A Riddle
: CHINESE MOTHER-GOOSE RHYMES: Boys And Girls Bookshelf
A plum blossom foot,
And a pudding face sweet;
He's taller when he's sitting
Than when standing on his feet.
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A Miller His Son And Their Ass
A miller and his son were driving their ass to a neighboring fair to sell him. They had not gone far when they met a troop of women collected around a well. "Look," cried one, "did you ever see such fellows, to be trudging on foot when they might ... A Mock Battle
When Nimble had three-points on each of his antlers, in his fourth summer, he felt that he was at last grown up. He was now a "three-pointer." Some of the older bucks had no more points than he. Many of them were but "four-pointers." His own fathe... A Monkey-hunt
<div> <img src="/images/i196.png" alt="The Monkeys in the Tree Tops" title="The Monkeys in the Tree Tops" height="400" width="280" /> The Monkeys in the Tree Tops </div> <p>We all love to go a-hunting; every one of us in some way; and it is only the di... A Most Wonderful Sight
The most wonderful sight I ever did see Was an owl on the branch of our old oak-tree; His eyes were so large and his head was so small That he seemed all eyes and no head at all. ... A Natural Autograph Album
<p>If you live in the country, I can show you an old Woodcraft trick. Look for a hollow tree. Sometimes you can pick one out afar, by the dead top, and sometimes by noting a tree that had lost one of the biggest limbs years ago. In any case, basswood... A New Story Of The Lion And The Mouse
A long while ago, so the story goes, there was a time when the Lion, King of Beasts, had a little mouse at his mercy. The Lion was about to crush the mouse with his paw. The little mouse begged for his life, and the great King of Beasts spared him... A Pair Of Gloves
BY H. G. DURYEE The little girls who lived on Amity Street all wore mittens when they went to school in winter. Nobody's mother ever thought of anything else to keep small hands warm. Some mothers or grandmothers crocheted them, and some knit the... A Play For The Arms
Pump, pump, pump, Water, water, come; Here a rush, there a gush, Done, done, done. ... A Prisoner Of The Caucasus
I. A certain gentleman was serving as an officer in the Caucasus. His name was Zhilin. One day he received a letter from home. His old mother wrote to him: "I have grown old, and I should like to see my darling son before my death. Come to... A Queer Case
Agnes, you and John may look at this watch. Don't you think its covering is very pretty? The covering of the watch is called its case. Now we will open it, and you may look inside and see what this pretty case covers. Look at all these little whee... A Rabbit's Story Of His Life Written By Himself
<p>Yes, the Rabbit wrote it himself and about himself in the oldest writing on earth, that is the tracks of his feet.</p> <div> <img src="/images/i157.png" alt="A WOODCRAFT TRAGEDY As shown by the Tracks and Signs in the Snow" title="A WOODCRAFT TRAGED... A Real Little Boy Blue
BY CAROLINE S. ALLEN Once there were four little brothers. The oldest had black eyes. He was called Little Boy Black. But I haven't time to tell about him just now. The second little brother had brown eyes. He was called Little Boy Brown. But I c... A Riddle
A plum blossom foot, And a pudding face sweet; He's taller when he's sitting Than when standing on his feet. ... A Solomon Come To Judgment
BY CHARLES W. MOORES Lincoln's practical sense and his understanding of human nature enabled him to save the life of the son of his old Clary's Grove friend, Jack Armstrong, who was on trial for murder. Lincoln, learning of it, went to the old mo... A Sparrow Calls On A Hippopotamus
"The hippopotamus who lived in the zoo had a very strange caller the other day," said daddy. "Into the animal house flew a sparrow. The keeper called out to him: "'Where are you going, sparrow?' But the sparrow did not answer. He flew righ... A Spike Horn
Nimble didn't mind losing his spots, when he grew older. He had something else that gave him much more pleasure than they ever had. He had a new toy. Or to be exact, he had two new toys. And everywhere he went he carried them with him. He carri... A Story About A Darning-needle
There was once a Darning-needle who thought herself so fine that she believed she was an embroidery-needle. 'Take great care to hold me tight!' said the Darning-needle to the Fingers who were holding her. 'Don't let me fall! If I once fall on the... A Story For Very Little Folk To Read No Word In It Has More Than Four Letters
BY A. L. SYKES "I want to do just as I like," said Tiny Hare to his Mama one day, as he ran to the door of his home. "What do you want to do, my dear?" she said. "I do not know, but I want to do just as I like," said Tiny Hare. "You may... A Story Of Tuberculosis
PART I Mary, did you and Tom see the poor, sick woman on the cars when we were going to visit grandmother last week? Did you see how pale and thin and feeble she looked? Did you hear her coughing so often that it seemed to hurt her whole body? ... A Stranger At Five-points
(ADAPTED) One afternoon in February, 1860, when the Sunday School of the Five-Point House of Industry in New York was assembled, the teacher saw a most remarkable man enter the room and take his place among the others. This stranger was tall, his... A Tale For Halloween
Babette and Antone were the children of a very poor woodcutter. They lived in a little cottage on the side of a steep mountain, and the mountain looked upon a great forest. Now though their father toiled in this forest from dawn until dar... A Tale Of The Northland Kingdom
I Long, long ago, in a certain far-off region of the world, there was a land of ice and snow, and this land was called the Northland Kingdom. There each year the ice broke on the rivers and flowed out to the sea, and the snow melted in the vall... A Tale Of The Tontlawald
Long, long ago there stood in the midst of a country covered with lakes a vast stretch of moorland called the Tontlawald, on which no man ever dared set foot. From time to time a few bold spirits had been drawn by curiosity to its borders, and on t... A Treasure Hunt
<p>Make 24 little white sticks, each about three inches long, and as thick as a pencil. They are easy to make of willow shoots, after the bark is peeled off. While the young folk hide their eyes, the Guide walks off in the woods, ties a white rag on ...