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She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and lovi...

One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue, when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. I turned into the first sock shop...

This is the sad story of Hamlet, young Prince of Denmark, whose father died two months before the story begins. Hamlet' s father was King of Denma...

A king had three sons whom he loved equally well， and he did not know which of them to appoint as king following his own death. When the time came for...

Orion Orion was a giant hunter．He was the beautiful son of Poseidon．One day，when hunting in the forest，he caughtsight of Artemis' fair maidens，the...

Ixion In Thessaly there once lived a king by the name of Ixion．He was both handsome and mighty．He went to woo the beautiful maiden Dia and won her lov...

Actaeon When she was tired with hunting Artemis used to take abath in a little mountain spring．One hot summer afternoon she was playing in the cool，qu...

Tantalus Tantalus was the rich and mighty king of Lydia．Son ofZeus by a fairy maiden，he was greatly favored by the gods．He was invited to share wine a...

《旧约》提到的牧首，活到969岁。玛士撒拉是伊诺克之子，在〈创世记〉中他是亚当与夏娃在该隐之后所生的赛特的后裔。据说他是世界上最长寿的人。玛士撒拉是拉麦的父亲，诺亚的祖父。他的子孙包括亚伯拉罕、雅各和大卫。 Old Testament patriarch who lived to the age o...

Atlas and Perseus After the killing of Medusa，Perseus，carrying her head with him，flew far and wide，over land and sea．As night came on，he reached the w...