Tess was eight years old. One day she heard that her Mom and Dad were talking about her little brother, Andrew. All she knew was that he was very ill and they were completely out of money. They were moving to an apartment complex the following month because Daddy didn’t have the money for the […]
«Well, Mr. Smith, if you prefer a different type of nose, we have a large selection available.» «I think this nose is a bit too small.» «Small noses are very fashionable this year, Mr. Smith, very fashionable.» «Do you think it suits me?» asked Mr. Smith. «I think it looks very nice,» said the shop […]
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Every day, when she went to the shops, she spent very little money. She bought the cheapest meat, the cheapest vegetables. And when she was tired, she still walked round and round the shops to find the cheapest food. She saved every cent possible. Delia counted the […]
I was a writer. I wrote books. I write now, but nobody knows. Nobody can see me now. Something strange has happened to me. I will tell you about it. In January I wanted to write a very long book. So I left my home and I found a little room. ‘This is a good […]
‘He’s a brave man,’ people say about me. ‘He’s never afraid.’ They are wrong. I wasn’t always a brave man, and at times I was afraid — very afraid. I am an important man now. I have an important job. People know me and like me. They don’t know that I wasn’t always brave. I […]
Jenny and Robert Slater were on holiday in America. They were young and it was their first time away from home in England. They had a car and visited many famous and interesting places. ‘I want to see New York,’ Jenny said one morning. ‘Let’s go there.’ ‘Mmm, I don’t know, love. Everybody says New […]
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 can spin straw into gold.» If your daughter can do this,» said the king, «bring her to me and I shall see.» So the woodcutter […]
I am sure that I am not the only one who is not good at doing things. If you look at other people, you will see that most of them cannot do anything very well. Because of this fact, I think people spend too much time talking about how good they are. It is much […]
Ivan Poddubny was one of the greatest Russian wrestlers. He was born in a small village in 1871. His parents were farmers. Ivan had to work hard. It helped him to become a strong man. When he was 17 years old he left his village and went to Sevastopol. There he worked in a port. […]
Once a rich Englishwoman called Mrs Johnson decided to have a birthday party. She invited a lot of guests and a singer. The singer was poor, but he had a very good voice. The singer got to Mrs Johnson’s house at exactly six o’clock as he had been asked to do, but when he went […]
