A housewife,a tramp,a lawyer,a waitress,an actress -ordinary people living ordinary Lives in New York at the beginning of thiscentury.The city has changed greatly sincethat time,but its people are much the same.Some are rich,some are poor,some are happy,someare sad,some have found love,some are looking for love. O.Henry's famous short stories-sensitive,funny,sympathetic -give us vivid pictures of the everyday livesof these New Yorkers.(Word count 5,895)
Sally is always running and she hasher phone with her all the time:at home,on the train,at work,at lunchtime,andat the shops. But then one afternoon suddenly she has adifferent phone and it changes her life.
When Black Beauty is trained to carry arider on his back,or to pull a carriagebehind him,he finds it hard at first.Buthe is lucky his first home is a good one,where his owners are kind people,who would never be cruel to a horse. But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses,whipping them and beating them,and using them like machines until they dropped dead.Black Beauty soon finds this out,and as he describes his life,he has many terrible stories to tell. [Word count 15,400]
Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl.She first comes to England when she is seven,and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London.Then he goes back to his work in India.Sara is very sad at first,but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday,something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family,no home,and not a penny in the world...