NRK ACADEMY

   *** THE DONKEY There was not a breath of air stirring; a heavy mist was lying over the river. It was like a layer of cotton placed on the...

THE LOG The drawing-room was small, full of heavy draperies and discreetly fragrant. A large fire burned in the grate and a solitary lamp at...

ALEXANDRE At four o'clock that day, as on every other day, Alexandre rolled the three-wheeled chair for cripples up to the door of the l...

   ******* A STROLL When Old Man Leras, bookkeeper for Messieurs Labuze and Company, left the store, he stood for a minute bewildered at the...

   ******* THE CRIPPLE The following adventure happened to me about 1882. I had just taken the train and settled down in a corner, hoping th...

   ******** ON THE RIVER I rented a little country house last summer on the banks of the Seine, several leagues from Paris, and went out the...

   ******* A TRESS OF HAIR The walls of the cell were bare and white washed. A narrow grated window, placed so high that one could not reach...