短篇小说 | The Gift of the Magi
The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.
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短篇小说 | A Pair of Silk Stockings
Little Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars. It seemed to her a very large amount of money, and the way in which it stuffed and bulged her worn old porte-monnaie gave her a feeling of importance such as she had not enjoyed for years.
短篇小说 | The Haunted Mind
By a desperate effort you start upright, breaking from a sort of conscious sleep and gazing wildly round the bed, as if the fiends were anywhere but in your haunted mind.
短篇小说 | The Brave Tin Soldier
THERE were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon.
短篇小说 | Regret
MAMZELLE AURLIE possessed a good strong figure, ruddy cheeks, hair that was changing from brown to gray, and a determined eye. She wore a man's hat about the farm, and an old blue army overcoat when it was cold, and sometimes top-boots.
短篇小说 | The Cactus
The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an entire courtship while removing one's gloves.
短篇小说 | How the Camel Got His Hump
NOW this is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel got his big hump.
短篇小说 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit
ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.
短篇小说 | The Story of An Hour
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
短篇小说 | Cousin Tribulation's Story
As we came down to breakfast that morning, with very shiny faces and spandy clean aprons, we found father alone in the dining-room.
