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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Wide Awake Third Reader, by Clara Murray

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Author Clara Murray

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PRE7ACE

*= thi, the third reader of the erie, great care ha been taken,not only in electing #aterial uited to the need and ability of the$u$il, but alo to arrange the election o that he #ay de%elo$ thehabit of acHuiring intereting fact a he read&

*n the firt two grade the children need to learn the #echanic ofreading,Ithe recognition of word, the ability to find out FnewF word

for the#el%e by #ean of $honic, correct $ronunciation, enunciation,inflection, eJ$reion, etc&, but in thi grade e$ecial tre #ay belaid on Flearning by readingF,Igetting the fact and re#e#bering it&Thi $re$are the $u$il for the actual work of tudying, when he igi%en a book and aked for the firt ti#e to learn the leon&D TheHuetion at the end of #any of the leon hould be read and anweredby the $u$il after he ha read the election& ;i anwer hould bethoughtfully $re$ared and correctly tated&

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book are al#ot eJclui%ely co$yrighted #aterial, and ha%e ne%er beenand cannot be ued in other erie of reader& Thi a%oid the tireo#ere$etition of torie, read firt in one book and then again and againin other&

Many of the election are %aluable fro# a literary tand$oint, and the$u$il will read with real enjoy#ent torie by )aura Richard, Mary E&Wilkin, Anna %on Ryding%Krd, ;elen ;unt FEtta Autin BlaidellF .4 -!TC; C;*)-RE= /0 A )*TT)E -!TC; G*R) FEdith Colby BanfieldF /4 T;E GREAT 7EA"T F)aura E& RichardF /1 )*TT)E GRA=-M:T;ERL" ";:E" 0 )*TT)E(7:)> )A=- FEdith Colby BanfieldF C;*)-RE= :7 A "!==' )A=- A "TRA=GE M*)> WAG:= 4 A R*-E *= A C;A*R 1 T;E CAR=*A) T;E )*TT)E P)A=T FAnna %on Ryding%KrdF 5/ TW: WA'" F)aura E& RichardF 55 A ":=G *= T;E W::-" F)ouie C& MoultonF 51 ;:W T;E C:R= GREW F


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* wih you would try to think thi #orning about all the children inall the world&

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There are thouand and thouand of the#, and they are doing all ortof thing thi %ery #inute&

"o#e of the# are wide awake and o#e are in bed and fat alee$& "o#eare in chool and o#e are $laying out of door&

"o#e li%e in uch hot countrie that they lie in the hade of big $al#tree to kee$ cool& :ther are in uch a cold country that they eenothing but ice and now, and they are dreed in fur fro# head tofoot&


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When you read torie about the children in other land, do they ee#to you like fairy torieO

* want you to know that all thee children are real boy and girl, andthey work and $lay and ha%e ha$$y ti#e together, jut a you do&

Perha$ when you read about the children in the far =orth you will wihthat you were an Eki#o boy, li%ing in a now hut, wearing thick fur,and riding o%er the field of now in a led drawn by dog&

:r $erha$ you would rather be a little *ndian and li%e in a wigwa# inthe foret, learning to $addle a canoe, and to fih and hunt&

While you are here in thi beautiful choolroo#, learning to read andwrite and draw and ing, there are thouand of other children whone%er aw a choolhoue, and who will grow u$ to be #en and wo#enwithout e%en learning to read&

'ou can read torie about thee $eo$le, and a you grow older $erha$

you will know #ore about the#, but they will $robably ne%er hear of you&

:f coure, there are #any thouand of children e%erywhere who are inchool thi #orning&

Think of all the boy and girl in e%ery town in the whole !nited"tate, who ee the flag with it tar and tri$e floating o%er theirchoolhoue, and who learn to ing A#erica&D

*n 7rance the children wa%e a flag of red, white and blue, and learna ong about their country, but their flag i not like your, and youcould not undertand one word of their 7rench ong&

The little Englih children ing a ong about their country and theirking which you could undertand, and they read in book like your& Butthen, there are the children who li%e in Ger#any, and learn to read inGer#an, and the children who li%e in *taly and read *talian book, and#any, #any other&

:h, there are o #any children in the worldS

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And a for dollS * a# ure there are a #any doll in the world athere are little girl, and $erha$ #ore, becaue o#e little girlha%e o #any doll that they cannot $lay with all of the#&

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'ou would like to $lay with the Hueer Chinee doll in their beautifulilken robe, or with the Eki#o doll that are car%ed out of bone andare dreed in fur and ealkin&

The *ndian girl ha wooden doll dreed in bright blanket, with beadand feather& The little 7rench girl ha a big waJ doll, with blue eyethat hut when he lie down, and $o$ o$en when he it u$ again& "hewear beautiful gown and big hat with feather and ribbon&

WouldnLt it be fun to ha%e a dollL $arty to(day, if the doll fro# allo%er the world could co#eO

Thee doll #ight be dreed in fur, or ilk, or blanket they #ight

be #ade of waJ, or bone, or wood& But if they could talk they wouldtell you that the little girl who own the# lo%e the#, and that,whether he li%e in a now hut or a tent in the deert, he ha alo%ing father and #other and a ha$$y childhood&

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Are there #any children in all the worldO

What are o#e of the# doing thi %ery #inuteO

*f you hould go to chool in Ger#any, what would you ha%e to do firtO

What doe a little Ger#an child ha%e to do when he firt goe to choolin our countryO

Tell all the thing you can that all the children in the world doal#ot e%ery day&

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*n the foret where the bird li%e there i alway work to do&

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The wood$ecker i a car$enter& ;e cli#b u$ and down the tree andcho$ a hole in the trunk of one of the# to #ake hi ho#e&

The crow flie down to the ground, and walk about in the field&

;e i the birdL far#er& Toward e%ening, when he crie, CawS CawSD he#ean that the earth need rain&


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The owl i the night $olice#an& ;e watche the rat and #ice, and kee$the# out of the far#erL field&

The kingbird are the oldier& They fight the bird that co#e o%erfro# the neJt foret, and dri%e the# away&

The hawk ha%e har$ eye, and can ee a long way& They are the cout,and tell the oldier when the ene#y i co#ing&

The whi$($oor(will can ee in the night, o they are the birdL nightwatch#en&

The oriole are wea%er& They wea%e their net, and hang the# in thetallet tree&

:ne of the bird i a thief, and teal egg fro# the net of theother bird, but * hall not tell you FhiF na#e&

"o all of the bird ha%e work to do in the foret&

What do the ong bird doO AhS they ha%e their work, too& They ingcheerfully while the other bird work, and #ake the hour hort and theday ha$$y&

They ing of the goodne of God, and of the beauty in the foret andky&

*f there were no ong bird, the worker #ight forget all of theelo%ely thing& Then their heart would be a hard a the tree thewood$ecker i cho$$ing&

:ne $ring #orning the ong bird were inging o beautifully thate%ery one litened&

The wood$ecker cried, PlittS $littSD The crow crea#ed, RahS rahSDand the blackbird laughed with glee& Thi #eant that they liked theong&

*n the net were #any baby bird& They liked to hear the ong, too,o they tretched u$ their little head&

But FtheyF could not undertand the ong about the ky and the foret&'ou ee, they had not een thee thing yet, and they did not knowwhat the ong #eant&

The $oor babie droo$ed their head and were %ery ad&

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There wa one bird who thought of the babie in the net, for he had akind heart, and lo%ed little thing&

* will fly down and ing for the#,D he thought $erha$ it will #akethe# ha$$y&D

"o he flew into a little buh, Huite near the ground, and ang theweetet ong he knew& :%er and o%er again he ang it, and the babie


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in the net litened all the ti#e&

;e i inging about the war# unhine,D aid the baby robin&

;e i inging about rocking in thi beautiful cradle,D aid the babyoriole&

Then, a the ong grew weeter and weeter, )iten, litenSD theycried& =ow he i inging about our #other& That i the bet ong ofall&D

"o the ong $arrow ang in the little buh, telling the babie aboutthe un and the breee and their #otherL lo%e&

;e waked the# in the #orning he ang the# to lee$ at night&

;a%e you ne%er heard hi# inging, "weet, weet, weet, lo%ing little#other, weetDO

IFEtta Autin Blaidell&F

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;ow would you like to go to ;olland with #e to %iit the little -utchchildrenO

7irt we #ut go to =ew 'ork City in a railroad train and then get onboard of one of the big hi$ that cro the ocean&

We hall ha%e to tra%el o%er the water fi%e or iJ day and night inthi big hi$, and then ride a long way, after we co#e to land&

When the Pilgri# ca#e to thi country, nearly three hundred year ago,they croed the a#e ocean, but it took the# #any week& They were ina #all ailing %eel, and had to co#e %ery lowly&

:n board of thi big hi$ you will find a great #any thing to doand ee& There are e%eral hundred $eo$le on the %eel, and it iintereting to watch the#& There are book to read, and ga#e to $lay,and the day will go %ery wiftly&

Mot of the ti#e you will not be able to ee land in any direction&All you can ee i the un and the ky and the ocean with big wa%e

rolling and toing about&

* wonder what you will notice the %ery firt thing when you reach;olland&

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Perha$ you will ee a grou$ of children running down the treet withtheir wooden hoe clacking on the tone walk&


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:r $erha$ you will ee o#e girl tanding at a corner knittingtocking, or a boy dri%ing a dog harneed to a little cart&

*f you take a train and ride through the country you will ee #anytrange thing&

There are big wind#ill e%erywhere, with long ar#, and ail to catchthe wind& Thee #ill turn wheel to $u#$ water and grind corn and awwood& *n ;olland there are no ri%er with fall and wift current toturn the #ill wheel&

*n o#e town there are canal intead of treet, with bridge for the$eo$le to cro fro# one ide to the other&

*n u##er there are #any boat going u$ and down the canal, but inwinter the water in the canal freee, and then e%erybody kate&Think what fun it #ut be to kate to church, to kate to #arket, tokate to chool, and then kate ho#e againS

A great #any of the $oor children in ;olland wear wooden hoe when

they are out of door& When they go into the houe they take off theirhoe and lea%e the# at the door& 'ou can tell, by counting the $airof hoe at the door, how #any children there are in the houe&

E%ery week the children crub their wooden hoe with oa$ and wateruntil they are al#ot a white a now then they dry the# in the un,or before the fire in the big o$en fire$lace&

Thee wooden hoe #ake fine boat, and o#eti#e the boy take the#off and ail the# in the canal& The little girl ue the# for dollcarriage, or $lay they are bed, and tuck their doll into the# for ana$&

*f you were walking down a %illage treet in ;olland you #ight ee ared ilk ball, or a $ink ilk one, hanging at the front door of oneof the houe& Thi i to how that there i a little new baby in thehoue& *f the ball i red, the baby i a boy if it i $ink, the babyi a girl&

There are %ery good chool in ;olland, and all the children go tochool and learn to read and write and ing, jut a you do& But theirreading and inging would ound %ery trange to you, and you could notread one word of their writing&

The -utch children ha%e %acation and holiday, of coure& The holidaythey like bet of all i "anta Clau -ay& *t co#e on the iJth day of-ece#ber, and i %ery #uch like our Chrit#a -ay&

The boy and girl $ut their wooden hoe in front of the fire$lace,on the hearth, jut a you hang your tocking near the chi#ney, and"anta Clau ride o%er the roof of the houe on a big hore and dro$$reent down the chi#ney into the little hoe&

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;ow would you go fro# your ho#e to =ew 'ork CityO ;ow long would ittakeO


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What would you like to ee in ;ollandO

What would you ee that you ne%er aw beforeO

Why do the $eo$le in ;olland build wind#illO

What kind of hoe do #any of the children wearO

What eaon would you like bet if you were in ;ollandO WhyO

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Were you a little -utch girl 'ouLd be, $erha$, a weet A now you are, #y darling,

And %ery #uch #ore neatS

'ouLd be a little houewife, And e%en at your $lay 'ouLd take your knitting needle, And knit and knit awayS

'ouLd ne%er be forgetting To feed your $uy(cat, And he, like ;olland $uie, Would grow o leek and fat&

But were you, dear, a Gretchen, 'ouLd li%e acro the ea, And o would be, #y dearie, =o kind of ue to #e& IFEdith Colby Banfield&F

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:nce the Play Angel ca#e into a nurery where four little children aton the floor with ad and troubled face&

What i the #atter, childrenOD aked the Play Angel&

We wanted to ha%e a great feat,D aid the child whoe nurery it wa&

'e, that would be delightful,D aid the Play Angel&

But there i only one cookySD aid the child whoe nurery it wa&

And it i a %ery #all cookySD aid hi little couin&


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=ot big enough for #eSD aid the child whoe nurery it wa&

The other two children aid nothing, but they looked at the cooky withbig round eye, and their #outh went u$ in the #iddle and down at theide&

Well,D aid the Play Angel, let u ha%e the feat jut the a#e& *think we can #anage it&D

"he broke the cooky into four $iece, and ga%e one $iece to thelittlet child&

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"ee,D he aid& Thi i a roat chicken& *t i jut a brown andcri$ a it can be& There i cranberry auce on one ide, and on theother a little #ountain of #ahed $otato& *t #ut be a %olcano, it#oke o& -o you eeOD

'e,D aid the littlet child, and hi #outh went down in the #iddle

and u$ at the corner&

The Play Angel ga%e a $iece to the neJt child&

;ere,D he aid, i a little $ie& :utide, a you ee, it i brownand cruty, and inide it i all chicken, and ha#, and jelly, andhard(boiled egg& -id you e%er ee uch a $ieOD

=o, * ne%er did,D aid the child&

=ow here,D aid the Angel to the third child, i a round cake& Thefroting i half an inch thick, and inide there are cho$$ed nut andraiin& *t i the $rettiet cake * e%er aw, and the bet&D

"o it i,D aid the third child&

Then the Angel ga%e the lat $iece to the child whoe nurery it wa&

My dear,D he aid, jut lookS ;ere i an ice(crea# rabbit& ;e inowy white outide, with eye of red ugar ee hi long ear, and hilittle tail& *nide, * think you will find he i $ink&

=ow, when * cla$ #y hand and count one, two, three, you #ut eat thefeat all u$& :neItwo,IthreeSD

"o the children ate the feat all u$&

There,D aid the Angel, did you e%er ee uch a grand featOD

=o, we ne%er didSD aid all the four children together&

And there are o#e cru#b left o%er,D aid the Angel& Co#e, and wewill gi%e the# to the brother bird&D

But you didnLt ha%e any,D aid the child whoe nurery it wa&

:h, yeSD aid the Angel, * had it all&D


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IF)aura E& Richard&F

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"#all er%ice i true er%ice while it lat& :f hu#blet friend, bright creature, corn not one& The daiy, by the hadow that it cat, Protect the lingering dewdro$ fro# the un& IFWillia# Wordworth&F

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But, Grand#other,D aid little May, holding u$ the tiny $air ofcalf(kin hoe, were thee your %ery FbetF hoeO -idnLt you ha%eany hiny black one, with a tael on, like #ineO

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And where did you buy the#, Grand#otherO -id Colu#bu bring the# withhi# in hi hi$OD

=o, dear Colu#bu didnLt bring Grand#aL hoe in hi hi$& ;e ailedback to "$ain again three hundred year before thee hoe were #ade&

Bring your chair and it down by #e& * will tell you all about theelittle worn(out hoe of #ine&

When * wa a little girl,D began Grand#other, children did not wearhoe all the ti#e& They went barefoot in the u##er, eJce$t when theywere dreed u$& :ne $air of hoe had to lat a whole year&

When we went to church we ued to go barefoot, carrying our hoe inour hand& At the foot of the hill we wahed our feet in the brook and$ut on our hoe and tocking&

:ur hoe did not wear out %ery fat and if we lot a hoe, we had togo barefoot till the hoe#aker ca#e again&D

:h, dearSD ighed May, how dreadfulS Who wa the hoe#aker,Grand#other, and when did he co#eOD

The hoe#aker,D Grand#other re$lied, wa a %ery i#$ortant #an when *

wa a little girl& U"hoe weekL wa a buy week in the fa#ily&

* can re#e#ber how glad we all were when father aid, UThe hoe#akerwill be here to(#orrow&L

That night the hoe bench wa brought down fro# the attic and $lacedin a war# corner of the kitchen&

7ather and #other #ade a lit of the hoe that were needed& Wechildren talked about our new hoe and the hoe#aker until we fell


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alee$&

Early in the #orning the hoe#aker a$$eared& ;e carried hi bag oftool and a roll of leather on hi back& By e%en oLclock he wa eatedat hi bench, hard at work&

We children ued to it on the floor beide hi# and watch hi# work&7irt he #eaured our feet and drew o#e $a$er $attern& Then he cutout the leather&

;e $unched hole along the edge of the leather with a har$ awl thenthe hoe wa ready to ew&

7or hi ewing he ued a long waJed thread, with a tiff britle ateach end for a needle& All day long he would it at hi bench, $uttingthe needle into the hole and $ulling the thread through, till thehoe wa ewed fir#ly&

When all our hoe were #ade, he $acked hi bag and aid good(by foranother year&D

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The children all go looking *n %ain for 7airyland, Where little folk ha%e dwelling, And wander hand in hand Where il%ery #all %oice Ring clear u$on the air, Where #agic little whi$er Work wonder e%erywhere

Where flower field are foret, 7or tiny feet to tread Where one ha li%ed a life(ti#e Before the day i fled& 7or thi dear wondrou country The children look in %ain They find but e#$ty flower, Through un and u##er rain&

*t i the grown folk only ;a%e eye for 7airyland,

Where little $eo$le wander, And toddle hand in hand Where ha$$y %oice $rattle, And whi$er ecret trange Where tiny $rite by #agic To bigger fairie change

Where dancing little figure Get lot a#id the flower Where day a year are #eaured,


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And #inute count for hour& *t i the grown folk only Can find the land of el%e ;ow could the children gue itO The fairie are the#el%e& IFEdith Colby Banfield&F

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-o#ingo and hi iter Marikena li%e in a war#, unny land& *t i theland of Brail, where there are fruit and flower all the year, and iti alway u##er&

-o#ingo and Marikena lo%e the unhine, and the bird and flower&

They like to $lay out of door in the early #orning and at night, butat noon it i too hot, and e%ery one take a na$&

When they go to the wood they do not ee crow and blue jay andwood$ecker& *ntead, there are gorgeou $arrot and beautifulhu##ing(bird that are al#ot a large a robin&

Perha$ they ee #onkey in the $al# tree and, intead of acorn,they find cocoanut&

*n their choolroo# they ing all their leon& * not that a #errywayO But it would ee# trange to you becaue you could not undertandone word they ay& 'ou ee, they do not $eak Englih, and they couldnot talk with you&

E%ery #orning the two children are u$ %ery early and out on the balconywatching for o#ething& "oon they call out, Fleite, leiteF,D which#ean, #ilk, #ilk&D

And what do you u$$oe they eeO =ot a wagon filled with gla jar ortin can& :h, noS *t i only two or three cow being dri%en down thetreet by a wo#an&

The wo#an to$ the cow in front of -o#ingoL houe, and #ilk one ofthe# while the children watch her& ;ow weet and freh thi #ilk iS *wih you could ha%e o#e e%ery #orning, tooS

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-o#ingo and Marikena are going with their #other to %iit their couin&

They ha%e had their afternoon na$ and it i not too hot out of doornow, a it i nearly four oLclock&

*f you were going to $ay a %iit you would walk or ride in a car or


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carriage, would you notO

But -o#ingo and Marikena are not going in either of thoe way& *t itoo hot to walk, and the treetcar do not go u$ the hill where theiraunt li%e, o they will ride in a chair&

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The chair are large and ha%e big, oft cuhion& They ha%e a co%ero%erhead and curtain on all ide, and are carried by four #en&

The two children ride in one chair their #other in another& Thecurtain are drawn down, but -o#ingo $ee$ out a they ride through thecity treet&

When they reach the couinL houe they do not ra$ on the door or ringa bell& The #other cla$ her hand, and when the aunt ee the# heay, Enter and welco#e& The houe and all it contain i your&D

* not that a trange way of aying, * a# glad to ee you& Will you

co#e inOD

They it in the $arlor and while they talk they i$ coffee fro# tinycu$& Before they co#e away they walk in the garden, where there arebeautiful flower and fountain, tall $al# tree, and rubber tree withbloo# like yellow lilie&

The chair(#en wait and the children ride ho#e again, but it i dark,and they can ee only the light in the houe& The chair wing backand forth like a cradle a the #en trot down the hill into the city&

They ing a they go, and the ong i a low, weet tune like a lullaby&Marikena $ut her head on the cuhion and al#ot fall alee$&

-o#ingo nod and drea# of the fruit and the flower and the funny $et#onkey hi couin had in the garden& :hS the day are long and ha$$y inBrail, and the children ha%e #erry ti#e&

***IT;E CAR=*A)

The Carni%al, the Carni%al,D houted -o#ingo one #orning& Thi i thefirt day of the Carni%al&D

Then he ran to find Marikena& )ook, "iter,D he cried, * a# a clownthi year& What are youOD

* a# a fairy,D he re$lied& "ee #y ca$ and wand& And here i a bagfull of ugar$lu# and weet#eat& * can hang the bag o%er #y houlder&D

"ee thee big $ocket,D aid her brother& They are bigger than a bagand they are jut full of goodie& * like to be a clown, becaue * canha%e uch big $ocket& Take thatSD and he threw a handful of ugar$lu#into her la$&


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*n Brail the Carni%al i held on the three day before )ent, ande%ery one ha a holiday& The citie are beautifully decorated, and #en,wo#en and children wear odd cotu#e and #ak&

"o#e of the# are dreed to look like #onkey, o#e like $arrot, ando#e like clown& "o#e wear gay dree and funny #ak, and otherwear ugly kin of ani#al and hideou #ak&

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The children often carry wreath and garland of flower and there ialway #uic and feating and dancing in the treet&

E%ery one ha $ocket, bag, or baket full of ugar$lu#, weet#eat,bonbon and flower&

Thee they throw at e%ery one they #eet, laughing #errily if they #akea good hit&

The children think it i great fun to $elt each other with ugar$lu#and flower& *t i a good a now(balling, only they can ne%er ha%enow battle becaue they ne%er ha%e any now&

The Carni%al i the bet ti#e of all the year in Brail, or at leat-o#ingo and Marikena think o&

9 9 9 9 9

Where do -o#ingo and Marikena li%eO

When do they $lay out of doorO

What do they ee in the woodO

;ow i the #ilk brought to their houeO

When they go %iiting, what do they ride inO

What did their aunt ay when they went to call on herO What did they doat their auntL houeO

What do o#e of the $eo$le wear on Carni%al dayO

What do they carry in their $ocketO What do they throw at each otherO

T;E )*TT)E P)A=T

:n the edge of the foret tood a tiny $lant& *t wa only iJ inchetall&

The ground around it wa o cold and hard that it could not growtaller& *t had tood there #any year, ad and orrowful&


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Grow and be beautiful,D aid the foret ternly, but the $lant did notgrow&

-o you not wih to growOD aid the blue jay& Then he began to tell thelittle $lant how lay and uele it wa& But hi word went into oneear and out of the other&

"till the $lant did not grow&

GrowS growSD roared the wind& Grow tall and traight& * will teachyou to obey& GrowS growSD

Then the wind lahed the tiny $lant with it cold wing, and beat itbranche to the ground& But the $oor thing ca#e near dying and did notgrow at all&

-o grow,D aid the un& Grow and be beautiful& * will hel$ you&D

Then the un war#ed the earth around the $lant, and gentle hower fell

on it fro# the cloud&

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=ow the little twig began to grow, and the tiny $lant beca#e abeautiful birch tree, with green lea%e and now(white bark&

IFAnna %on Ryding%Krd&F

TW: WA'"

Two little weed grew on a bank by the roadide&

All u##er they had been drinking the dew and unhine, and had been%ery ha$$y&

But now autu#n had co#e, with gray kie and wind that ni$$ed and$inched the#&

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We hall die oon,D aid one little weed&

* hould like to do o#ething $leaant before * die, jut to how whata ha$$y ti#e * ha%e had& * think * will turn red, and then $eo$le willee how * feel&D

'ou will be %ery foolih to wate your trength in any uch noneneSDaid the other little weed& * hall li%e a long a * can, and hugthe brown bank here&D

"o the firt little weed turned bright carlet, and wa o $retty thate%ery one looked at it&


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By and by there ca#e down the road a #ot beautiful #aiden&

When he aw the carlet lea%e he $icked the# and $ut the# in herhair&

Thi #ade the little weed o ha$$y that he died for $ure joy&

The econd little weed li%ed on, and turned lowly brown, like the bank&

;e wa o foolihSD he aid, $eaking of the weed that turned carlet&;e $ut all hi trength into turning red, and o he died&D

* wa $roud of hi#,D aid the brown bank& ;e did what he could, and$eo$le lo%ed hi#&D

'e, but * a# ali%e, and tay with youSD aid the weed&

Much * careSD aid the bank&


A ":=G *= T;E W::-

* found a hy little %iolet root ;alf hid in the wood, on a day of $ring, And a bird flew o%er, and looked at it, too, And for joy, a he looked, he began to ing&

The ky wa the tenderet blue abo%e,I And the flower like a bit of the ky below And between the# the wonderful wind of God :n hea%enly errand went to and fro&

Away fro# the u##er, and out of the "outh The bird had followed a whi$er true, A out fro# the brown and deolate od "te$$ed the hy little bloo#, with eye of blue&

And he ang to her, in the young $ring day, :f all the joy in the world atir And her beauty and fragrance anwered hi#, While the $ring and he bent o%er her&

IF)ouie Chandler Moulton&F

;:W T;E C:R= GREW

)ittle Me Too walked to the right, then to the left, along the idewalk


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in front of the houe&

A he walked he ang with all hi #ight about the ocean, and the u##erti#e, and any other $leaant thing that ca#e into hi head&

;e #ade it u$ a he went along, and grew Huite out of breath at lat,and had to to$&


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alone& That ga%e it a good chance to grow&

*t grew jut a fat a it could, and a oon a it wa big enough ithowed )ittle Me Too that it wa no grandfather gra, but a corntalk&

The #an with the lawn #ower aid o&

Then it wa that )ittle Me Too re#e#bered& When he re#e#bered, he aid,'e, it grew&D

When it had grown to be taller than )ittle Me Too, $eo$le walking alongthe idewalk would look at it, and ay, What a fine gardenSD

The #other aid, * a# glad it i o#ething that canLt find it wayinto the nurery&D

)ittle Me Too it wa who firt aw the ear of corn growing on the talk&

;e howed it to o#e $eo$le, and there were other who aw it withoutha%ing it hown to the#&

Each of the# aked for a bite fro# it when it hould be ri$e&

)ittle Me Too aid ye,D to the# all&

When he had aid yeD to thirty(one $eo$le, hi #other aid, -onLtay UyeL to any #ore $eo$le you wonLt ha%e corn enough for the# all&D

)ittle Me Too $ro#ied not to ay yeD again, but o#eti#e heforgot, and by the ti#e the corn wa ri$e he had aid yeD to fifty$eo$le&

But he had $lenty of corn, for it wa an ear of $o$ corn&

After it wa $o$$ed o%er the nurery fire it filled a big, big bowl&

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T;E )*TT)E G:AT;ER-"

)oui and Marie li%e a#ong the #ountain in "witerland& Thee#ountain are %ery high and are called the "wi Al$&

The cold wind wee$ down the #ountain(ide and ruh through the%alley& "o#eti#e it blow o hard that it al#ot blow the thatchedroof off the houe&

But the #ountain $eo$le know all about thee trong wind& What do youu$$oe they do to kee$ the roof fro# blowing awayO They lay hea%ytone on the roof to kee$ it in $lace&

The winter are long and cold and it now and nowS 'ou ne%er awuch dee$ drift nor uch big field of ice&

But the u##er i beautiful,Ithe ky i blue and the un i bright and

far away the #ountain $eak are ca$$ed with glitening now&

Then the gra i green and the flower bloo# e%erywhere& Thee areha$$y day for the children&

*n u##er )oui and Marie go out e%ery #orning with the goat& Mariei jut a tiny bit of a girl only four year old, but )oui i a bigboy& ;e i al#ot nine, and that i %ery old when one ha uch a littleiter&

)oui let the goat out of their yard& They ju#$ and run and ca$erabout, and Marie hide behind her #otherL dre& "he i afraid of thegoat at firt&

:ne of the big goat alway run to the %ineyard, he i o fond ofgra$e& )oui dri%e hi# out with a long tick&

Then the whole herd run to the wheat field, and )oui run after the#,houting at the# and dri%ing the# away toward the #ountain $ature&

Marie run along with hi# and Patte Blanche goe, too& Patte Blanche itheir dog, and hi na#e #ean White 7oot&

When the goat reach the $ature land they cla#ber o%er the rock andeat the #o and the buhe and the weet, green gra&

)oui and Marie $ick the flower that grow on the #ountain(ide, and

$lay little ga#e with the tone& They watch the goat, too, and talkabout the#& "o#eti#e a goat wander too far away and then )oui endWhite 7oot to dri%e her back to the other&

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At noon the children eat their lunch of barley(bread and cheee, andWhite 7oot it beide the# and eat the bit they gi%e hi#&

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%ery hort& "oon it i ti#e for White 7oot to dri%e the goat downfro# the rock and the little co#$any tart for ho#e&

:ne night a %ery funny thing ha$$ened when they were on their way ho#e&

The goat were wandering along, nibbling at the green gra, and thechildren were following the# down the $ath, when they aw a trange#an itting on a log& The #an wa fat alee$ and hi head nodded andbobbed u$ and down&


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thi bet of all&

Many of the houe in "witerland are %ery #all and are #ade of wood&Thee little houe are called chalet&

)oui and Marie li%e in a tiny chalet on the ide of a tee$ #ountain&Their father own a far# and ha cow and hee$ and goat, and e%er o#any geee&

'ou ne%er aw uch a far# in all your life& The #ountain i o tee$that the field and $ature ee# to be ti$$ed u$ on edge, and it looka if the hore would fall off when the far#er i $lowing the field,but they ne%er do&

)oui ha a $et dog& ;e harnee hi dog to a little wagon and dri%ehi# u$ and down the road& "o#eti#e he gi%e Marie a ride in the wagon&

)oui goe to the %illage chool, and Marie will ha%e to go a oon ahe i iJ year old& There are %ery good chool in "witerland, andthe children learn the a#e thing that you learn in your chool&

Thee children ha%e #any odd $laything and toy car%ed out of wood&They ha%e wooden whitle and horn, and little wooden goat and bear&Marie ha a tiny chalet, al#ot like the one he li%e in, which hecall her $layhoue&D

The toy the children like bet are the one that ha%e a #uic boJin the#& The "wi $eo$le #ake all kind of #uic boJe and $ut the#in all kind of thing, in chair and table and clock, and e%en in$late&

While the boy are learning to car%e, the girl learn to e#broider onlinen and to #ake lace&

ery often the "wi girl it outide the door of their chalet #akinglace which they ell to the $eo$le who are tra%elling through the#ountain&

9 9 9 9 9

Where do )oui and Marie li%eO

What doe their father doO

Where do the cattle li%e in the u##erO

Who take care of the#O

What do the wo#en #ake, u$ in the #ountainO

Which holiday do the "wi children like betO

What do they do on thi dayO

What i a "wi cottage calledO

Why do $eo$le like to tra%el in "witerlandO


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*f you hould go there, what would you like to eeO

What would you like to buyO

)!))AB'()A=-

Where i the road to )ullaby(landO Where i the ferry to -rea#land(horeO ;ere, little wanderer, take #y hand, Mother will how thee to )ullaby(land, Mother will ferry her darling oLer The weet rocking water to -rea#land(hore&

"oft lie the hadow in )ullaby(land, "oft la$ the water by -rea#land(hore,

"weet i the ound on that far(away trand :f little keel grating along the and, And tenderly tealeth the #oonlight oLer The dear little children on -rea#land(hore&

;ere, little weary one, take #y hand, "oon hall #y dearie be far afloat MotherL la$ i )ullaby(land, MotherL ar# are the e#$ty boat, Waiting to carry her darling oLer The weet rocking water to -rea#land(hore&

IFEdith Colby Banfield&F

T;E "T:=E B):C>"

Why i your little iter crying, dearOD aked the Play Angel& *thought you were taking care of her&D

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"o * a#, taking beautiful care of her,D aid the child& But the #orebeautiful care * take, the #ore he crie& "he doe not like to ha%e #e

take care of her&D

)et #e ee,D aid the Play Angel, and he at down on the nureryfloor& =ow how #e what you ha%e been doing&D

)ook,D aid the child& 7irt * howed her all #y doll, and then all#y dollL dree& =ow * ha%e gi%en her #y new tone block to $laywith, but he will not $lay with the#& "he $ut the# in her #outh andcrie&D


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Perha$ he i hungrySD aid the Play Angel&

"o he took a $iece of bread and ga%e it to the baby& The baby to$$edcrying and ate the bread, and laughed and crowed&

"eeSD aid the Angel& =ow he i ha$$y& Re#e#ber, dear, that whenbabie are hungry, tone block do the# no good&D

'ou are a %ery cle%er angel to know that,D aid the child&

'ou are a rather foolih child,D aid the Angel, or you would ha%efound it out for yourelf&D


GREAT(GREAT(GRA=-MAL" C;R*"TMA" *= E=G)A=-

Betty and Percy at u$ until ele%en oLclock that Chrit#a E%e& *t wauch a #erry ti#eS

They aw the #en bring in the 'ule log& *t wa o big that it tookthree #en to carry it, and then they had to bring it in on theirhoulder&

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At one end of the hall wa a large fire$lace& * think you ne%er aw onelike it& Pot and kettle hung o%er the fire, and on each ide wereeat where the children could it and eat a$$le and tell torie& 'ouee, it wa a %ery big fire$lace&

The #en rolled the 'ule log into the fire$lace and lighted the fire&;ow the $ark flewS ;ow the fire roared u$ the chi#neyS

*t lighted the great hall& *t hone on the oak table where the u$$erwa laid&

:n the u$$er table were two waJ candle& Thee candle were al#ot atall a you are& They were wreathed with holly&

Thee were the Chrit#a candle and they burned the whole e%ening& Thehall wa tri##ed with holly and #itletoe& The holly had bright greenlea%e and red berrie, and the #itletoe had white berrie&

A big bunch of #itletoe hung down fro# the ceiling before the fire& *fanyone ha$$ened to tand under the #itletoe, he wa kied&

;ow #any ti#e Betty wa kiedS 7irt her father caught her under the#itletoe, then !ncle Edward, and then Grand$a&

At ele%en oLclock =ure aid that Betty and Percy #ut go to bed& Theydid not like to go one bit&


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There wa a fire in the fire$lace in BettyL bedroo#, but it wa %erycold& *n Great(Great(Grand#aL ti#e there were no uch thing a to%eand furnace&

=ure undreed Betty, and then the little girl cli#bed u$ the te$into her bed& *t wa o big and high that he had to cli#b u$ fi%ete$ to get into it&

Then =ure drew the curtain of the bed to kee$ out the cold&

Betty wa al#ot alee$ when he heard the Wait inging& The Waitalway ang under the window on Chrit#a E%e&

:$en the lattice, $leae, =ure,D he aid&

"o =ure o$ened one of the window& *t o$ened like a door, and had$ane of gla which were #all and dia#ond(ha$ed&

The houe Betty li%ed in wa %ery, %ery large, and wa called a catle&

Thi i what the Wait were ingingI

God ret ye, #erry gentle#en, )et nothing you di#ay, 7or )' A" ':! CA=&6

"o =ure hurried, and Betty hurried, and in a little while he wa


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ready, with a $rig of holly in her dre, and a bit of #itletoe inher hair&

Percy wa ready, too, and they ran down the long taircae into thewide hall&

The 'ule log wa till burning,Iit had burned all night& The door wao$ened, and the little inger ca#e in to war# the#el%e by the fire&

Betty and Percy ga%e each of the# a Chrit#a boJ&D *t wanLt a boJ,it wa a gift but a Chrit#a gift wa called a Chrit#a boJ in thoeday&

After the inger had looked at their gift and had eaten a lice of$lu# cake, they went ho#e&

* cannot tell you e%erything that Betty and Percy did that day, but you#ay be ure they had a good ti#e&

* #ut tell you about the Chrit#a dinner& *t wa er%ed in the hall,

on the big oak table that tood before the fire&

When dinner wa ready they did not ring a bell, but the cook knockedthree ti#e with hi rolling($in on the door&

Two #en tood in the hall, and when they heard the three knock theyounded their tru#$et, the door were o$ened, and all the fa#ily#arched in to dinner&

* do not know jut what they had to eat, but * know they had roatgooe, and a $lu# $udding jut a you do at Chrit#a ti#e&

After dinner the children $layed ga#e& And what do you think they$layedO 7irt they $layed Pu($u(in(the(corner,D and thenBlind(#anL(buff&D

*nLt it trange that Great(Great(Grand#a hould ha%e $layed the %eryga#e you $lay, on that Chrit#a night #ore than two hundred yearagoO

T;E W;*PP*=G B:'

Many year ago there wa a little boy li%ing in England whoe na#e wa

Edward& :f coure there ha%e been #any boy in England by the na#e ofEdward, but they are not o well known a thi boy, for he wa the onof a king&

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EdwardL father wa >ing ;enry the Eighth, and Edward wa called Edwardthe "iJth when he beca#e >ing of England&

>ing ;enry wa %ery fond of hi children and did not like to ha%e the#


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$unihed, o he had a little whi$$ing boyD for each one of the#&

Whene%er one of the Prince or Princee did anything naughty, thewhi$$ing boy wa $unihed&

"o#eti#e he had to tand in the corner for a whole hour& "o#eti#ehe wa ent to bed without any u$$er, and o#eti#e he had to ha%e awhi$$ing&

Prince EdwardL whi$$ing boy wa Edward Brown& ;e li%ed in the catleand $layed with the Prince e%ery day& The two boy were %ery fond ofeach other, and the Prince did not like to ha%e hi friend $unihed&

"o he tried to be good, but there are o #any thing a Prince #ut notdoS

A Prince #ut not throw hi toy out of the catle window& ;e #utne%er get angry at hi brother and iter and Huarrel with the#& ;e#ut learn hi leon e%ery day&

;e #ut be $olite and obedient to the >ing and Queen, to all theGentle#en in Waiting and )adie in Waiting, to the ;ead =ure and allthe !nder =ure, and to hi Tutor and all hi teacher&

:hS it i %ery hard to be a good PrinceS

"o#eti#e Edward Brown had to be $unihed #ore than once while theboy were at $lay, and o#eti#e Prince Edward wa Huite good all daylong&

:ne day the Prince did o#ething that wa %ery wrong and when hiTutor would ha%e $unihed the whi$$ing boy, Edward took the cane fro#hi hand and aid, "ir, you hall whi$ #e for thi& *t i #y co##and&* did wrong& * hould be $unihed&D

When Prince Edward wa nine year old, hi father died, and the Princewa #ade >ing of England&

Perha$ you would like to know how he wa dreed when he went to becrowned& ;e wore a uit of white %el%et, e#broidered with dia#ond,$earl, and rubie& ;i ca$ wa white %el%et, and hi coat wa cloth ofil%er&

;e rode on a white hore through the city and the $eo$le houted, )ongli%e >ing Edward&D

T;E C;R*"TMA" "PR!CE TREE

A#ong the tall tree in the foret grew a little $ruce tree& *t wa notaller than a #an, and that i %ery hort for a tree&

The other tree near it grew o tall and had uch large branche thatthe $oor little tree could not grow at all&


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"he liked to liten when the other tree were talking, but it often#ade her ad&

* a# king of the foret,D aid the oak& )ook at #y huge trunk and #ybranche& ;ow they reach u$ toward hea%enS * furnih $lank for #enfro# which they build their hi$& Then * defy the tor# on the oceana * did the thunder in the foret&D

And * go with you o%er the foa#ing wa%e,D aid the tall traight$ine& * hold u$ the fla$$ing ail when the hi$ fly o%er the ocean&D

And we war# the houe when winter co#e and the cold north winddri%e the now before hi#,D aid the birche&

We ha%e the a#e work to do,D aid a tall fir tree, and he bowedgracefully, droo$ing her branche toward the ground&

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The little $ruce tree heard the other tree talking about their workin the world& Thi #ade her ad, and he thought, What work can * doOWhat will beco#e of #eOD

But he could not think of any way in which he could be ueful& "hedecided to ak the other tree in the foret&

"o he aked the oak, the $ine and the fir, but they were o $roud andtately they did not e%en hear her&

Then he aked the beautiful white birch that tood near by& 'ou ha%eno work to do,D aid the birch, becaue you can ne%er grow largeenough& Perha$ you #ight be a Chrit#a tree, but that i all&D

What i a Chrit#a treeOD aked the little $ruce&

* do not know eJactly,D re$lied the birch& "o#eti#e when the dayare hort and cold, and the ground i co%ered with now, #en co#e outhere into the foret& They look at all the little $ruce tree andchooe the $rettiet, aying, UThi will do for a Chrit#a tree&L

Then they cho$ it down and carry it away& What they do with it *cannot tell&D

The little $ruce aked the rabbit that ho$$ed o%er the now, the owlthat le$t in the $ine, and the Huirrel that ca#e to find nut andacorn&

But no one knew #ore than the birch tree& =o one could tell what #endid with the Chrit#a tree&

Then the little $ruce tree we$t becaue he had no work to do andcould not be of any ue in the world&

The tear hardened into clear, round dro$, which we call gu#&

At lat a boy ca#e into the foret with an aJe in hi hand& ;e looked


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the little tree all o%er& Perha$ thi will do for a Chrit#a tree,Dhe aid& "o he cho$$ed it down, laid it on a led, and dragged it ho#e&

The neJt day the boy old the tree, and it wa taken into a large roo#and dreed u$ with $o$ corn and gilded nut and candle& Package ofall ie and ha$e, and tiny bag filled with candy, were tied on itbranche&

The tree wa tre#bling with the eJcite#ent, but he tood a till ahe could& What if * hould dro$ o#e of thi fruit,D he thought&

When it began to grow dark, e%ery one left the roo# and the tree waalone& *t began to feel lonely and to think ad thought&

"oon the door o$ened and a lady ca#e in& "he lighted all the candle&

;ow light and glowing it wa thenS

The tree had ne%er e%en drea#ed of anything o beautifulS

Then the children ca#e and danced about the tree, inging a Chrit#aong& The father $layed on hi %iolin, and the baby at in her #otherLar#, #iling and cooing&

=ow * know what * wa #ade for,D thought the $ruce tree * waintended to gi%e joy to the little one, becaue *, #yelf, a# o #alland hu#ble&D

IFAnna %on Ryding%Krd&F

A R:"E

A e$al, $etal, and a thorn !$on a co##on u##erL #orn, A flah of dew, a bee or two, A breee A ca$er in the tree,I And *L# a roeS

IFE#ily -ickinon&F

T;E EE :7 "T& =*C;:)A"

*t wa the E%e of "t& =ichola& *n Ger#any "t& =icholaL -ay co#e onthe iJth of -ece#ber&

The children were in the nurery& :n the hearth before the fire$lace,were fi%e little ugar hoe&


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Thekla wa filling her hoe with oat& MaJ $ut rye in hi hoe& ;an$ut an a$$le in hi, and Gretchen filled her with lu#$ of ugar&

Betty, the $oor little girl who o#eti#e hel$ed in the kitchen, hadonly a bit of brown bread to $ut in her hoe&

The children were eJ$ecting "t& =ichola, who alway co#e on a whitehore, and the thing in the hoe were for the hore to eat&

A the clock truck iJ there wa a loud knock at the door&

Aunt ;ilda o$ened the door, and in ca#e "t& =ichola& ;e wa %ery talland had a long white beard& ;e wore a long black robe and a red andwhite ca$, with a big red tael&

-ear little children,D he aid, it will oon be Chrit#a& * ha%eco#e to find the good children& * hall bring gift to the# onChrit#a E%e& ;a Thekla learned to knitOD

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'e, indeed,D aid her #other& "ee thi $air of tocking he haknit for ;an&D

They are %ery well #ade,D aid "t& =ichola& * hall urely bring agift for Thekla& ;a ;an learned to get u$ earlyOD

We ha%e not had to call hi# for iJ week,D aid hi father&

Good,D aid "t& =ichola& ;a MaJ learned hi #ulti$lication tableOD

MaJ i trying %ery hard,D aid Aunt ;ilda& ;e know all but the nineand twel%e&D

And the dear little GretchenOD aid "t& =ichola, $atting the babyLgolden curl&

They all #iled, and the #other aid, The dear little Gretchen ialway weet and good&D

Well, well, * hall certainly bring #any beautiful gift to thihoue,D aid "t& =ichola&

And donLt forget little Betty,D aid Aunt ;ilda&

"o the good "aint took the oat, the rye and the a$$le, the lu#$ ofugar, and the bit of brown bread out of the ugar hoe and went out

into the night& * u$$oe he ga%e the# to hi hore&

"t& =ichola ha eye like !ncle MaJ,D aid Thekla&

;e #iled like !ncle MaJ, too,D aid her brother&

"t& =ichola ke$t hi word& :n Chrit#a E%e there wa a Chrit#a treein the $arlor& :n it there were #any beautiful gift, and little Bettywa not forgotten&


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The neJt night the children hung gift on the a#e tree for father,#other, !ncle MaJ, Aunt ;ilda, and the dear Grandfather&

Each one of the children had o#ething of hi %ery own for Grandfather&

Thekla had knit a war# carf for hi#& MaJ can car%e in wood, o he had#ade a tout cane and had car%ed it %ery hando#ely&

;an drew a $icture for hi#, and the dear little Gretchen ga%e hi# twoof her %ery bet kie&

:h, it wa a %ery ha$$y Chrit#aS

R:B*= RE-BREA"T

Good(by, good(by to u##erS

7or u##erL nearly done The garden #iling faintly, Cool breee in the un :ur thruhe now are ilent, :ur wallow flown away,I But RobinL here, in coat of brown, And ruddy breat(knot gay, Robin, Robin Redbreat, : Robin dearS Robin ing o weetly *n the falling of the year&

Bright yellow, red, and orange, The lea%e co#e down in hot The tree are *ndian $rince, But oon theyLll turn to ghot The leathery $ear and a$$le ;ang ruet on the bough *tL autu#n, autu#n, autu#n late, LTwill oon be winter now& Robin, Robin Redbreat, : Robin dearS And what will thi $oor Robin doO 7or $inching day are near&

The fireide for the cricket, The wheat tack for the #oue,

When tre#bling night(wind whitle And #oan all round the houe& The froty way like iron, The branche $lu#ed with now,I AlaS in winter dead and dark, Where can $oor Robin goO Robin, Robin Redbreat, : Robin dearS And a cru#b of bread for Robin, ;i little heart to cheerS


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IFWillia# Allingha#&F

T;E )*TT)E T!R>E'"D

*= "C;::)

The little TurkeyD that * a# going to tell you about are the childrenthat li%e in a far away land called Turkey&

To reach thi land you would ha%e to tra%el #any hundred of #ile inrailroad train and big hi$&

*n fact it i al#ot a far away a China, and that, you know, ifarther away than you can i#agine&

The little TurkeyD are %ery intereting, and they would think yourway of li%ing jut a trange a you will think their i&

To begin at the %ery beginning, the tiny baby doenLt wear any dree&;e i wra$$ed round and round, body, leg, and ar#, with cloth, untilhe look like a dry(good bundle&

E%ery baby wear a gay little bonnet, uually bright green, becaue thefa%orite color of the Turk i green&

The Turkih baby i often hung u$ in a little cloth ha##ock, buto#eti#e he i rocked to lee$ in a wooden cradle&

The cradle i a long wooden boJ on low rocker with high car%ed end&

*n the "ultanL treaure houe i a cradle of olid gold, decoratedwith $earl, dia#ond, and rubie& Thi i the cradle in which the baby$rince are rocked and it i %ery beautiful, a you can eaily i#agine&

When the boy baby i about a year old he i $laced in charge of a #annure, if the father i not too $oor& Thi #an take care of hi# untilhe i iJ year old&

Then the boy i gi%en a new uit of clothe and a $ony, and he i readyto go to chool& Al#ot all of the boy in Turkey ride on hore(back& *think you would like that&

The new uit #ay be big baggy trouer, with an e#broidered hirt andhort jacket& :r it #ay be long full trouer of gay tri$ed calico,and a little jacket, Huilted in $uffy Huare&

E%ery boy wear on hi head a red fe with a black tael&

*n hi new uit, the boy tart off for chool on hi $ony, and hibrother go with hi#& The bell on the $ony jingle, the boy hout anding, and it i a %ery #erry $roceion&


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The choolhoue tand near the church& *nide, it i %ery $lain& Therei a blackboard hung fro# the ceiling, a helf for book and late,and one for a water jar&

There i a little helf for the teacherL $i$e, and a $lace where he#ake coffee o%er a tiny la#$& 7or the teacher #oke and i$ coffeewhile the children tudy their leon&

The children it cro(legged on #at on the floor, and tudy out loud,bending their bodie back and forth all the ti#e& Perha$ they thinkthi hel$ the# to re#e#ber&

They learn their letter, and %ery Hueer letter you would think the#,out of the >oran& They ha%e no other book until they know thi one byheart, and can re$eat it and write it&

Then they learn a little arith#etic and a %ery little geogra$hy&

*n olden ti#e the girl did not go to chool at all, but tayed atho#e learning to kee$ houe, ew, and e#broider& They were alo taughtto wea%e cloth and to #ake beautiful rug&

=ow there are #any chool for girl, a well a high chool andcollege for both girl and boy&

The noie of the tudying i to$$ed once during the day& At noon theti#e for $rayer i called out fro# the tower of the church& Then alli Huiet for a few #inute while teacher and $u$il kneel to ay the#idday $rayer&

Then the candy(#an a$$ear with all ort of weet on tray& Thecandie are called Turkih delight&D They are $aty, crea#y, cracklything, #ade fro# roe(lea%e, %iolet, nut, date and gra$e, #iJedwith honey, ugar, yru$ and $ice&D

-oenLt that ound good enough to eatO

9 9 9 9 9

Where do the little TurkeyD li%eO

;ow would you reach their countryO

-ecribe the Turkih babyL cradle&

-ecribe the $rinceL cradle&

;ow doe the Turkih boy go to choolO

Tell what you can about the chool&

What doe the candy(#an ellO

What are the candie #ade of, and what are they calledO


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T;E )*TT)E T!R>E'"D

AT ;:ME

)ittle boy who like to lie in bed in the #orning would not like toli%e in Turkey&

All the grown $eo$le and all the children ha%e to get u$ twice e%eryday&

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They get u$ firt at day(break, wah their face and hand, and re$eattheir #orning $rayer& Then they go back to bed&

Two hour later they rie, wah, and ha%e their coffee& Breakfat i

er%ed two hour later till&

After breakfat the father goe to work and the #other get thechildren ready for chool&

The children ha%e their lunch at chool, a * told you& -inner ier%ed at night& *f there are gentle#en to dine with the father, onlythe on it at the table& The #other and daughter dine in anotherroo#&

After dinner e%ery one ha a good ti#e& The children $lay ga#e, ando#eti#e the older $eo$le $lay with the#& They are alo fond of torytelling, and tell wonderful torie of battle and ad%enture&

Then the fa#ily goe to bed on the floor& That i, they lay #attreeon the floor and co%er the#el%e with blanket&

E%ery one goe to church on 7riday& The boy it with their father, andthe girl it with their #other in a gallery where they cannot be een&At the entrance to the church they wah their hand and feet and $ut ona $air of li$$er&

After church the children $lay ga#e of tag, or hide(and(eek& Theyha%e few toy& The girl ha%e doll, and the boy ha%e #arble orball& The #arble are nothing but a kind of round nut&

They do not ha%e the holiday you do, but there are a few feat day,

when they ha%e a %ery good ti#e& :ne of the feat i like our Eater,only it lat three day& Then there are #erry(go(round in theHuare, and $onie to ride on for a $enny&

The girl ha%e new dree of red, blue and yellow ilk, and the boyha%e gay little unifor#&

The candy(#en walk the treet with big tray $iled high with weet,and e%ery one eat a great deal too #uch candy&


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"hould you like to li%e in Turkey, or do you like your own country betO

9 9 9 9 9

Tell what the )ittle TurkeyD do in the #orning&

What do the children do after dinnerO

What toy do they ha%eO What ga#e do they $layO

Where do the Turkih $eo$le lee$O

Would you like to li%e in TurkeyO WhyO

G*))'7):WER GE=T)EMA=D

Why do you $lay alone, dear,D aked the Play Angel, and look o adlyo%er your houlder at the other childrenOD

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Becaue they are o elfihSD aid the child& They will not $lay with#e&D

:h, what a $itySD aid the Angel& Tell #e all about it&D

* want to $lay one ga#e, and they all want to $lay anotherSD aid thechild& *t i %ery unkind of the#&D

-id you e%er $lay Gillyflower Gentle#anOD aked the Angel&

=o,D aid the child& What i itOD

'ou hall ee,D aid the Angel& )et u ak the other if they knowit&D

The other children did not know it, but they were eager to learn, andoon they were all $laying Gillyflower Gentle#an& They $layed till alltheir breath wa gone, and they had to it down on the haycock to ret&

That wa a fine ga#eSD aid the firt child& * will $lay your now,if you wih #e to&D

We were jut going to tell you that we would $lay your,D aid theother children& "o they $layed both the ga#e, and the Play Angel wentback to her work&


T;E R!)ER


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*t wa ti#e for the Child to ha%e leon& The father ga%e hi# a heetof $a$er, #ooth and white a $encil, and a ruler&

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Write a well a you can,D he aid, and be ure you kee$ the linetraightSD

The Child ad#ired the ruler %ery #uch& * will $ut it u$ on the wall,Dhe aid, where * can ee it alway&D

"o he $ut it u$ on the wall, and the unbea# $arkled on it&

*t #ut be $ure gold,D aid the Child there i nothing ele obeautiful in the world&D And then he began hi tak&

By and by the leon ti#e wa o%er, and the father ca#e to ee what hadbeen done&

The Child howed hi# the $a$er on which he had written hi tak& !$ anddown went the line, here and there, fro# ide to ide of the heet,which wa co%ered with $rawling, traggling letter& There were $ot,too, where he had tried to rub out o#ething& *t wa not a $retty $age&

What i thiOD aked the father& Where i your rulerOD

There it i,D aid the Child& *t i u$ on the wall& *t wa obeautiful that * $ut it u$ there where * could ee it all the ti#e& "eewhere it hangS But it doe not ee# a bright a it wa&D

=o,D aid the father& *t would ha%e been brighter if you had ued it&D

But * ad#ired it %ery #uch,D aid the Child&

But your line are crooked,D aid the father&

IF)aura E& Richard @Ada$ted&F

T;E M::=

ThereL a throne in the eat and a throne in the wet,

And the royal hea%en lie between& 7or the golden un i a ce$tred king, And the #oon i hi crownVd Hueen& A lonely Hueen i the il%er #oon, Though the di#$ling tar her #aiden are "he $ae a#ong the# ilently A he follow her lord afar& IFEdith Colby Banfield&F


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T;E C;*)-RE= :7 ARME=*A

When you were a %ery little boy did you ha%e a =oahL ArkD for a$laythingO And do you re#e#ber the tory of =oah and hi ArkOD

Thi tory tell, you re#e#ber, about a e%ere tor#, when it rainedforty day and forty night and all the land wa flooded&

But =oah had built an ark and in%ited two ani#al of e%ery kind, and afew $eron, to li%e in hi ark during the flood&

When the tor# were o%er, the ark reted on a #ountain, and thi waMount Ararat&

Mount Ararat i in the country of Ar#enia, and in thi country li%e a%ery intereting $eo$le&

Ar#enia i a #ountainou country and Mount Ararat i the highet of allthe #ountain& *t i o high that it ha a now ca$ all the year round,e%en during the hottet $art of the u##er&

The Ar#enian children are often %ery $retty, with black hair, blackeye, and round, red cheek& They are bright and anJiou to learn, andthey often ride a long way on donkey(back to get to the church chool&

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The chool are not free like the chool you go to, and often the$arent ha%e to $ay the chool with grain and cheee becaue they ha%eno #oney&

There i a free chool near e%ery church, and the $riet i theteacher& ;ere the little boy and girl learn the Ar#enian al$habet,and alo tudy reading, writing, geogra$hy, and gra##ar&

The #irig @#other of the little Ar#enian ha%e to wake the# %eryearly, for they ha%e to go to chool at e%en&

They it cro(legged on the floor, and tudy their leon aloud& Allthe children carry a lunch fro# ho#e, and they eat together in anotherlittle roo#, till itting on the floor&

Boy and girl go to the a#e chool until they are ten or twel%eyear old then the girl go to a different chool& ;ere they learn

dre#aking and e#broidery& The #aterial are u$$lied by the chool,and at the end of the year the article are old and the #oney goe tothe chool&

The boy do not earn #oney for the chool, but they ha%e to ing in thechurch on "unday&

When chool cloe at night the children for# in line, with their handfolded, and #arch to their ho#e& The line to$ at each houe where achild li%e, while the little one bid hi friend good(night&


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*n winter there are dee$ now, and then ;ago$ @


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There i a fire$lace in the #iddle of the earth floor for cooking, butthere i no chi#ney, and the roo# i %ery #oky&

The #other #ake big thin heet of blanket bread and bake it beforethe fire& "o#eti#e he #ake little cake of the bread and $readthe# with thick crea#&

The children drink goatL #ilk with their bread, and once in a longwhile they ha%e a few raiin&

There are no window in the hut, intead there are a few hole forlight and there are no table, no chair, no bed, no bureau& *n factthere i no furniture eJce$t o#e #at and blanket& ;ago$L #otherwea%e the #at and blanket herelf& The children like to watch the$attern grow on the rug a the #other wea%e the colored thread backand forth&

The $eo$le it on the #at in the dayti#e and at night they rollthe#el%e in the blanket and lee$ on thee a#e #at&

:f coure the rich $eo$le in the town and citie ha%e #uch #oreco#fortable houe, and they often ha%e beautiful car%ed furniture andhando#e rug& But thee houe ha%e flat roof, too, and in u##ere%ery one, rich or $oor, li%e on the roof&

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There all the work i done the wo#en wea%e rug or #ake beautifullace the little girl $lay with their doll and at night the #at are$read and the fa#ily lee$ under the tar&

* do not belie%e * hould like to li%e in Ar#enia, but * hould enjoylee$ing out of door on the war# u##er night, watching the twinklingtar until * fell alee$&

9 9 9 9 9

-ecribe the houe where ;ago$ and Garabet li%e&

What doe a %illage of thee hut look likeO

Where do the goat li%eO

What #ake the houe #okyO

What do the children ha%e to eat and drinkO

-ecribe the inide of the houe where ;ago$ and Garabet li%e&

Where do the $eo$le li%e in the u##er ti#eO

Where do they lee$ in u##erO *n winterO

Tell all the thing you can that ;ago$L #other ha to do&


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T;E =E"T

!nder the a$$le tree, o#ebody aid, )ook at that robinL net o%erheadS All of har$ tick, and of #ud, and clayI What a rough ho#e for a u##er daySD Gaunt tood the a$$le tree, gaunt and bare, And creaked in the wind which blutered there& The net wa wet with the A$ril rain The clay ran down in an ugly tain )ittle it looked, * #ut truly ay, )ike a lo%ely ho#e for a u##er day&

!$ in the a$$le tree, o#ebody laughed, )ittle you know of the true ho#e(craft& )augh if you like, at #y tick and clay TheyLll #ake a good ho#e for a u##er day&

May turn the a$$le tree $ink and white, "unny all day, and fragrant all night& My babie will ne%er feel the hower, 7or rain canLt get through thee feather of our& "nug under #y wing they will cuddle and cree$, The ha$$iet babie awake or alee$,D "aid the robin(#other, flying away After #ore of the tick and #ud and clay&

!nder the a$$le tree o#ebody ighed, Ah #e, the blunder of folly and $rideS The roughet #all houe of #ud or clay Might be a weet ho#e for a u##er day, "unny and fragrant all day, all night, With only good cheer for fragrance and light And the bitteret tor# of grief and $ain Will beat and break on that ho#e in %ain, Where a true(hearted #other brood alway, And #ake the whole year like a u##er day&D IF;elen ;unt


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walru kin& Thi i to kee$ the dog fro# tealing and eating it&

The walru oil i $ut into cak to be ued in the dark winter #onthfor heat and light&

Ah#owL father killed #any walru e%ery u##er and tored the #eat andoil on the iland& Then in the winter he rode o%er on the ice to getit&

:ne cold winter day, when Ah#ow wa ten year old, hi father aid,To(#orrow * hall go to the iland for oil&D

We need #eat, too,D aid hi wife, and food for the dog&D

May * go with you, fatherOD aid Ah#ow& * will hel$ you all * can&D

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=o,D anwered =annook& *t i far and you are only a boy&D

Ah#ow begged o hard that at lat hi father aid he #ight go&

But it will be a long cold ride, and there are often bear and wol%eon the iland&D

"o Ah#ow dreed hi#elf in hi new reindeer uit that hi #other had#ade, and $ulled hi ealkin ca$ well o%er hi ear&

;e hel$ed hi father get ready for the long, cold journey& 7irt they$ut a thick coating of ice on the ledge(runner& Then they filled twoealkin bag with food and water&

They called the dog and harneed the# to the ledge& There were eightof the#, and they could run like the wind&

)at of all Ah#ow crawled into the houe, bade hi #other good(by, andbrought out the long whi$&

=annook wra$$ed hi little boy in a bearkin, cracked hi whi$ o%er thedog, and away they flew o%er the ice& :h, how ha$$y Ah#ow waS

**

After a while the dog to$$ed running and began to trot, and Ah#owlooked about o%er the %at field of ice&

=ot a tree, not a houe, not a $eron wa in ight& A far a he couldee there wa nothing but ice and now& E%erything wa till and whitein the di# light&

When they had nearly reached the iland, what did they ee but a huge$olar bearS ;e wa $rowling around the oil cak, looking for o#ethingto eat&

=annook unharneed the dog at once& Go,D he cried, and they racedacro the ice after the bear&


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The bear wa o big and clu#y that he could not run fat& The dogoon urrounded hi#, and held hi# until =annook ca#e running u$ tohoot hi#&

Ah#ow hel$ed hi father kin the bear and cut u$ the #eat& Then theyloaded the ledge with a cak of oil, o#e walru #eat, the bearkin,and $art of the bear #eat&

After eating their luncheon, Ah#ow wa again rolled u$ in the bear rug,and they tarted for ho#e& =annook walked beide the ledge& The dogwalked too, becaue the load wa o hea%y&

When they were nearly halfway ho#e, =annook aw o#e reindeer&

Watch the dog, Ah#ow,D he aid, and * will try to hoot one ofthoe reindeer& Then we can ha%e a fine dinner&D

"o he took the gun and ran wiftly o%er the now& "oon he wa out ofight, and Ah#ow wa alone with the dog&

The little boy $layed with the dog at firt, but after a while theycurled u$ and went to lee$&

Ah#ow wa lee$y, too, and it wa o war# in the bear rug that heal#ot went to lee$&

All at once he heard a growl, then a dog barked& Ah#ow wa wide awakeand litening& What i it, =akaOD he aid to the dog that barked&

=aka barked again, and the hair tood u$ traight on hi back&

Ah#ow tood u$ and looked about& There wa a fierce, hungry(lookingwolf co#ing toward hi#S ;e looked againS :ne, two, three, four wol%ewere lea$ing o%er the nowS

The boy threw off the rug, and eied hi fatherL whi$ and walru$ear& Co#e here,D he called to the dog& Co#e here to the ledge&D

Then, a the wol%e ca#e nearer, he ju#$ed into the cak of #eat&

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:ne big wolf ran u$ to the ledge& Ah#ow leaned o%er and truck hi#with the whi$ with all hi #ight& The wolf howled and turned back&

Another wolf would ha%e killed one of the dog, but Ah#ow threw out a

big $iece of bear #eat& The wolf eied the #eat and began to eat it&

=ow a third wolf ca#e u$ to the ledge&


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#ight right into the wide(o$en #outh& There wa a howl, a growl, andthen the wolf tried to run away& But Ah#ow wound the $ear line aroundthe ledge $ot and held it tight&

=annook hot two of the wol%e, but the one that had the #eat got awaywith it&

Then a he ran to the ledge, )ook, father,D cried Ah#ow& "ee thifine wolf, with the har$ noe, and the buhy tail& ;e i held fatwith the walru line, and he ha eaten the walru $ear&D

Well done, lad,D aid hi father& 'ou will be a good hunter& =ow,you hall ha%e a $ear of your own and you hall go with #e on the bighunt&D

"o fro# that day the boy wa a hunter, and the $eo$le in the %illagecalled hi# Ah#ow,D which #ean, little wolf&D

IF7rederick "chwatka&F

E">*M: C;*)-RE=

The Eki#o li%e in Greenland& * a# ure you would wonder why it icalled Greenland,D for it i al#ot ne%er green&D =early all the yearround the ground i co%ered with ice and now, o that it ee# a ifWhitelandD would be a better na#e&

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*t i o cold in Greenland that the Eki#o ha%e to wear %ery war#clothing& The boy and girl and #en and wo#en dre %ery #uch alike&They wear trouer #ade of bearkin and coat #ade of ealkin& Theirtocking are like legging and are #ade of birdkin, with oftfeather inide to kee$ their feet war#& :%er thee they wear ealkinboot, which are long enough to co%er their knee&

*t i o cold in Greenland that tree cannot grow& *f you think of allthe way in which we ue the wood fro# our foret tree you will wonderwhat the Eki#o can do without the#&

We build houe of wood, but the Eki#o #ake their of block of iceand now&

We burn wood in our to%e& The Eki#o burn oil and fat which they getfro# the walru and the eal& They burn thi oil in a la#$ which gi%ethe# all the light and heat they ha%e&

:ur bed, chair and table are #ade of wood& The Eki#o ha%e no bed&They lee$ on bearkin rug&

They ha%e no table and no chair& A big bowl #ade of bone i et onthe floor, and the fa#ily it around the bowl on bearkin, and eat outof it&


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There are no tore in Greenland, no churche, and no chool&E%erything that a fa#ily need ha to be $ro%ided by the father orthe #other& The father goe hunting and fihing, to get food to eat,and oil to burn, and kin to wear& ;e catche fih, and kill bear,eal, walru, and reindeer& "o#eti#e in the u##er he kill a fewbird&

The #other hel$ cut u$ the #eat, and o#eti#e he cook it, but #uchof the #eat and fat i eaten raw& 7ro# the kin and fur he #ake allthe clothing for her fa#ily&

A there are no chool the Eki#o children ne%er learn to read orwrite, but they like to hear their #other and father tell torie, andthey learn thee torie o that they can tell the# to their children&

E%ery one in Greenland ha a led& The runner are #ade of bone, andthe to$ i #ade of ealkin& -og draw thee led o%er the now, andthey can run %ery fat and %ery far&

The boy and girl ha%e %ery few toy, but they like to $lay ga#e, andthey ha%e #any good ti#e&

The girl ha%e doll #ade of bone, and the boy $lay a ga#e with a balland tick #ade of bone&

But the boy like to hunt and fih& They ha%e #all boat #ade of boneand ealkin, and $addle #ade of bone& :f coure they can ue theeboat only in the hort u##er ti#e, a the water i froen the ret ofthe year& When they go hunting they carry $ear, and a bow and arrow&

9 9 9 9 9

-o you think you would like to li%e in GreenlandO

=a#e ten thing that you ha%e that the Eki#o children ha%e ne%er een&

Tell fi%e thing that you can do that the little Eki#o cannot do&

What do we ha%e to eat that the Eki#o cannot ha%eO

Why do the Eki#o build their houe of nowO ;ow i the houe heatedO

:f what i their clothing #adeO

;ow do they cook and eat their foodO

What do the Eki#o children do for funO

T;E -REAM(";*P

The -rea#(hi$ #ind no tor#y gale, ;er #at are all of gold,


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With $lendor of wide ilken ail, Red(roy, fold on fold& They $read below, they $read aloft, TheyLre ne%er reefed nor furled, And they will bear u afe and oft, The other ide the world&

We hall not ee the hadow crew That work a#ong the $ar, But watch the to$#at ailing through The hoal of hining tar& 7ro# $oint to $oint of il%er light, Through $ur$le gulf and bay, A we below a(gliding go Along the water(way& IFBlanche M& Channing&F

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We each got into one of thee carriage and the jinrikiha boy $ickedu$ the haft and trotted off like nice little $onie&

Thee boy wear dark(blue trouer that fit their leg %ery tightly,and a hort blue jacket with flowing lee%e, and on their back i aChinee letter $ainted in white, which i their e#$loyerL na#e&

:n their feet they wear traw andal which they kick off, when theyare worn out, a a hore cat hi hoe& The hat i a funny round trawdik, co%ered with white, which #ake the# look like toadtool&

The houe, a * aid, are %ery tiny, not #uch larger than your$layhoue, and the wall are all #ade of liding creen that can be$uhed aide, lea%ing the houe o$en&

The floor are co%ered with #atting, which i a oft a cuhion, butthere i no furniture anywhere to be een, for the


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After trying a long ti#e we would get a #outhful, a we thought, fir#lyfiJed between the cho$tick, but jut a we would o$en our #outh totake it in, the bewitched cho$tick would gi%e a twitch, and down thewhole thing would fall again&

"o, though we $ent #uch ti#e o%er it, we ate %ery little, and we allagreed that it i better to eat with fork a we do in A#erica&

After tiffin we went to a ilk factory, for a great deal of ilk i#anufactured in


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would be a ha#e to kill thi funny old fellow, when he #ight ha%e olong to li%e& Beide, a #all fih would uit hi# jut a well fordinner, o he threw the tortoie back into the ea, and #eant to go onfihing&

But o#ehow the air ee#ed too hea%y and drowy, jut a it doe on au##erL day, and !rahi#a fell alee$&

While he wa lee$ing a beautiful #aiden roe out of the water and gotinto the boat with hi#& !rahi#a waked, and when he aw her he thoughthe wa the #ot beautiful creature he had e%er een&

The #aiden $oke to hi#& !rahi#a,D he aid, you thought you caughta tortoie a little while ago, but it wa really #e& My father had ent#e in diguie to ee if you were a good, kind boy&

We know now that you are kind(hearted, a you $ared the life of theold tortoie& "o * a# going to take you with #e to the -ragon Palace,where #y father, the "ea >ing, and * li%e& There you hall #arry #e,and we hall be %ery ha$$y&D

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!rahi#a gladly conented, and they floated away till they ca#e to awonderful $alace at the botto# of the ea&

Thi $alace wa all built of the #ot beautiful $ink and white coral,and wa tudded with dia#ond and $earl&

The lea%e of the tree were e#erald, with berrie of rubie anda$$hire and the fiheL cale were of $ure il%er and gold&

All thi wa gi%en to !rahi#a, and the beautiful $rince beca#e hiwife& Any boy would be ha$$y in uch a $alace, and !rahi#a wa ha$$yfor three year&

Then he aid to the $rince, * #ut go to ee #y father and #other,and #y brother and iter, but * will return again to you&D

Thi #ade the $oor $rince %ery ad, for he did not wih to ha%e!rahi#a go away&

But when he aw how #uch he wihed to go, he ga%e hi# a little boJ totake with hi#, telling hi# under no condition to o$en it, for if hedid he could ne%er return to her&

"o !rahi#a tarted off, and oon found hi#elf on the hore where he

had li%ed& But e%erything ee#ed trangely different& E%en the $eo$lewere different and looked at hi# in a curiou way&

;e could not ee# to find hi way ho#e, o he aked two #en who# he #etif they could tell hi# how to reach the houe of !rahi#aL $arent&

!rahi#aSD they cried& Why, he wa drowned out fihing about fourhundred year ago, and not e%en hi body wa found& ;i father and#other are buried o%er there&D


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Then they #o%ed away hatily, for they thought he #ut be inane&

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Poor !rahi#a could not think what to do& ;e began to think that the-ragon Palace #ut be a $art of 7airyland, where a day i the a#e a ayear on earth, and he wihed to return to it& But how could he find thewayO

;e could not re#e#ber how he had co#e&

"uddenly he thought of the boJ that the $rince had gi%en hi#, andforgetting that he had $ro#ied not to o$en it, he $ulled o$en the lid,ho$ing to learn the way back&

There wa nothing in the boJ but a fleecy white cloud that floatedoftly u$ into the blue ky&

Then, too late, he re#e#bered what the $rince had aid, and he calledand called the cloud to co#e back& ;e e%en ran along the beach trying

to catch it&

But oon he could not call, for hi breath ca#e horter and horter,hi hair turned white, and hi back beca#e weak and bent&

7inally he fell down on the beach, cruhed by the weight of hi fourhundred year&

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*Lll tell you how the un roe,I A ribbon at a ti#e& The tee$le wa# in a#ethyt, The new like Huirrel ran&

The hill untied their bonnet, The bobolink begun, Then * aid oftly to #yelf, That #ut ha%e been the unSD

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But how he et, * know not& There ee#ed a $ur$le tile Which little yellow boy and girl Were cli#bing all the while&

Till when they reached the other ide, A do#inie in gray Put gently u$ the e%ening bar, And led the flock away&


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The bark of the tree wa all broken and jagged, and full of ea#twenty ti#e a dee$ a the height of the antL body& But he didnLt#ind down one ide and u$ the other he went&

They #ut ha%e been awful cha# to hi#, and yet he ne%er once to$$edor went a bit lower& * had to watch the ant %ery cloely, not to loeight of hi# altogether&

* began to think that he wa #erely trying to kill the cater$illarthat, $erha$, he didnLt #ean to eat hi#, after all& ;ow did * know buto#e ant #ight hunt cater$illar, jut a o#e #en hunt deer, forfun, and not at all becaue they need foodO

*f * had been ure of thi, * would ha%e $oiled Mr& AntL $ort forhi# %ery oon, you #ay be ure, and et the $oor cater$illar free& But* ne%er heard of an antL being cruel and if it were really for dinnerfor hi fa#ily that he wa working o hard, * thought he ought to behel$ed, and not hindered&

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of hi getting away fro# hi#& "o he to$$ed now and then to ret&

"o#eti#e he would $ring on the cater$illarL back, and tretchhi#elf out there o#eti#e he would tand till on one ide and lookat hi# har$ly, kee$ing one ni$$er on hi head&

All the ti#e he wa working teadily in one direction he wa headedfor ho#e * felt certain&

*t atonihed #e %ery #uch, at firt, that none of the ant he #et tookany notice of hi# they all went on their own way, and ne%er took o#uch a a niff at the cater$illar&

But $retty oon * aid to #yelf, 'ou tu$id wo#an, not to u$$oethat ant can be a well beha%ed a $eo$leS When you $aed Mr&


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although * ha%e alway known he wa a #ot intereting $eron, * ne%erwent to ee her until lat week&

* a# afraid * hould not ha%e gone then, if * had not found an accountof her, and her houe, and her cow, in a book which * wa reading&

-ear #e,D aid *, and there he ha been li%ing o near #e all thiti#e, and * ne%er ha%e been to call on her&D

To tell the truth, it wa #uch wore than that * had often #et her inthe treet, and had taken uch a dilike to her look that * alwaybruhed by a Huickly a $oible without $eaking to her&

* had great difficulty in finding her houe, though it i Huite large&"he belong to a %ery $eculiar fa#ily they $refer to li%e in the darko they ha%e no window in their houe, only door and the door arenothing but hole in the roof&

The houe are built in the ha$e of a #ound, and are not #ore thanten inche high& They are built out of old bit of wood, dead lea%e,

traw, old bone in hort, e%ery ort of old thing that they find,they tick in the wall of their houe& Their bet roo# are all downcellar and dark enough they #ut be on a rainy day, when the door arealway ke$t hut tight&

But * ought to ha%e told you about #y Ant herelf before * told youabout her houe& When you hear what an odd $eron he i, you will notbe ur$ried that he li%e in uch an outlandih houe&

To begin with, * #ut tell you that he belong to a fa#ily that ne%erdoe any work&

'ouLd ne%er u$$oe o, to ee her& * really think he i theHueeret(looking creature * e%er #et&

*n the firt $lace, her kin i of a dark brown color, darker than an*ndianL, and he ha iJ leg& :f coure he can walk three ti#e afat a if he had only two,Ibut * would rather go lower and be #orelike other $eo$le&

"he ha frightful jaw, with which he doe all ort of thing beideeating& "he ue the# for cior, tweeer, $ickaJe, knife and fork,and in cae of a battle, for word&

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Then he ha growing out of the front $art of her head two long lender

horn, which he kee$ #o%ing about

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