22-12-22 Alice burst out into the courtyard with Stayne and the Knights right behind her. She pounded across the cobblestones, but before she could reach the front gate, another squadron of Knights galloped out in front of her. She skidded to a stop, surroun...

21-01-21 The elm-tree avenue was all overgrown, the great gate was never unlocked, and the old house had been shut up for several years. Yet voices were heard about the place, the lilacs nodded over the high wall as if they said, We could tell fine secrets i...

16-01-06 For the next eight or ten months, Oliver was the victim of a systematic course of treachery and deception. He was brought up by hand. The hungry and destitute situation of the infant orphan was duly reported by the workhouse authorities to the paris...

14-11-13 When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, hewas seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter th...

14-09-10 Many many years ago, in the State of Song, there was a city gate. Outside the gate was a moat with fishes that lived a quiet and happy life there. One day the tower above the city gate caught fire and the people of the city were alarmed. Even the fi...

14-08-05 A man was about to go away on a long journey. He told his servant, You keep an eye on the gate and look after the donkey. After the master had left, the servant heard someone playing music in the neighborhood. Unable to restrain himself, he wanted t...

14-06-04 Wu Qi wanted to remove the watchtower set up by the state of Qin that did harm to farming. It wouldn't be worthwhile to use army to do that , so he considered using the force of common people to do it. He first put a thill（车把，辕） outside the no...

12-05-08 In ancient times, there was a prime minister named Shang Yang in the State of Qin. He was held in high regard by the King. In the year 359 BC, he prepared for a political reform to promote the economic development. But he was afraid that the people...

11-08-11 Dogs had only played walk on parts in my family. As far as I was concerned the all defining object in a house was a television. There was one in Bill's house. It stood like a lonely, redundant sentinel（哨兵） in a dank corner of his empty living ro...

09-12-21 The Arbeit macht frei sign stolen from Auschwitz in southern Poland has been found in the north and five men have been arrested, police say. 波兰警方称，波兰南部城市奥许维次被盗的劳动创造自由标志在北部某地被发现，五名嫌疑犯已被逮捕。 Hundreds of tho...