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... leave her the child . But the manikin said , " No , a living creature is dearer to me than all the treasures in the world . " Then the Queen began to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man was sorry for her , and said , " I'll give ...
... leave her the child . But the manikin said , " No , a living creature is dearer to me than all the treasures in the world . " Then the Queen began to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man was sorry for her , and said , " I'll give ...
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... leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves . " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay , ' The Reaper said , and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they , Where He was once a child . AN ANGEL CAME And the ...
... leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves . " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay , ' The Reaper said , and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they , Where He was once a child . AN ANGEL CAME And the ...
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... leaves ; and the mother let them look as much as they chose , for green is good for the eyes . " How wide the world is ! " said the young ones , for they certainly had much more room now than when they were in the eggs . " Do you think ...
... leaves ; and the mother let them look as much as they chose , for green is good for the eyes . " How wide the world is ! " said the young ones , for they certainly had much more room now than when they were in the eggs . " Do you think ...
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... leave to lie among the reeds and drink some of the swamp water . Thus he lay two whole days ; then came thither two wild geese , or , properly speaking , two wild ganders . It was not long since each had crept out of an egg , and that's ...
... leave to lie among the reeds and drink some of the swamp water . Thus he lay two whole days ; then came thither two wild geese , or , properly speaking , two wild ganders . It was not long since each had crept out of an egg , and that's ...
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... leaves in the forest turned yellow and brown ; the wind caught them so that they danced about , and up in the air it was very cold . The clouds hung low , heavy with hail and snowflakes , and on the fence stood the raven , crying ...
... leaves in the forest turned yellow and brown ; the wind caught them so that they danced about , and up in the air it was very cold . The clouds hung low , heavy with hail and snowflakes , and on the fence stood the raven , crying ...
Contents
GERDA ON THE REINDEERS BACK Marion Miller | 191 |
GERDA KISSED HIS CHEEK Marion Miller | 201 |
THE CHIMERA Nathaniel Hawthorne | 208 |
THE IMAGE IN THE WATER Frank H Young | 221 |
PEGASUS DARTED DOWN ASLANT D A Peterson | 234 |
PICTUREBOOKS IN WINTER Robert Louis Stevenson | 240 |
PHAETHON PULLED AT THE REINS M L Spoor | 250 |
THE ENGLISH ROBIN Harrison Weir | 253 |
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THE FIR TREE Hans Christian Andersen | 95 |
THE SWALLOWS AND THE STORK CAME II L Gaye | 97 |
THE FAT MAN TOLD ABOUT KLUMPEYDUMPEY H L Gage | 103 |
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN | 110 |
A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS Clement C Moore | 117 |
THE WORKSHOP OF THE DWARFS I O Reese | 127 |
THE DEATH OF BALDER | 129 |
HODER HURLED THE DART W O Reese | 135 |
THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI | 143 |
THORS HAND GRIPPED HIM W O Reese | 149 |
AFTERWHILE James Whitcomb Riley | 152 |
SHUFFLESHOON AND AMBERLOCKS Marion Miller | 154 |
IT WAS THE SNOW QUEEN Marion Miller | 164 |
THE CROW STOPPED TO LOOK AT HER Marion Miller | 177 |
THE IRISHWOMAN Katherine Maxey | 264 |
HARTHOVER PLACE Katherine Maxey | 271 |
TOM WENT Down Katherine Maxey | 285 |
HE DIPPED HIS FEET IN Katherine Maxey | 294 |
THE OLD DAME CAME OUT TOO Katherine Maxey | 300 |
TAILPIECE Katherine Maxey | 306 |
TOM AND THE DRAGON FLY Katherine Maxey | 314 |
THE SALMON LOOKED AT TOM FIERCELY Katherine Maxey | 331 |
TOM WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE HAPPY Katherine Maxey | 341 |
TOM DIVED Katherine Maxey | 351 |
MRS BEDONEBYASYOUDID Katherine Maxey | 363 |
SHE TOOK TOM IN HER ARMS Katherine Maxey | 373 |
TOM THE WATER BABY Halftone Mary Spoor | 396 |
TOM AND THE PETRELS Katherine Maxey | 401 |
MOTHER CAREY Katherine Maxey | 407 |
THE FAIRIES OF THE CALDONLOW Mary Howitt | 435 |
THE HARPERS THEY WERE NINE Marion Miller | 436 |
A LITTLE BOY HUNG DOWN HIS HEAD W E Scott | 442 |
THE FIRST SNOWFALL James Russell Lowell | 443 |
MORDECAI CRIED WITH A LOUD AND BITTER | 451 |
HAMAN WAS AFRAID Beatrice Braidwood | 457 |
THE DARNINGNEEDLE Hans Christian Andersen | 462 |
PLUTO APPEARS George Werveke | 469 |
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