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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Literature; Short stories

One of Aesop's Fables about a shepherd boy who repeatedly tricks the villagers with his lies. Out of boredom, the boy yells that a wolf is coming to attack his sheep. The villagers gather to help ...

The Pardoner’s Tale

Literature; Short stories

The Pardoner's Tale is the fourteenth tale in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. In the tale three youths look for Death, thinking they can kill him. An old man tells them they can find Death under a ...

Summoner's tale

Literature; Short stories

Summoner's tale is the eighth story in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. In the story a friar begs money from a dead man and his wife. He shamelessly exploited their risks and one for the friar he sat ...

Lamb to slaughter

Literature; Short stories

"The sheep to slaughter" is one of the short story writer Roald Dahl in his short story, the British are known for their unexpected endings. For a bit more dark, unsentimental, often humorous, they ...

Franklin's story

Literature; Short stories

Franklin's tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the 12th story. In Brittany and is waiting for the return of her husband from the United Kingdom, but worried that he might collapse, on the ...

Like the Flowing River

Literature; Short stories

Like the Flowing River: Stories, 1998-2005 (Portuguese: Ser como o rio que flui. Relatos (1998-2005)) is a 2006 storey collection of Paulo Coelho.This is a collection of reflections from Paulo ...

The Landlady

Literature; Short stories

"The Landlady" is one of the short storeys of the British author Roald Dahl. His short storeys are known for their unexpected endings, for their unsentimental, often very dark humour. The storey ...

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