World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 45 The Old House

On one street stands an old house, about 300 years old.The old house looked weird and ugly, and people passing by were reluctant to take a second look at it, and they didn't want to have any contact with the people in the house.A little boy lived opposite the old house. He especially liked the old house, the heroes carved on its beams, and the various patterns formed on the peeling wall, which reminded him of many interesting things.The little boy sometimes came to the window of the old house and talked to an old man in a mandarin jacket inside.The old man was very happy, because no one talked to him for a long time. He invited the little boy to the house as a guest, told him many nice stories, and gave him a puppet.When the little boy came home, the old man died happily.

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