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Classic Reader: "The Blackbird's Nest" by Juliana Horatia Ewing

For Students 6th - 8th
This is the text of the short story "The Blackbird's Nest" by Juliana Horatia Ewing; a young girl finds three blackbirds birds and imagines that she will carry them on her head, and is very sad when they die.
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Classic Reader: "A Blackjack Bargainer" by O. Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "A Blackjack Bargainer" by O. Henry. A lawyer who has lost his fortune and self-respect playing poker redeems himself by giving his life to save that of an old friend.
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Classic Reader: "Blessing of a Good Deed" by Mary Roberts Rinehart

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Blessing of a Good Deed" by Mary Roberts Rinehart, a story about the benefits of doing good deeds.
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Classic Reader: "Bliss" by Katherine Mansfield

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Bliss" by Katherine Mansfield, the story of Bertha's dinner party and the idea that "ignorance is bliss."
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Classic Reader: "The Blue Flower" by Henry Van Dyke

For Students 4th - 8th
This is the text of the short story "The Blue Flower" by Henry Van Dyke. The Blue Flower is a central symbol of inspiration. It stands for desire, love, and the metaphysical striving for the infinite and unreachable. It symbolizes hope...
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Classic Reader: "The Blue North Room" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is the text of the short story "The Blue North Room" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of the Anne of Green Gables series.
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Classic Reader: "Blundell's Improvement" by w.w. Jacobs

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Blundell's Improvement" by W.W. Jacobs, a funny story about the unintended consequence of trying very hard to win a bride.
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Classic Reader: "The Boar Pig" by H. H. Munro

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the text of the short story "The Boar-Pig" by H. H. Munro, a comical story of ladies trying to crash a garden party, but are blocked by the Boar Pig.
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Classic Reader: "Bohemian Days in San Francisco" by Bret Harte

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Bohemian Days in San Francisco" by Bret Harte, a look at the rough side of life in the Chinese quarter of the early days of San Francisco.
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Classic Reader: "Both to Blame" by t.s. Arthur

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Both to Blame" by T.S. Arthur; it features a discussion about who is to blame in disagreements.
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Classic Reader: "The Box of Robbers" by L. Frank Baum

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is the text of the short story "The Box of Robbers" by L. Frank Baum; a story of how a little girl's curiosity got her into a strange situation.
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Classic Reader: "Boys" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Boys" by Anton Chekhov, a story about two boys who planned to run away to America from Russia.
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Classic Reader: "A Brave Little Quakeress" by Edward Payson Roe

For Students 4th - 6th
This is the text of the short story "A Brave Little Quakeress" by Edward Payson Roe; it is based on a true story of a young girl during the American Revolution.
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Classic Reader: "A Bread and Butter Miss" by H. H. Munro

For Students 4th - 6th
This is the text of the short story "A Bread and Butter Miss" by H. H. Munro. Out in the country, at a large stately home, the early morning conversation turns to a very important matter. Who will win the local Derby?
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Classic Reader: "The Bride Roses" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the text of the short story "The Bride Roses" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of the Anne of Green Gables books.
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Classic Reader: "Bridging the Years" by Kathleen Thompson Norris

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Bridging the Years" by Kathleen Thompson Norris. Anne is shaken out of her "little indefinable mood of depression" and lifted to a place of gratitude by a stranger, whose own days of domestic bliss...
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Classic Reader: "The Bromley Gibberts Story" by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Bromley Gibberts Story" by Robert Barr; it's a story about a man selling a story to a newspaper and threatening to carry out the violence in the story.
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Classic Reader: "Brother Sebastian's Friendship" by Harold Frederic

For Students 5th - 8th
This is the text for the short story "Brother Sebastian's Friendship" by Harold Frederic.
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Classic Reader: "Brothers" by Sherwood Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Brothers" by Sherwood Anderson, a story about a man and his encounters with an old man in the woods.
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Classic Reader: "A Brown Woman" by James Branch Cabell

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "A Brown Woman" by James Branch Cabell, a poignant recital of the love of Alexander Pope for the unspoiled maiden of the fields - the heartbreak, or the tragedy, of "A Brown Woman"
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Classic Reader: "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is the text of the short story "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing. This story gave the Baden-Powells the idea and the name for the junior level of the Girl Guides (Girl Scouts in the UK)
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Classic Reader: "The Bull" by H. H. Munro

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Bull" by H. H. Munro, the story of a man's quarrel with his brother-in-law and the difference between a real bull and a painting of a bull.
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Classic Reader: "The Buller Podington Compact" by Frank Stockton

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is the text of the short story "The Buller-Podington Compact" by Frank Stockton, a story about two friends who have a conflict.
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Classic Reader: "Turkeys Turning the Tables" by William D. Howells

For Students 6th - 8th
"Turkeys Turning the Tables" is an amusing story that could be read aloud around Thanksgiving. Read the full text on this site.