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... POOR and toil - worn peasant , bent with years and groaning beneath the weight of a heavy fagot of fire- wood which he carried , sought , weary and sore - footed on a long and dusty road , to gain his distant cottage . Unable to bear ...
... POOR and toil - worn peasant , bent with years and groaning beneath the weight of a heavy fagot of fire- wood which he carried , sought , weary and sore - footed on a long and dusty road , to gain his distant cottage . Unable to bear ...
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... poor stonecutter grew discontented and sighed and moaned bitterly over his hard lot . One day when his work seemed harder than usual and his troubles more than he could bear he cried out in despair : " Oh , I wish I could be rich and ...
... poor stonecutter grew discontented and sighed and moaned bitterly over his hard lot . One day when his work seemed harder than usual and his troubles more than he could bear he cried out in despair : " Oh , I wish I could be rich and ...
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... must certainly die . " Then , seizing her by the hair with his left hand , he raised his scimitar , preparing to strike off her head . The poor woman turned her eyes upon him and begged for a single moment to 32 BLUEBEARD.
... must certainly die . " Then , seizing her by the hair with his left hand , he raised his scimitar , preparing to strike off her head . The poor woman turned her eyes upon him and begged for a single moment to 32 BLUEBEARD.
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... poor wife , who was almost as dead as her lord , could hardly rise to greet her brothers , but when she learned of Bluebeard's death she quickly recovered and embraced them heartily . Bluebeard , it was found , had no heirs , and so all ...
... poor wife , who was almost as dead as her lord , could hardly rise to greet her brothers , but when she learned of Bluebeard's death she quickly recovered and embraced them heartily . Bluebeard , it was found , had no heirs , and so all ...
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... poor miller who had a beautiful daughter . It happened one day that he had an audience with the King , and in order to appear important he told the King that he had a daughter who could spin straw into gold . " Now that's a talent worth ...
... poor miller who had a beautiful daughter . It happened one day that he had an audience with the King , and in order to appear important he told the King that he had a daughter who could spin straw into gold . " Now that's a talent worth ...
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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