PART.| MAKING. | DRAWING. | CUTTING. | DRAMATIZATION.
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I. | The animals |The donkey, the |The four animals |The meeting of the
| modeled in | dog, and the cat| on their journey.| four animals.
| clay. | talking to the | |
| | cock. | |
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II. |The robbers’ |The four animals |The robbers hidden|The four animals
| house (of | frightening the | in the wood. | in the forest and
| paper). | robbers. | | frightening the
| | | | robbers.
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III. | Candle and |The robbers |Different kinds |The robber,
| Standard. | running away. | of lights and | returning to the
| (See Worst,| | receptacles for | house and
| Ex. 86). | | lights. | frightened away
| | | | by the animals.
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[Illustration]
THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN.
I.
Preparation.
The story of a straw, a coal, and a bean. How they met, how they
started on a journey, and what happened to them.
Children imagine how they could meet.
Narration.
THE MEETING.
In a little house in a village there once lived an old woman. One day
this old woman went to her garden and picked some beans for her dinner.
She had a fire on the hearth, but to make it burn brighter she threw on
a handful of straw.
One of the straws slipped out of her fingers and lay on the floor. As
she threw the beans into the pot to boil, a bean fell on the floor and
lay quite near the straw. Suddenly a red-hot coal bounced out of the
fire and fell close to the straw and the bean.
They both started away, calling out, “Friend, do not come near us until
you are cooler. What brings you out here?” “Oh!” said the coal, “the
heat made me so strong that I was able to bounce from the fire. And
a lucky thing it was for me, too, for if I had stayed there I would
surely have been burned to ashes.”
Then the bean said, “I also had a narrow escape. If the old woman
had put me into the pot with the others, I would certainly have been
boiled to death.” “It was a good thing for me,” said the straw, “that
I slipped through the old woman’s fingers, or I would have been
burned with the others.” And so the three talked as they lay on the
hearthstone together.
Suggestions.
Recall fireplace in other stories. Fire.
Talk of straw, its uses, how obtained, etc.
II.
Preparation.
The straw, the coal and the bean plan to go on a journey. Their
troubles. Children give reasons for going. Imagine what their troubles
may be.
Explain _tailor_.
Narration.
THE JOURNEY.
After the straw, the coal and the bean had talked together awhile, the
coal said, “Well, what shall we do now?” “I think,” said the bean,
“that we had better leave this place as quickly as possible. If the
old woman sees us she will put me into the pot.” “Yes,” said the
straw, “that is a good idea. Let us go quickly and travel to some more
friendly country.” So the three set off together.
By and by they came to a little stream over which there was no bridge.
They were puzzled to know how to get across. Finally the straw said,
“I will place myself across the stream and you can walk over me as if
I were a bridge.” So the straw laid himself from one bank to the other
and the coal started to trip gaily across. But when he reached the
middle he heard the waters rushing under him. He became frightened and
stood still. It was a great pity that he did this, for, as he was quite
hot, the straw became scorched. It broke in two, fell into the water,
and floated away. The coal fell in also and, with a hiss, sank to the
bottom of the stream.
The bean, who had remained upon the bank, saw all that had happened to
her two friends. It seemed so funny to her that she laughed and laughed
until she burst her skin. She was now as badly off as the others, and
felt very sad indeed.
Just then a tailor came along. He also was traveling and, being tired,
sat down on the bank to rest. He saw what trouble the poor bean was in.
Being a kind-hearted man, he took a needle and thread out of his pocket
and sewed up the bean’s torn skin. And from that day to this every bean
has a scar on its back, showing where the kind-hearted tailor sewed
its ancestor’s torn skin.
Suggestions.
Bean; uses; how prepared for food; appearance; where obtained. Recall
similar incident in “Death of the Cock.”
Kindness and unkindness of friends or companions as shown in this
story. Recall instances of the same traits in other stories. (“The
Death of the Cock”; “Birdie and Lena”).
Kindness and unkindness as shown to strangers in this story. Recall
examples in “The Cock and the Hen,” “The Death of the Cock,” “The
Street Musicians.”
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CINDERELLA.
I.
Preparation.
The story of a rich girl who had to serve her sisters; of her sisters’
unkindness; of kind friends who helped her, and of how she was happy at
last.
Explain _serve_ and _servant_. Talk of servants’ work.
Narration.
HOW CINDERELLA GOT HER NAME.
Once upon a time there was a girl whose father and mother were rich.
They lived in a beautiful house and had everything that they could
want. They loved each other very much and lived happily together.
But one day the mother became very sick and, as she grew worse and
worse, she knew that she was going to die. She called her daughter
to her and said: “My child, I am going to leave you. When I am gone,
remember that I have tried to teach you to be good and kind and loving.”
The daughter promised that she would never forget what her dear mother
had taught her. They kissed each other lovingly, and not long after the
mother died.
After a while the father brought a new wife home. He thought that this
lady would be a kind mother to his daughter.
But he was mistaken. The new wife was not at all kind. She was proud
and bad-tempered. And she had two young lady daughters who were even
worse than their mother.
One day, not long after the new mother and sisters had come to the
little girl’s home, they were all sitting together in the parlor.
One of the sisters said: “Mother, must we have her sitting with us all
the time? We don’t want her here. Send her into the kitchen and let her
do the work.” And the mother said to the little girl, “Yes, go into the
kitchen and work. We do not want you here. Go quickly.”
So the daughter of the house went into the kitchen and began to work.
The sisters came out after a while and looked at her as she worked. One
of them said, “That dress is altogether too pretty for you; give it to
me.” The other sister said, “Take off those pretty shoes and give them
to me.” She gave her pretty shoes and dress to her sisters, who threw
a ragged old dress and wooden shoes to her saying, “Here, take these;
they are good enough for you.”
Then they said to her, “Your bedroom is too nice for a girl who works
in the kitchen. We want that room for ourselves; you may sleep here.”
As she had nowhere else to sleep, the poor girl slept in the kitchen.
It was often cold there at night after the fire had gone out. So she
would creep into the great fireplace and curl herself up into the warm
ashes and sleep.
Her sisters found this out. But, instead of being sorry for her, they
laughed at her and called her Cinderella, the ash-girl.
Suggestions.
Wooden shoes.
Unkindness in the family.
II.
Preparation.
Cinderella’s father goes to a fair and promises to bring each one a
present. What will each ask for?
Explain _fair_. _Pearl necklace._
Narration.
THE FAIR.
There was a large town near Cinderella’s home. Every year there was a
fair in this town. The people who had things to sell brought them to
the fair.
If you were to walk through the streets of this town you would see
booths gaily trimmed with flags and flowers and the branches of trees.
There were many pretty things for sale in these booths. There were
silks and satins. There were rings and bracelets and necklaces; and
there were toys for boys and girls.
People walked about looking at the beautiful things in the booths.
There was music and dancing, and everybody was gay and happy.
One morning Cinderella’s father said, “I am going to the fair. I will
buy each of you girls a present, so tell me what you want.” The oldest
one said, “O papa, bring me a pretty silk dress. I need a new party
dress.” “Oh!” cried the second sister, “I must have a pearl necklace.
Do bring me a beautiful pearl necklace.” “Very well,” said the father,
“you shall have what you want.” Then he turned to Cinderella and asked,
“And what shall I bring you, my daughter?” She replied, “I do not want
anything from the fair, father. But please bring me the first branch
that touches your hat as you ride home through the forest.”
The two sisters laughed and said: “What a goose you are, Cinderella.
Why don’t you ask for something nice?” Her father said, “Yes, daughter,
I will bring you anything you wish from the fair.” But Cinderella said,
“I do not want anything, father, but the first branch that touches your
hat as you ride home through the forest.” So the father mounted his
horse and rode off to the fair.
By and by he came back; and sure enough he brought the silk dress and
the pearl necklace to the sisters, and to Cinderella he gave the branch
she had asked for.
She took the branch and planted it on her mother’s grave. Every day she
watered it and at last the branch grew to be a fine tree. Its roots
reached down into the ground. Its branches spread out on every side.
The birds came and built their nests in it. How glad Cinderella was to
see her tree growing so big and strong! When she felt sad and lonely,
she went out to her dear tree and it comforted her. The birds, too,
were her friends. She talked to them, and brought them crumbs to eat,
and they sang their sweetest songs for her.
Suggestions.
Talk of planting trees.
Needs of such plants.
Treatment of birds.
III.
Preparation.
Cinderella’s sisters go to a ball. Explain _king_, _queen_, _prince_.
Children give their idea of a ball. Will Cinderella go?
Narration.
THE BALL.
The king of the country in which Cinderella lived had a son. When this
son was twenty-one years old the king said to the queen, “Let us give
a grand ball for our son. We will invite all the beautiful young ladies
of the land so that our son can choose a wife.”
The king and queen sent out invitations to the ball and Cinderella’s
father and mother were invited to come and bring their daughters. The
ball was to last three nights, and everyone expected to have a very
fine time, indeed.
How glad Cinderella’s sisters were when the invitations came. They
said, “We must get out our most beautiful dresses and our loveliest
ornaments; and you, Cinderella, must help us.”
And so poor little Cinderella had to run to and fro helping her proud
sisters to get ready for the ball.
At last the day of the ball came. Oh, how busy Cinderella was! She
had to brush and comb her sisters’ hair. She had to sew bows on their
slippers. She had to help them dress.
“O sisters,” she said at last, “I wish I could go to the ball, too. I
would like to see the king and queen, and the handsome young prince.”
But her sisters said, “Nonsense! Your dress is too ragged and your
shoes are too clumsy. You cannot go.”
So Cinderella went to the mother and asked her if she might go to the
ball. The mother took a peck of seeds and flung them out into the
backyard where they fell among the ashes. “Now, Cinderella,” she said,
“if you pick up all of those seeds in an hour, you may go to the ball.”
Cinderella stood in the yard and began to call, in her soft, sweet
voice: “Come, little pigeons and turtle doves. If you don’t help me,
what shall I do?”
Down flew the pigeons and the turtle doves and all the birds who knew
and loved Cinderella. Down they came and set to work to help her. Pick!
pick! pick! with their sharp little bills, and soon all the seeds were
out of the ashes and back in the peck measure again.
Then Cinderella ran to her mother. “See, mother,” she said, “here are
the seeds. Now may I go to the ball?” But the mother said, “No, you
cannot go;” and turning her back on the poor girl she and her daughters
went to the ball.
Suggestions.
Talk about pigeons and doves.
_Promise-breaking._ Recall instances of, in previous stories.
IV.
Preparation.
Talk of Cinderella’s wish to go to the ball. Difficulties in the way.
Children imagine how she might be able to go.
Narration.
HOW CINDERELLA WENT TO THE BALL.
After her mother and sisters had gone to the ball, Cinderella felt very
lonely and sad. She sat in the kitchen for a while. Then she said to
herself, “I will go out to my dear tree; perhaps it will help me.”
How pretty and strong the tree looked in the moonlight. Cinderella
thought, “Surely, my dear tree will help me.” Then she said aloud,
“Rustle and shake yourself, dear tree. Throw gold and silver down on
me.” And what do you think happened? Why, the tree shook its branches
and down dropped such lovely things,--a beautiful, snow-white dress,
all trimmed with gold and silver; and the prettiest little slippers in
the world.
Oh, how glad Cinderella was! You may be sure she dressed herself
quickly and went to the ball. And when she got there she was the
prettiest and sweetest looking girl in all that great company. The
prince danced with her. The king and queen spoke kindly to her. They
also said to one another, “She is a lovely maiden, so sweet and gentle.”
Her mother and sisters did not know her at all. They never thought
that the happy looking girl in the beautiful ball dress was their
Cinderella.
When it grew late, Cinderella stole quietly out of the ball-room and
ran home. She took off her pretty things and took them back to the
tree. Then she lay down in her bed in the ashes and was soon fast
asleep.
When her sisters and their mother came home they woke her. “O
Cinderella!” they said, “we had a delightful time. And there was the
most beautiful girl there! She wore a dress all trimmed with gold and
silver. And the prince danced with her. We wondered who she could be.”
Cinderella laughed softly to herself, but she said never a word.
The second night of the ball came. Cinderella’s sisters had kept her
running back and forth waiting upon them; but at last they were dressed.
As soon as they and their mother had gone, Cinderella ran out to
her kind friend, the tree. Again she called out, “Rustle and shake
yourself, dear tree. Throw gold and silver down on me.” And down fell
a lovely ball dress, prettier even than the one she wore the night
before. When Cinderella reached the ball-room, the prince was waiting
for her. The king and queen welcomed her; and everyone seemed glad to
see this sweet-faced, happy maiden.
How happy Cinderella was! She forgot all about her ragged dress, her
clumsy wooden shoes, and her bed in the ashes. She was the happiest of
all in that great ball-room.
When it grew late, she again stole quietly away and ran home. She took
off her pretty things and laid them down under the tree, and they were
quickly gone. She was asleep when the sisters came home; but they woke
her to help them undress and to listen to all their talk about the ball.
The last night of the ball came. How anxious the sisters were to look
as fine as possible! How hard they made Cinderella work getting them
ready! How cross they were because their dresses were not handsome
enough, and how gentle and kind dear Cinderella was to them!
At last they were gone, and Cinderella hurried out to her tree. Again
she called out in her sweet voice, “Rustle and shake yourself, dear
tree. Throw gold and silver down on me.” I wish you could have seen the
lovely things that the tree threw down. Such a beautiful dress! Such
dear little slippers! And I wish you could have seen Cinderella when
she was dressed in all those pretty things.
The prince was waiting for her. He took her by the hand and lead her to
his father and mother. “See, dear father and mother,” he said, “this is
the sweetest maiden in all the world. This is the one I choose to be my
wife.”
And so Cinderella and the prince were married. Cinderella lived in the
palace the rest of her life, and never, never again slept in the ashes.
Suggestions.
Gold and silver. Appearance. Uses of. Source. Recall mention in other
stories.
Patience and sweetness under trial.
THE WONDERFUL TRAVELER.
I.
Preparation.
I am now going to tell you of a wonderful traveler that had the power
of giving to each one whatever he wished. I will tell you how night
overtook him on a journey and how he was refused a place to sleep by a
proud man who lived in a mansion, but was made welcome and given a bed
and food by a kind, generous man who lived in a little hut near the
mansion. You will hear of three wishes granted and what each one wished
for.
Do you remember anyone overtaken by darkness while on a journey in
our stories? Yes. Star Dollar Girl. The Girl in “Mother Frost.” The
Cock and the Hen. The Street Musicians. Tell how each one passed the
night. Where have you seen a traveler? Our story happened long ago,
before there were railroads and before there were many inns. Explain
_opposite_.
Narration.
THE TRAVELER.
A long time ago there was a wonderful traveler passing through a
country. He was tired, footsore, and hungry. It happened that night
overtook him when he was a long way from an inn. He did not know what
he should do.
Finally, as he trudged along, he came to two houses standing opposite
each other. One was large and beautiful, the other was small and ugly.
The large house belonged to a proud, selfish man; the other to a
modest, generous man.
The traveler thought, “Now, I would not be a burden to the man who
lives in the large house because he has so much room. I will knock
at his door.” As he knocked the owner raised a window, looked out,
and asked of the stranger what he wanted. The poor traveler answered,
“I ask only a place to sleep over night.” The proud man looked the
stranger over from head to foot. And because his clothes were poor and
soiled with dust, and because he did not look like one who had money to
pay for his lodging, the owner shook his head and said, “I cannot take
you in, for my house is full. If I received into my house everyone that
came along, I should soon have to go begging myself. Seek elsewhere for
your night’s lodging.” At that he closed the window with a bang, and
left the poor traveler standing without in the darkness.
The weary traveler then went to the cottage and knocked gently at the
door. Scarcely had he knocked when the generous man unlocked his door
and cheerfully called out, “Come in, stranger, and pass the night with
me. It is now quite dark. You can go on your journey in the morning.”
This welcome pleased the traveler and he went in. The good man’s wife
took him by the hand. “We have not much,” she said, “but what we have
you are welcome to.” She then put some potatoes on the fire to bake.
While they were cooking she milked the goats so that there might be a
little milk for the evening meal.
Suggestions.
1. Tell of the two houses that the wonderful traveler came to on his
journey. To whom did the houses belong? Why did the traveler knock
at the door of the mansion? Who answered the knock? What was said?
Why did the proud man refuse the traveler a night’s lodging? Tell the
words he used. Where, then, did the traveler turn? How was he received
at the cottage? Tell what was said. What did the wife say and do?
Reproduction.
2. What animal furnishes us milk?
Where are cows kept? Who brings us milk?
3. Do you like it that the traveler was refused a night’s lodging at
the mansion? What should the owner have said to him? Was the proud man
kind? Was he friendly? Do we always welcome strangers? Would we take
strangers into our homes?
4. What can you say of the poor man and his wife? What shall we say of
them? Were they generous, kind, hospitable? (They gave the stranger
welcome and the best they had.)
5. Why did the proud man look at the traveler’s clothes? Who else
refused to keep lodgers over night because he thought at first they
could not pay? (Landlord in “The Cock and The Hen.”)
II.
Preparation.
We shall now learn how the stranger passed the night and of three
wishes he granted to the good old man and his wife. What do you suppose
the good people asked for?
Narration.
THE KIND MAN GRANTS WISHES.
When the table was spread, they all sat down and ate. The plain food
tasted good to them because they were all happy. After they had eaten,
and bedtime had come, the good woman said to her husband, “Let us make
for ourselves a bed of straw on the floor and give our bed to the
traveler so that he may rest well. He has been traveling the whole day
and must be very weary.” “With all my heart,” said her husband; “I will
offer our bed to him.” Then he went to the stranger and said to him,
“We want you to sleep in our bed to-night. You are tired and you can
rest better there.”
At first the stranger would not take the bed from the old people. But
they would not take no for an answer, so finally he consented and lay
down for the night in the comfortable bed. The two old people made a
bed of straw on the floor. Early the next morning they were up. They
cooked their guest a breakfast of the best they had.
As the sun shone through the window the traveler arose, ate his simple
meal with the good man and his wife, and was about to depart. As he
stood in the door, ready to go, he turned to them and said. “Because
you are so good and hospitable, you may make three wishes and I will
fulfill them.”
The old people were surprised and at first did not know what to say.
Then they wished as the first wish that they might always be contented.
For the second, that they might always have health and their daily
bread. For their third wish they did not know what to wish. But the
wonderful traveler looked at their poor little house and said, “Would
you not like to have a new house as your last wish?” “Oh, yes!” they
cried. “A new house would please us best of anything.” The wonderful
traveler then gave them their wish and changed their old house into
a new, large and beautiful one. When he had done this, he bade them
good-bye and departed.
Suggestions.
1. Why did the food taste good? What offer did the good man and wife
make the traveler? Where did they sleep? What did the wonderful
traveler offer to the good people? What was their first wish? Their
second? Their third? Reproduction.
2. Tell in what ways the good man and wife were kind, generous, and
hospitable. What pleases you in the treatment of the traveler? Do
you like the three wishes? What might they have wished for? What is
it to be contented? Do you know any who are never contented? Who
was not contented in “Mother Frost”? In “The Wolf and the Fox”? In
“Cinderella”?
III.
Preparation.
Let us hear now how surprised the man who lived in the mansion was the
next morning when he saw the fine new house across the way, and how he
found out about the three wishes. Also how he overtook the wonderful
traveler and obtained the promise of three wishes for himself.
Narration.
THE PROUD MAN OVERTAKES THE TRAVELER.
When the proud man arose and looked out of his window, imagine his
surprise to see a beautiful new house, with red-tiled roof and bright
windows, where the ugly little hut had stood the night before. He
called his wife and said, “Just see there! How could it have happened?
Yesterday evening the ugly little hut stood there. Now there is a
beautiful new house. Run over there quickly and learn how it happened.”
The wife ran over to the new house and inquired of the good people how
it came there. The generous man told her of the wonderful traveler
who had sought a night’s lodging and who, at his departure the next
morning, had granted them three wishes--contentedness, health and daily
bread, and a fine new, red-tiled house.
When the proud man’s wife heard this, she hastened back and told her
husband all that had happened. The man said. “What a fool I am! Had
I only known! That man knocked at our door last night, but I sent
him away.” “Then,” said his wife, “hurry, get on your horse! You can
overtake him and maybe he will grant you three wishes.”
So the proud man jumped on his horse and rode after the traveler. He
soon overtook him and said, “I hope you will forgive me for not letting
you in last night. I went to find the door key and when I returned with
it you had gone. When you come this way again, you must stop with me.”
“Yes,” said the traveler, “when I come this way again I will stop at
your house.”