Part 1
THE TIDDLY WINKS
EASY READING LIBRARY OF “JUST RIGHT BOOKS”
The Tiddly Winks Open Air Stories Surprise Stories Gingerbread Boy The Party Twins Doll Land Stories The Treasure Twins Tale of Curly Tail Washington’s Boyhood Reading Time Stories Comical Circus Stories Knowledge Primer Games Real Out-of-Door Stories Jolly Polly and Curly Tail Fifty Funny Animal Tales The Flower and Berry Babies In and Out-Door Playgames A Child’s Garden of Verses Busy Fingers Drawing Primer Happy Manikin in Manners Town The Vegetable and Fruit Children The Dinner That Was Always There Six Tiddly Winks and The A to Zees
Published by ALBERT WHITMAN & CO. Chicago, U. S. A.
THE TIDDLY WINKS
Text by LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH
Author of Six Tiddly Winks Happy Manikin Jolly Polly, etc.
Pictures by HAIDEE ZACK WALSH
A JUST RIGHT BOOK Published by ALBERT WHITMAN COMPANY CHICAGO
THE TIDDLY WINKS Copyright, 1923, By Albert Whitman & Co. Chicago, U.S.A.
A JUST RIGHT BOOK MADE IN THE U.S.A.
©Cl A 752716
INTRODUCTION
Tiddly Winks is a little fairy, And he sings like a canary. Another fairy is Tiddly Wee, He is just as cunning as can be. Tiddly Thrift is a saving mite, He wears a jacket snug and bright. Tiddly Cheer-Up with smiling face, Is always welcome any place. Tiddly Scowl looks at you and me, He is just as cross as he can be. Tiddly Why will make you sigh, He asks questions, My! Oh My!
A child can read if he stops and thinks, So say the little Tiddly Winks; If you will learn your A, B, C’s, You soon can read good books like these. The Tiddly Winks cry, “Ho, ho,” How many words do you REALLY know? One hundred or more, can you answer “Yes”? Or do you read your books BY GUESS?
FOREWORD
The Tiddly Winks are good natured little fairies who teach lessons of thrift and good cheer. Here we meet Tiddly Winks, Tiddly Wee, Tiddly Thrift, Tiddly Cheer-Up, Tiddly Scowl, and Tiddly Why, all having the characteristics of real children.
Who would not take delight in learning their A, B, C’s with the Tiddly Winks?
A story of the Wee People—for Wee People, written in charming and simple style, to be used in school and home as a first reader, carefully graded with repetition of simple words and phrases.
Objects in the school room take a lively interest in the Tiddly Winks, find voices, and even the School Bell outside remarks,
“Hear my song, hear my rhyme, Hurry children, be on time.”
If you still inquire, “Who are the Tiddly Winks?” we will let them reply in their own fashion,
“Who are we? Who are we? Tiddly Winks as all can see; We are a very merry band, And we come from Fairyland.”
CONTENTS
Counting Good Morning The School Bell A-B-C’s What Day Hurry Ding-Dong Smiling Face Fun The Books The Fairy Monday The Chimes Clothes Line Fairy Wind The Calendar Games Hide and Seek The Blue Sky The Noise The Rain Little Busy Bee Tiddly Wee The Helpers Count By Two’s Little Fairy Men On Time Late Tiddly Thrift To Save Sweet Cookies Jolly Cooks The Picnic Tiddly Cheer-Up Tiddly Scowl Laugh and Play To Tell Time The Hours Wake Up The Breakfast Tiddly Why The New Song That Way Bread and Cheese Valentines Spring A House The Seeds The Garden The Sun The Ride To Fish Catching Fish The Maypole The Rag Doll To Write The Letter The Visit The Top The Airship Flying Home The Owl Rest Day Merry June Peeping To Remember Good-Bye
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
They Danced in a Ring at the Picnic _Frontispiece_
He Wheeled Him in a Wheelbarrow Page 10
Tiddly Winks Bowed to the Waste Basket ” 19
Tiddly Winks Jumped into the Ink Well ” 21
He Began to Swing on the Pendulum ” 25
Tiddly Winks Made the Clothes Look Funny ” 29
He Went to Sleep in a Clothes Basket ” 31
Tiddly Winks Danced with the Mouse ” 33
He Watched One Little Girl ” 39
Tiddly Winks Laughed Like a Brownie ” 41
Tiddly Winks Ran on One Side ” 45
He Ran a Race Round and Round the Old Clock’s Face ” 59
On His Velocipede ” 63
Sawing Wood ” 67
Skating ” 71
Dancing ” 74
I Live in a Doll House Under the Old Apple Tree ” 82
When I begin I like to Spin ” 84
Playing Leap-Frog ” 89
THE TIDDLY WINKS
COUNTING
Tiddly Winks says,
One, two, How do you do?
Tiddly Wee says,
Three, four, Here comes one more.
Tiddly Thrift says,
Five, six, I have saving tricks.
The Tiddly Winks.
Tiddly Cheer-Up says,
Seven, eight Laugh at any rate.
Tiddly Scowl says,
Nine, ten, I scowl again.
Tiddly Why says,
Eleven, twelve, Why not count like elves?
We Can Count As Well As Think, Says Every Little Tiddly Wink!
GOOD MORNING
“Good morning,” said Tiddly Winks.
“Good morning,” sang the School Bell.
“Who are you?” asked Tiddly Winks.
“Who are you?” asked the School Bell.
Tiddly Winks said,
“I am a fairy, light and airy, And I sing like a canary.”
The School Bell was busy ringing.
The School Bell was busy singing,
“I am the School Bell, ding dong, I am the School Bell, hear my song.”
THE SCHOOL BELL
Tiddly Winks heard the song.
Tiddly Winks heard the School Bell sing.
He said, “I am a cousin of the Brownies.”
The School Bell said, “I am a cousin of the Church Bell.”
Tiddly Winks said, “See the children!”
The children were coming to school.
The School Bell sang,
“They come to school at half past eight, I hope that no one will be late.”
Tiddly Winks curled up in the School Bell.
He curled up and went to sleep.
A. B. C.
Tiddly Winks reads “A-B-C.”
Can you read “A-B-C?”
The School Bell cannot read at all.
The School Bell can only sing.
Tiddly Winks come read to me.
Can you read like a fairy?
Tiddly Winks, if you please I know all my A, B, C’s.
WHAT DAY?
“Good morning again,” said Tiddly Winks.
“Good morning to you,” sang the School Bell.
“What day is it?” asked Tiddly Winks.
The School Bell sang, “It is Monday morning.”
He said, “I must ring on Monday morning.”
Tiddly Winks said, “The children are coming.”
He said, “They are carrying dinner-pails.”
The School Bell sang,
“Hear my song, hear my rhyme Hurry children, be on time.”
HURRY
The children came hurrying to school.
The children came to school on time.
Tiddly Winks said, “I will go to school, too.”
He said, “I will go to school on time.”
He said, “I will go to school on Monday.”
Tiddly Winks peeped into the window.
He peeped into the school room.
He called to the children, “Good morning!”
They said, “Good morning, Tiddly Winks.”
DING DONG
“Ding, dong,” sang the School Bell.
“Good morning,” said Tiddly Winks.
Tiddly Winks said, “I have been gone a week.”
The School Bell said, “It is Monday morning.”
Tiddly Winks said, “Are you tired ringing?”
The School Bell said, “Are you tired singing?”
They sang together on Monday morning,
“Hurry, hurry, take your place, Take your seat, with smiling face.”
SMILING FACE
Tiddly Winks said, “Can I take a seat?”
He had a very smiling face.
Tiddly Winks met the School Room Clock.
He said, to the clock, “Good morning.”
The School Room Clock said, “Tick, tock.”
Tiddly Winks bowed to the Waste Basket.
The Waste Basket was empty.
He sang,
“Once in a while, once in a while, They carry me up, and down, the aisle.”
FUN
Sure enough bye and bye the Waste Basket went up and down.
He was carried in the aisle.
He was carried between the seats.
Tiddly Winks came early to school.
Tiddly Winks was full of fun.
He saw the children’s copy books.
The copy books were open on the desks.
Tiddly Winks jumped into an ink-well.
He jumped from desk to desk.
He jumped on the copy books.
You could see the marks of his feet!
The School Bell did not know what was going on.
He was outside ringing and singing.
THE BOOKS
The School Room Clock saw the copy books.
He saw the marks of little feet on them.
He put his hands over his face.
The School Room Clock wanted to hide!
He tried to hide his face with his hands!
The Waste Basket said, “I will get the books.”
He said, “I will get all the copy books!”
The School Room Clock ticked away, saying,
“Rub out the marks this Monday morning, The teacher is coming, do take warning.”
THE FAIRY
Tiddly Winks was a real fairy.
He blew on the copy books.
He blew away all the marks.
The marks of his feet were gone!
The Waste Basket said, “I am sad.”
He said, “I won’t get the copy books now.”
The School Room Clock said,
“Come and help me run a race, See my hands go round my face.”
MONDAY
Tiddly Winks said, “I will come.”
He said to the School Room Clock, “Here I come.”
He jumped inside of the clock.
The children were coming to school.
They came to school on Monday.
They looked at the School Room Clock.
Tiddly Winks had stopped the Clock!
He began to swing on the pendulum.
He smiled at the children.
He said, “I always smile on Monday morning.”
THE CHIMES
Tiddly Winks slept a week in the Clock.
He woke up next Monday morning.
He said, “I will go and talk to the School Bell.”
The School Bell was singing, “ding, dong.”
“Good bye,” ticked the School Room Clock.
“Good bye,” whispered the Waste Basket.
Tiddly Winks called, “Good bye, good bye.”
He heard the School Bell singing,
“Monday morning, be on time, Ding, dong, hear my chime.”
CLOTHES LINE
One Monday morning Tiddly Winks ran away.
He ran away from school one Monday morning.
He saw washing on a line.
He blew inside a white skirt.
The skirt looked like a balloon.
He said, “It looks like a balloon.”
He blew inside all the clothes.
He made the clothes look funny.
He called to the funny clothes on the line.
Tiddly Winks called, “Good bye.”
FAIRY WIND
Tiddly Winks did not run far away.
He curled up to sleep.
He went to sleep in the clothes basket.
He woke and said, “What day is it?”
The Sun said, “Ask Fairy Wind.”
Tiddly Winks asked again about the day.
Fairy Wind said,
“Ask that question now in school, You’ll learn something, as a rule.”
Tiddly Winks ran back to school.
THE CALENDAR
“Good morning,” sang the School Bell.
“Good morning,” ticked the Clock.
“Good morning,” whispered the Waste Basket.
The School Room Mouse came out.
Tiddly Winks danced with him.
Tiddly Winks said, “What day is it?”
The Mouse said, “Ask the Calendar.”
The Calendar hung on the wall.
The Calendar had names on it.
It had names of days on it.
It had numbers on it, too.
The Calendar nodded to Tiddly Winks.
It said, “It is Tuesday morning.”
GAMES
Tiddly Winks said, “It is Tuesday morning.”
He said, “Let us play a game.”
The School Room Mouse said, “I can play.”
He said, “We can play hide-and-seek.”
The Waste Basket said, “I will play.”
He said, “Let us play cat-and-mouse.”
They played games before school.
They played hide-and-seek.
They played cat-and-mouse.
They played games on Tuesday morning.
HIDE AND SEEK
The children came in on Tuesday.
They took their seats on Tuesday morning.
They did not see Tiddly Winks.
He hid behind the Calendar.
He was thinking about hide-and-seek.
He said, “I will hide here to-day.”
He said, “I will hide in a pencil-box.”
He said, “I will hide in a dinner-pail.”
Tiddly Winks played hide-and-seek.
He played hide-and-seek on Tuesday.
THE BLUE SKY
“Good morning, good morning, the sky is so blue, Good morning, good morning, good morning to you.”
The children sang this song.
The School Bell stopped ringing.
He stopped to hear the children sing.
The School Room Clock kept on ticking.
He said,“Where is Tiddly Winks?”
He said, “Where is he on Tuesday?”
Tiddly Winks was in a pencil-box.
He made a noise in the pencil-box.
He made the pencils rattle.
THE NOISE
What a noisy pencil-box!
What a noise in the desk!
What a noise in the room!
The teacher said,
“Fold your hands and quiet keep, Play you all are fast asleep.”
The children folded their hands.
They kept very quiet.
Tiddly Winks was quiet too.
He said, “I learned something.”
He learned something on Tuesday.
Tiddly Winks fell asleep.
He fell asleep on Tuesday morning.
THE RAIN
One Tuesday morning it rained.
It rained harder and harder.
Tiddly Winks said, “Will the children sing?”
He said, “They cannot sing about blue skies.”
He said, “Can they sing to-day?”
The School Room Clock said, “Wait and see.”
The Waste Basket said, “They will sing.”
The School Bell did not mind the rain.
He sang as usual, “ding, dong.”
LITTLE BUSY BEE
The children came to school.
They came that rainy day to school.
They sang a new song.
“Good morning on a rainy day, We sing to keep the blues away.”
Tiddly Winks clapped his tiny hands.
He said, “I will sing the new song.”
He watched one little girl.
She was busy at work all day.
He said she is a busy girl.
He called her “Little Busy Bee.”
TIDDLY WEE
Tiddly Winks met another fairy.
He said to the fairy, “Good morning.”
The fairy answered, “Good morning.”
Tiddly Winks said, “What is your name?”
The fairy answered, “I am Tiddly Wee.”
Tiddly Winks laughed like a Brownie.
Tiddly Winks said, “It is Tuesday morning.”
Tiddly Winks said, “It is ironing day.”
THE HELPERS
“Sing a song and have some fun, ’Twill help you get the ironing done.”
Tiddly Wee sang this little song.
He sang this song on Tuesday.
He helped Tiddly Winks iron his sheets.
Tiddly Winks ironed pillow cases.
These little fairies liked to iron.
They liked to iron on Tuesday.
They soon had ironed all the clothes.
Tiddly Winks said, “Let us go to school.”
Tiddly Wee said, “We will go to-morrow.”
COUNT BY TWO’S
Tiddly Winks said, “Where is my cap?”
Tiddly Wee said, “Where is my coat?”
Tiddly Winks found his red cap.
Tiddly Wee found his red coat.
They went to school on Wednesday.
They learned to count on Wednesday.
They learned to count by two’s.
Two, four, six, eight, Count by two’s, don’t be late.
“Ding, dong,” rang the School Bell.
“Tick, tock,” sang the Clock.
LITTLE FAIRY MEN
The Waste Basket said, “I can count.”
The Calendar said, “See all my numbers,
“One, two, three, four, Come in please—shut the door.”
Tiddly Winks wrote numbers.
Tiddly Wee wrote on the board.
“We are little Fairy Men, We can count up to ten.”
The School Room Mouse looked at them.
He looked out of the Clock.
He sang,
“I can count very well, But how far, I won’t tell.”
Tiddly Winks said, “I like to count.”
Tiddly Wee said, “I can count on Wednesday.”
ON TIME
Tiddly Winks came to school.
Tiddly Wee came early to school.
“Good morning,” sang the School Bell.
Tiddly Winks said,
“I have pennies, and a dime, See, I always come on time.”
Tiddly Wee said,
“For the children we will wait, How I hope they won’t be late.”
One little boy was often late.
One little boy was a sleepy-head.
Tiddly Winks said,
“Try to get to school on time, Help the fairies make a rhyme.”
LATE
One little girl was late to school.
One little girl was often late.
The little girl was late to breakfast.
Tiddly Winks said,
“Tiddly Winks soon I will wake you, And to school I will take you.”
Tiddly Winks woke the little girl.
Tiddly Wee ran with her to school.
Tiddly Winks ran on one side.
Tiddly Wee ran on the other.
TIDDLY THRIFT
Tiddly Thrift got off the boat, In a neatly mended coat.
He came to town on Wednesday.
Tiddly Thrift said, “It is Wednesday.”
He wore a mended coat on Wednesday.
He met Tiddly Winks and Tiddly Wee.
Tiddly Thrift said,
“We must save paper and string, We must save time and everything.”
Tiddly Thrift taught the children.
He taught them to save paper.
He taught them to write on both sides.
TO SAVE
The Waste Basket began to cry.
He began to cry on Wednesday.
“See the children save their paper.”
“They write on both sides of the paper.”
“How will I ever get full of paper?”
Tiddly Winks saw the children save paper.
Tiddly Wee said, “They will save time too.”
The School Room Clock said,
“Tick, tock, tick, tock, They’ll save time like as not.”
The School Room Mouse began to squeak.
He squeaked, “I hope they will save crumbs.”
He said, “Will they save crumbs for me?”
SWEET COOKIES
Tiddly Winks as you know, In the kitchen now must go, Tiddly Wee, as you see, Makes the fire burn merrily, Tiddly Thrift every hour, Saves the butter, saves the flour. They get out the rolling-pin, So the fun will soon begin! They mix some cookies for a treat, Cut them out, and make them sweet, In the oven they baked them too, Just as you or I would do.
JOLLY COOKS
Tiddly Winks and Tiddly Wee, Are very little cooks you see, Tiddly Thrift has come to town, And he will bake the cookies brown. The cook will have a nice surprise, When the cookies greet her eyes, The fairies say, “Do you like our looks? You see we all are jolly cooks.” The kitchen Clock upon the wall, Said, “I like Tiddly Thrift the best of all.” Tiddly Winks and Tiddly Wee, Were just as busy as could be!
THE PICNIC
“Hurry, hurry,” called Tiddly Winks.
“Hurry up,” cried Tiddly Wee.
“Hurry to the picnic,” said Tiddly Thrift.
Some of the Tiddly Winks were late.
Tiddly Cheer-Up came smiling.
He came singing,
“Let us never trouble borrow, Start to-day, or start to-morrow.”
They went on a picnic on Thursday.
They went to the woods.
They carried picnic baskets.
TIDDLY CHEER-UP
Tiddly Winks fell in the water.
Tiddly Wee helped him out.
Tiddly Thrift spread the lunch.
He said, “We will save the crumbs.”
Tiddly Cheer-Up smiled on every one.
He said,
“Nothing will go very wrong, If we sing a ‘Cheer-Up’ song.”
They danced in a ring.
They danced in a ring at the picnic.
They danced and sang on Thursday.
TIDDLY SCOWL
“Good morning,” said Tiddly Winks.
“Is it a good morning?” asked Tiddly Scowl.
Tiddly Scowl was always scowling.
Tiddly Scowl was often late to school.
Tiddly Scowl said, “It is a rainy morning.”
Tiddly Scowl did not like the rain.
Tiddly Why came walking by.
Tiddly Why asked many questions.
Tiddly Why said, “Why do you scowl?”
He said, “Why don’t you like rain?”
LAUGH AND PLAY
“What day is it?” asked Tiddly Winks.
“What time is it?” asked Tiddly Wee.
“What shall we do next?” asked Tiddly Thrift.
“Let us laugh and play,” said Tiddly Cheer-Up.
“I cannot laugh and play,” said Tiddly Scowl.
Tiddly Why said, “Why can’t you laugh?”
The Calendar said, “I know what day it is.”
The Calendar said, “It is Thursday.”
The Calendar said,
“At my face come take a peek, There are seven days in a week.”
The School Room Clock said, “Good morning.”
It said, “I can tell you the time.”
“Count the numbers on my face, Can you count numbers any place?”
Tiddly Winks counted numbers on the board.
Tiddly Wee counted numbers on the Calendar.
Tiddly Thrift counted numbers on the Clock’s face.
Tiddly Cheer-Up counted numbers on cards.
Tiddly Scowl counted no numbers at all.
Tiddly Why said, “Why don’t you count?”
Tiddly Winks said, “I want to tell time.”
Tiddly Why asked, “Why do you want to tell time?”
TO TELL TIME
“I want to tell time,” said Tiddly Winks.
The School Room Clock smiled at him.
He said, “Look at my two hands.”
He said,
“Look at my shorter hand, It points to the hour you understand.”
Tiddly Winks repeated the words over and over.
The Clock spoke again,
“Look at my longer hand, It points to the minutes, you understand.”
The School Room Clock went on talking.
“I point to six, with my short hand, The long hand’s at twelve you understand, It is six o’clock, it is six o’clock, And time for supper, like as not.”
THE HOURS
Tiddly Winks began to learn to tell time.
He learned to tell a little time every day.
He learned to tell the hours.
Tiddly Winks then ran a race, Round and round the old clock’s face.
Tiddly Winks began to tell time on Thursday.
Tiddly Scowl said, “I cannot tell time.”
The School Bell rang again,
“Ding, dong, work and play Children be on time to-day.”
“Why should we be on time?” asked Tiddly Why.
Tiddly Scowl said, “Dear me, why do you ask questions?”
WAKE UP
“Wake up, wake up,” called Tiddly Winks.
“I am awake,” said Tiddly Wee.
“Hurry up, save time,” sang Tiddly Thrift.
“Wake up happy,” said Tiddly Cheer-Up.
“I cannot look happy,” said Tiddly Scowl.
“Why shall we get-up?” asked Tiddly Why.
Tiddly Winks said, “Let us go to school.”
He said, “Let us go on Friday.”
Tiddly Winks said, “Come, get breakfast.”
THE BREAKFAST
Tiddly Thrift helped with breakfast.
He set the breakfast table.
Can you set the breakfast table?
Tiddly Cheer-Up cooked the coffee.
Tiddly Scowl said, “I don’t like coffee.”
Tiddly Winks said, “Drink some cocoa.”
Tiddly Wee said, “Drink some milk.”
Tiddly Why said, “Why do we drink coffee?”
Tiddly Winks said, “We like to drink coffee.”
Tiddly Scowl sat in the corner scowling.
TIDDLY WHY
The Tiddly Winks hurried to school.
They all hurried to school on Friday.
The School Bell sang,
“Good morning, I am glad to meet you, Good morning, I am glad to greet you.”
The School Room Clock sang,
“Fall in line, It is quarter of nine.”
Tiddly Winks sat on the window-sill.
Tiddly Scowl came in late.
He stopped on the way to school.
He stopped to play ball.
Tiddly Why said, “Why are you late?”
THE NEW SONG
Tiddly Cheer-Up sang on Friday.
He sang a new song on Friday.