Mr. Yates was nearly ninety, so it was often difficult for him to remember things,but he still liked travelling very much, so he and his wife went to Spain every year. One summer when they were there, they went to visit some friends. These people had two young daughters.
One afternoon Mr. Yates was talking to one of the girls in the garden after lunch."You and your sister were ill when mu wife and I were here last year, weren't you?" he said to her.,
"Yes, we were,' answered the girl." we were very ill."
The old man said nothing for a minute, because he was thinking. Then at last he said," Oh, yes, i remember now! One of you died. Which one of you was it, you or your sister?"
The girl answered, " It was me."
" Oh ? I'm sorry to hear it," said the old man.
The First Well Retold by book box There one was a small kingdom a round a lake. One very hot summer it did not rain and the lake dried up. People grew anxious and went to the king. “It has not rained for so long. Our fields are barren !” said the farmers. “There’s no fish to catch, how shall we earn a living ?” asked the fisherman. “Save us from disaster, good king.” urged the women and the children with thirst. The king send his four generals to search for water in all directions. The first general went east, the towards the sunrise the second to the south, to dust and heat the third went west, where the sun sets, and the fourth followed the North Star. They searched day and night, night and day, high and low they searched everywhere but in vain. Three of the generals returned, empty-handed but general who had gone north determined, not to fall his king finally reached a cold mountain village. As he sat at the foot of the mountain an old woman came by and set next to him. The general...
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