One fine morning a king was hunting in a thick forest. With his was his lovely queen and his faithful servant. For more than an hour the three wandered around, but not a single animal crossed their path.
Since the queen was with them, the two men could not ride very fast.
At last the king said, “My dear, would you mind staying here and wait for us until we come back? I’m sure we’ll have more luck if we go deeper into the forest, but I don’t want to get Continue reading
The Origin of Lake Toba
( Sumatra )
In North Sumatra there is a lake which is said to be the largest lake in Southeast Asia, and one of the deepest in the world. It lies 900 metres above sea-level and is surrounded by pine-covered beaches, high cliff, and steep mountain slopes. This famous lake is called Lake Toba, the birthplace of the Batak people. Here is the story which tells how the lake was formed.
A long time ago, there was a fisherman called Batara Guru Sahala. Day Continue reading
“With any luck, she’ll have a sore throat by the time I collect her in the morning,” said Antipka to himself, and he dropped a hunk of black bread and a piece of pork sausage down the hole after her.
That evening Antipka felt free for the first time since his marriage. He wandered about the one room that was their home, and from time to time sat down wherever he wanted to. He opened one window and closed the other. And when suppertime came he stood on tiptoe and Continue reading
Cheyenne Bodie was famous throughout the West as a guide and a scout. He knew the trails and the mountain passes and the great flat prairies as few men did.
He knews the Indians, too, for he had been adopted by the Cheyenne tribe as a boy and raised by them. That was why he was called Cheyenne.
Even in faraway Philadelphia, young Tom Murdoch had heard many stories of the famous scout. And when Tom’s father and mother decided to go West and settle, Tom was Continue reading
