This e-book treats “The Romance of the Rose” by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun; Plutarch’s legendary biography of Numa Pompilius; “Ku and His Children,” a Hawaian myth remaniscent of the Greek myth concerning Orpheus and Eurydice; the original Pinocchio story by Carlo Collodi; and “The Death of Santos Vega,” a Spanish poem by Rafael Obligado.