Classic Stories for the Little Ones: Adapted from the Tales of Andersen, Grimm Brothers and OthersPublic-School Publishing Company, 1894 - 129 páginas |
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apple-branch ball bean began bite pig BLOOMINGTON bowl branches bright burdock burn stick buttercup chair child Christmas Christmas tree coach coal cold cried daisies dark dear donkey door dress duckling eyes fairy father fence fir-tree flew flowers frightened glass slipper grandmother Gray Horse green grew grow happy HARVARD COLLEGE heard hole home tonight jump kill ox king laugh leaves light lion little bird little dandelion little evergreens little farther little girl little leaf little mouse Little Red Riding-hood little tree lived maples match morning mother night old woman Papa-bear peas peep poor prince put out fire quack robber rooster rope shone shook sigh sisters soon star stood straw sunbeam thought three bears tired turkey ugly UGLY DUCKLING voice walked warm whip dog wild geese wind window winter wish wolf yellow
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Página 21 - We must keep on our work clothes, for our life is not done ; but your clothes are for holiday, because your tasks are over.' Just then, a little puff of wind came, and the leaf let go without thinking of it. and the wind took it up, and turned it over and over, and whirled it like a spark of fire in the air and...
Página 24 - Come, children all, to bed," he cried; And ere the leaves could urge their prayer He shook his head, and far and wide, Fluttering and rustling everywhere, Down sped the leaflets through the air. I saw them ; on the ground they lay, Golden and red, a huddled swarm, Waiting till one from far away, White bed-clothes heaped upon her arm, Should come to wrap them safe and warm. The great bare Tree looked down and smiled " Good-night, dear little leaves...
Página 38 - And what was still more splendid to behold, the goose hopped down from the dish, and waddled along the floor, with a knife and fork in its breast, to the little girl. Then the match went out, and only the thick, damp, cold wall was before her.
Página 19 - The twig told it to the branch on which it grew, and the branch told it to the tree. And when the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent back word to the leaf, ' Do not be afraid ; hold on tightly, and you shall not go till you want to.
Página 24 - Tis such a very pleasant day, We do not want to go away." So, just for one more merry day To the great Tree the leaflets clung, Frolicked and danced, and had their way, Upon the autumn breezes swung, Whispering all their sports among "Perhaps the great Tree will forget, And let us stay until the spring...
Página 127 - And buttercups must always be The same old tiresome color, While daisies dress in gold and white, Although their gold is duller.
Página 24 - HOW THE LEAVES CAME DOWN I'll tell you how the leaves came down. The great Tree to his children said: "You're getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown, Yes, very sleepy, little Red. It is quite time to go to bed." "Ah!" begged each silly, pouting leaf, "Let us a little longer stay; Dear Father Tree, behold our grief! Tis such a very pleasant day, We do not want to go away.
Página 20 - And so the leaf stopped sighing, but went on nestling and singing. Every time the tree shook itself and stirred up all its leaves, the branches shook themselves, and the little twig shook itself, and the little leaf danced up and down merrily as if nothing could ever pull it off. And so it grew all summer long until October.
Página 12 - As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the dog began to bite the pig; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile ; and so the old woman got home that night.