# The Grasshopper Stories

Author: Leavitt, Elizabeth Davis; Doan, Maude Dewey, 1874-1947 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20315

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Grasshopper+Stories+Leavitt&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Billy dropped his tin-soldier on the ground and ran in to help his mother wipe the dishes. She gave him a nice, fresh towel and he began to rub the tin plates as fast as he could. He never put one down until he could see himself in it. As for the tin cups, his mother sometimes thought he would rub them entirely away! But he never did quite that. You see, Billy's mother allowed him to dry only the tin dishes because he was so very little, she thought he might break the china ones.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grasshopper-stories-20315/chapters/1/index.md)