A RUDYARD KIPLING DOUBLE PLAY COURAGE and FALSE DAWN

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Published on May 25th at 4:00pm

'Courage' is actually a very moving poem- a father's advice to his son.

False Dawn had me holding my sides through parts of this story as our narrator, who we presume is working at a government post in India, accompanies a small party of locals who have decided to have a picnic about 6 miles from the village in the middle of nowhere when a rain and then dust storm kicks up.

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