Novels by author sam

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp:There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son calledAladdin, a careless, idle boy who would do nothing butplay ball all day long in the streets with little idle boys likehimself. This so grieved the father that he died; yet, inspite of his mother's tears and prayers, Aladdin did notmend his ways. One day, when he was playing in thestreets as usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if hewas not the son of Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir,"replied Aladdin; "but he died a long while ago." On thisthe stranger, who was a famous African magician, fell onhis neck and kissed him, saying, "I am your uncle, andknew you from your likeness to my brother. Go to yourmother and tell her I am coming." Aladdin ran home andtold his mother of his newly found uncle. "Indeed, child,"she said, "your fathe

Cinderella:Once there was a gentleman who married, for hissecond wife, the proudest and most haughty woman thatwas ever seen. She had, by a former husband, twodaughters of her own humor, who were, indeed, exactlylike her in all things. He had likewise, by another wife,a young daughter, but of unparalleled goodness andsweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who wasthe best creature in the world.No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over butthe mother-in-law began to show herself in her true colors.She could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl,and the less because they made her own daughters appearthe more odious. She employed her in the meanestwork of the house: she scoured the dishes, tables, etc.,and scrubbed madam's chamber, and

Proud Red Rose:One beautiful spring day a red rose blossomed in a forest. As the rose looked around, a pine tree nearby said, "What a beautiful flower! I wish I was that lovely." Another tree said, "Dear pine, do not be sad. We cannot have everything."The rose turned and remarked, "It seems that I am the most beautiful flower in this forest."A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, "Why do you say that? In this forest there are many beautiful flowers. You are just one of them."The red rose replied, "I see everyone looking at me and admiring me." Then the rose looked at a cactus and said, "Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!"The pine tree said, "Red rose, what kind of talk is this