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+The Project Gutenberg eBook, Careless Jane and Other Tales, by Katharine
+Pyle
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+Title: Careless Jane and Other Tales
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+Author: Katharine Pyle
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+Release Date: January 4, 2008 [eBook #24167]
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+***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CARELESS JANE AND OTHER TALES***
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+[Illustration]
+
+CARELESS JANE
+
+and other Tales
+
+by
+
+KATHARINE PYLE
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+New York
+E. P. Dutton & Company
+681 Fifth Ave.
+
+Published April, 1902
+
+_First Printing April, 1902_
+_Second " November, 1904_
+_Third " January, 1907_
+_Fourth " February, 1909_
+_Fifth " June, 1910_
+_Sixth " September, 1911_
+_Seventh " July, 1913_
+_Eighth " May, 1915_
+_Ninth " July, 1916_
+_Tenth " October, 1917_
+_Eleventh " December, 1918_
+_Twelfth " February, 1920_
+_Thirteenth " July, 1921_
+_Fourteenth " April, 1923_
+_Fifteenth " January, 1924_
+_Sixteenth " November, 1924_
+_Sevent'nth " March, 1925_
+_Eighteenth " February, 1926_
+_Nineteenth " October, 1926_
+_Twentieth " August, 1927_
+_Tw'ty-first " March, 1928_
+
+_Printed in the United States of America_
+
+
+
+
+Contents
+
+ Page
+
+ Careless Jane 7
+
+ Boisterous Ann 15
+
+ The Brother and Sister 23
+
+ Georgie Lie-a-Bed 35
+
+ Untidy Amanda 43
+
+ The Child who would not go to Bed 49
+
+ The Beet 57
+
+ The Robber Rat 65
+
+ Grandfather Stork 73
+
+ Old Mother Webtoes 81
+
+ The Rabbit Witch 91
+
+ Peter and the Ogress 103
+
+
+[Illustration: _To_ My Nephew]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: Careless Jane]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ "Come Jane," said grandmamma one day,
+ "'Tis time you learned to sew;
+ At your age I could make a frock,
+ And you should also know."
+
+ But Jane cared little for such things;
+ She liked to make a noise;
+ She used to run about all day,
+ And shout, and play with boys.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ So now she only tossed her head
+ And ran with eager feet,
+ And soon was racing up and down,
+ And playing in the street.
+
+ Once Jane was to a party asked;
+ Her friends would all be there;
+ She wore her best sprigged muslin frock,
+ And ribbons tied her hair.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ When she was shown upstairs to lay
+ Her hat upon the bed,
+ She saw a little basket there,
+ With needles, wax and thread.
+
+ "I wonder," said untidy Jane,
+ "If Mattie likes to sew;
+ I'm glad that I have never learned;
+ I should not care to know."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ With that she laughed and ran downstairs,
+ But on the way--ah see!
+ She's caught her skirt upon a nail
+ And torn it terribly.
+
+ If Jane had learned from grandmamma
+ She might have mended it,
+ But she had been a thoughtless child
+ And could not sew a bit.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ So with her frock all torn, into
+ The room she had to go,
+ And all the children wondering stared
+ To see her looking so;
+
+ Then when Jane played it caught her feet
+ And almost made her fall;
+ That shamed her so she ran away
+ And tried to hide from all.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ When nurse at last was sent for her,
+ How glad was little Jane;
+ She almost thought she never wished
+ To romp or play again.
+
+ "Oh! grandmamma, dear grandmamma,
+ Indeed, indeed," said she,
+ "If now you'll teach me how to sew
+ A thankful child I'll be."
+
+
+
+
+BOISTEROUS ANN
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ A noisy boisterous child was Ann,
+ And very far from good;
+ She did not play the pleasant games
+ That little children should;
+ With rumpled hair and dresses torn
+ She came home every day;
+ In vain mamma said, "Ann, pray learn
+ To be less rude at play."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Now little Ann came home one time
+ In a most piteous plight,
+ For she had fallen in the mud;
+ Indeed she was a sight.
+ The housemaid standing in the door
+ Exclaimed, "What child is this?"
+ "Why, Hannah, can't you see I'm Ann?"
+ Cried out the little miss.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Our little Ann in rags and dirt,
+ Her hair all out of curl;
+ No, no," cried Hannah; "run away,
+ You little beggar girl.
+ If it is scraps of bread you want
+ Go to the kitchen door;
+ I can't believe you're any child
+ I ever saw before."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Now Ann has to the kitchen run
+ With tears and streaming eyes;
+ "Oh, dear cook, please to let me in:
+ I'm little Ann," she cries.
+ "What little Ann?" the good cook says;
+ "Indeed that cannot be.
+ Our Ann would never wear such rags
+ I'm very sure; not she!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But as Ann, weeping, turned away,
+ Her little dog ran out,
+ And he began to lick her hands,
+ And bark and jump about.
+ "Why, why," cried cook, "I never saw
+ Dog Towzer act that way,
+ Except when little Ann came home
+ From school or after play."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "And now I look again," she said,
+ "You are our little Ann.
+ Come in and wash and mend your frock,
+ As quickly as you can."
+ Now from that day the little miss
+ Has played less boisterous plays,
+ And been more tidy in her dress
+ And quiet in her ways.
+
+
+
+
+THE BROTHER AND SISTER
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ Their mother bids them run and play,
+ But not to wander far away.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Quick," Gretel cries, "let's catch that hare
+ Among the bushes over there."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ The hare now leads them in the chase
+ Close by the witch's lurking-place.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "No use," she cries "to kick and fight,
+ For I will pick your bones to-night."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ The old witch then puts on the pot,
+ That she may boil Hans when it's hot.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But while she whets her knife outside
+ Gretel opens the cage door wide.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ The children see a barrel near;
+ "Quick! into it! The witch is here!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ In after them the witch goes too,
+ But she is stuck, and can't get through.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And now, ker-splash! down in the ditch
+ They roll the barrel and the witch.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And see! her little girl and boy
+ The mother welcomes home with joy.
+
+
+
+
+GEORGIE LIE-A-BED
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ "Come, come, get up," cried nurse to George;
+ "The breakfast table's spread;
+ The porridge will be getting cold,
+ And you are still in bed."
+ George only sighed and turned about,
+ And went to sleep once more.
+ Now did you ever know of such
+ A lazy child before?
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ When little George at last arose
+ The sun was overhead;
+ He looked about, no clothes he saw;
+ "Where can they be?" he said.
+ "Nurse, nurse," he cried, "where are my clothes?
+ I do not see them here."
+ "Why, no," said nurse, "you will not find
+ Your clothes to-day, I fear;
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Some other child has now your suit,
+ Because I thought, indeed,
+ If you were going to lie in bed,
+ Your clothes you would not need.
+ But if you really wish to dress
+ And go to school, see there,
+ The little dress a year ago
+ Your sister used to wear."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Now how ashamed is little George
+ To have to dress like that;
+ To have to wear his sister's frock,
+ Her ribbons and her hat.
+ Now in the street the children point
+ And stare as he goes by;
+ "Come look at Georgie-Lie-a-Bed,
+ How he is dressed," they cry.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Now little George is so ashamed
+ To have them see him so,
+ He turns about and home he runs
+ As fast as he can go.
+ "Oh, mother dear," he cries, "if I
+ May have my clothes once more,
+ I'll try to be a better boy
+ Than I have been before."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Why," says mamma, "since that's the case,
+ And you repent, my dear,
+ Your little trousers, shirt, and coat--
+ Just see--they all are here."
+ And since that day mamma and nurse
+ Are proud and glad to see
+ Their little George can such a prompt
+ And early riser be.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: Untidy Amanda]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ A naughty child Amanda was;--
+ She would not comb her hair;
+ Though it was rough and tangled, too,
+ Amanda did not care;
+ And when mamma the matted locks
+ Would fain have brushed and tied,
+ Amanda only pushed away
+ Her hand and stamped and cried.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But listen now! It chanced one time
+ Mamma had gone away.
+ Amanda she had left at home
+ All by herself that day.
+ Then someone rattled at the latch;--
+ Amanda heard him there;--
+ She heard him shutting fast the door
+ And creeping up the stair;--
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Someone with scissors in his hand,
+ And dreadful gleaming eyes;
+ "Where is that child who will not comb
+ The tangles out?" he cries.
+ In vain Amanda shrieks and runs,
+ He has her by the hair;
+ Snip-snap! the shining scissors go
+ And leave her head quite bare.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Now when mamma comes home again,
+ Ah, what is her surprise
+ To see Amanda's naked head
+ And note her tearful eyes;
+ And now lest she a cold should catch
+ A nightcap she must wear,
+ And when her locks have grown again
+ I'm sure she'll comb her hair.
+
+
+
+
+THE CHILD WHO WOULD NOT GO TO BED
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "I do not want to go to bed;
+ I will not go!" cried naughty Fred.
+ But it was growing very late;
+ The clock had long ago struck eight,
+ And so mamma, impatient grown,
+ Went off and left him there alone.
+ But hark! Creak, creak! upon the stair;
+ It was the sand-man walking there.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ In through the door he looked, and said,
+ "What! Frederick will not go to bed?"
+ In vain did Frederick kick and bawl,
+ The sand-man would not heed at all;
+ He tumbled Fred into his sack,
+ And off he bore him on his back;
+ Away he went out through the door,
+ On, on for many a mile and more.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ At last the sand-man, weary grown,
+ Sat down to rest upon a stone.
+ Then Frederick turned himself about,
+ And quick he whipped his jack-knife out;
+ Ke--scritchy--scritch! He cuts a slit
+ And softly clambers out of it.
+ And now he runs as quick as thought,
+ And soon a heavy stone has brought;
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ He softly slips it in the sack
+ That hangs upon the sand-man's back.
+ Says clever Fred, "He will not see
+ He has a stone instead of me."
+ And now the sand-man grunts and sighs,
+ And slowly he begins to rise.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And Frederick hears him sigh, "Alack,
+ How that boy thumps about my back!"
+ The stupid sand-man never sees
+ Where Frederick crouches on his knees,
+ Behind the rock, till out of sight
+ The old sand-man has vanished quite.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But Fred, a thankful boy is he,
+ As home he hastens tearfully.
+ And ah his mother! with what joy
+ She welcomes home her little boy.
+ "Ah always after this," cries Fred,
+ "I will be good, and go to bed."
+
+
+
+
+THE BEET
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ "I will not wash my face I say;
+ I will not wash," cried Jane, "to-day."
+ In vain mamma said, "What disgrace!
+ To go with dirty hands and face."
+ Jane only sulked and hung her head,
+ And so she crept away to bed.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Now when the pleasant morning broke
+ In bed the slovenly Jane awoke;
+ She woke but could not turn in bed,
+ Nor stretch herself, nor raise her head;
+ She was a beet with nose and eyes,
+ A beet of most enormous size.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And in the bed the beet leaves green
+ Instead of arms and legs were seen;
+ And then in came mamma and nurse;
+ They did not know her, which was worse,
+ But Jane could hear mamma; she said,
+ "Why, why! how came this beet in bed?"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And now, by two stout boys, away
+ They send the beet to town next day,
+ That all the people there may see
+ How large a beet can grow to be.
+ They put her in a window there,
+ Where every one can point and stare.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ There the poor sloven sits and cries,
+ Till beet juice oozes from her eyes;
+ But ah! was such sight ever seen?
+ The beet juice tears have washed her clean;
+ And then, the strangest thing of all,
+ As fast and faster still they fall.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ The beet tears melt her back once more
+ Into the child she was before.
+ She does not stay to wipe her eyes,
+ But home with eager feet she hies.
+ "Oh mother, mother dear," cries she,
+ "Henceforth a cleaner child I'll be."
+
+
+
+
+THE ROBBER RAT
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ A kitten once lived all alone
+ In a little yellow house;
+ It lived on crusts of bread and cheese,
+ And now and then a mouse.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ A robber rat lived in a wood--
+ A gloomy wood--close by;
+ He had sharp teeth, and a pointed tail.
+ And a wicked, restless eye.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ To the yellow house the rat would come,
+ And strike the door--knock! knock!
+ The kitten's tail would stand on end,
+ It gave him such a shock.
+
+ Then in the rat would boldly march.
+ "What have you here?" he'd say;
+ And then he would steal the bread and cheese,
+ And carry it all away.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ At last the kitten went to ask
+ Advice of some old cat
+ Who lived close by, and told her all
+ About the robber rat.
+
+ The wise old grey cat scratched her ear;
+ "I'll fix this rat," she said;
+ So she pulled a night-cap over her ears
+ And lay in the kitten's bed.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And now in marched the robber rat;
+ "What!" cried he, "still in bed!
+ Quick, fetch me out what cheese you have,
+ And all your scraps of bread."
+
+ "Spit-t-t!" with her claws and gleaming eyes
+ The cat sprang out of bed.
+ The robber gave one dreadful squeak,
+ And then away he fled.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ The old cat caught him by the tail
+ Just as he reached the door,
+ But snap! it broke, and out he ran,
+ And ne'er was heard of more.
+
+ But for the little kitten,
+ He danced about with glee;
+ "The wicked rat has fled, has fled;
+ Meow, meow!" sang he.
+
+
+
+
+GRANDFATHER STORK
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ A very naughty boy was John;
+ He quarreled with his food,
+ And would not eat his bread and milk,
+ As all good children should.
+ It grieved his kind mamma to see
+ How thin and thinner grew
+ Her little John, in spite of all
+ That she could say or do.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Above the chimney Father Stork
+ Heard all that Johnny said,
+ And how each day he pushed away
+ The bowl of milk and bread.
+ And so it was, when kind mamma
+ Had left the house one day,
+ In through the kitchen door he came
+ And carried John away.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Upon the roof the little storks
+ Live high up in the sky,
+ And far below them in the street
+ They hear the folks go by.
+ The old stork brings them, in his beak,
+ The eels and frogs for food;
+ But these he will not let them have
+ Unless they're very good.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Such things poor Johnny could not eat;
+ And as he sat and cried,
+ He thought of all the bread and milk
+ He used to push aside.
+ "If I were only home again,
+ I would be good," he said,
+ "And never, never turn away
+ From wholesome milk and bread."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ If little John was thin before,
+ Now thinner every day
+ He grew, until you'd think the wind
+ Would carry him away.
+ So, when at last he was so lean
+ His bones seemed poking through,
+ There came a sudden gust of wind,
+ And, puff! away he blew.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And when it blew him to the street,
+ How fast he hurried home!
+ And, oh, how glad his mother was
+ To see her Johnny come!
+ But gladder still she was to find
+ That he had grown so good,
+ And never now would turn away
+ From wholesome simple food.
+
+
+
+
+OLD MOTHER WEBTOES
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Oh please mamma," said little Jane,
+ "May I go out to play?"
+ "No, no," her mother answered her;
+ "I fear 'twill rain to-day."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "With my umbrella green," said Jane,
+ "I will not mind the wet."
+ But still mamma replied, "No, no;
+ A cold I fear you'd get."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But oh, Jane was a naughty girl!
+ On her own way intent;
+ Soon as mamma had turned away,
+ Out in the street she went.
+ The streets were wet and lonely;
+ No children there at play;
+ Only old Mother Webtoes
+ The frog abroad that day.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Now little Jane she seizes,
+ In spite of all her cries,
+ And green umbrella, Jane and all,
+ Away with her she flies.
+ Far, far off in the river,
+ Upon a moisty stone,
+ Old Webtoes and her children
+ Live in a hut alone;
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And Jane's big green umbrella
+ Old Webtoes hides away;
+ She makes her sweep, she makes her scrub;
+ Jane has no time to play.
+ She spreads a bed of rushes,
+ Where Jane may sleep at night,
+ And wakes her in the morning
+ As soon as it is light.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Get up," cries Mother Webtoes;
+ "The breakfast you must get."
+ "Oh let me stay in bed," says Jane;
+ "The floor is cold and wet."
+ But Mother Webtoes stamps her foot,
+ And makes the child arise;
+ But as Jane sobs, behind the door,
+ Ah, what is this she spies?
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ It is her green umbrella;
+ She sets it now afloat,
+ And down the river in it sails,
+ As if it were a boat.
+ "Oh Mother Webtoes, only look,"
+ She hears the young frogs scream;
+ "The little girl you brought to us
+ Is sailing down the stream."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But Jane is quite too far away
+ For them to catch her then,
+ And when at last she drifts ashore
+ She sees her home again.
+ She rushes to her mother's arms
+ With sobs and streaming eyes--
+ "Oh mother, mother dear, forgive
+ Your naughty Jane," she cries.
+
+
+
+
+THE RABBIT WITCH
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ Eliza Ann was far from good;
+ She did not act as children should,
+ But fought and quarreled so at play
+ The boys and girls all ran away.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Her mother said, "Take care, my dear,
+ The rabbit witch will come, I fear,
+ And steal you one of these fine days,
+ Unless you learn to mend your ways."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But yet Eliza did not heed;
+ She was a naughty girl indeed.
+ So now the rabbit witch has come,
+ And carries her away from home.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Down in the marshes far away
+ The rabbit's children squeak and play;
+ They tease Eliza till she cries,
+ And with her apron hides her eyes.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ When market day comes round again
+ The witch locks up her house and then
+ She says, "Be careful while you play;--
+ Don't lose this child when I'm away."
+ Now she has gone Eliza takes
+ Her apron and a doll she makes.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Just see this apron-girl," she cries;--
+ "Look at it's nose and button eyes."
+ And now her frock with belt and fold
+ Into another doll is rolled;
+ She gives it to the rabbit boy,
+ Who squeaks and stamps his foot with joy.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Now," cry the rabbits, "we will play,
+ For these girls cannot run away."
+ But while they rock their dolls and sing
+ The witch brings home her marketing.
+ "Where are you children dear," she cries.
+ The little rabbit boy replies;--
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Here with two girls we play, but one
+ Far off, across the fields has run."
+ The rabbit witch went hurrying out
+ To see what they could be about.
+ There no Eliza could she find
+ But only clothes she'd left behind.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Quick after her the old witch ran;--
+ Haste, haste, make haste, Eliza Ann!
+ Her own dear home was reached at last;
+ The door was shut, the latch made fast.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But young Eliza had been taught
+ A lesson as her mother thought:
+ Henceforth she was so sweet and mild
+ All loved to be with such a child.
+
+
+
+
+PETER AND THE OGRESS
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+ These small boys started off for school
+ But loitered by the way,
+ Until at last 'twas quite too late
+ To go to school that day.
+ Ah naughty, naughty, truant boys!
+ But listen what befell!
+ Close by a wicked ogress lived,
+ Down in a lonesome dell.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Now see her coming down the hill!
+ Now see the children run!
+ Her arms are long, her hands are strong,
+ She catches every one.
+ In vain the children kick and scream,
+ The ogress takes them home
+ And locks the door; then off she goes
+ To bid the neighbors come.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ But clever Peter sees above
+ The chimney, black and wide;
+ "Quick, wipe your eyes and come," he cries;
+ "I've found a place to hide."
+ And none too soon, for scarce the last
+ Is out of sight before
+ They hear the wicked ogress
+ Come stumping in the door.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ Then from the chimney Peter bawls,
+ "We're hiding, stupid face!"
+ "Oh, oh!" the ogress says, "I know;
+ You're up the chimney place."
+ So up the chimney now she looks;
+ "I'll fetch you out," she cries;
+ But puff! the clever Peter blows
+ The soot down in her eyes.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ All filled with black out through the door
+ She hurries, howling still,
+ Just when the other ogresses
+ Are coming up the hill.
+ They stop, they stare, they quake with fear,
+ They stand appalled to see
+ This dreadful, hopping, howling thing
+ As black as black can be.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ And now pell-mell away they run;
+ But down the chimney place
+ The boys climb ere the ogress
+ Can clean her sooty face;
+ And when they're safely home again
+ They keep the master's rule,
+ And never, never play again
+ At truant from the school.
+
+
+
+ * * * * *
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Note
+
+ The word "nightcap" is spelled with and without a hyphen in the
+ text. Both spellings appear to have been in common use and have
+ not been altered.
+
+
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