CONTENTS.

ANIMAL STORIES:--

Donkey and the Salt } 59

Fox and the Stork } _Adapted from AEesop_ 91

Grateful Foxes 43

_Adapted from Edwin Arnold's Poem. Permission of

Chas. Scribners' Sons._

How the Spark of Fire Was Saved 79

_Adapted from John Vance Cheney's Poem._

How the Chipmunk Got the Stripes on Its Back 89

_Adapted from Edwin Arnold's Poem._

An Indian Story of the Mole 77

BIRD STORIES:--

An Indian Story of the Robin 26

_Adapted from Whittier's Poem, "How the Robin Came."_

How the Robin's Breast Became Red 24

The Red-headed Woodpecker 29

_Adapted from Phoebe Cary's Poem._

CLOUD STORIES:--

Palace of Alkinoos 36

_Adapted from the Odyssey._

Swan Maidens 54

FLOWER STORIES:--

Clytie 9

Golden-rod and Aster 13

INSECT STORIES:--

Arachne 19

Aurora and Tithonus 22

King Solomon and the Ants 18

_Adapted from Whittier's Poem._

King Solomon and the Bee 16

_Adapted from Saxe's Poem._

MINERALOGY STORIES:--

Sisyphus 33

The Story of the Pudding Stone 31

SUN MYTHS:--

Balder 83

Persephone 48

_Adapted from "Story of Persephone," told by Helen

Ericson, class of 1895, Cook County, (Ill.), Normal

School._

Phaethon 39

TREE STORIES:--

Daphne 74

Fairy Story 66

Philemon and Baucis 71

Poplar Tree 56

The Secret of Fire 61

MISCELLANEOUS STORIES:--

Hermes 97

Iris' Bridge 101

Prometheus 92

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