Easy English Texts
Easy English Texts is a podcast for people who are starting to learn English. The host reads popular nursery rhymes, poems, and short stories aloud. Because beginning ESL students are not often exposed to English literature, the podcast aims to help them enjoy these works while practicing listening. Listeners can follow along with the readings and learn new words and expressions.
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#76- The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to theConstitution of The United States, it was ratified on December 15, 1791.The Bill of Rights spells out Americans’ rights in relationto their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to theindividual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for dueprocess of law, and reserves all powers not delegated
# 75 – An American singer-songwriter
# 75 – An American singer-songwriter
Neil Leslie Diamond- is an American singer-songwriter, born in 1941, he is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.
For his 16th birthday, he got as a gift, his first guitar and started to take lessons, and almost immediately began to write songs.
He said that his attraction to songwriting was the "first
# 74 - CICERO
Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in 106 BC in a small municipality of Arpinum, 100 kilometers from Rome – He was assassinated in 43 BC, in Rome, at the age of 63. His mother was a housewife, and his father was a well-to-do member of the equestrian order, a wealthy landowner who possessed good connections in Rome.
Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and philosopher. His extensive writings
# 73 - PARKISONS
PARKISONS DISEASE
Parkinson’s is a progressive, degenerative disease that affects nervous system function, according to the Mayo Clinic. The nerve cells in the brain, called neurons, progressively malfunction, or die off. This, in turn, prevents the brain from producing enough dopamine, a chemical that acts as a messenger for brain signal that control movement, coordination and other key fu
# 72 - HINDUISM
Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs.
It is believed that Hinduism started between 2300 B.C. and 1500 B.C., but many Hindus argue that their faith is timeless and has always existed.
Hinduism accepts many different religious ideas, most of the people that follow Hinduism believe that there are many paths to reach their god; even though, th
# 71- Don McLean- American Pie ll
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
Th
# 70- Don McLean- American Pie l
Don McLean was Born October 2, 1945. He is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie"
McLean's original recording was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant."
To mark the 50th anniversary of the song, McLean is scheduled to perform a 35-date tour thro
# 69- The story of Ruth part 4 (Old Testament)
When she got back to the town, she came to her mother-in-law, who asked, “How is it you my daughter ?” She told her all that the man had done for her; and she added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying to me, “Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty handed.” And Naomi said stay here, daughter, till you learn how the matter turns out. For the men will not rest but will settle the m
# 68- The story of Ruth part 3 (Old Testament)
She gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned and carry it back with her to the town. When her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and when she also took out and gave her what she had left over after eating her fill, her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? where did you work? blessed be he who took such generous notice of you!” So, she told he
# 67- The story of Ruth part 2 (Old Testament)
When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole city buzzed with excitement over them. The women said, “can this be Naomi?” “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. call me Mara, (Mara means bitter) for GOD made my life very bitter. I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. How can you call me Naomi, when the Lord has dealt harshly with me, when God has brought misfortune upon me!” Thus, Na
# 66- The story of Ruth part 1 (Old Testament)
# 66- The story of Ruth part 1 (Old Testament)
Ruth is a story from the Old Testament
In the days when the Chieftains ruled . Chieftains ( were the heads of the tribes of an area in Bethlehem - called Judah – Judah is the 4TH son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Leah)
There was a famine in the land and a man of Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons went to reside in the country of
# 65 - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 and died in 1274, he was canonized by Pope John XXII in 1323 and became Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Saint Thomas was from Roccasecca near Naples-Italy. He was the seventh and youngest child of a wealth and very influential family.
Against the wishes of his family at the age of nineteen, Thomas decided to join the Dominican Order, which had been founded only about 30 years
#64- Jack London
Jack London
Jack London is known as a writer, journalist and a proud socialist.
He was born - John Griffith Chaney, on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco California, in the United States. He died November 22 1916, in Glen Ellen, California.
He grew up in a working-class area in the city of Oakland, California. While very young, he observed the inequalities in American society and the struggles of t
#63- Paul Frederic Simon, You can call me Al
Paul Frederic Simon was born on October 13, 1941.He is a Singer-songwriter and an iconic figure in American rock music. As a singer-songwriter known for his cerebral composition, it is not a surprise that Simon's mother, Belle, was an English teacher and his father, Louis, was both a teacher and a bandleader.
Paul Simon is also known for his work as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, and for h
#62- News Year's Celebrations,Robert Burns
Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
Most English-speakers on New Year’s Eve sing a song called "Auld Lang Syne" which is an old Scottish song that was first published by the poet Robert Burns in 1796.
Burns transcribed it (and made some refinements to the lyrics) after he heard it sung by an old man in Scotland, Burns’ homeland.
It is often said that "Auld Lang Syne" is one of the most popular songs th
#61- The Twelve Days of Christmas 2
1- On the first day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
A Partridge in a Pear Tree
2- On the second day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
3- On the third day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
4- On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
#60- The Twelve Days of Christmas 1
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a song that was written during the Puritan Movement in England. During the years 1558-1829 Catholics were not allowed to practice their faith. The song has two meanings. The first is the literal meaning of each verse of the song and the second is the subtle translation that was known to those of the Catholic faith.
The Twelve Days of Christmas start on Christmas Day
#59- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 5
Musical adaptation les Meserables by Vitor Hugo
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING
Do you hear the people sing
Sing the song of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is the
#58- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 4 Cosette+Marius
COSETTE- becomes a beautiful young woman and she meets Marius they fall in love , however, Eponine, who is one of the daughters of the Thernardiers , also loves Marius, in the end Marius stay with Cosette.
[Cosette thinks]
How strange
This feeling that my life's begun at last.-This change,-Can people really fall in love so fast?-What's the matter with you, Cosette?-Have you been too mu
#57- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 3
THE THÉNARDIERS
THE THÉNARDIERS- represent the lawless subculture of society. they own an Inn and cheat their customers. The novel portrays them as brutal and abusive figures; some adaptation transform them into buffoonish characters, to provide comic relief from the generally more serious tone of the story.
Master of the house- at the Montfermeil inn
[Mr.Thenardier:]
Welcome, Monsieur, sit yourse
#56- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo- part 2 Cosette
Cosette- The daughter of Fantine. After Fantine dies, from approximately the age of three to the age of eight, Cosette is beaten and forced to work for the Thénardiers. Mrs.Thénardier spoils her own daughters and abuses Cosette. The ex-convict Jean Valjean feels sorry for Cosette and help raise her.
Cosette dreams and thoughts and reality:
There is a castle on a cloud
I like to go the
#55- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo part 1
Les Misérables, is an epic and historical fiction novel by Victor Hugo, published in French in 1862.
Les Misérables is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In 5 volume Victor Hugo tells a history of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice, and redemption. it takes place in France in 1815, (more than two decades after the start of the French Revolution).
The Mise
#54- The Little Red Hen, part 3 - American fable
Still confident that they would surely help her some day she sang out, "Who will make the bread?"
Alas for the Little Red Hen! Once more her hopes were dashed! For the Pig said, "Not I," the Cat said, "Not I," the Rat said, "Not I."
So the Little Red Hen said once more, "I will then," and she did.
Feeling that she might have known all the time that she would have to do it all herself, she went an
#53- The Little Red Hen, part 2 - American fable
She got the sickle from among the farmer's tools in the barn and proceeded to cut off all of the big plant of Wheat.
On the ground lay the nicely cut Wheat, ready to be gathered and threshed, but the newest and yellowest and downiest of Mrs. Hen's chicks set up a "peep-peep-peeping" in their most vigorous fashion, proclaiming to the world at large, but most particularly to their mother, that she
#52- The Little Red Hen,part 1 - American fable
A Little Red Hen lived in a barnyard. She spent almost all of her time walking about the barnyard in her picketty-picketty fashion, scratching everywhere for worms.
She dearly loved fat, delicious worms and felt they were absolutely necessary to the health of her children. As often as she found a worm she would call "Chuck-chuck-chuck!" to her chickies.
When they were gathered about her, she woul
#51- The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.
In the United States this speech in thought in elementary school. (Elementary school is after kindergarten; from first (1st) grade through fifth (5th)
#50- Two Nights at Neempani, Arnaba Saha
I drove all night and did not stop till I reached Neempani. I know the name is strange but the place was too familiar to me. First time I came here was with Sonal. The night was surreal. It was our first date and I drove 55 kms from Betul, just to give us a chance to know each other without any interference. Call it bizarre or just unusual; the date was arranged by our parents. Not completely tho
#49- The Great Feast, Laura E. Richards
ONCE the Play Angel came into a nursery where four
little children sat on the floor with sad and troubled faces.
“What is the matter, dears?” asked the Play Angel.
“We wanted to have a grand feast!” said the child whose nursery it was.
“Yes, that would be delightful!” said the Play Angel.
“But there is only one cookie!” said the child whose nursery it was.
“And it is a very small cookie!” said the
#48- Androclus and the Lion, James Baldwin
In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was Androclus. His master was a cruel man, and so unkind to him that at last Androclus ran away.
He hid himself in a wild wood for many days; but there was no food to be found, and he grew so weak and sick that he thought he should die. So, one day he crept into a cave and lay down, and soon he was fast asleep.
After a while, a great noise woke him up
#47- What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really sa
#46- Who was, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on Jan 29, 1860, he was a Russian physician and supreme short story writer and playwright. He was the third of six children. His father was a grocer, painter and religious fanatic with a mercurial temperament who "thrashed" his children and was likely emotionally abusive to his wife. Chekhov, like Dickens, was no stranger to financial hardship, and in 1875 his fat
#45- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 3
At last he came out. Gathering all the monks around him, with a tear-stained face and with an expression of grief and indignation, he began telling them of what had befallen him during those three months. His voice was calm and his eyes were smiling while he described his journey from the monastery to the town. On the road, he told them, the birds sang to him, the brooks gurgled, and sweet youthf
#44- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 2
Dozens of years passed by, and every day was like every other day, every night was like every other night. Except the birds and the wild beasts, not one soul appeared near the monastery. The nearest human habitation was far away, and to reach it from the monastery, or to reach the monastery from it, meant a journey of over seventy miles across the desert. Only men who despised life, who had renou
#43- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 1
IN the fifth century, just as now, the sun rose every morning and every evening retired to rest. In the morning, when the first rays kissed the dew, the earth revived, the air was filled with the sounds of rapture and hope; while in the evening the same earth subsided into silence and plunged into gloomy darkness. One day was like another, one night like another. From time to time a storm-cloud r
#42-Aubrey, David Gates - Bread
And Aubrey was her name,
A not so very ordinary girl or name
But who's to blame?
For a love that wouldn't bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing,
Take away the words that rhyme it doesn't mean a thing
And Aubrey was her name
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June?
No, it never came around
If it did, it never mad
#041- Five Little Pigs, Joseph Martin Kronheim - part 2
The Little Pig who had Roast Beef.
This little pig was a very good and careful fellow. He gave his mother scarcely any trouble, and always took a pleasure in doing all she bade him. Here you see him sitting down with clean hands and face, to some nice roast beef, while his brother, the idle pig, who is standing on a stool in the corner, with the dunce's cap on, has none. He sat down and quietly l
#040- Five Little Pigs, Joseph Martin Kronheim - part 1
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home.
The Little Pig who Went to Market.
There was once a family of Five Little Pigs, and Mrs. Pig, their mother, loved them all very dearly. Some of these little pigs were very good and took a great deal of trouble to pl
#039- The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter - part 2
He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe— scratch, scratch, scratch, Peter scattered underneath the bushes. But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheelbarrow, and peeped over. The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions. His back was turned towards Peter, and beyond him was the gate!
Peter sat down to
#038- The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter part 1
ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.
They lived with their Mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a big fir tree.
"Now, my dears," said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGreg
#037- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 3
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice (Yeah), sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream toda
#036- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 2
1963 is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of ju
#035- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic speech, titled I Have a Dream, on August 28, 1963- from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. at the event of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
I will be reading the speech of Martin Luther King Junior, as it was written and read by Martin Luther king Jr. on August 28, 1963.
However, you as a English learner should know that,
#033- The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse, Aesop
A Town Mouse once visited a relative who lived in the country. For lunch, the Country Mouse served wheat stalks, roots, and acorns, with a dash of cold water for drink. The Town Mouse ate very sparingly, nibbling a little of this and a little of that, and by her manner making it very plain that she ate the simple food only to be polite.
After the meal, the friends had a long talk, or rather the T
#032-The Declaration of Independence of the USA, Thomas Jefferson Cont.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our Laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they
#031-The Declaration of Independence of the USA,Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was its primary author, finalizing all revisions that were adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. It took almost a month for all 56 delegates to sign it.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Hap
#030- The Child's Story, Charles Dickens part 3
Whenever these partings happened, the traveler looked at the gentleman, and saw him glance up at the sky above the trees, where the day was beginning to decline, and the sunset to come on. He saw, too, that his hair was turning grey. But, they never could rest long, for they had their journey to perform, and it was necessary for them to be always busy.
At last, there had been so many partings that
#029- The Child's Story, Charles Dickens part 2
Still, one day, in the midst of all these pleasures, the traveler lost the boy as he had lost the child, and, after calling to him in vain, went on upon his journey. So he went on for a little while without seeing anything, until at last he came to a young man. So, he said to the young man, "What do you do here?" And the young man said, "I am always in love. Come and love with me."
Still, one day,
#028- The Child's Story, Charles Dickens part 1
Once upon a time, a good many years ago, there was a traveler, and he set out upon a journey. It was a magic journey, and was to seem very long when he began it, and very short when he got half way through.
Once upon a time, a good many years ago, there was a traveller, and he set out upon a journey. It was a magic journey, and was to seem very long when he began it, and very short when he got hal
#027- The Army Goes Rolling Along, Edmund L. Gruber, John Philip Sousa
The Army Goes Rolling Along"
The Official Song of The United States Army
The current lyrics tell the story of the past, the present, and the future.
The song was originally written in 1908 by field artillery First Lieutenant [later Brigadier General] Edmund L. Gruber, while stationed in the Philippines as the "Caisson Song”.
In 1917 The song was transformed into a march by John Philip Sousa and r
#026- The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry -Part 4
The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat.
For there lay The Combs--the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped for long in a Broadway
#025- The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry - Part 3
The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
At 7 o'clock the coffee was made, and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops.
Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment.
#024- The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry - Part 2
The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair. Had the Queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out of the window someday to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty'
#023- The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry - Part 1
The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day
#022- The Aged Mother, Matsuo Basho- Part 2
The Aged Mother
by Matsuo Basho
Once more he shouldered his burden (how light it seemed now) and hastened down the path, through the shadows and the moonlight, to the little hut in the valley. Beneath the kitchen floor was a walled closet for food, which was covered and hidden from view. There the son hid his mother, supplying her with everything she needed, continually watching, and fearing she
#021- The Aged Mother,Matsuo Basho- part 1
The Aged Mother
by Matsuo Basho
Also known as The Story of the Aged Mother, this Japanese folktale tells the story of an unkind ruler who issues cruel orders, including one demand that all old folks are to be abandoned and left to die. Basho tells a poignant story about a mother and her son and their love for one another.
Long, long ago there lived at the foot of the mountain a poor farmer and hi
#020- Old King Cole,Mother Goose
Old King Cole
Was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he:
He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler, he had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers.
Oh, there's none so rare,
As can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.
#019- The Blind Men and the Elephant, James Baldwin
There were once six blind men who stood by the road-side every day, and begged from the people who passed. They had often heard of elephants, but they had never seen one; for, being blind, how could they?
It so happened one morning that an elephant was driven down the road where they stood. When they were told that the great beast was before them, they asked the driver to let him stop so that they
#018- A Strange Story, O. Henry
In the northern part of Austin there once dwelt an honest family by the name of Smothers. The family consisted of John Smothers, his wife, himself, their little daughter, five years of age, and her parents, making six people toward the population of the city when counted for a special write-up, but only three by actual count.
One night after supper the little girl was seized with a severe colic, a
#017- The Disciple, Oscar Wilde
When Narcissus died the pool of his pleasure changed from a cup of sweet waters into a cup of salt tears, and the Oreads came weeping through the woodland that they might sing to the pool and give it comfort.
And when they saw that the pool had changed from a cup of sweet waters into a cup of salt tears, they loosened the green tresses of their hair and cried to the pool and said, `We do not wonde
#016- Wild Blue Yonder, Robert MacArthur Crawford's
History of the Air Force Song
In 1937, after the U.S. military had been developing airplanes for more than a decade, the Assistant Chief of the Air Corps, Brigadier General Henry Arnold, thought the Army Air Corps needed a fight song similar to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.
In 1938, Liberty Magazine offered a $1,000 prize in a contest for composers to come up with a suitable song for the Air
#015- The Fox and The Monkey,Aesop
Aesop was a Greek fabulist and storyteller born in 620 BCE (Before the Christian Era) and died in 564 BCE (Before the Christian Era) . He is credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables
The Fox And The Monkey
by Aesop
At a great meeting of the Animals, who had gathered to elect a new ruler, the Monkey was asked to dance. This he did so well, with a thousand funny caper
#014- The Elephant's Child,Rudyard Kipling- Part 5 of 5
The Elephant's Child ,Part 5 of 5
One dark evening he came back to all his dear families, and he coiled up his trunk and said, "How do you do?" They were very glad to see him, and immediately said, "Come here and be spanked for your 'satiable curiosity."
"Pooh," said the Elephant's Child. "I don't think you people's know anything about spanking; but I do, and I'll show you."
Then he uncurled his t
#013- The Elephant's Child,Rudyard Kipling- Part 4 of 5
The Elephant's Child PART 4 OF 5
"Then you will have to wait a long time," said the Bi-Colored-Python-Rock-Snake. "Some people do not know what is good for them."
The Elephant's Child sat there for three days waiting for his nose to shrink. But it never grew any shorter, and, besides, it made him squint. For, O Best Beloved, you will understand that the Crocodile had pulled it out into a really tr
#012- The Elephant's Child,Rudyard Kipling- Part 3 of 5
The Elephant's Child PART 3 OF 5
Then the Elephant's Child put his head down close to the Crocodile's musky, tusky mouth, and the Crocodile caught him by his little nose, which up to that very week, day, hour, and minute, had been no bigger than a boot, though much more useful.
"I think," said the Crocodile--and he said it between his teeth, like this--"I think to-day I will begin with Elephant's
#011- The Elephant's Child,Rudyard Kipling- Part 2 of 5
"That is odd," said the Elephant's Child, "because my father and mother, and my uncle and my aunt, not to mention my other aunt, the Hippopotamus, and my other uncle, the Baboon, have all spanked me for my 'satiable curiosity--and I suppose this is the same thing."
by Rudyard Kipling
The first thing that he found was a Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake curled around a rock.
"'Scuse me," said the Eleph
#010- The Elephant's Child ,Rudyard Kipling - part 1 OF 5
One fine morning in the middle of the Procession of the Equinoxes this 'satiable Elephant's Child asked a new fine question that he had never asked before. He asked, "What does the crocodile have for dinner?" Then everybody said, "Hush!" in a loud and dreadful tone, and they spanked him immediately and directly, without stopping, for a long time.
The Elephant's Child PART 1 OF 5
by Rudyard Kipling
#009- The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of The United States
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
A Pledged means you make a promise, you swear it. An Allegiance- means loyalty, to be faithful.
In the United States, before all government function is customary to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, also when one became a Citizen of the United States.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States
should be rendered by s
#008- The Bremen Town Musicians, Brothers Grimm PART 2
The Bremen Town Musicians- PART # 2
Brothers Grimm
So they made their way to the place where the light was, and soon saw it shine brighter and grow larger, until they came to a well-lighted robber's house. The donkey, as the biggest, went to the window and looked in.
"What do you see, my grey-horse?" asked the cock. "What do I see?" answered the donkey; "a table covered with good things to eat an
#007- The Bremen Town Musicians, Brothers Grimm PART 1
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was born in 1785, and his brother Wilhelm Carl Grimm was born in 1786.
Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob Grimm were among the first and best-known collectors of German and European folk tales
The Bremen Town Musicians PART 1 OF 2
By Brothers Grimm
A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn-sacks to the mill indefatigably for many a long year; but his strength was g
#006- The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key/voz Demi Lovato
The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defense of Fort McHenry".
The poem was written on September 14, 1814, by a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key.
After witnessing, the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor, during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Ke
#005-The Princess and the Pea,Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805 in Denmark, so he was a Danish Author. He died in 1875. He was usually called H.C. Andersen, Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his fairy tales.
The Princess and the Pea
by Hans Christian Andersen
ONCE upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would ha
#003- This land is your land,Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie as born in 1912 in Oklahoma, U.S.– He died in 1967 . He was an American singer-songwriter, who is considered one of the most significant figures in American western folk music. His music, including songs, such as "This Land Is Your Land", has inspired several generations both politically and musically
Guthrie wrote hundreds of country, folk, and children's songs, along
#002- Just So Stories (poems),Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay ,British India in 1865 – died in 1936 at the age of 70. He was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, and many short stories,
Just So Stories (poems)
BY Joseph Rudyard Kipling
The Camel's hump is an ugly lump
Which well you may see at the Zoo;
But uglier y
#001 - I N D E X - Mary Had a Little lamb, Mother Goose
The most popular Nursery rhymes has no known author -it is anonymous, but in 1695, a French author Charles Perrault created many stories and fairy tales. He put together all popular nursery rhymes, and fairy tales, under the name of the Tales of Mother Goose. Mother Goose stories was first translated into English by Robert Samber in 1729.Thanks to Mr. Perrault for giving us Mother Goose and creat
