A merchant sailor had good luckthe winds were right behind him,brought him riches, blew his boatswhere pirates couldn’t find him. His partners, traders, honest menbacked him one and all.They sold his goods so very wellthe prices didn’t fall. People madly bought and spentour manmade gold galore.A simple meal for him was likea wedding feast andContinue reading “The Trader’s Luck”
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Two Stories adapted from La Fontaine
Here are two stories that I have adapted from La Fontaine’s fables, using his style in some respects. La Fontaine based his stories on those written many centuries before by the Greek storyteller Aesop. These stories often have morals, and in some cases La Fontaine used these for political purposes. I have written other adaptationsContinue reading “Two Stories adapted from La Fontaine”
