Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The mayor and corporation of Hamelin outsource a rodent problem to a professional rat-catcher.

746

The Investor of Nisibis

A woman advises her husband to entrust their modest savings to the bank of God.

747

The King, the Monkey and the Pea

A warlike king sets out to bag another small kingdom for his realms, but a monkey gets him thinking.

748

Cuthbert and Hildemer’s Wife

Cuthbert’s friend comes asking for a priest to attend his dying wife — so long as it isn’t Cuthbert.

749

Athelstan and the Prince of Norway

Soon after Athelstan became England’s first king, he played a trick on the King of Norway which demanded a reply.

750

Dare to Be Yourself

Samuel Smiles warns us against pursuing popularity for its own sake, saying that it is a kind of cowardice.