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of a story well so depends on being thoroughly

vitalised that; naturally; habitual telling had

resulted in habitual vitalisation。



This result was not; of course; wholly due to

the practice of story…telling; but it was in some

measure due to that。  And it was a result worth

the effort。



I beg to urge these specific uses of stories; as

both recreative and developing; and as especially

tending toward enlarged power of expression:

retelling the story; illustrating the story in seat…

work; dramatisation。







STORIES SELECTED AND ADAPTED FOR TELLING



ESPECIALLY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND CLASS I。



  Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town;

  Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown;

  Rapping at the window; crying through the lock;

  〃Are the children in their beds; for now it's eight o'clock?〃



 There was a crooked man; and he went a crooked mile;

 He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;

 He bought a crooked cat; which caught a crooked mouse;

 And they all lived together in a little crooked house。



      Cushy cow bonny; let down thy milk;

      And I will give thee a gown of silk;

      A gown of silk and a silver tee;

      If thou wilt let down thy milk to me。



 〃Little girl; little girl; where have you been?〃

 〃Gathering roses to give to the queen。〃

 〃Little girl; little girl; what gave she you?〃

 〃She gave me a diamond as big as my shoe。〃



 Little Bo…peep has lost her sheep;

      And can't tell where to find them;

 Leave them alone; and they'll come home;

      And bring their tails behind them。

 Little Bo peep fell fast asleep;

      And dreamt she heard them bleating;

 But when she awoke; she found it a joke;

      For still they all were fleeting。



 Then up she took her little crook;

      Determin'd for to find them;

 She found them indeed; but it made her heart bleed;

      For they'd left their tails behind them。





FIVE LITTLE WHITE HEADS'1'



BY WALTER LEARNED



'1' From Mother…Song and Child…Song; Charlotte Brewster

Jordan。





 Five little white heads peeped out of the mould;

 When the dew was damp and the night was cold;

 And they crowded their way through the soil with pride;

 〃Hurrah!  We are going to be mushrooms!〃 they cried



 But the sun came up; and the sun shone down;

 And the little white heads were withered and brown;

 Long were their faces; their pride had a fall

 They were nothing but toadstools; after all。





BIRD THOUGHTS'2'



'2' Ibid。



 I lived first in a little house;

      And lived there very well;

 I thought the world was small and round;

      And made of pale blue shell。

 I lived next in a little nest;



 Nor needed any other;

 I thought the world was made of straw;

      And brooded by my mother。



 One day I fluttered from the nest

      To see what I could find。

 I said; 〃The world is made of leaves;

      I have been very blind。〃



 At length I flew beyond the tree;

      Quite fit for grown…up labours。

 I don't know how the world IS made;

      And neither do my neighbours!





HOW WE CAME TO HAVE PINK ROSES'1'



'1' Told me by Miss Elizabeth McCracken。





Once; ever and ever so long ago; we didn't have

any pink roses。  All the roses in the world were

white。  There weren't any red ones at all; any

yellow ones; or any pink ones;only white roses。



And one morning; very early; a little white

rosebud woke up; and saw the sun looking at

her。  He stared so hard that the little white

rosebud did not know what to do; so she looked

up at him and said; 〃Why are you looking at me

so hard?〃



〃Because you are so pretty!〃 said the big

round sun。  And the little white rosebud

blushed!  She blushed pink。  And all her

children after her were little pink roses!





RAGGYLUG'2'



'2' Adapted from Mr Ernest Thompson Seton's Wild Animals

I have known。  (David Nutt; 57…59 Long Acre; W。C。 6s。 net。)







Once there was a little furry rabbit; who lived

with his mother deep down in a nest under the

long grass。  His name was Raggylug; and his

mother's name was Molly Cottontail。  Every

morning; when Molly Cottontail went out to hunt

for food; she said to Raggylug; 〃Now; Raggylug;

lie still; and make no noise。  No matter what you

hear; no matter what you see; don't you move。

Remember you are only a baby rabbit; and lie

low。〃  And Raggylug always said he would。



One day; after his mother had gone; he was

lying very still in the nest; looking up through

the feathery grass。  By just cocking his eye;

so; he could see what was going on up in the

world。  Once a big bluejay perched on a twig

above him; and scolded someone very loudly;

he kept saying; 〃Thief! thief!〃  But Raggylug

never moved his nose; nor his paws; he lay still。

Once a lady…bird took a walk down a blade of

grass; over his head; she was so top…heavy that

pretty soon she tumbled off and fell to the bottom;

and had to begin all over again。  But Raggylug

never moved his nose nor his paws; he lay still。



The sun was warm; and it was very still。



Suddenly Raggylug heard a little sound; far

off。  It sounded like 〃Swish; swish;〃 very soft

and far away。  He listened。  It was a queer

little sound; low down in the grass; 〃rustle

rustlerustle〃; Raggylug was interested。  But

he never moved his nose or his paws; he lay

still。  Then the sound came nearer; 〃rustle

rustlerustle〃; then grew fainter; then came

nearer; in and out; nearer and nearer; like

something coming; only; when Raggylug heard

anything coming he always heard its feet; stepping

ever so softly。  What could it be that came

so smoothly;rustlerustle without any feet?



He forgot his mother's warning; and sat up

on his hind paws; the sound stopped then。

〃Pooh;〃 thought Raggylug; 〃I'm not a baby

rabbit; I am three weeks old; I'll find out what

this is。〃  He stuck his head over the top of the

nest; and lookedstraight into the wicked eyes

of a great big snake。  〃Mammy; Mammy!〃

screamed Raggylug。  〃Oh; Mammy; Mam〃

But he couldn't scream any more; for the big

snake had his ear in his mouth and was

winding about the soft little body; squeezing

Raggylug's life out。  He tried to call 〃Mammy!〃

again; but he could not breathe。



Ah; but Mammy had heard the first cry。

Straight over the fields she flew; leaping the

stones and hummocks; fast as the wind; to save

her baby。  She wasn't a timid little cottontail

rabbit then; she was a mother whose child was

in danger。  And when she came to Raggylug

and the big snake; she took one look; and then

hop! hop! she went over the snake's back; and

as she jumped she struck at the snake with her

strong hind claws so that they tore his skin。

He hissed with rage; but he did not let go。



Hop! hop! she went again; and this time she

hurt him so that he twisted and turned; but he

held on to Raggylug。



Once more the mother rabbit hopped; and

once more she struck and tore the snake's back

with her sharp claws。  Zzz! How she hurt!

The snake dropped Raggy to strike at her; and

Raggy rolled on to his feet and ran。



〃Run; Raggylug; run!〃 said his mother;

keeping the snake busy with her jumps; and

you may believe Raggylug ran!  Just as soon

as he was out of the way his mother came too;

and showed him where to go。  When she ran;

there was a little white patch that showed

under her tail; that was for Raggy to follow;

he followed it now。



Far; far away she led him; through the long

grass; to a place where the big snake could not

find him; and there she made a new nest。  And

this time; when she told Raggylug to lie low

you'd better believe he minded!







THE GOLDEN COBWEBS'1'



A STORY TO TELL BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE



'1' This story was told me in the mother…tongue of a German

friend; at the kindly instance of a common friend of both;

the narrator had heard it at home from the lips of a father

of story…loving children for whom ho often invented such

little tales。  The present adaptation has passed by hearsay

through so many minds that it is perhaps little like the

original; but I venture to hope it has a touch of the original

fancy; at least。





I am going to tell you a story about something

wonderful that happened to a Christmas

Tree like this; ever and ever so long ago; when

it was once upon a time。



It was before Christmas; and the tree was

trimmed with bright spangled threads and

many…coloured candles and (name the trimmings

of the tree before you); and it stood

safely out of sight in a room where the doors

were locked; so that the children should not

see it before the proper time。  But ever so

many other little house…people had seen it。

The big black pussy saw it with her great

green eyes; the little grey kitty saw it with

her little blue eyes; the kind house…dog saw

it with his st

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