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Classic Reader: "The Beginning of the Armadillos" by Rudyard Kipling

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the text of the short story "The Beginning of the Armadillos" by Rudyard Kipling, the story of the tortoise and a hedgehog who combine their natural assets and transform themselves into armadillos to escape the hungry attention...
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Classic Reader: "The Benefit of the Doubt" by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Benefit of the Doubt" by Jack London, a gripping thriller that exposes the dark underbelly of policing in small-town America.
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Classic Reader: "Berenice" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Berenice" by Edgar Allan Poe, a tale of horror.
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Classic Reader: "Bertha" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Bertha" by Guy de Maupassant. Dr. Bonnet relates the tragic story of Bertha, a mentally deficient woman whom he worked with to establish some degree of cognitive understanding.
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Classic Reader: "Bertie's Christmas Eve" by H. H. Munro

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Bertie's Christmas Eve" by H. H. Munro. Bertie wreaks havoc at the Christmas party.
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Classic Reader: "Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse" by Guy de Maupassant, one of his tales of death short stories.
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Classic Reader: "Best Seller" by O Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Best-Seller" by O Henry, a story with a twist at the end.
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Classic Reader: "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov. Imprisoned for life or ending life - which is the more humane? The lawyer truly believes in life at any cost so the banker sets a wager.
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Classic Reader: "Between Rounds" by O Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Between Rounds" by O Henry, a tale with a twist.
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Classic Reader: "Between the Hill and the Valley" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the text of the short story "Between the Hill and the Valley" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of the Anne of Green Gables.
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Classic Reader: "Beyond the Bayou" by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Beyond the Bayou" by Katherine Chopin, a story of La Folle leaving the boundaries of the Bayou.
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Classic Reader: "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft. An intern in a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally...
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Classic Reader: "The Bird Market" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Bird Market" by Anton Chekhov, a story about the Sunday bird market in Russia.
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Classic Reader: "A Bird of Bagdad" by O. Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "A Bird Of Bagdad" by O. Henry, a tale with a twist.
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Classic Reader: "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde, a fantasy story.
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Classic Reader: "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a story about the cost of perfection.
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Classic Reader: "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, a tale of horror.
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Classic Reader: "Black Joe" by Henry Lawson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Black Joe" by Henry Lawson, a story in which Aborigines play a major part.
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Classic Reader: "The Blind Man" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Blind Man" by Guy de Maupassant, a short piece that examines the experience of the blind man and the severe treatment he experienced at the hands of his family and the community.
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Classic Reader: "The Blind Spot" by H. H. Munro

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Blind Spot" by H. H. Munro, a murder mystery.
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Classic Reader: "The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce, a scary story with a startling ending.
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Classic Reader: "The Boarding House" by James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Boarding House" by James Joyce, a tale of misdirection.
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Classic Reader: "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke, a shipwreck story.
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Classic Reader: "Bobaran" by Louis Becke

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Bobaran" by Louis Becke, a story of an adventure on the South Sea.