1. like to pretend what it would be like to have lived long ago. It's fun to think how the world will be a hundred years from now. But I'd rather be alive in my world right now. It is the place...
My door opens
At first my world was small. It was only as big as my mother's arms. Then my bed and my room became part of my world. One day my mother carried me to the window. I reached for the sunshine on the...
Eyes for machines
Sometimes only a few people get on and off the elevator. Sometimes lots of people get on and off. But the elevator always seems to know how long to stop. The door doesn't close until the last person...
Many-legged home builders
Trap-Door Spider Harvester Ants > Harvester ants live in tunnels that they dig in the ground. > > A trap-door spider's home is a silk-lined tunnel with a door made of > silk and dirt. In the...
Stories | Toad’s Escape
from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame In all the world of fantasy, there is perhaps no character more lovable---or more exasperating---than the sly, boastful, and conceited Toad. He is...
Number Rhymes from Mother Goose
One to Make Ready > One to make ready, > > And two to prepare; Good luck to the rider, And away goes the mare. > > 1, 2, 3, 4 > > 1, 2, 3, 4, Mary at the cottage door 5, 6, 7, 8, > > Eating...