Category: Short Stories
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“Oh, deary me!” she says,--I most forgot to say ’twas a girl posy--“deary me, what a humly, skimpy, awk’ard thing I be! I ain’t more’n half made; there ain’t no nice, pretty lin...
6. Part 6“Let those discontented Asters try it,” they said. “No one will vote for that foolish Violet, and things will go on as they always have done; so, dear friends, don’t be troubled...
8. Part 8The big Sky-man that makes the Moons, Stuck one into our Apple tree; I saw it when I went to Bed; The Tree was black; the Moon was red, And round as round could be.
9. Part 9“We will see about that one of these days,” answered the giant. “At all events, you ought not to complain if you have to bear it the next hundred years, or perhaps the next thou...
5. Part 5“No, no,” cried the Moonbeam. “Oh, I shall have killed you! What shall I do? And look, there are clouds drifting near the Moon; if one of them floats across my ladder it will br...
12. Part 12The autumn wind blew sharp and shrill around the turrets of a grey stone castle. But indoors the fire crackled merrily in my lady’s bower where an old nurse was telling a tale o...
3. Part 3There have been a great many giants who have flourished since the world began, and, although a select few of them have been good giants, the majority of them have been so bad th...
10. Part 10Now although the Nutcrackers belonged to the fine old race of the Grays, they kept on the best of terms with all branches of the squirrel family. They were very friendly to the...
7. Part 7_One day_ when he was all alone, near the lake, he saw the shining path that led through the great forest. Soon he found himself in Skyland. The first person he met was the Deer.
2. Part 2“I shall go to-night,” he said. “And none will know save you. My splendour will linger in the valley for a while. And by-the-by, when I am far away and my reign is forgotten, th...
14. Part 14They pushed their way through a mob that was peering in at the windows, and through the windows of locked doors. The row of plump turkeys was not hung this morning under the big...
13. Part 13“So we could, sonny, so we could. It takes you to think of things,” and Mrs. Moxon affectionately patted the little brown hand on her knee. “It never would ’a’ come to me that w...
11. Part 11“Oh, dear,” he cried, “are we going to disappoint Mother Vine? Aren’t any of us going to be Jack-o’-lanterns?” Then all his little brothers and sisters laughed, and said, “What...
1. Part 1Transcriber's Note: Underscores “_before and after_” a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equal signs “=” before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold=...
15. Part 15Know ye that the Lord he _is_ God; It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving And i...