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The Hungry Stones: The Hungry Stones

by Rabindranath Tagore PrefaceThe VictoryThe Hungry Stones My kinsman and myself were returning to Calcutta from our Puja trip when we met the man in a train. From his dress and bearing…

The Moon's Phases

Source: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The lunar month is the 29.53 days it takes to go from one new moon to the next. During the lunar month, the Moon goes through…

Aesop's Fables: The Cage-Bird and the Bat

by Aesop The Labourer and the SnakeThe Ass and His PurchaserThe Cage-Bird and the Bat A Singing-bird was confined in a cage which hung outside a window, and had a way of singing at night…

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Twelve Dancing Princesses There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds all in one room; and when they went to bed, the doors were shut and locked up; but…

The Celtic Twilight: Village Ghosts

by W. B. Yeats A Visionary"Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye"Village Ghosts In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages…

Christina Rossetti: From House to Home

From House to HomeThe first was like a dream through summer heat, The second like a tedious numbing swoon, While the half-frozen pulses lagged to beat Beneath a winter moon.'But,' says my…