The sun is hot, hot, hot. You are driving a long, long road in the centre of Australia. Suddenly you see a man standing in the middle of the road. He is wearing an expensive suit and nice shoes,…
"Does the sea frighten you? Your boat is very small. Do you know your friends well? Are they good at sailing? Jack, his wife Tonya, and his friends Max and Sasha want to sail from England to A…
Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York. When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can't say no. The girl's name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells…
Algernon knows that his friend Jack does not always tell the truth. For example, in town, his name is Ernest, while in the country he calls himself Jack. And who is the girl who gives him present…
What's in a name? Does it really matter if you are called Montague or Capulet? When Romeo, son of Lord and Lady Montague, falls in love with the most beautiful girl he's ever seen, he finds out th…
Matty is fifteen and is leaving school in a few week's time. He wants to work with animals and would like to get a job on a farm. But his parents say he's too young to leave home. He must stay i…
It is hay-making time on the Wookey farm. Two brothers are building the haystack, but thinking about other things--about young women, and love. There are angry words, and then a fight between the…
Red Dog was a Red Cloud kelpie, an Australian sheepdog. His life was full of excitement and adventure. He traveled all over Western Australia, and never really had an owner. But he had many, man…
It is 1607. Tom Creek's pirate boat, The Black Star, goes down in the sea. Tom Creek loses all his treasure. As the boat goes down he shouts, " This is my treasure and no other man's. I curse t…
Hank Morgan is the boss of a factory in Connecticut. One day in 1879 Hank is working in his office. One of his workers comes in and says, " Come quickly, Bos! Two-man are fighting." Hank wants t…