“The Cave of Fear” is a creative short story to teach children about fear and the reality that many things are not what they seem. This tale is a part of our Bedtime Stories collection.
“How many jokes were made about the Abbe Miolan!” said he. “He was to go up with Janninet and Bredin. During the filling their balloon caught fire, and the ignorant populace tore it in pieces! Then this caricature of ‘curious animals’ appeared, giving each of them a punning nick...
These short stories about dogs or cats have a dog or cat as a main character or one of them plays an important role in the plot. The dog and cat stories are divided into their own sections. For an anthology, you might like My Very Good, Very Bad Dog. It has 101 short and true ...
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Philosophical Short Stories Order of Insects | William H. Gass A housewife and mother finds dead bugs everyday on her carpet. Eventually, she decides to examine the insects. At first, she’s disgusted by them, and only looks because they bring some disorder into her life. Later, she becom...
These textiles are now cherished not only for their aesthetic appeal but also for the stories they tell and the unique window they provide into Japanese folk culture and history. Each patch, stitch, and repair carries within it a narrative of resilience, resourcefulness, and the ingenuity of ...
Now in its fourth consecutive year, the 2001 Latin American Film Festival will feature two countries for the first time: Honduras (Anita, Hunter of Insects) and Panama (a collection of short subjects). Latin America's Wide Screen On the content software side, we have major film studios, net...
Of course, there was running water, electricity, and even a sound system. Let us not separate ourselves too far from the creature comforts of civilization. At night, as the campfire’s rage was crackling and burning bright, we would make up scary stories about the cabin in the woods. The...
Get these stories Story There was once a boy who always treated his mother horribly, shouting at her, insulting her.It didn't matter to him how sad he made her. One day, without knowing how, he woke up in an immense and lonely place. He was sitting on a rock from which four huge...
The two short stories, "Rappaccini's Daughter" and "Young Goodman Brown" typify the short works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the American writer who lived from 1804 to 1864. It is the purpose of this paper to compare and contrast the two stories in terms of conventional literary concepts. Both ...