R. Kipling

THE ELEPHANT'S CHILDS Once upon a time ^ the Elephant had no trunk. He had only a blackish, flat nose, as big as a boot.® He could move it from side to side, but he could not pick up things ^ with it. But there was one Elephant — a new Elephant — an Elephant's Child who was full of...

Moglis Brüder Gegen sieben Uhr an einem recht schwülen Sommerabend in den Sionibergen erwachte Vater Wolf, gähnte, redete sich und streckte die Läufe, einen nach dem anderen, um das Schlafgefühl in den Pfoten loszuwerden. Neben ihm lag Mutter Wolf, die lange graue Nase quer über den vier...

Részlet: Az öregkor nem olyan rossz, ha számba veszed a lehetőségeket. M. Chevalier

Chapter 1 ' The door of the smoking-room was left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, and whistled to warn the fishing-fleet, p "That Cheyne boy,* I don't like him," said a man in a dark overcoat, shutting the door with a bang. "He's not wanted here!" 2 * "Oh,...