AcreSoft Story Classic: 🌷 Kids Educational and Bedtime Stories for Children to Adults, in English

PRISONERS AND CAPTIVES It was one day when Mother had gone to Maidbridge. She had gone alone, but the children were to go to the station to meet her. And, loving the station as they did, it was only natural that they should be there a good hour before there was any chance of Mother’s train arriving, even if the train were punctual, which was most unlikely... #storiesforchildren #storiesforadults ✝...

Ahasuerus, king of Persia, made a great feast unto all his princes and servants in Shushan, and sent for Vashti the queen. But she refused to come. Therefore was the king very angry, and commanded that Vashti should come no more before him. And they sought another wife for the king. Now in Shushan the palace there was a Jew, whose name was Mordecai. He had brought up Esther, his uncle's daughter,...

What was left of the second sheet and the Brunswick black came in very nicely to make a banner bearing the legend SHE IS NEARLY WELL THANK YOU and this was displayed to the Green Dragon about a fortnight after the arrival of the wonderful hamper. The old gentleman... #storiesforchildren #bedtimestories ✝️❤️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 AcreSoft Story Classic

THE OLD GENTLEMAN After the adventure of Peter’s Coal-Mine, it seemed well to the children to keep away from the station,—but they did not, they could not, keep away from the railway. They had lived all their lives in a street where cabs and... #storiesforchildren #storiesforadults ✝️❤️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 AcreSoft Story Classic

“What fun!” said Mother, in the dark, feeling for the matches on the table. “How frightened the poor mice were — I don’t believe they were rats at all.” She struck a match and relighted the candle, and every one looked at each other by... #story #storiesforchildren #bedtimestories ✝️❤️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 AcreSoft Story Classic

THE BEGINNING OF THINGS They were not railway children to begin with. I don’t suppose they had ever thought about railways except as means of getting to... #kidsstories #bedtimestories ✝️❤️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 AcreSoft Story Classic

Darius set over the whole kingdom 120 princes, and over these three presidents, of whom Daniel was first. Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none, except concern...

THE NEW LAIRD It was Friday when news of the Auld Laird's death reached the village, and on the following Sabbath there was not an empty seat in the kirk, for every one was anxious to hear the latest gossip about the event which meant so much to every one in the region. There was no newspaper in the village, and the news... #story #audiobook #kidsstory #bedtimestories ✝️❤️👦🏾👧🏽 AcreSoft Story C...

NEWS The rest of the week seemed at least a month long to the lonely twins. Sandy came to see them, to be sure, but with the passing of the Chief, the flavor seemed gone from the play, and the Clan made no further expeditions after Angus Niel. "He can just kill all the game he wants to," said Jean. "It's the worse for the Auld Laird, I doubt... #story #kidstories #bedtimestories ✝️❤️👦🏾👧🏽 AcreS...

ANGUS NIEL AND THE CANNY CLAN The days that followed were days of stirring adventure to the Rob Roy Clan, and days of continuous and surprising misery to Angus Niel. Never in his history as gamekeeper of Glen Cairn had he had such experiences... #kidsstory #bedtimestories #kidsstories ✝️❤️👦🏾👧🏽 AcreSoft Story Classic

King Nebuchadnezzar caused certain of the children of Israel of the king's seed to be chosen, children who were well favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. Among whom were Daxiel, Shadbach, Meshach, and Abed-nego....

fter Ahab's time, twelve kings reigned over Israel; but all of them did evil in the sight of the Lord, for they served idols. The last king of Israel was Hoshea. Against him came up Shalma-neser, king of Assyria, lie besieged Samaria three years, took the city, and carried Israel (the ten tribes) away into Assyria, (722 years before Christ)... You can read the actual time in the Bible in Kings 16-...

ON THE TRAIL Alan and Sandy left the little gray house in the late afternoon and walked together down the river road toward the village. At the bridge which spanned the stream they parted company, and Alan gave Sandy final instructions as to his duties on the next day. He was to watch Angus Niel's house, which lay some distance north of... #story #kidsstories #bedtimestories ✝️❤️👦🏾👧🏽 AcreSoft...

A RAINY DAY The next morning, as she was finishing the beds, Jean heard the pewit call and at once knew that the Clan was abroad. She ran to the door, and the three boys came in together,—Jock from the garden, where he had been pulling weeds in the potato-patch, and Sandy and Alan from the road. They were carrying a large basket, and Sandy was laden down with... #story #kidsstories #bedtimestories...

THE POACHERS While all these things were happening, Angus Niel had returned from his errand across the little lake, and was making his way slowly toward home, following the course of the stream. As he came near the fall he stopped and sniffed. There was certainly a most appetizing smell of bacon in the air!.. #story #kidsstories #bedtimestory ✝️❤️👦🏾👧🏽 AcreSoft Story Classic

THE CLAN When Jean and Alan reached the waterfall, they found Jock and Sandy there before them. "Come over to our side," Alan called. The two boys ran further down stream and crossed the brook on stones which stood out of the water, and in a moment more were back again at the foot of the fall. "What have you got to show us?" demanded Jock... #story #kidsstories #bedtimestories AcreSoft Story Class...

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before Me. But Jonah rose up to flee from the presence of the Lord, and went to Joppa; and he found a ship, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish. But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea... You can read the actual account in the Bible i...

TWO DISCOVERIES That night Jock dreamed of water cows, and clans dressed in kilts, and when Sandy appeared the next morning, his head was still buzzing with wild schemes of adventure. "Come awa', Sandy," he said, "let's explore. We'll go up the burn and see if we can't find out where it begins." "What'll we do for... #story #audiobook #bedtimestories #kidstories AcreSoft Story Classic ✝️❤️👦🏾👧🏽

EVENING IN THE WEE BIT HOOSIE When he was out of sight, Jean brought in the washing and then it was time to get supper. Alan helped set the table and kept the fire bright under the pot, while Jock fed the hens and brought in the eggs; and when the Shepherd and Tam returned from the hills, you can imagine how surprised they... #story #bedtimestory #kidsstories AcreSoft Story Classic

Usually Jean and Jock went to school in summer, for in winter the snow made the roads impassable, but at this time the Dominie was ill and until he should get well they had the long days to themselves. When breakfast was over the next morning and the Shepherd had gone with Tam to the hills, Jean decided to wash the... #story #audiobook #kidstories #bedtimestories AcreSoft Story Classic

Naaman, the captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man and honorable, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone out and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. And she sard unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy... You can read the actual acco...

THE SABBATH The Sabbath morning dawned bright and clear, and the Campbells were all up early and had the chores done before seven o'clock Then came breakfast, and after breakfast Jean ran "ben the room," and brought the Bible to her father. Then she and Jock sat with folded hands while he read a long chapter about the... #story #kidsstories #bedtimestory AcreSoft Story Classic

THE RABBIT AND THE GAMEKEEPER Out in the garden a rabbit had for some time been enjoying himself nightly in the potato-patch, biting off the young sprouts which were just sticking their heads through the ground. When the rabbit heard Tam bark she dashed out of sight behind a burdock leaf and sat perfectly still. Now if Tam and Jock had... #story #audiobook #kidsstories AcreSoft Story Classic

THE LITTLE GRAY HOUSE ON THE BRAE If you had peeped in at the window of a little gray house on a heathery hillside in the Highlands of Scotland one Saturday morning in May some years ago, you might have seen Jean Campbell "redding up" her kitchen. It was a sight best seen from a safe distance, for, though Jean was only twelve years old... #story #kidsstories #homeschool AcreSoft Story Classic

THE DAY THEY GOT THEIR SKATES One morning, when Kit and Kat ran out early to feed their ducklings, the frost nipped their noses and ears. "It's getting colder every day. Very soon winter will come," Kat said. They ran down to the canal. The old goose and the... #story #kidsstory #bedtimestory AcreSoft Story Classic