Old Sultan
A farmer once had a faithful dog called Sultan, who had grown old, and lost all his teeth, so that he could no longer bite. One day the farmer was...
A farmer once had a faithful dog called Sultan, who had grown old, and lost all his teeth, so that he could no longer bite. One day the farmer was...
One night there was a woman at the airport who had to wait for several hours before catching her next flight. While she waited she bought a book and a...
One evening a man called James was on the road from Oxford to London. There weren’t many cars on the road because it was late. Suddenly in the lights of...
The South Pole sits on a vast area of land. The land’s name is Antarctica. There are a lot of mountains in Antarctica. Some of them are three kilometres high...
That morning my wife and I said our usual goodbyes. She left her second cup of tea, and she followed me to the front door. She did this every day....
I have a friend who is afraid of spiders. This isn’t very unusual; a lot of people are afraid of spiders. I don’t really like spiders much myself. I don’t...
I never stay in one country for a long time. It gets boring. I like to move on, see new places, meet different people. It’s a good life, most of...
Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter who had a beautiful daughter. The woodcutter was very proud of her. One day he boasted to the king, «My daughter...
Mr Harris liked trains. He was afraid of aeroplanes, and didn’t like buses. But trains — they were big and noisy and exciting. When he was a boy of ten,...