Henry Van Dyke

Legenda neljännestä tietäjästä tarina kertoo Artaban-nimisestä viisaasta ja rikkaasta miehestä, joka näkee taivaalla enteen, kirkkaan tähden, ja aikoo lähteä kolmen muun itämaan tietäjän kanssa kumartamaan vastasyntynyttä juutalaisten kuningasta. Hän kuitenkin myöhästyy, ja vain kolme tietäjää pääsee perille Betlehemiin. Amerikkalaisen Henry van Dyken viehättävä teos vuodelta 1896 kertoo Artabanin vaelluksesta ja valaisee ihmisen matkaa, suunnitelmia, pettymyksiä ja kasvua. Klassisen kertomuksen on suomentanut Alice Martin.

"If you’re giving one book for Christmas, make it this one." —Jim Trelease, author, The Read-Aloud Handbook They are some of the warmest childhood memories, those unhurried evenings around the fireplace, Christmas tree, or dinner table, when there was time for a story. Now, with this collection, you can keep the story-telling tradition alive in your family, and pass it on to your children or grandchildren. Home for Christmas includes twenty time-honored tales. Several are by world-famous authors; others are little-known treasures translated from other languages. Selected for their literary quality and spiritual integrity, they will resonate with readers of all ages, year after year. With original woodcuts by David Klein

Days Off And Other Digressions, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

እነሱ እንደ ግሪክ አማልክት ነበሩ ፣ በጣም ጠንካራ እና ቆንጆ ፣ እና እርቃናቸውን ነገር ግን ለአንዳንድ ጥቃቅን ድራጊዎች በዙሪያቸው በረዶ-ነጭ ሆነ ፡፡ በጨረቃ ብርሃን አንፀባርቀዋል ፡፡ የሚናገሩትን መስማት አልቻልኩም; ሆኖም ወደ ሕይወት ሥሮች በሚወስደው ክርክር ውስጥ እንደነበሩ ማየት ችያለሁ ፡፡ እንደ መንትያ ወንድማማቾች በመልክ እና በባህሪ እርስ በእርሳቸው እንግዳ ይመስላሉ ፡፡ ግን የአንዱ ፊት ክቡር ፣ ከፍ ያለ ፣ የተረጋጋ ፣ በሰፊው ጸጸት እና ርህራሄ የተሞላ ነበር። የሌላው ፊት ትዕቢተኛ ፣ ቂም የተሞላ ፣ በስሜታዊነት የተሳል ነበር ፡፡ በፍጥነት ፣ በማይቀለበስ ጥላቻ ከጥንታዊ ወዳጅነት በመላቀቅ ጓደኛውን እየከሰሰ እና እየካደ ይመስላል ፡፡ ግን ተጓዳኙ እርሱን የሚማጸነው እና ወደ እሱ ዘንበል ብሎ ለመቅረብ ሞክሮ ነበር ፡፡

वे ग्रीक देवताओं की तरह थे, बहुत मजबूत और सुंदर, और नग्न लेकिन कुछ मामूली चिलमन के लिए जो उनके चारों ओर बर्फ-सफेद गिर गए। वे चाँदनी में चमकते थे। मैं सुन नहीं पाया कि वे क्या कह रहे थे; फिर भी मैं देख सकता था कि वे एक विवाद में थे जो जीवन की जड़ों तक गया। वे जुड़वाँ भाइयों की तरह एक-दूसरे से अजीब तरह से मिलते-जुलते थे। लेकिन एक का चेहरा उदात्त, उदात्त, शांत, एक विशाल अफसोस और करुणा से भरा था। दूसरे का चेहरा गर्व, क्रोध से भरा, जोश से भरा हुआ था। वह अपने साथी पर आरोप लगाता और त्यागता हुआ प्रतीत होता है, जो एक प्राचीन दोस्ती से एक तेज, मोहक नफरत में टूट गया था। लेकिन साथी उसके साथ विनती करने लगा, और उसकी ओर लपका, और उसे पास खींचने की कोशिश की।

The First Christmas Tree A Story of the Forest "", has been considered a very important part of the human history, but is currently not available in printed formats. Hence so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format so that it is never forgotten and always remembered by the present and future generations. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed.

Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things "", has been considered a very important part of the human history, but is currently not available in printed formats. Hence so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format so that it is never forgotten and always remembered by the present and future generations. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed.

他们就像希腊的神一样，坚强而美丽，赤身裸体，但略带帷幔使他们周围雪白。 他们在月光下闪闪发光。 我听不到他们在说什么； 但是我可以看到他们陷入了一场纠缠不休的生活。 他们在形式和特征上彼此相似，就像孪生兄弟一样。 但是一个人的面孔是高贵，崇高，平静的，充满了巨大的遗憾和同情心。 对方的脸感到自豪，愤慨并充满激情。 他似乎是在指责和放弃他的同伴，以一种迅速而坚定的仇恨摆脱了古老的友谊。 但是同伴似乎恳求他，向他倾斜，试图拉近他。他们就像希腊的神一样，坚强而美丽，赤身裸体，但略带帷幔使他们周围雪白。 他们在月光下闪闪发光。 我听不到他们在说什么； 但是我可以看到他们陷入了一场纠缠不休的生活。 他们在形式和特征上彼此相似，就像孪生兄弟一样。 但是一个人的面孔是高贵，崇高，平静的，充满了巨大的遗憾和同情心。 对方的脸感到自豪，愤慨并充满激情。 他似乎是在指责和放弃他的同伴，以一种迅速而坚定的仇恨摆脱了古老的友谊。 但是同伴似乎恳求他，向他倾斜，试图拉近他。

The Ruling Passion Henry van DykeHe entered the backwoods village of Bytown literally on the wings of the wind. It whirled him along like a big snowflake, and dropped him at the door of Moody's "Sportsmen's Retreat," as if he were a New Year's gift from the North Pole. His coming seemed a mere chance but perhaps there was something more in it, after all. At all events, you shall hear, if you will, the time and the manner of his arrival. It was the last night of December, some thirty-five years ago. All the city sportsmen who had hunted the deer under Bill Moody's direction had long since retreated to their homes, leaving the little settlement on the border of the Adirondack wilderness wholly under the social direction of the natives. The annual ball was in full swing in the dining-room of the hotel. At one side of the room the tables and chairs were piled up, with their legs projecting in the air like a thicket of very dead trees. The huge stove in the southeast corner was blushing a rosy red through its thin coat of whitewash, and exhaling a furious dry heat flavoured with the smell of baked iron. At the north end, however, winter reigned and there were tiny ridges of fine snow on the floor, sifted in by the wind through the cracks in the window-frames. But the bouncing girls and the heavy-footed guides and lumbermen who filled the ball-room did not appear to mind the heat or the cold. They balanced and "sashayed" from the tropics to the arctic circle. They swung at corners and made "ladies' change" all through the temperate zone. They stamped their feet and did double-shuffles until the floor trembled beneath them. The tin lampreflectors on the walls rattled like castanets. There was only one drawback to the hilarity of the occasion. The band, which was usually imported from Sandy River Forks for such festivities, -a fiddle, a cornet, a flute, and an accordion, -had not arrived. There was a general idea that the mail-sleigh, in which the musicians were to travel, had been delayed by the storm, and might break its way through the snow-drifts and arrive at any moment. But Bill Moody, who was naturally of a pessimistic temperament, had offered a different explanation. "I tell ye, old Baker's got that blame' band down to his hotel at the Falls now, makin' 'em play fer his party. Them music fellers is onsartin can't trust 'em to keep anythin' 'cept the toon, and they don't alluz keep that. Guess we might uz well shet up this ball, or go to work playin' games." At this proposal a thick gloom had fallen over the assembly but it had been dispersed by Serena Moody's cheerful offer to have the small melodion brought out of the parlour, and to play for dancing as well as she could. The company agreed that she was a smart girl, and prepared to accept her performance with enthusiasm. As the dance went on, there were frequent comments of approval to encourage her in the labour of love.