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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Gingerbread Boy and Joyful Jingle Play Stories - -Author: Laura Rountree Smith - Mildred Lyon - -Release Date: October 15, 2020 [EBook #63463] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GINGERBREAD BOY AND *** - - - - -Produced by Richard Tonsing, Juliet Sutherland, and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - THE - GINGERBREAD - BOY - - -[Illustration] - - LIBRARY OF “JUST RIGHT - BOOKS” - - The Tiddly Winks - Open Air Stories - Surprise Stories - Gingerbread Boy - The Party Twins - Doll Land Stories - The Treasure Twins - Tale of Curly Tail - Washington’s Boyhood - Reading Time Stories - Comical Circus Stories - Knowledge Primer Games - Real Out-of-Door Stories - Jolly Polly and Curly Tail - Fifty Funny Animal Tales - The Flower and Berry Babies - In and Out-Door Playgames - A Child’s Garden of Verses - Busy Fingers Drawing Primer - Happy Manikin in Manners Town - The Vegetable and Fruit Children - The Dinner That Was Always There - Six Tiddly Winks and the A to Zees - - Published by - ALBERT WHITMAN & CO. - Chicago, U. S. A. - -[Illustration: - - _All the People That Bobby Had Been Kind to Came to His Party_ - - (Bobby Bright Eyes’ Birthday Party) - -] - - - - -[Illustration] - - THE GINGERBREAD BOY - AND JOYFUL - JINGLE PLAY STORIES - - - BY - - LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH - AUTHOR OF HAPPY MANIKIN, JOLLY POLLY, TIDDLY WINKS, ETC. - - - ILLUSTRATED BY MILDRED LYON - - - “A JUST RIGHT BOOK” - PUBLISHED BY - ALBERT WHITMAN COMPANY - CHICAGO - - - - - THE GINGERBREAD BOY - - Copyright, 1923, by Albert Whitman & Co. - - Chicago, U. S. A. - _Fourth Printing 1930_ - - -[Illustration: - - _Big Brother Beaver and Chatter-box Dance a Hornpipe_ -] - - - “A JUST RIGHT BOOK” - MADE IN THE U. S. A. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -[Illustration] - - - - - CONTENTS - - - The Gingerbread Boy Page 9 - - The Easter Bunny „ 19 - - Old Woman Work-Away „ 28 - - Bobby Bright Eyes’ Birthday Party „ 41 - - The Happy Hare „ 49 - - The Road to Sleepy-Town „ 57 - - Old Mother Bear’s Christmas Stocking „ 67 - - Old Mother Bear’s Happy New Year „ 80 - - Little Tommy Tittlemouse „ 87 - - The Mad March Hare „ 97 - - Danny-Do-Little „ 108 - - Jack and Jill’s Toothpick Circus „ 119 - -[Illustration] - - - - - PREFACE - - -The first three stories contained in the book found great favor with the -reading public, having been published in the Woman’s Home Companion. - -All the stories are wholesome and have good influence upon the little -readers. In Danny Do-Little, work is made delightful through play. In -Old Mother Bear’s Christmas Stocking, the selfishness of the animals is -dwelt upon, but also their kindness of heart, and the saying brought out -that, “One good turn deserves another.” The little Birthday story will -be interesting to read at school and children’s parties, for who among -the little ones does not occasionally have a birthday? - -Catchy little jingles run throughout the stories. An enthusiastic parent -in Massachusetts said: “My children are very much pleased with Laura -Rountree Smith’s Jingle Books, and must have a story before bed-time -each night. I think her books mighty clever.” - -The book contains stories which can easily be read by the children -themselves. - - Little Fairy Help-You-Out - Does not come when children pout; - You will see her by and by, - If to do your best you try. - -[Illustration: - - _Peter Nibbled His Toes, Polly Nibbled His Fingers and Baby Stood By - and Clapped_ -] - - - - - THE - GINGERBREAD BOY - AND OTHER - JINGLE PLAY STORIES - - -[Illustration: - - _Polly Makes Gingerbread Cookies_ -] - - - - - The Gingerbread Boy - - -Polly and Peter had to stay home one Saturday when mother was ill. - -Mother said, “Polly, take my place in the kitchen, please, and, Peter, -you must amuse the baby.” - -Polly went down stairs, put on her little all-over apron, and sat down -on the kitchen stool. - -She sighed: “Oh dear, something always happens on a sunny Saturday—when -I want to play! We have to miss the school picnic to-day; but I will -smile, and smile, and something nice will surely happen.” - -With that, the dimples began to play hide and seek upon her face, and -she heard an airy, fairy voice calling: - - “Little Fairy Help-You-Out, - Blithe and gay beyond a doubt, - I’ll introduce you with much joy, - To the dear little, queer little Gingerbread Boy!” - -“Who are you?” cried Polly. - -She looked high and low, but no one was to be seen. - -Polly smiled again, and said: “I have a new apron that I was going to -wear to the picnic.” - -“The better to cook with my dear,” said a sugary voice. - -Polly looked about, but could not see the Gingerbread Boy, though she -felt sure he had spoken. - -Polly said: “I will make some gingerbread cookies, and see what comes of -it.” - -As Polly mixed the cookies a sugary voice cried: - - “More sugar, more spice, - Make everything nice.” - -_Then the most wonderful thing happened!_ - -The little rolling-pin that Polly was using turned to gold; and how it -did roll out those gingerbread cookies! Then the cutter turned to gold, -and cut them out into queer shapes and sizes. - -The currants jumped upon the cookies making funny faces upon them. - -They leaped into the pans, and all Polly had to do was to set them into -the oven to bake. - -She was so happy, she swept the kitchen and washed the dishes, and would -have forgotten the cookies, I am sure, if she had not heard a voice -calling: - - “Try to think what you’re about, - Better take the cookies out; - Someone’s tapping at the door - Of the oven, as before!” - -Sure enough, Polly heard a rapping, tapping, and when she opened the -oven door she heard the cookies call in a happy chorus: - - “We’re brown and pretty as any toy, - Hurrah, hurrah for the Gingerbread Boy!” - -As Polly took the cookies out of the pan, she saw one was shaped like a -regular boy, and before she could say a word, out he jumped and sat down -on the ice box, fanning himself with a geranium leaf. - -Polly said, “I must go and call Peter. I must introduce him to the -Gingerbread Boy!” - -Peter had been thinking about the picnic, but he tried to amuse the baby -by playing ball, and at this very minute in came Polly to tell about the -Gingerbread Boy. - -To their surprise the Gingerbread Boy said, - - “If you will eat my hands and feet - You’ll find you’ve something very sweet.” - -“Oh, oh,” cried the children, “It would not be polite to eat you!” But -all this time they crept nearer and nearer. - -The Gingerbread Boy said: - - “Come, nibble my fingers; come nibble my toes! - I can run—that’s the way the Fairy Tale goes!” - -Peter nibbled the toes and Polly nibbled the fingers, while the baby -stood by and clapped his hands with delight. - -The Gingerbread Boy said; - - “Molasses is used to sweeten, sweeten, - I was made to be eaten, eaten!” - -The children nibbled away until only the Gingerbread Boy’s voice was -left, but he sang gaily: - - “To be happy and good I try, - Dear boys and girls, good bye, good bye.” - -So he was _all gone_! - -All this time the gingerbread cookies looked out of their large currant -eyes, and Fairy Help-You-Out came into the kitchen and whispered into -Polly’s ear and Peter’s ear and the baby’s ear something about a picnic. - -The children clapped their hands with delight as three little baskets -sailed down on the kitchen floor. - -Each basket was full of good things to eat, and the baby’s basket had a -bottle of milk in it, of course! - -They were having the finest kind of a picnic right at home, in their own -kitchen, when a voice called: - - “I would like to come—I don’t wish to annoy, - Have you any room for the Gingerbread Boy?” - -[Illustration: - - _Three Little Baskets Sailed Down on the Kitchen Floor_ -] - -The children rubbed their eyes to see if they were awake, and the -Gingerbread Boy jumped in the window and sat on the ice box, fanning -himself with a nasturtium leaf. - -He laughed until his sides shook, saying: - - “Don’t wake your mother, don’t make a noise, - The woods are full of Gingerbread Boys.” - -Fairy Help-You-Out faded away, because she was no longer needed. For all -I know, the Gingerbread Boy is with the children yet. - - - - - The Easter Bunny - - -Mother Tiny-Tail sat in her little red plush rocking chair rocking to -and fro singing: - - “Alas! alack! I am old and gray, - And have no eggs for Easter Day.” - -[Illustration: - - _He Went to the Little Brown Hen Who Lives in the Lane_ -] - -Just then a Funny Bunny came by with a hop, and a skip, and a bound and -said, “Oh, Mother Tiny-Tail, no eggs for Easter, no eggs for the -Tiny-Tails? That will never do!” So saying, he borrowed Mother -Tiny-Tail’s market basket, and went hippety-hop to the Little Brown Hen -who lives in the lane, saying: - - “Please give me eggs now that I ask it, - Enough to fill my market basket.” - -The Little Brown Hen said: - - “If you will bring me an ear of corn, - I’ll fill your basket by Easter morn.” - -Then Funny Bunny went with a hop, and a skip, and a jump to the little -old Farmer who lived in the field and said: - - “Please give me corn, now that I ask it, - Enough to fill my market basket.” - -The Farmer replied: - - “Bring me a sack of meal all ground, - I will fill your basket safe and sound.” - -[Illustration: - - _Please Give Me Corn_ -] - -Funny Bunny went with a pitter, patter, pitter, patter, until he came to -the Miller, and said: - - “Please give me a meal-bag, since I ask it, - Enough to fill my market basket.” - -The Miller laughed until his old fat sides shook and answered: - - “Your request sounds rather funny, - I will give you meal for money.” - -Then Funny Bunny sat down on a stone to think. - -How was he going to get some money? - -It was getting dark, and the Little Hill Men came out one by one, -digging for fairy gold. - -When Funny Bunny saw them he cried: - - “Please give me money, since I ask it, - Enough to fill my market basket.” - -Now, the Little Hill Men did not want to give something for nothing, so -they shouted: - - “With a hop, skip, bound, measure our hill - And your empty basket we soon will fill.” - -Of course, the Little Hill Men never dreamed that he would do it, so -they went on digging for fairy gold. - -Funny Bunny was in real earnest, for he thought of Mother Tiny-Tail -rocking sadly to and fro in her red plush rocking chair, so - - From the daisies to the apple tree, - Skippety-hoppety-skip went he. - -My! how fast his legs could carry him! - -He came back singing: - - “Your hill’s as long, your hill’s as wide - As anyone would care to ride!” - -The Little Hill Men were so surprised he had answered their question -that they all stopped digging and crowded around Funny Bunny. “Click, -click, click,” they dropped gold into his market basket. - -Then he ran with a hop, skip and jump to the Miller and bought a bag of -meal. He took the meal to the Farmer and bought the corn. Then he took -the corn to the Little Brown Hen, who lived in the lane, and she counted -out one dozen, two dozen, three dozen, four dozen, five dozen beautiful -white eggs. They filled the market basket Funny Bunny was carrying. - -When he got home he set the market basket down in front of Mother Tiny -Tail, saying: - -[Illustration: - - _Click! Click! They Dropped Gold Into His Basket_ -] - - “I’m Funny Bunny, I cannot stay, - But I wish you a happy Easter Day.” - -Mother Tiny-Tail stopped rocking to and fro; but before she could say, -“Thank you,” Funny Bunny was hippety-hoppety, off and away. - -Mother Tiny-Tail painted the Easter eggs and hid them everywhere. - -On Easter morning, all the Tiny-Tails cried, “Oh” and “Ah,” for they -found the Easter Eggs in their shoes, in their oatmeal bowls, and in the -most unexpected places. - -Just at that very minute Funny Bunny peeped in the window and cried, as -he held up a wonderful sugary egg: - - “Kindness comes back now and then, - See my Easter egg, from The Little Hill Men!” - -Funny Bunny was always so kind to the Little Tiny-Tails that the Hill -Men remembered him. - -[Illustration: - - _Funny Bunny Went Hippety-Hoppety, Off and Away_ -] - -Then, with a twinkle of nose, and a dancing of toes, Funny Bunny went -hippety-hoppety, off and away, singing: - - “I really would not think it funny, - If you should call me an Easter Bunny.” - - - - - Old Woman Work-Away - - -Old Woman Work-Away was always spinning. In the fall of the year she -began to think about Thanksgiving, singing: - - “Spinning, spinning, round and round, - Goes the wheel with pleasant sound, - Hurry, hurry, come spin ahead, - And buy for me cranberries red!” - -Just as she was thinking about her Thanksgiving dinner, “Rap, a, tap,” -sounded on the door, and in came Tinkle Bell, the fairy elf. The little -bell on his cap went “Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,” and he said: - -[Illustration: - - _Just as She Was Thinking of Her Thanksgiving Dinner, in Came Tinkle - Bell_ -] - - “How do you sell your spinning to-day? - I am Tinkle Bell; I will take it away.” - -The Old Woman replied: - - “I’ll sell it for some fairy gold, - You’ve plenty of that, so I am told.” - -Tinkle Bell took off his cap and shook it. - -Out came a pile of fairy gold. He went off with the woven cloth and the -little bell on his cap tinkled all the way. - -The Old Woman was thinking now she had money enough to buy cranberries -for Thanksgiving dinner, when “Rap, a, tap” was heard on the door, and -in came Tiny-Tail, the rabbit, shivering with cold. He sang: - - “My name is Little Tiny-Tail, - I need a new coat without fail.” - -[Illustration: - - _The Old Woman Sent Tiny-Tail Home with a Bag Full of Money_ -] - -The Old Woman made him warm his paws by the fire. She could see he -needed a new fur coat for winter sure enough. By and by she counted out -all her fairy gold, and sent him home with a bag full so he could buy a -winter coat. - -The Old Woman went back to her spinning wheel singing: - - “Spinning, spinning round and round, - Goes the wheel with pleasant sound: - Hurry, hurry, come fill my pot - With a nice plum pudding hot!” - -She soon had a pretty mat woven, and in came Tinkle Bell and paid her as -before. She felt sure she would have plum pudding for Thanksgiving -dinner, when, “Rap, a, tap,” sounded on the door, and Bushy-Tail, the -old squirrel, came limping in. He said: - - “If winter clothing I could choose, - I’d buy two pairs of over shoes.” - -The Old Woman knew as well as you or I that overshoes cost money, but -she loved all the animals in the woods so she let Bushy-Tail help -himself to her fairy gold, and he went off to buy overshoes. - -[Illustration: - - _Bushy-Tail Goes Off to Buy Overshoes_ -] - -The Old Woman began to spin as before, singing: - - “Spinning, spinning, round and round, - Goes the wheel with pleasant sound; - Hurry, hurry and don’t mistake - Spin enough to buy a cake.” - -When she had a pretty mat made Tinkle Bell came and bought it as before, -and she said, “Now, I have my cake for Thanksgiving dinner.” - -“Rap, a, tap,” sounded on the door and in walked Hug-Me-Tight, the bear, -saying, as he brushed the snow from his fur and whiskers: - - “Before I curl up for my nap, - I need a brand new warm night-cap.” - -The Old Woman knew he wanted to sleep all winter and she thought how -cold his ears would get, so she let him have money for a brand new -night-cap. - -The Old Woman began to spin so hard that her spinning wheel went “Whir, -whir, whir!” She had given away all her fairy gold, and Thanksgiving was -coming nearer and nearer and she sang: - - “Spinning, spinning, round and round, - Goes the wheel with pleasant sound, - Hurry, hurry, come weave a mat, - And buy for me a turkey fat!” - -Tinkle Bell came and bought the mat and left a pile of gold as before. -The Old Woman thought if she had no more visitors she could buy a fat -turkey. - -“Rap, a, tap,” sounded and in came Foxy-Loxy, the friendly Fox saying: - - “Spectacles, without a rim, - I need—my eyes are growing dim.” - -[Illustration: - - _Foxy-Loxy Counts Out Her Gold_ -] - -Now, the Old Woman did not want to give away all her fairy gold; but her -own eyes were growing dim and she had to wear spectacles, so she felt -sorry for Foxy-Loxy and let him count out her gold, and take it all -away. - -The Old Woman set the spinning wheel in the corner. She was tired -spinning. Her head went nid, nid, nodding and she fell asleep. - -At this very minute Tiny-Tail, Bushy-Tail, Hug-Me-Tight, and Foxy-Loxy -met Tinkle Bell in the woods, and they showed their new possessions. - -They all shouted, “We are so thankful!” - -Tinkle Bell rang the tiny bell on his cap to bring them to order, -saying: - - “Old Woman Work-Away, - Will have no dinner Thanksgiving Day, - Unless her good deeds you recall, - And fill her basket now, this fall.” - -Those comical little animals jumped up and down and Tiny-Tail said: - - “I’ve cabbages, so fresh and nice, - I’ll take them to her in a trice.” - -Bushy-Tail said: - - “A bag of nuts I’ve stored away, - They’ll help her on Thanksgiving Day.” - -Hug-Me-Tight said: - - “Though to-day I have no money - I’ll give to her a pot of honey.” - -Foxy-Loxy said: - - “There are turkeys in my den, - For four and twenty gentlemen.” - -At that, they all laughed for they knew he meant to send the Old Woman a -fine, fat turkey. - -Tinkle Bell said: - - “Other things for Thanksgiving Day - I’ll put in the basket without delay.” - -He bought cranberries, cake and plum pudding. - -[Illustration: - - _When She Got There She Found a Basket Full of Good Things_ -] - -Old Woman Work-Away heard a “Rap, a, tap” on the door by and by, and as -she was still half asleep, she was slow to open the door. When she got -there, she found a basket full of good things. - -She might never have known where it came from, if she had not found a -tiny card on which was written: - - “From your woodland folks so merry and gay, - We wish you a happy Thanksgiving Day.” - -She looked about to see who was hiding in the bushes. - -She could see no one, but she heard a tiny bell ring, “Tinkle, tinkle, -tinkle.” - - - - - Bobby Bright Eyes’ Birthday Party - - -Once upon a time Bobby Bright Eyes was sitting on the door step crying, -when an airy, fairy voice sang: - - “I’m the Birthday Fairy flitting by, - Bobby Bright Eyes, why do you cry?” - -Bobby was so surprised he looked around to see where the voice came -from, but the Fairy was well hidden as she sang again: - - “I have secrets more than I ever told, - Little Boy, Little Boy, are you five years old?” - -Bobby Bright Eyes dropped into verse too, in his excitement and said: - - “Sing it once more, sing it once more, - As yet I am only quarter past four!” - -Then the fairy sailed away. - -Some time after, Bobby Bright Eyes sat on the door step looking very sad -for soon he would be five years old, and he was thinking that he had -never had a Birthday Party in his life. - -At this very minute a ringing, singing voice cried out: - - “I have secrets as well as fairy gold, - Little Boy, Little Boy are you five years old?” - -Bobby Bright Eyes replied: - - “Sing it once more, sing it once more, - As yet I am only half past four!” - -So time went on, and one day the Fairy danced in a tree overhead in -plain sight, singing: - -[Illustration: - - _Bobby Was Sitting on the Doorstep Crying When——_ -] - - “I love you so much I am growing bold, - Little Boy, Little Boy are you five years old?” - -Bobby Bright Eyes answered: - - “I am glad to know you are still alive, - To-day I am really quarter of five!” - -The Birthday Fairy knew then that Bobby Bright Eyes was nearly five -years old, so she kissed him on both cheeks and followed him about all -day singing: - - “Your tasks all wait, so run on after - I’ll follow you with mirth and laughter.” - -Bobby had such bright eyes he was always seeing something to be done, -without being told. So he ran on out to the barn and gave Pussy -Whiskers, the Cat, a drink of milk. - - The Birthday Fairy whispered in her ear, - Something not meant for us to hear! - -Then Bobby ran on to the neighbor who baked beautiful birthday cakes and -carried a letter for her to the Post Office, and, - - The Fairy whispered to her a minute or so - Something she did not want us to know! - -Then Bobby ran errands for the big fat grocer, and, - - The Birthday Fairy was very wise, - She whispered to the grocer with twinkling eyes! - -Then Bobby shared an apple with the boy next door, and, - - The Birthday Fairy whispered that day - Something to him ’ere she ran away. - -Then Bobby helped a Limpy-Lame Old Man across the street and, - - The Birthday Fairy whispered, “Old Man, - I hope you will approve my plan.” - -Now every hour Bobby Bright Eyes grew nearer and nearer five years old, -and the Birthday Fairy at last said, - - “I have more secrets than I can hold, - Little Boy, Little Boy are you five years old?” - -At last Bobby replied, clapping his hands: - - “Oh, Birthday Fairy will you stay? - For I am five years old to-day.” - -Then the Birthday Fairy danced right down beside him replying: - - “I’ll stay if you give invitation hearty - To your five year old Birthday Party.” - -And before Bobby had time to say he was too poor to have a Birthday -Party, pitter-patter, pitter-patter came Pussy Whiskers, carrying a -small black kitten in her mouth for a Birthday present. She purred -softly: - - “I have been told you are five years old - So, I brought you a kitten from my fold.” - -Bobby Bright Eyes was happy you may be sure. - -Then, the neighbor who baked beautiful birthday cakes came saying: - - “I have been told you are five years old, - Here’s a Birthday cake like some I’ve sold.” - -It was a wonderful cake with pink and white icing upon it. - -Then the big fat grocer came puffing along and cried: - - “I have been told you are five years old, - Here are candles that glitter much like gold.” - -Sure enough, he had five candles to put on the Birthday cake and when -they were lighted they glittered like gold. - -Then the little boy from next door ran over and threw a bouncing ball to -Bobby Bright Eyes, saying: - - “I have been told you are five years old, - Here is a ball to bounce or hold.” - -Just as they were beginning to play ball the Limpy-Lame Old Man came, -saying: - - “I have been told you are five years old, - To present some candy I now make bold.” - -The Birthday Fairy had kept her secret well, so they all had the -merriest kind of a time, and Bobby Bright Eyes had a Birthday Party -after all. The Birthday Fairy was the merriest one of all for she sang -as they cut the Birthday Cake: - - “A happy Birthday to you dear friend, - From beginning to end, from beginning to end.” - -[Illustration: - - _“I Am Happy To-day and Happy To-morrow_” -] - - - - - The Happy Hare - - - “I am happy to-day and happy to-morrow, - Trouble I never stop to borrow,” - -sang the Happy Hare one misty morning. - -As he was walking along he chanced to meet the Croaking Crocodile who -greeted him saying: - - “To be happy or sad I can’t decide whether, - I always worry so over the _Weather_!” - -The Crocodile shed real tears and the Happy Hare said: - - “We’ll go and seek the Weather Man out, - He would like to help us beyond a doubt.” - -So, they went on a journey to find the Weather Man, and they met many -animals as they passed along the Winding Road for half of a half of a -quarter of a mile. - -They bowed to all the animals they met and inquired what kind of weather -they wanted. - - Said Pussy Whiskers, “I like it dry, - Such wet weather makes me want to cry.” - -The Croaking Crocodile said: - - “Join our procession—we’ve a plan, - We’re going to the Weather Man.” - -So, Pussy Whiskers followed on behind, but Old Web-Foot the Duck had -heard her remark, and as she thoroughly enjoyed wet weather she said: - - “Pussy Whiskers, take your wish back, - I like wet weather, quack, quack, quack.” - -The Happy Hare skipped on ahead but the Croaking Crocodile invited Old -Web-Foot to go with them, and they went on for half of a half of a -quarter of a mile, until they met Chatter-Box, the monkey, who said: - - “I’ll join your procession, like as not, - Oh, how I wish it would turn real hot!” - -He was glad to go on the journey to the Weather Man. Next they met -Snowball, the Polar Bear sighing: - - “I come from a cold country as you know, - How I enjoy the ice and snow.” - -Before the Croaking Crocodile could make a remark - - The Happy Hare said, “I do declare, - There’s a difference of opinion everywhere.” - -Just at this very minute they met a little old man in a little old brown -suit, carrying a little old brown umbrella. - -[Illustration: - - “_I Come From a Cold Country, As You Know, - How I Enjoy the Ice and Snow._” -] - -They all bowed politely and said: - - “Some day we will explain our plan, - Please lead us to the Weather Man.” - -To this, the little old man bowed politely and said: - - “The Weather Man is my own name, - Please tell me kind friends why you came.” - -The Happy Hare said, in reply: - - “A Happy Hare with smiling face, - Enjoys the weather any place.” - -The Weather Man smiled and remarked: - - “The Croaking Crocodile has such fears, - At times, I regret he sheds real tears.” - -Then all the animals began to shout together: - - Pussy Whiskers said, “I want it dry”; - Old Web-Foot said, “For rain I cry”; - Chatter-Box said, “I like it hot”; - Snowball said, “It will be icy like as not.” - The Weather Man in a brown study sat; - He said, “I’ll have to think over that”; - He ordered all kinds of _Weather_ that day - And on a cyclone they blew away. - -The Happy Hare landed on his feet after he had been blown half of a half -of a quarter of a mile saying: - - “Ha, ha, ha, let’s be happy together, - Every day in spite of the weather!” - -The Croaking Crocodile remarked: - - “I’ll shed some tears, I can’t decide whether - I like this, or that, or the other weather.” - -Pussy Whiskers and Web-Foot and Chatter-Box and Snowball sat down in a -circle and tried to get their breath and they remarked in concert: - - “Ha, ha, we’ll have all the fun we can, - In spite of the queer little Weather Man.” - -Now, if one ever notices a day half rain and half sunshine, half hot and -half cold, one will know that the animals have gone to visit the Weather -Man, - - And if one thinks it worth his while, - He can chat with the Croaking Crocodile. - -Perhaps if one wears Fairy Spectacles, one can see the Happy Hare -peeping out of his wee little house in the woods, and one may hear him -singing, as I did once, - - “I’m a Happy Hare, I can’t find out, - Why the weather’s a thing to worry about,” - Then he put on his cap and away he ran, - For a chat with the queer little Weather Man. - -[Illustration: - - “_Hello, Little Boy, in the White Night Gown_” -] - - - - - The Road to Sleepy-Town - - -Little Boy Blue went to visit Uncle Phil on the farm and when night came -he lay all alone in a big bed upstairs. - - He was so tired he wanted to weep, - But still he could not go to sleep. - -He missed his mother’s tucking in and good night kiss. - -He thought of all the sleepy things mother had told him to think about. -He tried counting sheep going over a fence. He hummed a lullaby song, -but his eyes were still wide open when Fairy Moonlight peeped in and -sang: - - “Hello, little boy in the white night gown, - Are you on the road to Sleepy-Town?” - -Little Boy Blue answered in a sing-song kind of way: - - “The harder I try to go to sleep, - The wider awake my eyes will peep.” - -Fairy moonlight danced right into the room at that, and danced beside a -picture that hung on the wall, as she sang: - - “Some go up, and some go down, - On the road to Sleepy-Town.” - -The picture showed a long road with houses on each side. - -[Illustration: - - _Fairy Moonlight Danced Beside a Picture That Hung on a Wall_ -] - -Suddenly the most surprising thing happened! - -Stars shone out in the sky in the picture, and began to twinkle, -twinkle, twinkle. - -Lights came out in the windows of the houses; they began to twinkle, -twinkle, twinkle. - -Fairy Moonlight said: - - “Little Boy, though I do not know your name, - Let us just step over the picture frame.” - -No sooner said than done. - -They were on the road to Sleepy Town. - -As Little Boy Blue looked back one hundred and six children also stepped -over the picture frame and he saw all his little friends following him. - -There was Betty with her new doll snuggled up close and Bobby with his -Teddy Bear, Little Mary came drawing her cart behind her. - -A sleepy old man was lighting lamps all along the road singing: - - “Right foot, left foot up and down, - Thus we march to Sleepy-Town.” - -They saw a sleepy old wind-mill turning round and round, round and -round, and the wind-mill sang: - - “Here they come with smiles and frown, - On the road to Sleepy-Town.” - -At that very minute Betty sat down and fell asleep under the wind-mill. - -All the rest of the children trooped on. They could see the lights of -Sleepy-Town twinkle, twinkle, twinkle in the distance. - -They heard the sleepy little birds twittering in the trees. - - “Here comes a boy much like a clown, - He often visits Sleepy-Town.” - -At that very minute Billy sat down under the trees and fell asleep, -while the other children went hurrying on. - -They passed by a sleepy little brook that went singing over the stones: - - “Hurrah, hurrah for your little night gown, - You’ll need it soon in Sleepy-Town.” - -At that, all the children but Little Boy Blue sat down and began to -throw pebbles into the brook and soon their heads went nid-nid nodding -and they were fast asleep. - -Fairy Moonlight sang: - - “The hours come, the hours go, - The Sandman’s rocking to and fro.” - -Sure enough, there was the sleepy old Sandman rocking to and fro in a -hammock. - -[Illustration: - - _So He Fell Asleep_ -] - -Little Boy Blue was so tired he crept in beside him and so he fell -asleep right there on the road to Sleepy-Town. - -The lights went out in the streets and houses one by one, and every one -went nid-nid nodding. - -“Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,” rang a bell and Little Boy Blue looked about. -The Sandman was gone. Fairy Sunshine cried: - - “You wake up happy now, it seems - You came back from the land of dreams!” - -Little Boy Blue woke up sure enough in the great big bed, and soon he -ran down stairs with a hop and skip and bound. - -Uncle Phil said: - - “Good morning, how fast you did come down.” - -Little Boy Blue replied: - - “I just got back from Sleepy-Town.” - -The most surprising part of the most surprising part of the story is -still to come. - -When Uncle Phil took Boy Blue home that evening in the old buggy he put -a mysterious box with a mysterious paper and string covering it, into -the old buggy. - -When they arrived he handed Boy Blue the box. - -In the box were little paper houses, and little paper street lamps, and -windmills, and trees, and under one tree was a hammock for the Sandman. - -It took Boy Blue exactly one hour to set the little town up, and Uncle -Phil attached a cord and Boy Blue cried out with delight as from every -house and every street lamp there shone a light that twinkled, twinkled, -twinkled. - -Uncle Phil said: - - “You’re a good little boy with never a frown, - And so I bought you this Sleepy-Town.” - -Boy Blue thanked Uncle Phil and had many happy hours playing with his -new toy town. - -Fairy Moonlight peeped in the window and sang as she watched Boy Blue at -play: - - “Every child in his little gown - Is on the road to Sleepy-Town.” - -Her voice was so sleepy, sleepy, sleepy as she sang that even Uncle -Phil, who was telling this story, fell asleep, and - - All the fairies looking down - Said, “They’re on the road to _Sleepy-Town_!” - - - - - Old Mother Bear’s Christmas Stocking - - -Old Mother Bear sat in her red rocking chair knitting and singing: - - “Click, click, click, I must hurry because - Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, comes Santa Claus.” - -She was finishing a stocking to hang up by the chimney for Santa Claus -to fill. - -At this very minute she heard, “Rap, a, tap” on the door and she sang: - - “Click, click, click, who comes here? - Rap, a tap, a tap, visitors appear.” - -[Illustration: - - _Charley Chatter-box_ -] - -[Illustration: - - _Old Shaggy Brother_ -] - -In came Charlie Chatter-Box, the monkey, saying: - - “I am Charlie Chatter-Box—sad because, - I’ve no stocking to hang up for Santa Claus.” - -He wiped his eyes on his 5 cent pocket handkerchief and Old Mother Bear -felt so sorry for him, she finished the stocking she was knitting in a -hurry, and gave it to him. - -Charlie Chatter-Box thanked her and went off saying: - - “Merry Christmas comes in song and rhyme, - Old Mother Bear may you have a good time.” - -Old Mother Bear was a wonderful knitter, and soon she had another -stocking nearly finished. She sang as before: - - “Click, click, click, I must hurry because, - Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, comes Santa Claus.” - -Then a light foot-fall was heard outside. - - On the window-pane she heard such a clatter, - She got right up to see what was the matter! - -Old Shaggy Brother, the tramp dog, stood there saying: - - “Santa Claus comes as I remember, - May I warm my paws in old December?” - -Old Mother Bear let him in of course, and as he sat and warmed his paws -by the fire, he said in a mournful way that he had no stocking to hang -up for Santa Claus, and he cried into his 10 cent pocket handkerchief. - -[Illustration: - - _Sister Pussy Whiskers_ -] - -[Illustration: - - _Cousin Nanny Goat_ -] - -Old Mother Bear’s needles clicked faster and faster and soon she had a -stocking ready for Old Shaggy Brother. - -He went dancing off saying: - - “I wish you a Merry Christmas I do declare, - Dear little, queer little, Old Mother Bear.” - -Old Mother Bear set up another stocking and began to knit faster and -faster, singing: - - “Click, click, click, I must hurry because, - Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, comes Santa Claus.” - -“Ting, a, ling,” rang the telephone and Sister Pussy Whiskers called: - - “Hello, hello, Old Mother Bear, - I am very sad I do declare, - It may be hard for you to believe, - I’ve no stocking to hang up on Christmas Eve.” - -Old Mother Bear could hear her weeping into her new 25 cent pocket -handkerchief, so she said she would mail her a stocking to-morrow. - -Sister Pussy Whiskers shouted, “Merry Christmas!” and Old Mother Bear -went back to her knitting, singing: - - “I’ll set up a new stocking as sure as fate, - Santa Claus comes, I must not be late.” - -Then, as she worked away busily she heard a great roaring and crying -outside and a voice said: - - “Hear the Mad March Hare roaring out of season, - I need a stocking, that is the reason!” - -Old Mother Bear opened the door and invited the Mad March Hare in. He -ran wildly about the room and tangled up her yarn and it was one hour -and thirty-two minutes before Old Mother Bear could get him to sit down -and dry his fur and whiskers. - -He said: - - “I am roaring this way because, - I’ve no stocking to hang up for Santa Claus.” - -Old Mother Bear said: - - “Just calm yourself and with me stay, - I’ll give you this stocking in a week and a day.” - -The Mad March Hare was happy to stay in the warm house and he did all -the house work, while Old Mother Bear’s needles clicked away. - -He made a furious dust when he swept the floor and broke a good many -dishes but he said: - - “You must not really think me bad, - It is just my nature to be mad.” - -When at last he went off with his stocking Old Mother Bear drew a sigh -of relief. He called back to her: - - “I hope Old Santa will fill _your_ stocking too, - Merry, Merry Christmas, Mother Bear, to you.” - -Then suddenly, and without any warning whatever Cousin Nanny Goat and -Sammy Small Tail the Rabbit, came bounding in crying: - - “We’ve no stockings to hang by the fireside - For miles we ran and cried, and cried!” - -Old Mother Bear replied: - - “Do dry your eyes, oh dear, oh dear, - I’ve a pair of stockings left from last year.” - -Then Cousin Nanny Goat dried her eyes on her blue silk pocket -handkerchief and Sammy Small Tail dried his eyes on his red silk pocket -handkerchief, and they watched Old Mother Bear go to a chest and draw -out a pair of stockings! - -As she gave them to those cunning animals they shouted: - - “You’re so good we’ll not shed another tear, - We wish you Merry Christmas every year.” - -As they danced off with their stockings, it grew near and nearer, -Christmas Eve. - -One evening as Sammy Small Tail hopped by Old Mother Bear’s house he -peeped in the window. There she sat still in her red rocking chair. The -knitting needles lay idle on the window-sill but they could see things -with their eyes. They said: - - “She will have no presents now because, - She has no stocking to hang up, for Santa Claus.” - -Now, Sammy Small Tail went off in a hurry when he heard this, saying: - - “Hippety-hop, I have the habit, - Of carrying news, says Sammy Rabbit.” - -He called all the animals together and said: - - “I have some news, it’s rather shocking, - Old Mother Bear hangs up no stocking!” - -The animals asked: - - “Why doesn’t she hang it up this year - For Santa Claus will soon appear.” - -Sammy Small Tail replied: - - “Click, click, click, the needles say, - She gave every stocking she had, away.” - -One and all the animals went to work and made a stocking three feet -long, and one foot wide! They made it for Old Mother Bear! - -Charley Chatter-Box put in a cocoanut and Old Shaggy Brother put in an -orange and Sister Pussy Whiskers put in an apple and Cousin Nanny Goat -put in a plum, and the Mad March Hare put in a new cup and saucer, and -Sammy Small Tail put in a cookie. - -They crept to Old Mother Bear’s House and crept to the window and stole -in silently, and hung up the stocking. - -They pinned a card on it, which said: - - “One good turn deserves another, - Here is a stocking for Old Bear Mother.” - -Old Mother Bear by and by began to rock to and fro, half awake, singing -sleepily: - - “Click, click, click, I must hurry because, - Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, comes Santa Claus.” - -Sure enough, Santa Claus was on his way. - -Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, went his sleigh bells. - -He filled all the animals’ stockings and when he came to the house of -Old Mother Bear and saw her big stocking he laughed until his sides -shook, saying: - - “It’s a great big stocking I do declare, - How can I fill it for Old Mother Bear?” - -Then Old Mother Bear woke up and she and Santa Claus danced a hornpipe, -and for all I know they are dancing yet: - - They must have had a merry time because, - When up the chimney went Santa Claus, - He wore new red socks I do declare, - Carefully knit by Old Mother Bear! - -[Illustration: - - _Old Mother Bear and Santa Claus Danced a Hornpipe_ -] - - - - - Old Mother Bear’s Happy New Year - - -Old Mother Bear sat in the chimney corner one New Year’s Eve sighing: - - “I have four naughty Bears, oh dear, - How can I have a Happy New Year?” - -Lady Wind peeped in a crack under the window and said: - - “The night is bright, the stars are clear, - Old Mother Bear, Happy New Year!” - -Old Mother Bear shook her head sighing: - - “It sounds very sad in song and rhyme, - My Boxer is never in school on time.” - -Old Mother Moon peeped in the window next singing: - - “I wonder if my voice you’ll hear, - Old Mother Bear, Happy New Year.” - -Old Mother Bear shook her right paw and said: - - “I have my troubles, Drowsy-Head - Never wants to go to bed.” - -Then a snowflake Fairy called: - - “January is drawing near, - Old Mother Bear, Happy New Year.” - -Old Mother Bear answered: - - “It is very well for you to sing, - Bruin never picks up anything!” - -Then Fairy See-It-All came bouncing into the room shouting: - - “There’s something wrong inside I fear, - Old Mother Bear, Happy New Year.” - -Old Mother Bear replied: - - “Bright Eyes does not mean to tease, - But never says, ‘Thank you, or if you please’.” - -Old Mother Bear began to growl, and growl, and growl, and finally she -said, “How can I have a Happy New Year when Boxer is always late to -school, and Drowsy-Head never wants to go to bed, and Bruin leaves his -things around, and Bright Eyes is always impolite?” - -Fairy See-It-All had a wee little carriage that ran by itself, and in -the twinkling of an eye she tucked in those four naughty little Bears -and they rode away, away, away until they came to a wee little house in -the woods on New Year’s Eve. - -She said to Boxer: - - “You can’t get out however you climb, - Unless you learn to be on time.” - -Then for one whole year Boxer had to practice being on time to -breakfast, dinner and supper, and he said: - - “On time to-day, on time to-morrow - On time, will save me from my sorrow.” - -So, he stayed in the wee little house in the woods a whole year and -learned to be on time. - -Fairy See-It-All said to Drowsy-Head: - - “You must learn to like to go to bed, - Dear little, queer little Drowsy-Head.” - -Then Drowsy-Head had to practice doing useful things in the wee little -house a whole year until he was tired enough to go to bed. - -Fairy See-It-All said to Bruin: - - “You’ll never get out of here I’ll be bound, - ’Till you pick up things you’ve left around.” - -All day long and every day for a whole year Bruin had to pick up his -things and the belongings of the other Bears. - -Fairy See-It-All said to Bright Eyes: - - “You’ll have to practice words like these, - ‘Thank you, thank you, and if you please’.” - -Of course after that Bright Eyes tried to be polite. - -Every night the four little Bears flattened their noses against the -window panes and cried out: - - “We are four little Bears, who don’t like to roam, - We want Mother Bear, we want to go home.” - -Lady Wind blew around the wee house and Mother Moon peeped in the -window, the Snowflake Fairy danced lightly down and at last, a year -later, on New Year’s Eve, Fairy See-It-All brought her carriage that ran -by itself, and tucked the four little Bears safely inside and away, -away, away, they rode homeward. - -They all were happy as happy could be, shouting: - - “We’ve learned our lessons never fear, - Old Mother Bear, Happy New Year.” - -Old Mother Bear was happy, for Boxer had learned to be on time, and was -always on time at school, and Drowsy-Head liked to go to bed, and Bruin -picked up his clothes and toys and Bright Eyes said, “Thank you,” and -“If you please.” - -After some children had read this story 99 times _the most surprising -things happened_! - -One little boy got to school every day for a whole year on time, so his -teacher had a Happy New Year. One little girl went happily to bed every -night, so one mother had a Happy New Year, and one little boy began to -pick up his toys, so one father had a Happy New Year. - -So many children learned to say “Thank you” and “If you please,” that -people everywhere in town smiled and shook hands on the street when they -met, and called, “A Happy New Year, A Happy New Year.” - -[Illustration] - - - - - Little Tommy Tittlemouse - - -Little Tommy Tittlemouse sat by the fire one evening saying: - - “Three times seven, I cannot see - Why you always puzzle me.” - -As he looked into the grate he saw a red flame curl up, and up, and soon -a Funny Fairy dressed in red and white jumped up on one of the logs and -cried: - - “You’re never going to pass your grade, - If you keep on like this, I am afraid.” - -Tommy was just going to answer when the Funny Fairy jumped out of the -fire and called: - - “Number Fairy bright and airy, - By fire-light, come out to-night.” - -Then, the Number Fairy came whisk! bound, out of the fire. She wore a -black dress with white numbers upon it: - - The numbers they went from her head to her toes - She was very learned as you may well suppose. - -She shook her finger at Tommy and cried: - - “To learn the three’s you’re surely able, - Come and recite the entire table.” - -Tommy stood on one foot and then on the other, and could not get farther -than “three times four,” to save his life. - -[Illustration: - - _Tommy Tittlemouse Meets the Number, Reader and Writing Fairies_ -] - -The Funny Fairy felt sorry for him so he cried: - - “Reader Fairy, bright and airy, - By fire-light, come out to-night.” - -The Reader Fairy came out with a hop, skip and bound. She had words -printed all over her coat. She bowed to Tommy and said of him: - - “This little mortal reads like a fairy, - He can even read a dictionary.” - -Tommy was pleased you may be sure, for he was the best reader in his -class. - -The Funny Fairy called next: - - “Writing Fairy, bright and airy, - By fire-light, come out to-night.” - -The Writing Fairy came out with letters all over him, whistling and -singing: - - “He has the neatest copy-book, - In the school-room, come and look.” - -Tommy knew that he did write neatly. The Funny Fairy said: - - “Be it fancy, fact, or fable, - He must really learn his table.” - -Then the most surprising thing happened. - -The Number Fairy took his hand and ran with him out of the house, away, -away, away, to Number Land. - -They met funny little Fairies everywhere with numbers all over them. - -Four little Number Fairies offered him the cutest cookies with sugar -upon them saying: - - “Two cakes and two cakes, answer quick, - Ho, ho, do you know your arithmetic?” - -Tommy shook his head and passed sadly by the cakes, but in a minute the -Number Fairies offered him bananas, saying: - - “Three times seven is quite a trick, - Can you do it by arithmetic?” - -Tommy could not answer, so they went hurrying by. - -Next he was offered some rosy red apples and the Fairies said: - - “Why can’t you answer up this season, - Will you really tell the reason?” - -Tommy replied: - - “I really never do seem able, - To get on with the ‘three times’ table.” - -Then the Number Fairies set up a shout and cried: - - “This little boy would like to please, - So we will help him count by 3’s.” - -The Fairies jumped about and formed a ring round him, shouting: - - “Three, six, nine, - That is fine, - Twelve, fifteen, eighteen, - Time to be unseen!” - -Then they began to sing the table to a little fairy tune and Tommy -joined them. - -Now, the most wonderful part of the most wonderful part of the story is -yet to come. - -In rolled a big, round table, and three times three chairs. - -The fairies and Tommy sat down. - -In the center of a table was a wee fairy, with a figure three on her -cap. She waved her wand at each Fairy, and Tommy in turn, and called -for, “3 times 3” and “3 times 6” and “3 times 11.” - -Each time when any one answered correctly, down floated a plate of Fairy -food smoking hot. - -To the surprise of all, Tommy cried: - - “Three times seven is twenty-one, - Really I do call this _fun_.” - -Just as he was putting his fork into his plate a great cry arose. - - “Your table now you understand, - But you cannot _eat_ in Fairyland!” - -In less than a twinkling of an eye he was whisked back home, and was -sitting by the fire, but the Funny Fairy sat beside him, saying: - - “If you had tasted Fairy food, - To come back home you never could, - To learn your numbers you are able, - By aid of a little Fairy table.” - -Then the Funny Fairy cut out many circles, and put a number in the -center of each one. He put numbers all round the circles, too. Whenever -Tommy multiplied any number in the outside of the circle by the number -in the center, down on the circle floated a plate of fairy food, but he -was never quick enough to catch it to eat. - -He said: - - “The tables seem so real to me, - I’ll learn more quickly now you see.” - -By and by he fell asleep by the fire, and the Funny Fairy went back into -the grate and sat on a log singing: - - “To study now he’s learned the trick, - He’ll soon be bright in arithmetic.” - -Next day Tommy knew the “threes,” and soon he learned all the tables. He -said: - - “I love funny things and fables, - I learned numbers by fairy tables.” - -The Funny Fairy seemed to be around often. He sang: - - “If you’re in earnest in what you’re about - The fairies will often help you out.” - -Tommy tried to find the Fairy, but he had vanished. - -[Illustration] - - - - - The Mad March Hare - - - “You hear me shout, without a doubt, - You wonder what I’m mad about.” - -sang the Mad March Hare one day in March when the stormy winds were -blowing. - -He went hoppety-hop to his little wee house in the woods. He roared so -loudly as he went about his house-keeping and broke so many dishes as he -washed his cups and saucers, that Old Hug-Me-Tight, the Bear, pricked up -his ears as he passed by, saying: - - “Spring has come, but do beware, - Hear him roar, the Mad March Hare.” - -The Mad March Hare stuck his head out the kitchen window and called: - - “Old Hug-Me-Tight, come in, come in, - If you can stand my noisy din.” - -The Bear was happy to come in and dry his wet paws by the kitchen fire. - -The fire roared up the chimney. - -The tea kettle sang and the Mad March Hare kept dropping dishes, -clitter, clatter, smash, crash on the floor. - -The Bear said: - - “Why are you so wild in spring? - Why are you mad at everything?” - -The Mad March Hare gave a wild leap over to the Bear and boxed his ears, -replying: - - “Why do you take a winter nap, - Why do you wear a warm night-cap?” - -Old Hug-Me-Tight, the Bear, hung his head for sure enough, he did sleep -all winter! - -At this very minute Big Brother Beaver came lopping along. He heard such -a noise in the house of the Mad March Hare that he tapped politely at -the door and inquired: - - “As all the birds are on the wing, - Why are you mad at everything?” - -The Mad March Hare snapped: - - “Why are you building night and day, - Big Brother Beaver, tell me pray.” - -The Beaver did not know what to say to that for it was his nature to -build, but he came in and warmed his paws by the fire and dried his -coat, for it was a misty, moist morning. - -The Mad March Hare went on washing dishes and breaking handles off his -cups, and dropping knives and forks. - -He peeped out the window and saw Chatter-Box, the monkey, swinging on -the tree outside. He called: - - “Come in, come in, let’s live together, - In this terrible March weather.” - -Chatter-Box said: - - “My chatter-box I always bring, - Why are you mad at everything?” - -The Mad March Hare turned over a whole dish-pan full of water on the -floor and shouted: - -[Illustration: - - _The Mad March Hare Turned Over the Dishpan_ -] - - “Why do you imitate what you see, - Chatter-Box, come, answer me.” - -The Monkey danced and pranced about and helped the Mad March Hare finish -his dish-washing. - -Then, suddenly, without any warning the Mad March Hare said: - - “’Tis well to keep secrets without a doubt - You may wonder what I am mad about.” - -The Beaver put on his horn-rimmed spectacles and tried to see what the -reason could be. - -The Monkey put his paw up to his ear to listen. - -All the time the March wind howled louder, and louder, and the rain -fell, and the sleet came, but the kitchen fire roared merrily and the -tea kettle sang a cheerful song. - -The Mad March Hare said: - - “Mary is mad when they comb her hair, - She stamps her foot, and she doesn’t care.” - -[Illustration: - - “_Mary is mad when they comb her hair_” -] - -The Bear, the Beaver and the Monkey nodded their heads. They had seen -Mary mad many times when her hair was combed. - -The Mad March Hare continued: - - “Jack is mad to be bathed I fear, - He cried so loud that the neighbors hear.” - -Then those comical animals clapped their paws, and told of one hundred -and nine children who got mad every day over one thing or another! - -The Mad March Hare said: - - “I gather up their scowls and tears, - No wonder I am mad, my dears, - They’re mad to-day and mad to-morrow, - So they bring to me much sorrow, - They are not bad, they just get mad, - And so they make the March Hare sad.” - -For one hour and sixteen minutes they sat warm and dry about the -cheerful fire. Suddenly, Hug-Me-Tight began to hug them all in turn, and -Big Brother Beaver and Chatter-Box danced a hornpipe and they all -shouted: - - “We’ll put it in story, and put it in song, - The whole world will read about it ere long.” - -So, those comical little animals wrote a story and a song, asking the -children not to get mad any more, so the March Hare could be happy. - -Chatter-Box drew a picture of the Hare that all children love, and they -all sang the song they composed to the tune of “Twinkle Little Star.” - - Do be gentle, have a care, - If you love the Mad March Hare, - Don’t get mad now anywhere, - If you love the Mad March Hare. - - School time’s coming, oh beware, - If you love the Mad March Hare, - Work is pleasant, I declare, - If you love the Mad March Hare. - -Soon the visitors had to go home. - - “I’ll tell the children,” said the Bear, - “Good bye, good bye, dear Mad March Hare.” - -The Beaver said: - - “I’ll take your message everywhere, - Good bye, good bye, dear Mad March Hare.” - -Chatter-Box said: - - “I’ll sing for the children if I dare, - Good bye, good bye, dear Mad March Hare.” - -The Mad March Hare grew as happy as happy could be, and waved his hat as -his visitors ran homeward. He called after them: - - “We don’t mind the Mad March weather, - We had such a happy time together.” - -So many children learned the song about the Mad March Hare, and so many -children enjoyed the story that all over the world they whistled and -sang instead of getting angry. - -The Mad March Hare whistled and sang: - - “I am happy—as happy could be, - The Mad March Hare is no name for me, - When you feel angry, oh have a care, - And give three cheers for the Mad March Hare.” - -[Illustration: - - _The Mad March Hare_ -] - - - - - Danny-Do-Little - - -Once upon a time there was a little boy who was lazy as lazy could be, -but all of a sudden one sunshiny summer day he wanted to do something. - -_He wanted to go to the circus?_ - - How could he get there, goodness knows, - He was too lazy to change his clothes, - Danny-Do-Little was such a shirk, - He never got half through his work. - -So, he did not get out in time to see the Circus Parade, and when he got -to the Circus Tent he was too late. Crowds were turned away. - -He went back home and sat down on the wood pile, and was feeling very -sad when to his surprise, a merry voice called: - -[Illustration: - - _Danny-Do-Little and the Clown_ -] - - “If you just sit still and frown, - You can’t entertain a Circus Clown.” - -There, sure enough, stood a regular Clown on his head, beside him! - -Danny-Do-Little was so surprised he did not know what to say, and waited -until the Clown stood on his feet, then he remarked: - - “If you’re a Clown from Circus Town, - How did you get here in striped gown?” - -The Clown answered in a sing-song Clownish way: - - “I’m such a joker I might explain, - That I fell out of my aeroplane!” - -Then, the little boy said: - - “I’m Danny-Do-Little, I’m glad you came, - Please tell me, Sir, what is your name?” - -[Illustration: - - _Danced So Hard That He Kicked Off One of His Slippers_ -] - -The Clown said: - - “I travel around with the finest shows, - And I go by the name of Silver Toes!” - -Then he went through the funniest little dance and danced so hard that -he kicked off one of his silver slippers! - -Danny-Do-Little clapped his hands and begged him to come in-doors and -perform some of his tricks. - -The Clown was as thirsty as thirsty could be so he said: - - “Danny-Do-Little, did you fail, - To bring water in for the drinking pail?” - -Danny-Do-Little laughed and ran to the pump and filled the water pail in -a hurry to please the Clown. - -Then the Clown surprised him! - - He took a drink of water you know, - And turned a somersault or so! - -Then at exactly that minute, the Clown began to want a cup of tea. He -wanted it so badly he could hardly wait, but there was no fire and he -shouted: - - “To fill the wood-box and tend the fire, - If I were a boy I’d never tire.” - -Danny-Do-Little took the hint at once, and he ran out and got an armful -of wood, and made a fire and put on the tea-pot, and soon the water was -boiling merrily for a cup of tea. - - What did the Clown do, do you suppose? - He balanced the tea cup on his nose! - -Every time he did a trick Danny-Do-Little tried to do the same, and -together, they burst into merry peals of laughter. - -The Clown was hungry and he dearly loved hard boiled eggs so he shouted: - - “Danny-Do-Little is it best - To leave eggs out in the nest?” - -Danny-Do-Little could take a suggestion as well as any boy, so he ran -and got a basket full of eggs from the chicken house. - - When in from the barn with eggs he came, - The Clown jumped through a picture frame! - -Then the Clown threw eggs in the air and caught them. - -All of a sudden he looked at the kitchen floor. - - There was so much dust upon the floor, - He had never seen the like before! - At Danny he cast a side-long glance, - He took the broom and performed a dance! - -When the floor was quite clean, out from his pocket he took a wonderful -red bouncing ball and performed all kinds of tricks with it. - -He shouted: - - “Danny-Do-Little does nothing at all, - He is too lazy to even play ball!” - -“Try me and see,” cried Danny, and the Clown played ball with him and -showed him one hundred and six ways of doing tricks with the wonderful -red bouncing ball. Then he put up his hand, saying: - - “See that finger aside my nose? - It’s time I were going goodness knows.” - -Danny-Do-Little begged the Clown to stay but he gave him two tickets to -the Circus which was to be held next week in On-Time-Town. He said: - - “I’m very glad you admire my gown, - I’m off and away to On-Time-Town.” - -Danny-Do-Little was amused for he had not said a single word about the -Clown’s suit, but he was so sorry to see him go that he looked rather -sad, but the Clown tossed him his wonderful red bouncing ball and cried: - - “Practice your tricks, don’t stop to sigh, - I’ll meet you again, good bye, good bye.” - -Then Danny-Do-Little began to practice all the tricks in real earnest -and found his little feet began to act as though they belonged to him, -and his arms and legs began to limber up and soon he was as active as -could be. He learned to do many tricks well, but those he did with the -bouncing ball were best of all. - -Surprising things began to happen! - -All the boys came to learn his tricks and hear the story of the Circus -Clown! - -The water pail was always full. - -The wood-box was never empty! - -The eggs were gathered every day! - -Danny-Do-Little was busy from morning until night. - -One day the greatest surprise of all came through the mail. There was a -red and white box addressed to “Danny-Do-It-Now,” once called, -“Danny-Do-Little.” - -In the red and white box was a red and white Clown suit just his size. - -On the suit was a red and white card saying: - - “Little Danny Do-It-Now, - You learned your tricks, please tell me how, - You’re a bright boy as every one knows, - Please accept this gift from Silver Toes.” - -What happened next do you suppose? - -[Illustration: - - _He Became the Funniest Circus Clown_ -] - - He put on the Clown suit and stood on his head - And changed his name, I’ve heard it said, - He made a regular Circus bow, - And said, “Call me Danny-Do-It-Now.” - He became the funniest Circus Clown, - And travelled away to On-Time-Town, - I am very sure wherever he goes, - He does his tricks with Silver Toes! - To join the Circus if you’d learn how, - Just change your name to “Do-It-Now,” - And smile always instead of frown, - Then they’ll welcome _You_ in On-Time-Town! - - - - - Jack and Jill’s Tooth-Pick Circus - - -One day Jack and Jill had the mumps and could not go to the circus. - -Uncle Phil came in whistling and he said: - - “I’ve brought you something sure to please, - You can _make_ a circus with sticks and peas.” - -To their delight he showed them how. - -They soaked the peas and stuck the tooth picks in them so they would -hold together. - -They made the circus tent and side-show tents, cages for the animals, -and a merry-go-round. - -It was fun to make the Tooth-Pick Animals and Clown. - -Uncle Phil said he must go to work, but he said: - - “Jack and Jill, good bye, good bye, - You can be happy if you try.” - -So saying, he went off and then the most extraordinary thing happened. - -A voice whispered: - - “The animals are in the tent, - And each one is on mischief bent, - The tent flap soon will open wide, - There’s room for you and me inside!” - -Jack and Jill clapped their hands and said: - - “We wish we were little girl and boy - As _tiny_ as each Tooth-Pick toy.” - -They did not know they were sitting on a wishing rug. - -No sooner had they made their wish than they grew smaller, and smaller, -and smaller, and went inside the very tent they had made. - -At this exciting minute a voice said: - - “And now we see the circus ring, - Round which the old clowns dance and sing, - The animals will march two and two, - And make a little show for you.” - -“Oh, oh,” cried Jack and Jill. “What if our Tooth-Pick Clown and animals -should become alive?” - -In came the Tooth-Pick Clowns, singing: - - “The Tooth-Pick Clowns walk two and two, - And funny things they say to you, - Skipping lightly round the ring, - They crack their whips and laugh and sing.” - -Then in came a rider with a chariot saying: - - “The golden chariot you know, - Has a rider bowing low, - The circus is a pleasant place, - To behold a chariot race.” - -Then in came the comical little animals and did their tricks in the -rings. - -The Clown sang: - - “This lion’s of uncertain age, - Perhaps you like him in his cage, - Round the circus ring he’ll go, - He’s trained to act so in the show.” - -In came the tall Giraffe and the Clown sang: - - “We introduce the tall Giraffe, - And beg that you will never laugh. - At his tall neck or anything, - As he marches in the ring!” - -Next, in came an old Elephant, and the Clown riding on his back said: - - “See the old trick Elephant, - He likes to live out in a tent, - He’s a traveller as every one knows, - And carries his trunk wherever he goes.” - -Jack and Jill had so much fun they even rode in the merry-go-round and -sang: - - “The Merry-Go-Round is quite a treat - If you have money for a seat. - Round and round the horses go, - To music playing sweet and low.” - -By and by the wonderful circus was over and the Clowns called: - - “The big band wagon now will pass, - Too soon it’s out of sight, alas! - We wish the band could play always, - It makes such happy circus days!” - -Jack and Jill went into a side-show tent to have their fortunes told. -Outside the tent the sign read: - - “This is a little side-show tent, - From which come peals of merriment, - If you’ve a dime step in and see, - What it holds of mystery.” - -Jack and Jill went merrily homeward while the old Clowns called after -them: - - “The children travel two and two, - For many have to walk ’tis true, - They like to imitate the Clown, - When the circus comes to town.” - -The Family Clock greeted them as they got home. It began to strike and -sing in a comical manner: - - “Hear me count, one, two, three, four, five. - I’m glad that you got home alive, - Perhaps it takes you by surprise, - But now you are the proper size!” - -Jack and Jill rubbed their sleepy eyes. - -They were in their own little red rocking chairs at home. They still had -the mumps of course for company! - -There, on the table before them, were the Tooth-Pick Animals, there were -the merry Clowns, and the tent stood with a flap open so one could go -inside! - -The children said: - - “How very funny it does seem, - We both had such a jolly dream.” - -At this very minute, in came Uncle Phil with both hands behind his back, -singing: - - “Which hand will you choose? I’ve pleasant news, - It is sure to drive away the blues, - As I came walking back to town - I met a friend, a Circus Clown!” - -[Illustration: - - _A Really, Truly Circus Clown_ -] - -Jack chose the right hand and Jill chose the left. - -Jack got a bag of pop corn and Jill a bag of peanuts. - -Behind Uncle Phil came a really, truly Circus Clown in a really, truly -Circus gown of red and white. He had a red and white striped cap on, and -his face was painted many colors! - -He stood on his head and turned somersaults and did his tricks to please -the children: - - When he saw the Tooth-Pick Toys, - He laughed, for he had girls and boys, - The children loved the Clown always - For he taught them many Tooth-Pick Plays! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES - - - 1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. - 2. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. - 3. 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