Showing results for "Boys" in Short Stories

Once upon a time there was an old poet, one of those right good old poets. One evening, as he was sitting at home, there was a terrible storm going on outside; the rain was pouring down, but the old poet sat comfortably in his chimney-corner, where the fire was burning and the apples were roasting.

Bisnu finds how dangerous and lonely life can be for a boy who has to leave his home to earn money for his family. As he sets to work on the limestone quarries with the choking dust enveloping the beautiful mountain air, he longs for home more than ever...

"Soft Boys" er en samling fascinerende, rørende og sjove noveller, der kan ses som en slags moderne fabler. De handler om unge drenge i forskellige livssituationer, som har det til fælles, at de falder lidt uden for normen. Temaerne er almenmenneskelige smertepunkter som ensomhed, generthed, frygt, forelskelse, manglende selvværd, fremmedgørelse, usikkerhed og paranoia. Her får du en perlerække af originale og tankevækkende historier - med titler som "Bad Boys", "Acne Core", "Volvo", "Belieber" (med Justin Bieber i central rolle...) m.fl., som kan læses af både unge og voksne.

"The Boy and Girl" is a whimsical parable about a boy and girl playing on the beach, growing old together. Alfred C. Martino is the author of three highly acclaimed novels, Perfected by Girls, Over the End Line, and Pinned. Mr. Martino was born and raised in Short Hills, NJ, and graduated from Millburn High School. He is a graduate of Duke University and The Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He currently lives in Jersey City.

In her first-ever solo anthology, New York Times best-selling author Rebecca Cantrell demonstrates her award-winning skill with four wonderful stories - including the prequel to her Hannah Vogel series where Ernst Vogel explores the shadowy world of Weimar-era Berlin as he investigates the murder of a young cigarette boy at his cabaret. The collection also includes a journey through the wreckage of postwar Berlin in a search for hope, a fated meeting on a train to a concentration camp, and a supernatural warrior protecting a shtetl in wartime Czechoslovakia.

In this heartwarming origin story from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, a poor widow and her devoted young son live a humble life by the river. When illness strikes his mother, the boy—dressed in a handmade blue suit—sets out to find work and support their small household. His kind heart and earnest spirit win him a job as a shepherd, and soon the countryside rings with the sweet sound of his silver horn.

Newly-wed Sheena gets her new apartment at a steal, only to realize that she has gotten more than she bargained for when she finds a box of strange items hidden under some old toys...

The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree is a Christmas-time short story written by Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1876. It was first published in A Writer's Diary, January 1876. This story is also known as "The Heavenly Christmas Tree". The author begins by telling us he has made this story up, but that even so, he thinks it must have actually happened—on Christmas Eve, in a great town, at a time of terrible frost. The boy of the title, "six years old or younger," awakens in a frigid cellar, reaches for his mother, and finds she is "as cold as the wall." He makes his way outside.

A collection of short stories by Sean Dietrich, (also known as "Sean of the South") a writer, humorist, and novelist, known for his commentary on life in the American South. His humor, columns, and short stories appear in various publications throughout the Southeast.

Gilbert saw Mary Ann first, but the second time he sees her she is dancing with his best friend, Rafe. The three of them begin hanging out all the time, driving around in the car Rafe got as a present for getting into Yale. But when Rafe goes out of town, Gilbert and Mary Ann keep the tradition going, seeing movies and going on drives...in Rafe's car no less.

בעין בוחנת, בלב אוהב ובעט בוטחת משרטט יוסי עוזרד עולם הולך ונעלם, וגם את המציאות – המהירה, קצרת הרוח והתלושה שבאה במקומו.

The Schoolboy's Story is a short stories by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

Ein kleiner Junge erlebt im Herbstwind ein Abenteuer am Himmel mit seinem Drachen. Höre, welche wichtigen Erfahrungen er dabei sammelt.

Originally published in the 1853 Christmas edition of Dickens's journal Household Words, The Schoolboy's Story recounts the tale of Old Cheeseman, a schoolboy who becomes the second Latin Master, and his former peers who consider him a traitor for doing it. This version of The Schoolboy's Story was recorded as part of Dreamscape's The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens.