It was a slow night for the rickshaw rider and a one-dollar fare would normally have felt like an insult. But his passenger was beautiful and offered him an adventure he couldn’t refuse. That’s when the trouble began.

A young girl lives in fear of her abusive father....A powerful short tale. Based on a true story.

When a boy is given a box by an angel who asks him to care for it, the task shapes his entire life.Originally published in DRAGONS AND DREAMS (edited by Jane Yolen) this is one of Bruce Coville's personal favorites among all his stories.

We are happy to introduce you to the new collection of «Favorite Fairy Tales», which consists of «The Three Little Pigs», «The Three Bears», «The Wolf and the Seven Kids». The tales are told by Joseph Jacobs, Robert Southey, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Viktoriya Dunayeva.

Set in the eponymous botanic garden in London on a hot July day, the narrative gives brief glimpses of four groups of people as they pass by a flowerbed. The story begins with a description of the oval-shaped flowerbed. Woolf mixes the colors of the petals of the flowers, floating to the ground, with the seemingly random movements of the visitors, which she likens to the apparently irregular movements of butterflies.

Where does true beauty lie, is it the way you look to others, or is there another way to be beautiful. A princess is born and loved only by her parents, who could change that? A poor woman and her children have all of the answers and work their 'magic'.

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This short story contains drama, suspense and a moral dilemma. What will Maria, a devout Catholic, do when confronted with a difficult decision that could help her and her family.

Pillala kosam Dr. Miriyal Ramakrishna Telugu geyalu / patalu.

This book means a lot to me. It depicts my love towards poems and my family. My dreams to become a poet inspired me to compile some of my best poems into a book.

While doing some last minute shopping on Christmas Eve a man has a magical experience. He watches a child preparing to get on Santa's lap through a shop window and is reminded about a special Christmas memory. When the child gets down Santa makes eye contact with the man and they are immediately taken back to a moment they had shared (in his past). So the story unfolds as he stares through a window of time at a Glimpse from Christmas Past

Munshi Premchand (1880-1936)Premchand was the pen name adopted by the Hindi writer Dhanpatrai who was born on 31 July 1880 at Lamati near Varanasi. His early education was in a madarasa under a Maulavi, where he learnt Urdu. When he was studying in the ninth class he was married, much against his wishes. He was then fifteen. In 1919, while he was a teacher at Gorakhpur, he passed his B.A., with English, Persian and History. He had a second marriage with Shivarani Devi, a child-wido...