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OUT OF DOOR NEIGHBORS 1
The Cat and the Birds 3
Why Ravens Croak 6
The Proud Crow 8
The Wolf and the Kid 12
Queer Chickens 17
Little Ducks _Robert Mack_ 21
ONCE UPON A TIME 23
The Caterpillar 25
Who is Strongest? 27
Lambikin 37
The Ant and the Mouse 46
SONGS OF LIFE 51
The Brook 53
The Little Brook 55
Calling the Violet _Lucy Larcom_ 59
The Wind _Mary Lamb_ 61
The Wind _Christina Rossetti_ 62
The Wind _R. L. Stevenson_ 63
The Leaf’s Journey 64
Sweet and Low _Tennyson_ 69
Sleep, Baby, Sleep! _From the German_ 70
Stars and Daisies 71
Lady Moon _Lord Houghton_ 73
WITH NATURE’S CHILDREN 75
The Little Shepherdess 77
Discontent _Sarah Orne Jewett_ 81
Belling the Cat 84
Three of us Know _Marie Van Vorst_ 91
The Dandelion 93
The Magpie’s Lesson 95
The Bluebird _Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller_ 100
The Wolf and the Stork 102
The Indian Mother’s Lullaby _Charles Myall_ 103
IN STORY LAND 105
How Mrs. White Hen helped Rose 107
The Sandman _Marie Van Vorst_ 115
Billy Binks 117
SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT 131
When the Little Boy ran Away 133
How the Bean got its Black Seam 138
Friends _L. G. Warner_ 145
Help One Another 147
WITH OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS 149
The Drowning of Mr. Leghorn 151
The Starving of Mrs. Leghorn 160
Mr. and Mrs. Leghorn to the Rescue 172