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Henry David Thoreau's narration of a ferocious battle raged between red and black ants the woodpile of his abode on Walden Pond.

An original meditation on formulating a personal set of integrating principles with which to guide our lives.

A Halloween offering of a short-short story from the master of terror himself, Edgar Allan Poe.

The third tale in our trilogy of Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. Performed by Denis Daly of Perth, Western Australia and founder/manager of Voices of Today and The Online Stage.

The second in our trilogy of origin tales from the Just So Stories of Rudyard Kipling, one originally told to his daughter, Josephine ("Effie).

The first in a trilogy of origin tales from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, originally told to entertain his daughter, Josephine, or "Effie," as she was affectionately known.

Legends of Pan, the satyr god, and the creatures that became flowers, trees, brooks, and even sounds in the idyllic forest realm of Arcadia.

An essay by the French critic, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve. "The idea of a classic implies something that has continuance and consistence, and which produces unity and tradition, fashions and transmits itself, and endures."

A condensation of the opening chapter of this inspirational classic by James Allen.