, she got a nice coat from his lovely daughter.【小题4】It says that half of these accidents come from drunk drivers and many others from ___ (careful).答案【答案】【小题1】surprising【小题2】death【小题3】fitieth【小题4】carelessn...
Paris again, Julia mumbled. Jackie Wong was almost 80, and over the past two years, there had been fewer trips outside of the States. She still flew to Paris and Shanghai two or three times a year, though. Whenever this happened, Jackie’s son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and son-...
FilmmakersSarah WisnerandSean Temple‘s striking horror folktale has been killing it on the festival circuit, and rightly so.THE THAWtells the story of a family running low on food for the winter months, tasking their daughter to prepare a sleeping tea that would put them into a deep hibernat...
My heart breaks for people like the patient with early dementia I met recently. His daughter-in-law—his sole caregiver—requested he be enrolled in home hospice, only to find out that not only did he not qualify for hospice, but that hospice would not provide the hands-on support they ...
“The prince wants your daughter for his wife.”“Well, tell him his wife can’t have her.” Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin… — The Knights Who So Recently Said “Nee!” You simply MUST stop taking advice from other people. ...
Annie, a neighbor's daughter, was away for her first semester at college this school year. She is a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit ___.Her family is quite poor and ___ are tight, so there wouldn't be any...