Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
_Jackal._ Sh! Sh! I’m afraid of the lion, myself. We’ve never been very good friends. I wish I could help you. Let me see. I have it! Go to Bunny Rabbit. He’s a little creature, but he’s wise and brave.
_Jackal._ Sh! Sh! I’m afraid of the lion, myself. We’ve never been very good friends. I wish I could help you. Let me see. I have it! Go to Bunny Rabbit. He’s a little creature,...
3. SCENE III—_In Front of Bunny Rabbit’s Burrow_Mother Deer._ Bunny Rabbit, that wicked lion stole my little deer and will not give it to me. I asked the forest animals to help me, but none was brave enough to do so.
4. SCENE IV—_In Front of the Burrow_Lion._ [_Looking into the burrow._] Gone down there, has he? Well, I’ll fix him. I’ll stay right here until he comes out. I’ll stay, and stay, and stay, until I starve him out.
5. SCENE V—_Another Part of the Forest_Bunny Rabbit._ No, no! He’s going to stay in front of my burrow until I come out. Ha! ha! He’ll starve to death _himself_ if he waits for that! Ha! ha! [_Mother Deer runs to th...
6. SCENE I—_Mabel’s Home7. SCENE II—_In the Woods_Mabel._ Dear me! How dark it is getting. I must hurry home. [_Hears a little squeaking sound._] What’s that? [_Sees a little green lizard with a stone on its tail._] Oh, you po...
8. SCENE III—_Edge of the Wood9. SCENE IV—_Mabel’s Home_Grandma._ Never mind. We can go to-morrow and get them. I was so frightened! Your uncle told me only yesterday he saw a wolf in the woods. Just think if you had met him to-day!...
10. SCENE I—_In the Woods11. SCENE II—_At Home_Hans._ It was the fox, Gretchen. He was caught in a trap. I let him out. He said I might have whatever I wished for, and I wished for berries. Aren’t you glad?
12. SCENE III—_In the Woods13. SCENE IV—_At Home_ (_the Next Day_)_Gretchen._ Why should I be happy? We have no toys, only sticks and stones for playthings. Go to the fox and tell him I wish for some beautiful toys to play with.
14. SCENE V—_In the Woods15. SCENE VI—_At Home_ (_Another Day_)16. SCENE VII—_In the Woods17. SCENE VIII—_At Home_Gretchen._ Why should I be happy? I am tired of this palace. There is only one thing that would make me happy. Go to the Red Fox. Tell him I must have the great silver ball tha...
18. SCENE IX—_In the Woods_Little Bird._ [_Goes to Little Tree._] Oh, please, dear tree, may I not find shelter from the cold in your branches? My wing is broken, and I cannot fly. I have come a long way...
19. SCENE I—_In the Forest_Boastful Bamboo._ Little bamboo tree, you bow and bend to every wind that blows. A bamboo tree should never show fear. Look at me! I stand straight and strong and bow to no one.
20. SCENE II—_In the Forest (later)21. SCENE III—_In the Garden (after storm)_Little Tree._ All night the waves of the sea tossed the white foam and dashed the ships about. All around me lie pieces of wood washed up by the sea. What is this at my feet? A...
22. SCENE I—_Under the Sea_Little Fish._ I know. Let’s ask the turtle. He’s wise. He goes out of the sea upon the land. Surely he must learn many things there. Perhaps he is just the one to tell us what...
23. SCENE II—_On the Seashore_Turtle._ Dear me—not a monkey to be seen anywhere! Well, I’ve waited and waited. It’s very hot here on the sand. I’m sleepy. I’ll just take a nap. [_Sleeps. Monkeys (three) com...
24. SCENE III—_Under the Sea_Monkey._ Why do they keep me here? No one to talk to, no one to play with, no trees to climb. Only one friend, the jellyfish with his hard shell. I’d like him better if he hadn...
25. SCENE IV—_Home of the Sea Queen26. ill. My poor body is without its covering, for see, I have lost my_Turtle._ The monkey told me he had left his heart at home and he asked me to take him back so he could get it. I believed him. You know I wanted the heart for you.
27. PART I—_The Children28. PART II—_Lady Spring29. PART III—_The Journey_Rabbit._ I shall not forget. I’m off. [_To himself._] I’ll just make a nest of grass for each child, and leave it on the doorstep. An egg and a spring flower in each—and the ch...
30. PART IV—_The Message31. SCENE I—_Along the Road_Sanja._ Dear, dear, there goes one of my finest dumplings rolling down the hill. That will never do. I cannot lose that one. I must run and catch it. [_Runs after it. As she go...
32. SCENE II—_Ogre’s Kitchen_Ogre._ I will show you. Put one grain of rice into the pot. Then take this paddle in your hand. If you want rice for ten persons, stir ten times, in this way. [_Stirs paddle ab...
33. SCENE III—_The River Bank_Sanja._ I won’t stay here another day. The ogre is off hunting. Tee-hee-hee. He’ll never know how I got out of the castle and over the river. Tee-hee-hee. Tee-hee-hee. [_Hears...