Fifty Famous PeopleFront matterReading editionChapter navigation48 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFATORY NOTESAVING THE BIRDSSPEAKING A PIECEWRITING A COMPOSITIONTHE WHISTLETHE ETTRICK SHEPHERDTHE CALIPH AND THE POET"BECOS! BECOS! BECOS!"A LESSON IN HUMILITYTHE MIDNIGHT RIDETHE BOY AND THE WOLFANOTHER WOLF STORYTHE HORSESHOE NAILSTHE LANDLORD'S MISTAKEA LESSON IN MANNERSGOING TO SEATHE SHEPHERD-BOY PAINTERTWO GREAT PAINTERSTHE KING AND THE BEESOUR FIRST GREAT PAINTERTHE YOUNG SCOUTTHE LAD WHO RODE SIDESADDLETHE WHISPERERSHOW A PRINCE LEARNED TO READ"READ, AND YOU WILL KNOW"THE YOUNG CUPBEARERTHE SONS OF THE CALIPHTHE BOY AND THE ROBBERSTHE GENERAL AND THE FOXTHE BOMBSAVED BY A DOLPHINA CLEVER SLAVEONE OF AESOP'S FABLESTHE DARK DAYTHE SURLY GUESTTHE STORY OF A GREAT STORYTHE KING AND THE PAGETHE HUNTED KINGWHY HE CARRIED THE TURKEYTHE PADDLE-WHEEL BOATTHE CALIPH AND THE GARDENERTHE COWHERD WHO BECAME A POETTHE LOVER OF MENTHE CHARCOAL MAN AND THE KINGWHICH WAS THE KING?THE GOLDEN TRIPODFIFTY FAMOUS PEOPLEBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFATORY NOTEAll chapters and sections (48)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFATORY NOTESAVING THE BIRDSSPEAKING A PIECEWRITING A COMPOSITIONTHE WHISTLETHE ETTRICK SHEPHERDTHE CALIPH AND THE POET"BECOS! BECOS! BECOS!"A LESSON IN HUMILITYTHE MIDNIGHT RIDETHE BOY AND THE WOLFANOTHER WOLF STORYTHE HORSESHOE NAILSTHE LANDLORD'S MISTAKEA LESSON IN MANNERSGOING TO SEATHE SHEPHERD-BOY PAINTERTWO GREAT PAINTERSTHE KING AND THE BEESOUR FIRST GREAT PAINTERTHE YOUNG SCOUTTHE LAD WHO RODE SIDESADDLETHE WHISPERERSHOW A PRINCE LEARNED TO READ"READ, AND YOU WILL KNOW"THE YOUNG CUPBEARERTHE SONS OF THE CALIPHTHE BOY AND THE ROBBERSTHE GENERAL AND THE FOXTHE BOMBSAVED BY A DOLPHINA CLEVER SLAVEONE OF AESOP'S FABLESTHE DARK DAYTHE SURLY GUESTTHE STORY OF A GREAT STORYTHE KING AND THE PAGETHE HUNTED KINGWHY HE CARRIED THE TURKEYTHE PADDLE-WHEEL BOATTHE CALIPH AND THE GARDENERTHE COWHERD WHO BECAME A POETTHE LOVER OF MENTHE CHARCOAL MAN AND THE KINGWHICH WAS THE KING?THE GOLDEN TRIPODFIFTY FAMOUS PEOPLEBill Rozmiarek, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed◇Proofreading Team.◇FIFTY FAMOUS PEOPLEA BOOK OF SHORT STORIESBY JAMES BALDWINPREFATORY NOTE →