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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Roly-Poly book - -Author: Laura Rountree Smith - -Release Date: September 30, 2022 [eBook #69076] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading - Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from - images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROLY-POLY BOOK *** - - - - - - -_THE ROLY-POLY BOOK_ - - - - -Books by - -LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH - - - Bear and Bunny Book, The - Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear - Bunny Bright Eyes - Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior - Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The - Children’s Favorite Stories - Circus Book, The - Circus Cotton-Tails, The - Cotton-Tail First Reader, The - Cotton-Tail Primer, The - Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The - Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days - Games and Plays - Hawk-Eye, An Indian Story Reader - Language Lessons from Every Land - Little Bear - Little Eskimo - Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The - Mother Goose Stories - Primary Song Book - Roly-Poly Book, The - Runaway Bunny, The - Seventeen Little Bears - Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes - Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The - Three Little Cotton-Tails - - Published by - A. FLANAGAN COMPANY - CHICAGO - - - - - The - Roly-Poly Book - - BY - LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH - - 1923 - A. FLANAGAN COMPANY - CHICAGO - - [Illustration] - - If you will come and read with me, - Our Roly-Poly friends you’ll see. - You’ll often laugh, if you will look - Inside the Roly-Poly Book! - - COPYRIGHT, 1910, 1923 - BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY - - Printed in the United States of America - - - - -The Roly-Poly Book - - - - -CHAPTER I - - -“What’s that?” asked Mama Roly-Poly. - -“What’s that?” asked Papa Roly-Poly. - -“What’s that?” asked Teddie and Freddie Roly-Poly. - -Then Humpty Dumpty called out, “It’s only I. I am falling down-stairs -again!” - -Thump, thump! bump, bump! Humpty Dumpty fell all the way down-stairs. - -Mama Roly-Poly went to pick him up, and she said, “Some day you will get -hurt if you are not careful.” - -[Illustration: THUMP, THUMP! BUMP, BUMP!] - -Then—what do you suppose happened? - -Teddie and Freddie Roly-Poly shouted: - - “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. - Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. - All the king’s horses and all the king’s men - Can not put Humpty Dumpty together again.” - -Then the Roly-Poly family began to eat their breakfast. - -“Oh, ow!” cried Humpty Dumpty. - -“Oh, ow!” cried Teddie and Freddie. - -What do you suppose was the matter this time? - -All the little Roly-Polys had burned their mouths because their oatmeal -was so hot. - -“Never mind,” said Papa. “You must eat your breakfast or you will be late -for school.” - -Sure enough, the first bell for school was ringing that very minute. - -Teddie looked at Freddie and Freddie looked at Teddie. - -Any one could have told they were twins, they looked so much alike. - -Teddie said, “How can I go to school with a sore mouth?” - -Freddie said, “My mouth is sore, too.” - -Humpty Dumpty said, “I have a lame back because I fell down-stairs.” - -Mama Roly-Poly looked over her spectacles and said, “If you are not able -to go to school, I will put you all to bed!” - -Then Teddie dried his eyes on the corner of his napkin, and Freddie -said, “I feel much better.” - -Humpty Dumpty said, “I can go to school if the twins will draw me in the -cart.” - -The children got down from their seats at the table and began to get -ready for school. - -“Where is my red cap?” cried Teddie. - -“Where is my red cap?” shouted Freddie. - -Mama and Papa looked in every nook and corner, but they could not find -the red caps. - -Humpty Dumpty stood looking out of the window. Suddenly, he began to -dance a jig. He danced so hard that he spun around like a top. - -“Stop him! stop him!” cried Mama Roly-Poly. “Stop him, or he will hurt -his back.” - -Teddie went and whispered something in his right ear and Freddie -whispered something in his left ear, and Humpty Dumpty stopped. - -The twins asked, “What made you spin around that way?” - -Humpty Dumpty said: - - “I know something I shan’t tell, - Three little nuts in a pea-nut shell.” - -“He knows where our caps are,” cried the twins. “O Ma, make him tell! O -Pa, make him tell!” - -Then Humpty Dumpty led the twins to the window and pointed to the caps -lying under the maple tree. - -It had rained the night before and the caps were wet. - -The twins were in such a hurry to get to school that they put on their -wet caps and ran merrily along, and Humpty Dumpty forgot all about -wishing to ride in a cart and ran merrily after them. - -When they reached the school all the children set up a shout. - -Teddie’s face was all streaked with red, and Freddie’s face was all -streaked with red. - -The water from their wet caps had run down their cheeks. - -The teacher sent them out to the pump to wash their faces. - -Then school opened, and Humpty Dumpty began to cry. - -He cried so hard that a little stream of tears ran out of each eye. - -The teacher asked, “What is the matter, Humpty Dumpty?” - -The little fellow was crying so hard that he could not answer. - -Then Freddie raised his hand and asked, “Please, may I speak?” and Teddie -raised his hand and asked, “Please, may I speak?” - -The teacher nodded, and the twins said, “Perhaps Humpty Dumpty is hurt, -for he fell down-stairs this morning.” - -Then the teacher said that the twins might put Humpty Dumpty into a -wheel-barrow and take him home. - -The teacher said, “Say your tables and count numbers all the way.” - -The twins put Humpty Dumpty into a wheel-barrow, and they put their wet -caps by his side and started homeward. - -Then they began to count: “One, two, three, four.” - -“See that squirrel,” cried Teddie. - -“Nine, ten, seven,” said Humpty Dumpty. - -“See that robin,” said Freddie. - -“Eight, four, sixteen, twelve,” counted Humpty Dumpty. - -The children went on counting and talking in the funniest way. - -When they got home they found that Papa and Mama had gone away. - -[Illustration: THE TWINS SANG HIM A NONSENSE SONG] - -Humpty Dumpty began to cry. “I want my ma,” he said. - -Teddie said, “Don’t cry and we will sing you a song.” - -Freddie said, “Indeed we will.” - -Mama had left a note on the table, and the note said: - - I have left your dinner in the pantry. If we do not come home - to-night Grandpa Grimes will stay with you. - -Humpty Dumpty lay down on the sofa and the twins sang him a nonsense -song, in hopes that he would soon be better. - -They sang: - - “Oh, beets and carrots are good to eat, - And pears and apples are nice and sweet; - But Mrs. Potato of all is most wise, - For she has such a number of eyes!” - -Then they drew a picture of Mrs. Potato and soon Humpty Dumpty fell -asleep. - -Then the twins went to the window to see whether or not Grandpa Grimes -was coming. - -[Illustration] - - If Humpty Dumpty now should fall - From other places than the wall, - He might get a crack or two, - And that would never, never do. - - - - -CHAPTER II - - -Grandpa Grimes was nowhere to be seen, so the twins went out-doors to -play. They had so much fun turning somersaults on the lawn that they -forgot all about dinner, and they forgot all about Humpty Dumpty. - -Very likely they would have forgotten all about supper, too, if they had -not happened to look down the road. - -“Hurrah!” cried Freddie. “There is Grandpa Grimes.” - -“Hurrah!” cried Teddie. “But why doesn’t he come in! He is going past the -gate!” - -The twins ran down the road to catch Grandpa Grimes. - -Grandpa Grimes was a jolly old fellow. He carried a suit-case and a big -umbrella. - -He never went anywhere without his umbrella. - -He said, “Who can tell whether it will rain or shine?” - -One of the twins grabbed his suit-case and the other twin grabbed his -umbrella. - -Grandpa asked, “Where is Humpty Dumpty?” - -“Oh, oh!” cried Teddie and Freddie, “we had forgotten all about him, and -we had forgotten all about our dinner, too!” - -Grandpa Grimes began to whistle a merry tune and they all went into the -house. - -[Illustration: GRANDPA GRIMES] - -Humpty Dumpty did not wake up when they came in. - -Grandpa Grimes looked at him and said, “Strange! Extraordinary! Most -extraordinary!” - -Then he took a good look at Humpty Dumpty and cried, “Get the bottle of -glue! Get it quickly!” - -What do you suppose Grandpa Grimes saw? He saw that Humpty Dumpty had a -crack in his back! - -Grandpa put the glue on the poor little fellow’s back. Then Humpty Dumpty -woke up and said, “I want Ma, boo-hoo!” - -Grandpa Grimes said, “If you will be still I will tell you a story.” - -“A story! a story!” cried the twins together. “Do tell us a story!” - -Grandpa Grimes said: - - “How can I talk with nothing to eat? - Cold bread and butter would be quite a treat!” - -The twins took the hint and ran about getting supper ready. - -They set the table and warmed up the dinner that Mama Roly-Poly had left -them. - -Humpty Dumpty cried, “I want supper, too.” - -So Grandpa rolled the sofa into the dining-room and for fun they all sat -on the sofa and ate their supper. - -“How about the red caps?” asked Grandpa Grimes. - -He had given the caps to the twins on their last birthday. - -Then Freddie hung his head and said, “We were careless,” and Teddie said, -“We let them get wet, Grandpa.” - -Then Grandpa Grimes chuckled and asked, “What mischief have you been up -to, Humpty Dumpty?” - -Humpty Dumpty said, “Oh, I only fell down-stairs.” - -Then the twins said, “Where can Pa and Ma have gone?” - -Grandpa pretended he did not hear. He only said, “This is very good tea -for cold tea.” - -Freddie said, “I wonder if Ma went up town.” - -Teddie said, “I wonder if Pa went to the farm.” - -“Speak a little louder,” said Grandpa Grimes. “How can you expect an old -man to hear?” - -Then he winked one eye at Humpty Dumpty and he winked the other eye at -the cat, for he could hear as well as any of them. - -Humpty Dumpty said, “Tell us a story, please, Grandpa.” - -“Who will wash dishes?” asked Grandpa. - -“I will,” said all the children at once. - -“Look out, Humpty Dumpty, or you will fall off the sofa,” said Grandpa -Grimes. - -The twins washed and wiped the dishes and then they shouted, “Now for the -story! Tell us the story!” - -“Who fed the cat?” asked Grandpa Grimes. - -Then Freddie got a saucer, and Teddie poured milk into it, and the old -cat purred and drank her milk. - -The twins got two little stools and sat down at Grandpa’s feet. - -“Did you lock the back door?” asked Grandpa with a twinkle in his eye. -“We don’t wish to have any tramps coming in here.” - -So Teddie went and locked the door and they thought that now Grandpa -would surely begin. - -Then Grandpa said: - - “How can I tell the story right, - Without a ray of candle-light?” - -Freddie lighted the lamp, and then Grandpa said: - -“Now then! you are such dear, good children that I will tell you the -story of Amaryllis.” - -This is the fairy tale that Grandpa told: - - AMARYLLIS - - Amaryllis sat by the fire, playing his fiddle. - - He was alone in the house. - - His brothers had gone to the ball. - - Amaryllis was thinking of the story of Cinderella. - - “I am like Cinderella, only I am a boy,” he said. “I sit among - the ashes and cinders.” - - “By and by,” he said, “I will pretend I am at the ball.” - - So he took up his fiddle again and played a merry tune. - - A little mouse that lived in the house came out and began to - dance as he played. - - Amaryllis laughed when the little mouse danced. - - He forgot that he had wished to go to the ball. - - Amaryllis had two brothers. They were proud and cruel. They had - said, “Amaryllis is so little that we will give him a girl’s - name. We will make him black our boots and tend the fires and - wait on us.” - - While Amaryllis sat playing the fiddle a fairy came in. - - “Heigho! that was a merry tune,” said the fairy. “Come, let us - dance.” - - So Amaryllis laid down his fiddle, and he and the fairy joined - hands and danced right into the ball-room where the brothers - were, and all the fine lords and ladies. - - Amaryllis was afraid at first. He thought of his shabby - clothes. He looked down and saw that he had on a fine velvet - suit with gold buttons. - - The fairy still danced with him. - - Round and round and round they went. - - “Mind that you don’t play the fiddle here until the third - night,” the fairy said, and then she disappeared. - - All the fine ladies bowed to Amaryllis and all the lords stared - at him. - - The lovely princess danced with Amaryllis and he was very happy - indeed. - - They had danced all this time without music. - - Suddenly the king rose from his throne and said: - - “He who takes the fiddle, - And plays a jolly air, - Shall have half my kingdom, - And the princess fair!” - - Then every one of the lords wished to play the fiddle, you may - be sure, and Amaryllis could hardly keep his hands still. - - The proud brothers tried to play, but they could not make a - sound. - - Many of the lords tried to play, but the fiddle would only - squeak for them. Sometimes it would fly right out of their - hands. - - All this time Amaryllis was longing to play the fiddle, and his - arm went to and fro as though he had hold of the bow. - - Some one noticed him and cried, “See! we have the fiddler - here.” - - Amaryllis remembered the words of the fairy just in time, and - so he would not play the fiddle. He went out of the room and - ran home as fast as his legs could carry him. - - When the brothers got home they told great tales about the ball. - - They told Amaryllis about the handsome young prince who would - not play the fiddle. - - The next night the king gave another ball and both the brothers - were invited. - - “Black my boots,” said one. - - “Brush my coat,” said the other. - - Amaryllis waited on them as usual. - - When, at last, the brothers were gone, Amaryllis sat down by - the fire and began to play as before. - - In came the fairy. - - “Let us dance,” she said. - - Amaryllis and the fairy danced round and round as before, and - danced again into the ball-room. - - “Don’t touch the king’s fiddle until the third night,” - whispered the fairy, and she was gone. - - Everybody had a fine time at the ball that night, and after a - while the king rose as before and said: - - “He who takes the fiddle - And plays a jolly air, - Shall have half my kingdom - And the princess fair.” - - Amaryllis could stand it no longer. He forgot that he was at - a great ball. He forgot the lords and ladies. He forgot the - fairy’s words, and reached out his hand for the fiddle. - - He began to play, but the tune he played was not a merry one. - He looked down and saw that he had on his old, shabby clothes. - - All the lords and ladies cried, “Put him out! Put him out! He - is a street musician.” - - Amaryllis ran out of the ball-room and went sadly home. - - The two brothers did not know what had happened. They had eaten - so much that they had fallen asleep at the ball. - - The third night the king gave another ball. - - The two brothers were invited. They had lost so much sleep that - they were very cross while they were getting ready. - - They made Amaryllis wait on them, and they whipped him soundly - because he moved slowly. - - Poor Amaryllis was sleepy, too. - - At last Amaryllis sat in the chimney corner as before. - - He said, “It is too late for the fairy to come to-night.” - - He began to play a sad tune. - - Then the fairy peeped in at the window and asked, “Will you be - good this time and remember what I tell you about playing the - fiddle?” - - Amaryllis nodded and the fairy came in. - - They danced into the ball-room at exactly quarter of twelve. - - “Now,” whispered the fairy, “whatever happens, when the clock - strikes twelve, you must play the fiddle.” - - Then the fairy opened her bag and a little mouse jumped from it - and ran behind a chair. - - The king rose from his throne and began to talk, and just then - the little mouse ran across the floor, and the lovely princess - fell in a faint. - - All the noblemen wished to help the princess, and all the - ladies wished to fan her. - - Amaryllis wished to go to the princess, too, but just at that - minute the clock struck twelve. - - He remembered the fairy’s words and reached out for the king’s - fiddle and began to play a very merry tune. - - He played such a merry tune that the princess revived. - Everybody began to waltz, and the princess danced so hard that - she danced right into Amaryllis’s arms! - - The little mouse was frightened and ran away. - - Then the whole company made merry. The king gave Amaryllis half - his kingdom. Amaryllis married the princess, and they lived - happily ever after. - -“Tell it again,” said Freddie. - -“Tell it again,” said Teddie. - -Humpty Dumpty rolled over to the edge of the sofa. He nearly rolled off -the sofa. - -Grandpa Grimes said, “Humpty Dumpty, I believe you roll off something -every day!” - -Humpty Dumpty said, “That was a fine story.” - -Grandpa said, “I will tell it to you again some day.” - -Freddie said,“I should like to act out the story.” - -Teddie said, “I should like to act it out, too.” - -Then Grandpa Grimes laughed. - -He pulled out his watch and said, “Bed-time for honest folks.” - -Then all the children went merrily to bed. - -[Illustration] - - The Roly-Polys can not spell, - They do not know their lessons well, - They sit on stools and wear dunce-caps, too, - As any child might have to do. - - - - -CHAPTER III - - -Next morning who do you suppose was the first one to wake up? - -Humpty Dumpty woke up and rolled out of bed. - -“Bump!” he fell to the floor and rolled over and over. Humpty Dumpty was -so fat he was always rolling about. - -“Help! help!” called the twins. “Humpty Dumpty has fallen out of bed.” - -“Hush!” said Humpty Dumpty, “don’t waken Grandpa. I did not hurt myself -at all this time.” - -Then the twins looked at the great clock in the hall. Its hands pointed -at quarter of six, so they all went back to bed. - -“I am not a bit sleepy,” said Freddie. - -“Neither am I,” said Teddie. - -Humpty Dumpty said, “Let us tell one another fairy stories.” - -Freddie began, “Once there was a princess. She had golden hair.” - -“No, she had red hair,” said Humpty Dumpty. - -“No, no,” said the twins, “we wish her to have golden hair.” - -Then Humpty Dumpty said, “Red hair, red hair,” and he laughed so hard -that he fell out of bed again. - -The funny little Roly-Polys could not go on with the story because they -could not agree about the color of the princess’s hair. - -They all got up and tip-toed down-stairs. - -They did not wish to waken Grandpa. - -The twins started to get breakfast, and such a time as they had! First -the fire would not burn, then the water would not boil. - -They burned their fingers and they burned the toast. - -Grandpa Grimes came down at last, and they all sat down to breakfast. - -Grandpa Grimes said, “The coffee is so good I will give you all new red -caps and you may go with me to the store to buy them.” - -“Hurrah!” shouted the twins together. - -Humpty Dumpty said, “I want a blue cap. I haven’t any twin.” - -Then they all laughed until they cried. - -“I wonder where Ma and Pa have gone,” said the twins. - -“How many of you will be late for school?” asked Grandpa Grimes. - -Then they all ate their breakfast and started on a run for school. - -Grandpa Grimes stood in the doorway and waved a red pocket-handkerchief -at them as they ran along. - -Humpty Dumpty began to cry as soon as school opened. He cried and he -screamed and he howled. - -The teacher said, “Humpty Dumpty, I can not send you home every day!” - -Humpty Dumpty would not tell what was the matter and he only cried, “I -want my grandpa, boo-hoo!” - -At last the teacher said that Humpty Dumpty must go home, but that he -must go alone this time. - -Then Humpty Dumpty made a bow and went home. - -It was time for the classes to stand up and spell. Teddie and Freddie -stood up with the rest. - -“Spell ‘Africa,’” said the teacher. - -Teddie missed and went to the foot of the class. Then Freddie missed and -went to the foot of the class. - -So, alas! it went on all day long. Teddie and Freddie could not spell and -they could neither read nor write. - -What do you suppose was the matter? - -Freddie was wondering where his mama was and Teddie was wondering where -his papa was, and so they could not study. - -At the close of school those two funny little twins had to sit on stools -and wear dunce-caps. - -At five o’clock they went home. They walked slowly. They were thinking -about the dunce-caps. - -When they got home they wore such long faces that Grandpa Grimes said, -“Come right into the parlor!” - -There sat Humpty Dumpty on the floor. The twins sat down beside him, and -Grandpa said, “A penny for your thoughts,” and he held up three bright -new pennies. - -Each of the Roly-Polys told what he was thinking about and Grandpa gave -each of them a penny. - -Then they began to beg for a story. - -“Dear Grandpa,” they said, “tell a story. Please, Grandpa, just one -story.” - -Humpty Dumpty said, “Tell a bran-new story, please.” - -Grandpa Grimes dearly loved to tell stories, so he said, “I will tell you -about the Tree Fairies.” - -When he finished the story, the little Roly-Polys were fast asleep, so -Grandpa laughed and said to himself, “I can tell that same story again, -some day!” - -This is the story Grandpa Grimes told: - - THE TREE FAIRIES - - The Pied Piper played a tune, and the children of Hamelin - followed him. - - They followed him until he came to a mountain. - - A door in the side of the mountain opened, and the piper and - the children went inside. - - “Hurry, hurry, hurry!” said the piper. “We must get inside the - mountain before the door closes.” - - The children all followed him. - - The door in the mountain-side closed, and no one ever saw them - again. - - The children now looked about them. - - They stood in the most wonderful green room. It looked like - Fairy Land. - - The chairs and tables were made of green moss, and green - hammocks were swinging everywhere. - - The children ran about, making a great noise. - - Then the funniest dwarf appeared. He had a beard that reached - clear down to the floor. - - He stamped his foot, and shouted to the Pied Piper, “What - mischief have you been in now?” - - The Pied Piper said, “I freed the town of Hamelin of rats, and - the mayor promised to pay me a thousand guilders. He would not - pay the money, when the time came, so I took his children, and - all the other children of the village.” - - The dwarf stamped his foot again, and shouted, “What do you - intend to do with all these children?” - - The Pied Piper did not answer. He only played a merry tune. - - “They shall not stay here!” shouted the dwarf. Then he went - into the next room, where his brothers were at work. - - The dwarfs in this room were starting young plants, and they - tended the roots of trees to make them grow. - - The dwarf stamped his foot and shouted to his brothers: - - “The Pied Piper has brought in a whole villageful of children. - I will not keep them all. I can never feed so many!” - - One funny dwarf answered him. He was a queer fellow, as broad - as he was long. - - This dwarf laid his finger on the side of his nose and asked: - - “Why not change the children into fairies and let them live in - the trunks of the trees?” - - “The very thing!” shouted the first dwarf. - - So he opened a little door at the root of a maple tree, and - called one of the children to him. - - Then the other dwarfs said a magic verse, and whisk! the child - was changed into a fairy and went up into the trunk of the tree! - - So the dwarfs kept on, until all the children were changed into - fairies and went to live in the trunks of trees. - - Soon after this the Pied Piper and the dwarfs went away across - the sea. - - They rode on the Magic Carpet, and they forgot all about the - children they had changed into fairies and shut up in the trees. - - One day Prince Charming went into the woods. - - He was looking for the Beautiful Princess. - - He was tired, for he had walked a long way through the woods. - He lay down under the tree, to rest. - - He was almost asleep when a maple seed fell on his head, and he - said: - - “The seed makes me think of the hair of the Beautiful Princess.” - - Then he heard a gentle tapping. - - The tapping seemed to come from the tree under which he lay. He - got up and called in a loud voice: - - “Princess, princess, come to me, - If princess, now, you really be!” - - Then, he heard a gentle sigh, but he thought it was the wind - stirring the new green leaves. - - Then the prince fell asleep, and dreamed a dream. - - He dreamed that a door opened in the tree under which he lay - and out walked the beautiful princess. - - He thought that the princess said, “All the fairies are shut up - in trees. You must let them out. Then I can come to you.” - - The prince awoke. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and ran to a tree - near by, and said: - - “Pretty Fairy Thistle-Down, - Spread your airy wings, - Open, now, your secret door, - While Prince Charming sings.” - - Click! click! click! A little door opened in the tree, and out - came Fairy Thistle-Down. She floated away on the wings of the - breeze. - - Then Prince Charming went to another tree and said: - - “Pretty Fairy Silver-Sheen, - In your dainty dress of green, - Open wide your door to me, - I have come to set you free.” - - Click! click! click! The door opened and out came Fairy - Silver-Sheen. - - The prince went to another tree and said: - - “Good-Luck Fairy, light and airy, - Open your tree-door wide, - This is such a pleasant world, - You must not stay inside.” - - Click! click! click! Open came the door, and out came the - Good-Luck Fairy. She bowed, and smiled at the prince. - - So the prince went on, all day, calling the fairies to come out - of the trees. - - When evening came he stood beside an old oak tree, but he - called in vain, for the Oak-Tree Fairy would not come out. - - Then he went back to the tree in which the Beautiful Princess - was, and he said, “Can you come out now?” - - The Beautiful Princess said, “I can not come until you let out - the Oak-Tree Fairy!” - - The next day it rained, and the next, and the next. - - It is very sober business walking in the woods in wet weather. - - The poor prince got the feathers in his cap all wet, but he - must make the Oak-Tree Fairy come out. - - He pleaded and pleaded with her to leave her tree. - - At last the Oak-Tree Fairy sang this little song: - - “O prince, I promise to leave my tree - When yellow slippers you bring to me.” - - The prince was delighted. He went into town, and bought the - prettiest yellow satin slippers he could find. He took them to - the fairy in the oak tree, but she only repeated the same verse. - - The prince then puzzled his brains to find out what kind of - slippers the fairy wished. - - He was almost in despair, when, one day, he was walking through - the woods and saw a queer little yellow flower growing. - - He went nearer the flower. Then he clapped his hands and - shouted for joy, because the flower was in the shape of a - yellow slipper. - - He searched a long time until he found another flower just like - it. Then he ran as fast as his feet would carry him, and came - to the oak tree and said: - - “Now I am happy. Without any doubt, - Kind Oak-Tree Fairy, you will come out.” - - Click! click! click! went the door in the tree and the Oak-Tree - Fairy came out. - - She put on the slippers and went tripping away through the - woods. - - Then the prince went back to the tree in which the Beautiful - Princess lived. He tapped on the tree and called out: - - “Beautiful Princess, come to me, - Open now the door in your tree.” - - Click! click! click! Open came the door in the tree and out - came the Beautiful Princess. - - She had eyes like violets and hair like silky corn tassels, and - she said: - - “Prince Charming has set the fairies free, - And all will our willing servants be.” - - The prince and the princess were married. All the fairies came - to the wedding, and the Good-Luck Fairy was the jolliest one of - all. - - The Oak-Tree Fairy said, “You see, I had to have yellow - slippers to wear to the wedding!” - - The prince ordered the Flower-Fairy to plant some more seeds of - the wonderful flower that bore the yellow slippers, so that the - Oak-Tree Fairy might have a new pair of slippers every year. - - If you search in the deep woods you may see the slippers - growing there. They are called Lady Slippers now. - - The prince and the princess lived happily ever after, and the - fairies went all over the world. - -After Grandpa had finished the story Freddie woke up. - -He rolled over against Teddie. - -Then Teddie woke up, of course, and they began to talk. - -Then Humpty Dumpty woke up. - -“When did you fall asleep?” asked Grandpa. - -The Roly-Polys all began to talk at once. - -Grandpa Grimes shook his head. “One at a time, please,” he said. - -Then Freddie and Teddie and Humpty Dumpty all held up their hands. - -Grandpa Grimes nodded to Teddie, who said: - -“I fell asleep when you were telling about a dwarf.” - -Then Freddie said, “I fell asleep when you were telling about the -Oak-Tree Fairy.” - -Humpty Dumpty did not say a thing. - -[Illustration] - - Grandpa Grimes is old and gray, - But he still delights in play. - He will entertain you all, - So gather round him, large and small. - - - - -CHAPTER IV - - -Next morning Grandpa Grimes was the first to wake. - -He called out, “Great news! glorious news! Your ma and your pa are coming -home to-day!” - -Then Humpty Dumpty rolled out of bed, but he declared it did not hurt him -a bit. - -The twins dressed so fast that they forgot to brush their hair and had to -run back up-stairs to do it. - -Grandpa said, “After breakfast we will go to town and meet your ma and -your pa.” - -The Roly-Polys finished breakfast. Then they washed the dishes and fed -the cat and made the house look as neat as a pin. - -Grandpa said, “It is so warm that you do not need your caps, and I am -going to buy you new ones, anyway.” - -So they went down the road together. - -They passed some children going to a picnic, and Humpty Dumpty set up a -cry and a scream and a howl. - -“What’s the matter?” asked Grandpa. - -“What’s the matter?” asked the twins. - -“Do you wish to go to the picnic?” asked Freddie. - -“Did you lose your penny?” asked Teddie. - -But Humpty Dumpty shook his head and cried. - -Then Grandpa stooped down and said, “Whisper in my ear what the trouble -is. We haven’t time to cry all morning.” - -Then Humpty Dumpty whispered something to Grandpa, and Grandpa picked him -up and carried him all the rest of the way to the store. - -When they reached the store, what a time they had! - -Teddie and Freddie tried on all the caps the man had, and Humpty Dumpty -got so hungry that they had to buy him a box of crackers! - -At last Teddie and Freddie chose stocking caps just alike, and Humpty -Dumpty chose a sun-bonnet, and they were all as happy as children could -be. - -Then Grandpa pulled out his watch and said: - -“We shall have to hurry. It is twenty minutes of train time, and you -still have your pennies to spend.” - -Then the little Roly-Polys danced about the shop and they asked the -price of this article and that article, and the clerk was so pleased to -see that they all had money to spend that he got out three big bags of -peanuts and placed them in a row on the counter. - -Then Freddie said, “I want peanuts,” and Teddie said, “I want peanuts,” -and Humpty Dumpty said, “Oh, oh, oh! peanuts!” - -The clerk handed each one a bag of peanuts and asked, “Can I do anything -else for you young gentlemen to-day?” - -Humpty Dumpty piped up in his funny little voice and said, “I think -Grandpa needs a new suit-case.” - -Grandpa was so surprised that he laughed until he cried, and—will you -believe it?—before he left the store he had bought a bran-new suit-case! - -The clerk gave each of the Roly-Polys a gum-drop and they said they had -never had so much fun in all their lives. - -Then Grandpa pulled out his watch again and said, “Train time. Hurry, -hurry, hurry!” and they all went to the station. - -Sure enough, when they got there the train was coming in. - -There were Mama and Papa Roly-Poly, round and smiling, and there were -lots of people besides. - -The Roly-Polys all hugged and kissed one another at a great rate, you may -be sure. Then they all went home. - -It was not until evening that Freddie thought to ask, “Where have you -been, Ma?” - -Then Teddie asked, “Where have you been, Pa?” - -Then Mama said, “Run off to bed. We will tell you about our travels -to-morrow.” - -Freddie woke up in the night. He called to Teddie and said: - -“I forgot to ask what Humpty Dumpty was crying about on the way to town!” - -Then Humpty Dumpty woke up and said, “I cried because a girl said I -looked just like an egg!” - -“The very idea!” said Freddie. - -“The very idea!” said Teddie. - -Then they all rolled over and went to sleep. - -Humpty Dumpty had a wonderful dream about a little lame prince. He -remembered the dream next morning and told it to the family at breakfast. - -Grandpa Grimes said, “You are going to be as good a story-teller as I am, -some day!” - -This is the story that Humpty Dumpty told: - - THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE - - Once there were a king and a queen who had three daughters. - - The elder daughters were very beautiful, but they were as proud - as could be. - - The youngest daughter was ugly, but she was good and gentle. - - One day the king and the queen went away for a long visit. They - left the three daughters at home. - - The eldest daughter said, “I wish to be married, so I will have - a sign made. On the sign I will have printed: ‘Look Here for - the Beautiful Princess.’” - - The gardener was ordered to make the sign and hang it on the - golden gate. - - A great many princes came to the palace now, but none of them - were rich or handsome enough to suit the proud sisters. - - Late one evening a little lame prince came up the walk. The - sisters sat by the window, watching. When they saw that he was - lame, they cried: - - “Do not let him in. We will have nothing to do with a lame - prince.” - - Now the lame prince was very, very tired, for he had had a long - journey. He felt that he could go no farther. So when he was - not admitted at the front door he went to the kitchen, thinking - the cook might let him in. - - It was the cook’s night out, and the ugly sister was working in - the kitchen. - - “Honey, will you let me in?” asked the lame prince. - - The ugly sister was so surprised to be called “Honey,” that she - let fall a platter which she had in her hand. The platter broke - into a hundred pieces! - - The prince came in and the ugly sister, whose real name was - Marygold, said: - - “What shall I do! What shall I do! I have broken the best - platter!” - - Just then a pixie came dancing into the kitchen. He was a fat - little fairy. - - “What will you give me if I mend the platter?” he asked. - - “Oh, oh!” cried Marygold, “please mend the platter!” - - “What will you give me?” asked the pixie again. - - “I will give you my wedding-ring some day,” said Marygold. - - Then the pixie took a feather duster from his pocket. He dusted - the broken bits of china and—click, click, click!—they went - together, and the platter was whole again. There was not even a - crack to be seen! - - The lame prince had been sitting on a bench by the fire. Now he - got up and began to walk about, for he was very stiff from his - journey. - - The pixie cried out, “What will you give me if I mend your lame - leg? Say, what will you give me if I mend your lame leg?” - - The prince was so surprised that he did not know what to do, - but he said, “I will give you a marble statue.” - - “May I choose the statue out of your palace?” asked the pixie. - - The prince nodded his head, and the pixie began to dance about - him. He waved his feather duster to and fro about the prince’s - lame leg, and soon—will you believe it?—the leg was no longer - lame! - - Then the prince asked Marygold to marry him, and they went - down the garden walk, laughing and singing in the moonlight. - - When the sisters heard that Marygold had really gone, and that - the prince had a fine castle, they were very jealous, you may - be sure. - - They said, “We should like to live in the castle. We must drive - Marygold away.” - - Just then the pixie came into the room. “Your hearts are ugly - and cracked,” he said. “Shall I mend them?” - - The proud sisters said, “Go away, you horrid little fairy! We - have no need of your help.” - - So the pixie went away. He went away to see Marygold. - - The prince had gone on a long journey. - - The pixie said to Marygold, “Do not venture outside the castle - grounds until the prince comes back from his journey.” - - It rained for three days, and Princess Marygold was very lonely. - - One evening there was a loud rap at the door and Marygold went - to answer it herself. - - She thought the prince might have come back. - - One of the proud sisters was at the door dressed as a doctor. - - She said, “Come quickly in my automobile, for the prince lies - ill in a distant city.” - - The other sister was hiding near by and when Marygold stepped - into the automobile, the proud sisters gave it a push and it - ran away with Marygold in it. It ran over a steep cliff, and - Marygold fell out. Down, down, down, she went. - - The sisters thought they had seen the last of her. They hurried - away as fast as they could. - - But Marygold was not hurt at all, for the Sun-bonnet Fairies - were waiting at the bottom of the cliff with a soft blanket. - They caught her in the blanket as she fell. - - The Sun-bonnet Fairies danced about Marygold. - - They cried, “Oh, ho! so we have caught you!” - - The Sun-bonnet Fairies are funny little creatures. They wear - their bonnets night and day. - - Marygold begged them to let her go, but the fairies said, “No, - no!” and held her fast. - - Now when the prince returned to his palace, he was sad not to - find Marygold. He searched for her high and low. - - One of the proud sisters went to his palace. She hoped he would - marry her, but he was too sad to notice her at all. The proud - sister was angry and went away. - - One evening Marygold sat up late. The Sun-bonnet Fairies had - gone to bed. - - Marygold was braiding her hair and singing: - - “Oh, I am sad as sad can be, - Pixie, fairy, come to me.” - - There was a rustle in the tree-branches overhead and a shrill - voice called, “Who said ‘pixie’?” - - There sat the pixie, up in the tree. - - “I told you not to go outside the castle grounds,” said the - pixie. “What will you give me if I take you home?” - - “I will give you my pearl necklace,” said Marygold. - - “I don’t wish your pearl necklace,” said the pixie. - - “I will give you my breast-pin,” said Marygold. - - “I don’t wish your breast-pin,” said the pixie. - - “Well, what can I give you?” asked Marygold. - - “I wish your wedding-ring,” said the pixie. “You promised to - give it to me some day.” - - “Oh, oh, oh! please do not ask for my ring!” said Marygold. - - “I will never take you home unless you give it to me,” said the - pixie. - - Then, at last, Marygold gave him the ring and he took her home. - - Now, the prince had given orders that no more ladies be - admitted to the castle. He did not wish to see the proud - sisters again. - - The pixie left Marygold outside the south gate of the castle - and she cried, “Let me in. I am Princess Marygold.” - - The guard said, “Show me your wedding-ring!” - - Then Marygold went to the east gate, and the west gate, and the - north gate, and begged to be let in. But each time the guard - said, “Show me your wedding-ring.” - - Next day as the prince was roaming in the garden Marygold - cried, “Let me in, please.” The prince looked over the wall. - He could not believe it was Marygold who stood outside, for - she wore a dress the fairies had given her, and a big blue - sun-bonnet. - - “Throw your wedding-ring over the wall and I will let you in,” - he said. - - Then Marygold sat down and cried. - - Presently one of the proud sisters came along. She was dressed - like a peddler, and she said: - - “My poor lady, eat this peach and you will feel happy again.” - - Marygold ate the peach. She began to grow stiff and cold. She - grew colder and colder, until she turned into a statue. Then - the proud sister went away. - - Next day the prince saw the statue and ordered that it be - brought into the garden. - - “It is a statue of my lost princess,” he cried. - - The prince grew fond of the statue. He went to see it morning - and evening. He placed an evergreen wreath about its neck. - - One day the pixie came. - - He said to the prince, “I have come for my statue.” - - The prince led the pixie about the palace and showed him many - statues. - - “There is a more beautiful one in the garden,” said the pixie. - “I will take the one in the garden.” - - “No, no, I can not spare it!” cried the prince. - - The pixie said, “It is the only statue I will have.” - - At last the prince gave in and the pixie went away with the - statue. - - The prince was sad indeed. He sat alone at twilight and sang: - - “O princess dear, O princess dear, - I am sad in the fall of the year. - I should be happy, it is plain, - If you would come back to me again.” - - The prince’s heart gave a crack. It almost broke in two. - - An autumn leaf floated in through the window. On it was written: - - “The princess dear will come again. - She is not afraid of cold or rain.” - - The prince was cheered a little, and he went to bed. - - The pixie now had the ring and the statue. - - The soft wind blew on the statue and the rain fell, and the - statue began to grow warmer and warmer, and at last Marygold - came back to life. - - “I had a funny dream,” she said. “I thought I was a statue in - the garden at home.” - - Then the pixie said, “What will you give me for this ring?” - - Then Marygold laughed and clapped her hands, and every time she - laughed a new flower bloomed in the pixie’s garden. - - “There, that is enough,” said the pixie, and he gave Marygold - back the ring. - - She sailed away on a cloud, and was soon with the prince again. - - All would have gone well if his heart had not been cracked. - The proud sisters were visiting at the castle and the prince - seemed to like them as well as he liked Marygold. It was all - on account of the cracked heart. - - At last Marygold could stand it no longer. - - She sent for the pixie and asked, “What can be the matter with - the Prince?” - - The pixie said, “Oh, ho! He has cracked his heart.” - - Then the pixie took out his feather-duster and began to mend - the prince’s heart. - - The proud sisters said, “Please mend our hearts, too,” and the - pixie did so. Then they went away and the prince and Marygold - were very happy again. - - The pixie started away, waving his feather-duster. - - Marygold said, “Come to see us often.” - - The pixie whirled his feather-duster. Out fell ten shining - gold-pieces! - - The prince said, “You will always be welcome at the palace.” - - The pixie whirled his feather-duster again. Out fell ten more - shining gold-pieces! - - “That is my wedding present to you,” said the pixie, and he was - gone. - - - - -CHAPTER V - - -Early next morning Grandpa Grimes went home. - -He went home before the children had come down to breakfast. - -Mama Roly-Poly called out, “Do think about it. Go with us, Grandpa.” - -Papa Roly-Poly said, “Please go with us, Grandpa.” - -Grandpa shook his umbrella very fiercely and said: - -“The country is good enough for me, plenty good enough for me.” - -Freddie and Teddie called down-stairs, “Who is talking outside the -window?” - -Humpty Dumpty called, “May I go somewhere? May I go with you?” - -Mama Roly-Poly called, “Dress quickly, children. We have great news.” - -The little Roly-Polys were dressed in a twinkling and they were so -excited at the breakfast table that they could not eat a mouthful. - -Then Papa Roly-Poly said, “Have you ever heard of a circus?” - -“We have,” shouted the Roly-Polys. - -Mama Roly-Poly said, “Would you like to belong to a circus?” - -“We would,” shouted the Roly-Polys. “When may we go?” - -Then Papa Roly-Poly told them all about it. - -He said he had seen an advertisement in a paper for a fat family to go -with a circus. - -“And you know we are fat, my dears!” he said proudly. - -He and Mama had gone to see the circus manager. - -The manager had said, “You are truly the fattest people I have ever seen. -You may travel with us for a year.” - -“Hurrah!” cried the little Roly-Polys, waving their spoons in the air. - -“Now,” said Papa Roly-Poly, “the first thing to do is to sell the house.” - -So they wrote a big sign, “For Sale,” and put it on the front door. - -“I wonder who will buy our house?” said Freddie. - -“I wonder how soon we can go,” said Teddie. - -Humpty Dumpty was so happy that he turned three somersaults. - -“Don’t fall again,” said Mama Roly-Poly. “If you hurt yourself it will -spoil everything.” - -Then Humpty Dumpty climbed up on the sofa and was as still as a mouse. - -“What does Grandpa think about our going?” asked Freddie. - -Papa Roly-Poly said, “Grandpa does not think we shall like the circus.” - -[Illustration] - - The Roly-Polys, you must know, - Like to sit up in a row, - So I’ve often heard them call, - “Oh, Humpty Dumpty, do not fall!” - - - - -CHAPTER VI - - -Early next morning Humpty Dumpty woke up and rolled out of bed, as usual. - -He looked out of the window and cried, “Wake up, everybody, wake up! Here -comes Grandpa Grimes.” - -Then Teddie and Freddie woke up and looked out of the window and cried, -“O Ma, O Pa, do wake up! Here comes Grandpa Grimes.” - -Then Mama and Papa Roly-Poly woke up and looked out of their window, and -there, sure enough, was Grandpa, coming along the road. - -He carried three packages in his arms. - -“I wonder why he comes so early,” said Mama. - -“I wonder what he has in his arms,” said Humpty Dumpty. - -Mama Roly-Poly said, “Hurry up, Papa, and let Grandpa Grimes in.” - -The little Roly-Polys began to dress as fast as they could, but -everything seemed to go wrong. - -Freddie said, “I can not find my coat.” - -Teddie said, “I can not button my shoes.” - -Humpty Dumpty rolled over and over. - -He said, “I can not dress in a hurry.” - -Grandpa Grimes came in, and set on the lowest step of the staircase. - -He called out, “Get dressed, you little rascals! Get dressed, every one -of you!” - -Then Freddie cried, “I can’t find my collar,” and Teddie cried, “I -can’t find my neck-tie,” and Humpty Dumpty cried, “Do, please, help me, -somebody!” - -All the time Grandpa Grimes sat chuckling softly to himself. - -At last, the Roly-Poly family were all dressed and down-stairs. - -Then the children shouted, “What have you in your bundles, Grandpa? what -have you in your bundles? Please let us see!” - -“Not a peep into the bundles,” said Grandpa, “until every one has -finished his oatmeal.” - -All the little Roly-Polys sat down and ate their oatmeal. - -Papa Roly-Poly said, “No one has come to buy our house.” - -Then the most surprising thing happened. - -Grandpa Grimes got up and bowed three times and looked over his -spectacles and said, “I know some one who will take your house.” - -“Who is it? who is it?” cried all the Roly-Polys, and—will you believe -it?—it was fully ten minutes before Grandpa could hear himself speak. - -Then Grandpa said, “I will take your house. I will move in to-morrow -morning.” - -“Who will keep house for you?” asked Papa. - -Grandpa Grimes made another bow and said, “I have asked Little Red Riding -Hood to keep house for me.” - -The little Roly-Polys were all so excited that they did not know what to -do. - -They cried out, “O Ma, may we stay at home? O Pa, please let us stay at -home! We wish to see Little Red Riding Hood!” - -“How very strange!” said Papa Roly-Poly. - -“How very extraordinary!” said Mama Roly-Poly. - -[Illustration] - - The lion has a pleasant smile - (You see him on this page), - But, though I like to hear him roar, - I’m glad he’s in his cage. - - - - -CHAPTER VII - - -At last everything was ready and the whole family set out for the station. - -Grandpa Grimes went to see them off. - -The little Roly-Polys carried the bags Grandpa had brought them. - -At the station Humpty Dumpty began to cry. He cried so hard that Mama -said: - -“Bless my buttons! what ails the child? Have you hurt your back again, my -son?” - -Humpty Dumpty cried, “Boo-hoo! I am going to be homesick! I know I am!” - -[Illustration: “WHAT AILS THE CHILD!”] - -“Give him a lemon-drop,” said Papa. - -Mama put her hand into her pocket and brought out a lemon-drop. - -When Humpty Dumpty saw it he felt better, and soon he had it in his -mouth. Then of course he could not cry. - -Humpty Dumpty had stopped crying just in time, for the train was coming. - -Puff, puff! came the engine, and all the passengers got on board the -train. - -The little Roly-Polys waved their handkerchiefs, and Grandpa stood on the -platform and made a bow. - -The little Roly-Polys soon cuddled down in their seats and went to sleep. -They slept a long time. - -“Wake up! wake up!” cried Papa Roly-Poly at last. “We are almost at -circus town.” - -Then the little Roly-Polys all woke up. - -“Where are the elephants?” cried Freddie. - -“Where are the ponies?” cried Teddie. - -“Where are the camels?” cried Humpty Dumpty. - -Then Papa Roly-Poly said, “Hush! be still! You will see the animals soon -enough.” - -Sure enough, the train stopped at a station just then, and the Roly-Poly -family got out. - -A man dressed in red and gold came up to them and asked, “Will you ride -in the band-wagon?” - -They all got into the band-wagon and the band began to play, and they -rode on and on until they came to the circus tent. - -“Hurrah!” shouted Freddie. - -“Hurrah!” shouted Teddie. - -“Three cheers!” cried Humpty Dumpty. - -The band played “Yankee Doodle,” and the band-wagon drew up in splendid -style in front of the tent. - -The circus manager came, and helped the Roly-Poly family out of the -wagon, and took them all off for supper. - -They were hungry, you may be sure, after their long ride. - -“Can you do any tricks?” asked the manager. - -Mama Roly-Poly smiled, but Papa Roly-Poly shook his head. - -Then the most surprising thing happened. - -The twins had carried a big basket all the way. Out of the basket jumped -the monkey. He had crept into the basket while no one was looking, and -had been fast asleep all the time. - -The Roly-Polys began to roll and the monkey jumped over them. Then they -stood on their heads and turned somersaults. - -The manager cried, “That will do. I will make a side show of you. Your Ma -and Pa may sell tickets.” - -“I wish to see the big parade,” said Freddie. - -“I wish to see the big parade,” said Teddie. - -Then Humpty Dumpty began to cry and fuss and say he would not roll at all -unless he could see the elephants and the ponies. - -The manager said, “Very well; if you are brave, you may ride in the wagon -with the tamest lion.” - -Mama Roly-Poly shuddered and Papa Roly-Poly said they were very -comfortable in the tent, but the little Roly-Polys said they were not -afraid of even a fierce lion. - -So it was arranged that they should ride with the lion in the big parade. - -The time came for the parade. The little Roly-Polys were a bit scared -when they thought of the lion. - -A man opened the door of a big wagon and helped the little Roly-Polys -inside. - -There sat the lion at the end of the cage. He had his back turned toward -them. - -“What if he should eat us up!” whispered Freddie. - -“Oh! Let’s tickle his ears,” said Teddie. - -Then Humpty Dumpty began to roll, and he rolled right up on the lion’s -back, and the lion never moved a bit. - -He did not even roar. - -What do you suppose was the matter with this lion? - -He was stuffed with sawdust! - -Then the Roly-Polys shouted with delight and they spied a little glass -window and they all climbed up on the lion’s back and looked out. - -They saw the big procession, and they were a part of it. They could see -beautifully as the animals turned the corners. - -First there were seven large elephants, and each elephant had a rider -dressed in red velvet. - -Then came seven big camels, and each one had a rider dressed in blue -velvet. - -Then came fourteen little ponies, stamping their feet. - -Then came the big band-wagon playing “Yankee Doodle” and the caliope -playing “Annie Rooney.” - -Then came cages with more animals in them. - -Then came the clowns and another band that played “Marching through -Georgia.” The parade was very splendid indeed. - -The procession went up one street and down another, and there were crowds -and crowds of people. - -Every one said, “There must be a fierce lion in that covered wagon.” - -They meant the wagon in which the Roly-Polys rode. - -What do you suppose those comical little Roly-Polys did? - -They all roared like very fierce lions, and they made a terrible noise. - -The manager was so pleased when he heard about this that he gave each of -them a penny. - -Then the procession marched back to the tent, for it was time for the -performance to begin. - -The little Roly-Polys were very much excited. They could hardly wait for -the time to come for them to do their tricks. - -“Wont it be fun!” said Teddie. - -“Wont it be sport!” said Freddie. - -“It will be if I don’t break my back,” said Humpty Dumpty. - -[Illustration] - - O Roly-Polys, big and small, - Do you never tire at all? - To your home I’d like to go, - And sit up with you in a row. - - - - -CHAPTER VIII - - -The Roly-Polys got out of the wagon and barely had time to see the sign -that hung by their tent, for a man hurried them inside. - -The sign on the tent said: - - MOST REMARKABLE SHOW - - The Roly-Polys we have found. - They’re always turning round and round. - If these wonders you would see, - Just step inside and look with me. - On the table or the ground - They’re always turning round and round! - -Mama and Papa Roly-Poly stood at the tent door and took tickets. - -The little Roly-Polys got up on a high table and pretty soon the people -began to come in. - -When the tent was full the manager came and whispered something to each -of the Roly-Polys. - -Did they roll? Well, I should think they did! - -Humpty Dumpty stood on his head so much that he nearly fell off the table. - -The people in the tent clapped their hands and shouted, and that made the -people outside wish to come in. - -When one show was over another show began. The little Roly-Polys had to -roll until their backs ached. - -Just before the last performance was to be given Teddie began to cry -and Freddie began to cry, and Humpty Dumpty began to cry, and they all -declared that they could roll no more. - -Then Papa and Mama Roly-Poly said they would come inside and that the -twins could sell tickets. But the children cried more and more. - -The manager came in and asked: “What can you do besides roll?” - -Then Freddie and Teddie dried their eyes on their little -pocket-handkerchiefs and said together: - -“We can all tell fairy tales.” - -So it was decided that the Roly-Poly family should sit in a row and tell -fairy tales. - -The tent filled with people, and the Roly-Poly family acted out the -stories as they told them. The people liked the stories. - -They went away and told other people about the Roly-Polys. More and more -people came and the manager was very much pleased. - -The Roly-Poly family stayed with the circus for a month, and they went -from place to place. - -One night Humpty Dumpty crept out of bed and he whispered something -to Freddie, and Freddie whispered something to Teddie, and the twins -whispered something to Mama and Papa, and then the whole Roly-Poly family -were awake. - -What do you suppose the whole family were whispering about? - -They were all tired of the circus, and wished to go home. - -“How can we find the way home?” asked Mama Roly-Poly. - -“How can we get out of the tent?” asked Freddie. - -Papa Roly-Poly said, “Follow me, and don’t make any noise!” - -If the Roly-Polys had not been able to roll they surely would have made a -noise and waked some one up. - -They rolled softly out of bed and softly under the wall of the tent and -soon they were out in the moonlight. - -“Which way shall we go?” they whispered. - -Papa Roly-Poly said, “Follow the leader, and keep a stiff upper lip. -Remember whatever happens to keep a stiff upper lip.” - -“That means that we must not cry,” said Freddie. - -“That means that we must be brave,” said Teddie. - -They rolled along the railroad track for a long way, for Papa said it -must lead somewhere! - -They went on all night and by morning they saw, across a meadow, a big -red barn. Near it was a hay-stack. - -“We will go and rest beside the hay-stack,” said Papa. - -So, they went to the hay-stack and crept under the hay. Soon they were -all fast asleep. - -When morning came Papa and Mama Roly-Poly said they would see if they -could find some breakfast. So they left the little Roly-Polys under the -hay and went away. - -About this time a very exciting thing happened. - -Two little girls came and stood by the hay-stack. They said, “The old hen -has stolen her nest. We will try to find it.” - -Then Teddie and Freddie crept farther under the hay, but Humpty Dumpty -rolled out! - -The little girls clapped their hands and said, “Here is an egg, but what -a queer egg it is!” - -The first little girl caught Humpty Dumpty up in her apron and the second -little girl looked under the hay at the foot of the hay-stack. - -Teddie and Freddie were very much frightened. They went under the -hay-stack so far that no one could find them. - -Then the little girls ran to the house, carrying Humpty Dumpty with them. - -“See, Grandma,” they shouted, “the old hen has stolen her nest beside the -hay-stack, and here is one of the eggs.” - -“The idea of any one calling me an egg!” thought Humpty Dumpty. - -He was angry. He was frightened, and kept saying to himself, “Keep a -stiff upper lip.” - -Grandma could not see very well, but she said, “I do not believe it is a -good egg. I think it is cracked.” - -Then the little girls said, “May we take it up to the play-house? May we, -Grandma?” - -Grandma nodded and the little girls carried Humpty Dumpty off to their -play-house. - -The little girls left Humpty Dumpty on top of their play-house and forgot -all about him. Soon they ran off to play. - -Humpty Dumpty began to look about. “I am glad Grandma did not think I was -a good egg,” he said to himself. “They might have put me into a cake.” - -“Tick, tock,” said the clock in the play-room. - -“Oh, ho! so you can talk, too,” said Humpty Dumpty. He climbed up to the -chimney of the play-house to see the clock better. - -Then the clock said in a sweet voice: - - “How do you do? I’m lonely, too. - Tick, tock, tick, tock!” - -Humpty Dumpty begged the clock to tell him how to get out of the house, -and back to the hay-stack. - -The clock said: - - “Well, well, I will tell. - Tick, tock, tick, tock!” - -Humpty Dumpty yawned and said, “Then hurry up, please. I am in a hurry.” - -The clock said: - - “Don’t tease, if you please. - Tick, tock, tick, tock!” - -Then Humpty Dumpty was still for a long time and the clock begged for a -story. - -[Illustration: “THEN HURRY UP, PLEASE”] - -Humpty Dumpty told the clock all about the circus parade. - -Then the clock said: - - “Go by the stair, but take care. - Tick, tock, tick, tock!” - -Humpty Dumpty made his very prettiest bow, and slipped off the play-house -and rolled out at the door and down-stairs. - -He rolled right down upon a soft white rug. - -The door was open and he rolled out of doors and rested under a maple -tree. - -The clock hung near the play-room window. It called out: - - “Turn heels over head. The barn is red. - Tick, tock, tick, tock!” - -Then Humpty Dumpty turned a somersault and there, sure enough, was the -red barn and the hay-stack. - -It did not take him long to get there, you may be sure. - -Teddie and Freddie and Mama and Papa all ran to meet him. - -They cried, “Hurrah for Humpty Dumpty! Hurrah for the stiff upper lip!” - -Mama and Papa had not found anything to eat. - -“We shall have to wait till we get home,” said Papa. - -“Before we start for home we must rest a little,” said Mama. - -So they all went back to the hay-stack. - -[Illustration] - - If in the woods you chance to meet - A gentleman both round and neat - And if you say, “How do you do?” - Old Grandpa Grimes will smile at you! - - - - -CHAPTER IX - - -“Hurry, hurry!” said Papa Roly-Poly, after they had rested for a while. -“We must get home.” - -“We are so hungry,” said Freddie. - -“We are so thirsty,” said Teddie. - -“Keep a stiff upper lip,” said Humpty Dumpty. - -Then they all rolled out of the hay and found a path that led to the -woods. - -“Oh, oh!” cried Teddie and Freddie. - -“Oh, see the raspberries!” cried Humpty Dumpty. - -Sure enough, there were bushes in the woods full of raspberries. - -All the Roly-Poly family had a fine feast. - -They had walked on a little way when they saw some one coming down the -path. - -It was an old gentleman. - -“Hurrah!” cried Teddie, waving his cap. - -“Hurrah!” cried Freddie, waving his pocket-handkerchief. - -“Hurrah!” cried Humpty Dumpty, dancing a jig. - -All the Roly-Polys cried, “Hurrah for Grandpa Grimes!” - -There, sure enough, was Grandpa coming down the path toward them. - -When Grandpa Grimes heard the noise, he dropped his suit-case and he -dropped his umbrella and cried: - -“Can I believe my eyes, or is this a new fairy story?” - -Then Mama Roly-Poly shook his hand and Papa Roly-Poly kissed him and all -the little Roly-Polys said: - -“We did not know we were near home. We thought we were lost in the woods.” - -Then Grandpa Grimes sat down on a stone and he laughed until he cried. - -At last Grandpa Grimes said, “We are lost in the woods! I have been -traveling for two weeks to find you!” - -Then everybody began to talk at the same time and ask questions. Grandpa -said he had been so lonely that he was going to beg the Roly-Polys to -come back. - -Papa Roly-Poly began to gather up branches while they were talking. - -What do you suppose he was going to do? - -He was going to make a wigwam so that they could rest in the woods at -night. - -All the Roly-Polys helped and they went into the woods and got more -berries before evening. - -They had a fine supper and went to bed. - -Next morning, early, Mama Roly-Poly said, “How shall we get home?” - -Grandpa Grimes shook his head. - -Papa Roly-Poly shook his head. - -All the little Roly-Polys shook their heads. - -Just then some one came tripping down the path, singing: - - Who goes singing on her way? - Little Red Riding Hood. - Who has a heart so light and gay? - Little Red Riding Hood. - -“Who is that singing?” asked Freddie. - -“Who is that singing?” asked Teddie. - -Humpty Dumpty said, “I believe it is Red Riding Hood.” - -They ran a little way down the path. - -“I see a red hood,” said Freddie. - -“I see a red cape,” said Teddie. - -“I see a basket,” cried Humpty Dumpty. “Oh, oh, oh! It surely must be Red -Riding Hood!” - -[Illustration: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD TUCKED ALL THE ROLY-POLYS INTO HER -BASKET] - -Red Riding Hood came in sight, and her pretty song was interrupted by a -shout, for all the Roly-Polys begged to be taken home. - -Red Riding Hood set down her basket. She said: - -“Guess what I have in the basket. Each of you may have one guess.” - -Papa Roly-Poly said, “You have a pat of butter.” - -Red Riding Hood shook her head. - -Mama Roly-Poly said, “You have some cake.” - -Red Riding Hood shook her head. - -Freddie said, “You have some ginger-bread.” - -Teddie said, “You have some ginger-snaps.” - -Still Red Riding Hood shook her head. - -Humpty Dumpty rolled over and said, “I guess cookies!” - -Humpty Dumpty was right. - -Red Riding Hood had cookies in her basket. - -She gave the Roly-Polys the cookies and my! how they did enjoy them! - -What do you suppose happened next? - -Little Red Riding Hood tucked all the Roly-Polys into her basket and took -them safely home. - - Now when you close this little book, - Just open it again and look, - To see if Humpty Dumpty fell - From out the basket. 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FLANAGAN COMPANY<br /> -CHICAGO</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_1"></a>[1]</span></p> - -<p class="titlepage larger">The<br /> -Roly-Poly Book</p> - -<p class="titlepage">BY<br /> -LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH</p> - -<p class="titlepage">1923<br /> -A. FLANAGAN COMPANY<br /> -<span class="smaller">CHICAGO</span></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_2"></a>[2]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter titlepage illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus01.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="poetry-container"> - <div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">If you will come and read with me,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Our Roly-Poly friends you’ll see.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">You’ll often laugh, if you will look</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Inside the Roly-Poly Book!</div> - </div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class="titlepage smaller"><span class="smcap">Copyright, 1910, 1923<br /> -By A. FLANAGAN COMPANY</span></p> - -<p class="titlepage smaller">Printed in the United States of America</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_3"></a>[3]</span></p> - -<h1>The Roly-Poly Book</h1> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_I">CHAPTER I</h2> - -</div> - -<p>“What’s that?” asked Mama Roly-Poly.</p> - -<p>“What’s that?” asked Papa Roly-Poly.</p> - -<p>“What’s that?” asked Teddie -and Freddie Roly-Poly.</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty called -out, “It’s only I. I am falling down-stairs -again!”</p> - -<p>Thump, thump! bump, bump! -Humpty Dumpty fell all the way -down-stairs.</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly went to pick<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_4"></a>[4]</span> -him up, and she said, “Some day you -will get hurt if you are not careful.”</p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus02.jpg" alt="" /> - <p class="caption">THUMP, THUMP! BUMP, BUMP!</p> -</div> - -<p>Then—what do you suppose -happened?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_5"></a>[5]</span></p> - -<p>Teddie and Freddie Roly-Poly -shouted:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">All the king’s horses and all the king’s men</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Can not put Humpty Dumpty together again.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Then the Roly-Poly family began -to eat their breakfast.</p> - -<p>“Oh, ow!” cried Humpty -Dumpty.</p> - -<p>“Oh, ow!” cried Teddie and -Freddie.</p> - -<p>What do you suppose was the -matter this time?</p> - -<p>All the little Roly-Polys had -burned their mouths because their -oatmeal was so hot.</p> - -<p>“Never mind,” said Papa. “You -must eat your breakfast or you will -be late for school.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_6"></a>[6]</span></p> - -<p>Sure enough, the first bell for -school was ringing that very minute.</p> - -<p>Teddie looked at Freddie and -Freddie looked at Teddie.</p> - -<p>Any one could have told they -were twins, they looked so much -alike.</p> - -<p>Teddie said, “How can I go to -school with a sore mouth?”</p> - -<p>Freddie said, “My mouth is -sore, too.”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “I have -a lame back because I fell down-stairs.”</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly looked over her -spectacles and said, “If you are not -able to go to school, I will put you -all to bed!”</p> - -<p>Then Teddie dried his eyes on<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_7"></a>[7]</span> -the corner of his napkin, and Freddie -said, “I feel much better.”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “I can go -to school if the twins will draw me -in the cart.”</p> - -<p>The children got down from their -seats at the table and began to get -ready for school.</p> - -<p>“Where is my red cap?” cried -Teddie.</p> - -<p>“Where is my red cap?” shouted -Freddie.</p> - -<p>Mama and Papa looked in every -nook and corner, but they could not -find the red caps.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty stood looking -out of the window. Suddenly, he -began to dance a jig. He danced so -hard that he spun around like a top.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_8"></a>[8]</span></p> - -<p>“Stop him! stop him!” cried -Mama Roly-Poly. “Stop him, or he -will hurt his back.”</p> - -<p>Teddie went and whispered something -in his right ear and Freddie -whispered something in his left ear, -and Humpty Dumpty stopped.</p> - -<p>The twins asked, “What made -you spin around that way?”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I know something I shan’t tell,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Three little nuts in a pea-nut shell.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>“He knows where our caps are,” -cried the twins. “O Ma, make him -tell! O Pa, make him tell!”</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty led the -twins to the window and pointed to -the caps lying under the maple -tree.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_9"></a>[9]</span></p> - -<p>It had rained the night before -and the caps were wet.</p> - -<p>The twins were in such a hurry -to get to school that they put on -their wet caps and ran merrily along, -and Humpty Dumpty forgot all -about wishing to ride in a cart and -ran merrily after them.</p> - -<p>When they reached the school -all the children set up a shout.</p> - -<p>Teddie’s face was all streaked -with red, and Freddie’s face was all -streaked with red.</p> - -<p>The water from their wet caps -had run down their cheeks.</p> - -<p>The teacher sent them out to the -pump to wash their faces.</p> - -<p>Then school opened, and Humpty -Dumpty began to cry.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_10"></a>[10]</span></p> - -<p>He cried so hard that a little -stream of tears ran out of each eye.</p> - -<p>The teacher asked, “What is the -matter, Humpty Dumpty?”</p> - -<p>The little fellow was crying so -hard that he could not answer.</p> - -<p>Then Freddie raised his hand -and asked, “Please, may I speak?” -and Teddie raised his hand and -asked, “Please, may I speak?”</p> - -<p>The teacher nodded, and the twins -said, “Perhaps Humpty Dumpty is -hurt, for he fell down-stairs this -morning.”</p> - -<p>Then the teacher said that the -twins might put Humpty Dumpty -into a wheel-barrow and take him -home.</p> - -<p>The teacher said, “Say your<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_11"></a>[11]</span> -tables and count numbers all the -way.”</p> - -<p>The twins put Humpty Dumpty -into a wheel-barrow, and they put -their wet caps by his side and started -homeward.</p> - -<p>Then they began to count: “One, -two, three, four.”</p> - -<p>“See that squirrel,” cried Teddie.</p> - -<p>“Nine, ten, seven,” said Humpty -Dumpty.</p> - -<p>“See that robin,” said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Eight, four, sixteen, twelve,” -counted Humpty Dumpty.</p> - -<p>The children went on counting -and talking in the funniest way.</p> - -<p>When they got home they found -that Papa and Mama had gone -away.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_12"></a>[12]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus03.jpg" alt="" /> - <p class="caption">THE TWINS SANG HIM A NONSENSE SONG</p> -</div> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty began to cry. -“I want my ma,” he said.</p> - -<p>Teddie said, “Don’t cry and we -will sing you a song.”</p> - -<p>Freddie said, “Indeed we will.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_13"></a>[13]</span></p> - -<p>Mama had left a note on the -table, and the note said:</p> - -<div class="blockquote smaller"> - -<p>I have left your dinner in the pantry. If we -do not come home to-night Grandpa Grimes will -stay with you.</p> - -</div> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty lay down on -the sofa and the twins sang him a -nonsense song, in hopes that he -would soon be better.</p> - -<p>They sang:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Oh, beets and carrots are good to eat,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And pears and apples are nice and sweet;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But Mrs. Potato of all is most wise,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">For she has such a number of eyes!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Then they drew a picture of Mrs. -Potato and soon Humpty Dumpty -fell asleep.</p> - -<p>Then the twins went to the window -to see whether or not Grandpa -Grimes was coming.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_14"></a>[14]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus04.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="poetry-container"> - <div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">If Humpty Dumpty now should fall</div> - <div class="verse indent0">From other places than the wall,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">He might get a crack or two,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And that would never, never do.</div> - </div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_15"></a>[15]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_II">CHAPTER II</h2> - -</div> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes was nowhere to be -seen, so the twins went out-doors to -play. They had so much fun turning -somersaults on the lawn that -they forgot all about dinner, and -they forgot all about Humpty -Dumpty.</p> - -<p>Very likely they would have forgotten -all about supper, too, if they -had not happened to look down the -road.</p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” cried Freddie. “There -is Grandpa Grimes.”</p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” cried Teddie. “But -why doesn’t he come in! He is going -past the gate!”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_16"></a>[16]</span></p> - -<p>The twins ran down the road to -catch Grandpa Grimes.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes was a jolly old -fellow. He carried a suit-case and -a big umbrella.</p> - -<p>He never went anywhere without -his umbrella.</p> - -<p>He said, “Who can tell whether -it will rain or shine?”</p> - -<p>One of the twins grabbed his -suit-case and the other twin grabbed -his umbrella.</p> - -<p>Grandpa asked, “Where is -Humpty Dumpty?”</p> - -<p>“Oh, oh!” cried Teddie and -Freddie, “we had forgotten all about -him, and we had forgotten all about -our dinner, too!”</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes began to whistle<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_17"></a>[17]</span> -a merry tune and they all went into -the house.</p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus05.jpg" alt="" /> - <p class="caption">GRANDPA GRIMES</p> -</div> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty did not wake -up when they came in.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes looked at him<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_18"></a>[18]</span> -and said, “Strange! Extraordinary! -Most extraordinary!”</p> - -<p>Then he took a good look at -Humpty Dumpty and cried, “Get -the bottle of glue! Get it quickly!”</p> - -<p>What do you suppose Grandpa -Grimes saw? He saw that Humpty -Dumpty had a crack in his back!</p> - -<p>Grandpa put the glue on the -poor little fellow’s back. Then -Humpty Dumpty woke up and said, -“I want Ma, boo-hoo!”</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes said, “If you -will be still I will tell you a story.”</p> - -<p>“A story! a story!” cried the -twins together. “Do tell us a story!”</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“How can I talk with nothing to eat?</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Cold bread and butter would be quite a treat!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_19"></a>[19]</span></p> - -<p>The twins took the hint and ran -about getting supper ready.</p> - -<p>They set the table and warmed -up the dinner that Mama Roly-Poly -had left them.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty cried, “I want -supper, too.”</p> - -<p>So Grandpa rolled the sofa into -the dining-room and for fun they -all sat on the sofa and ate their -supper.</p> - -<p>“How about the red caps?” asked -Grandpa Grimes.</p> - -<p>He had given the caps to the -twins on their last birthday.</p> - -<p>Then Freddie hung his head -and said, “We were careless,” and -Teddie said, “We let them get wet, -Grandpa.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_20"></a>[20]</span></p> - -<p>Then Grandpa Grimes chuckled -and asked, “What mischief have you -been up to, Humpty Dumpty?”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “Oh, I -only fell down-stairs.”</p> - -<p>Then the twins said, “Where can -Pa and Ma have gone?”</p> - -<p>Grandpa pretended he did not -hear. He only said, “This is very -good tea for cold tea.”</p> - -<p>Freddie said, “I wonder if Ma -went up town.”</p> - -<p>Teddie said, “I wonder if Pa -went to the farm.”</p> - -<p>“Speak a little louder,” said -Grandpa Grimes. “How can you -expect an old man to hear?”</p> - -<p>Then he winked one eye at -Humpty Dumpty and he winked<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_21"></a>[21]</span> -the other eye at the cat, for he could -hear as well as any of them.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “Tell us -a story, please, Grandpa.”</p> - -<p>“Who will wash dishes?” asked -Grandpa.</p> - -<p>“I will,” said all the children -at once.</p> - -<p>“Look out, Humpty Dumpty, or -you will fall off the sofa,” said -Grandpa Grimes.</p> - -<p>The twins washed and wiped the -dishes and then they shouted, “Now -for the story! Tell us the story!”</p> - -<p>“Who fed the cat?” asked -Grandpa Grimes.</p> - -<p>Then Freddie got a saucer, and -Teddie poured milk into it, and the -old cat purred and drank her milk.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_22"></a>[22]</span></p> - -<p>The twins got two little stools -and sat down at Grandpa’s feet.</p> - -<p>“Did you lock the back door?” -asked Grandpa with a twinkle in -his eye. “We don’t wish to have -any tramps coming in here.”</p> - -<p>So Teddie went and locked the -door and they thought that now -Grandpa would surely begin.</p> - -<p>Then Grandpa said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“How can I tell the story right,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Without a ray of candle-light?”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Freddie lighted the lamp, and -then Grandpa said:</p> - -<p>“Now then! you are such dear, -good children that I will tell you -the story of Amaryllis.”</p> - -<p>This is the fairy tale that Grandpa -told:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_23"></a>[23]</span></p> - -<div class="blockquote"> - -<h3>AMARYLLIS</h3> - -<p>Amaryllis sat by the fire, playing -his fiddle.</p> - -<p>He was alone in the house.</p> - -<p>His brothers had gone to the ball.</p> - -<p>Amaryllis was thinking of the -story of Cinderella.</p> - -<p>“I am like Cinderella, only I am -a boy,” he said. “I sit among the -ashes and cinders.”</p> - -<p>“By and by,” he said, “I will pretend -I am at the ball.”</p> - -<p>So he took up his fiddle again -and played a merry tune.</p> - -<p>A little mouse that lived in the -house came out and began to dance -as he played.</p> - -<p>Amaryllis laughed when the little -mouse danced.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_24"></a>[24]</span></p> - -<p>He forgot that he had wished to -go to the ball.</p> - -<p>Amaryllis had two brothers. -They were proud and cruel. They -had said, “Amaryllis is so little that -we will give him a girl’s name. We -will make him black our boots and -tend the fires and wait on us.”</p> - -<p>While Amaryllis sat playing the -fiddle a fairy came in.</p> - -<p>“Heigho! that was a merry tune,” -said the fairy. “Come, let us dance.”</p> - -<p>So Amaryllis laid down his fiddle, -and he and the fairy joined -hands and danced right into the -ball-room where the brothers were, -and all the fine lords and ladies.</p> - -<p>Amaryllis was afraid at first. -He thought of his shabby clothes.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_25"></a>[25]</span> -He looked down and saw that he -had on a fine velvet suit with gold -buttons.</p> - -<p>The fairy still danced with him.</p> - -<p>Round and round and round -they went.</p> - -<p>“Mind that you don’t play the -fiddle here until the third night,” the -fairy said, and then she disappeared.</p> - -<p>All the fine ladies bowed to -Amaryllis and all the lords stared -at him.</p> - -<p>The lovely princess danced with -Amaryllis and he was very happy -indeed.</p> - -<p>They had danced all this time -without music.</p> - -<p>Suddenly the king rose from his -throne and said:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_26"></a>[26]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“He who takes the fiddle,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And plays a jolly air,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Shall have half my kingdom,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And the princess fair!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Then every one of the lords -wished to play the fiddle, you may -be sure, and Amaryllis could hardly -keep his hands still.</p> - -<p>The proud brothers tried to play, -but they could not make a sound.</p> - -<p>Many of the lords tried to play, -but the fiddle would only squeak -for them. Sometimes it would fly -right out of their hands.</p> - -<p>All this time Amaryllis was longing -to play the fiddle, and his arm -went to and fro as though he had -hold of the bow.</p> - -<p>Some one noticed him and cried, -“See! we have the fiddler here.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_27"></a>[27]</span></p> - -<p>Amaryllis remembered the words -of the fairy just in time, and so he -would not play the fiddle. He went -out of the room and ran home as -fast as his legs could carry him.</p> - -<p>When the brothers got home -they told great tales about the -ball.</p> - -<p>They told Amaryllis about the -handsome young prince who would -not play the fiddle.</p> - -<p>The next night the king gave -another ball and both the brothers -were invited.</p> - -<p>“Black my boots,” said one.</p> - -<p>“Brush my coat,” said the other.</p> - -<p>Amaryllis waited on them as -usual.</p> - -<p>When, at last, the brothers were<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_28"></a>[28]</span> -gone, Amaryllis sat down by the fire -and began to play as before.</p> - -<p>In came the fairy.</p> - -<p>“Let us dance,” she said.</p> - -<p>Amaryllis and the fairy danced -round and round as before, and -danced again into the ball-room.</p> - -<p>“Don’t touch the king’s fiddle -until the third night,” whispered the -fairy, and she was gone.</p> - -<p>Everybody had a fine time at the -ball that night, and after a while -the king rose as before and said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“He who takes the fiddle</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And plays a jolly air,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Shall have half my kingdom</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And the princess fair.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Amaryllis could stand it no -longer. He forgot that he was at a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_29"></a>[29]</span> -great ball. He forgot the lords and -ladies. He forgot the fairy’s words, -and reached out his hand for the -fiddle.</p> - -<p>He began to play, but the tune -he played was not a merry one. He -looked down and saw that he had -on his old, shabby clothes.</p> - -<p>All the lords and ladies cried, -“Put him out! Put him out! He -is a street musician.”</p> - -<p>Amaryllis ran out of the ball-room -and went sadly home.</p> - -<p>The two brothers did not know -what had happened. They had -eaten so much that they had fallen -asleep at the ball.</p> - -<p>The third night the king gave -another ball.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_30"></a>[30]</span></p> - -<p>The two brothers were invited. -They had lost so much sleep that -they were very cross while they were -getting ready.</p> - -<p>They made Amaryllis wait on -them, and they whipped him soundly -because he moved slowly.</p> - -<p>Poor Amaryllis was sleepy, too.</p> - -<p>At last Amaryllis sat in the chimney -corner as before.</p> - -<p>He said, “It is too late for the -fairy to come to-night.”</p> - -<p>He began to play a sad tune.</p> - -<p>Then the fairy peeped in at the -window and asked, “Will you be -good this time and remember what I -tell you about playing the fiddle?”</p> - -<p>Amaryllis nodded and the fairy -came in.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_31"></a>[31]</span></p> - -<p>They danced into the ball-room -at exactly quarter of twelve.</p> - -<p>“Now,” whispered the fairy, -“whatever happens, when the clock -strikes twelve, you must play the -fiddle.”</p> - -<p>Then the fairy opened her bag -and a little mouse jumped from it -and ran behind a chair.</p> - -<p>The king rose from his throne -and began to talk, and just then the -little mouse ran across the floor, and -the lovely princess fell in a faint.</p> - -<p>All the noblemen wished to help -the princess, and all the ladies wished -to fan her.</p> - -<p>Amaryllis wished to go to the -princess, too, but just at that minute -the clock struck twelve.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_32"></a>[32]</span></p> - -<p>He remembered the fairy’s words -and reached out for the king’s fiddle -and began to play a very merry -tune.</p> - -<p>He played such a merry tune -that the princess revived. Everybody -began to waltz, and the princess -danced so hard that she danced -right into Amaryllis’s arms!</p> - -<p>The little mouse was frightened -and ran away.</p> - -<p>Then the whole company made -merry. The king gave Amaryllis -half his kingdom. Amaryllis married -the princess, and they lived -happily ever after.</p> - -</div> - -<p>“Tell it again,” said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Tell it again,” said Teddie.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_33"></a>[33]</span></p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty rolled over to -the edge of the sofa. He nearly rolled -off the sofa.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes said, “Humpty -Dumpty, I believe you roll off something -every day!”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “That -was a fine story.”</p> - -<p>Grandpa said, “I will tell it to you -again some day.”</p> - -<p>Freddie said,“I should like to act -out the story.”</p> - -<p>Teddie said, “I should like to act -it out, too.”</p> - -<p>Then Grandpa Grimes laughed.</p> - -<p>He pulled out his watch and said, -“Bed-time for honest folks.”</p> - -<p>Then all the children went merrily -to bed.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_34"></a>[34]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus06.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="poetry-container"> - <div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">The Roly-Polys can not spell,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">They do not know their lessons well,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">They sit on stools and wear dunce-caps, too,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">As any child might have to do.</div> - </div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_35"></a>[35]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_III">CHAPTER III</h2> - -</div> - -<p>Next morning who do you suppose -was the first one to wake up?</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty woke up and -rolled out of bed.</p> - -<p>“Bump!” he fell to the floor and -rolled over and over. Humpty Dumpty -was so fat he was always rolling -about.</p> - -<p>“Help! help!” called the twins. -“Humpty Dumpty has fallen out of -bed.”</p> - -<p>“Hush!” said Humpty Dumpty, -“don’t waken Grandpa. I did not -hurt myself at all this time.”</p> - -<p>Then the twins looked at the -great clock in the hall. Its hands<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_36"></a>[36]</span> -pointed at quarter of six, so they all -went back to bed.</p> - -<p>“I am not a bit sleepy,” said -Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Neither am I,” said Teddie.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “Let us -tell one another fairy stories.”</p> - -<p>Freddie began, “Once there was -a princess. She had golden hair.”</p> - -<p>“No, she had red hair,” said -Humpty Dumpty.</p> - -<p>“No, no,” said the twins, “we wish -her to have golden hair.”</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty said, -“Red hair, red hair,” and he laughed -so hard that he fell out of bed -again.</p> - -<p>The funny little Roly-Polys could -not go on with the story because<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_37"></a>[37]</span> -they could not agree about the color -of the princess’s hair.</p> - -<p>They all got up and tip-toed -down-stairs.</p> - -<p>They did not wish to waken -Grandpa.</p> - -<p>The twins started to get breakfast, -and such a time as they had! -First the fire would not burn, then -the water would not boil.</p> - -<p>They burned their fingers and -they burned the toast.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes came down at -last, and they all sat down to breakfast.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes said, “The coffee -is so good I will give you all new -red caps and you may go with me to -the store to buy them.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_38"></a>[38]</span></p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” shouted the twins together.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “I want a -blue cap. I haven’t any twin.”</p> - -<p>Then they all laughed until they -cried.</p> - -<p>“I wonder where Ma and Pa have -gone,” said the twins.</p> - -<p>“How many of you will be late -for school?” asked Grandpa Grimes.</p> - -<p>Then they all ate their breakfast -and started on a run for school.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes stood in the -doorway and waved a red pocket-handkerchief -at them as they ran -along.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty began to cry -as soon as school opened. He cried -and he screamed and he howled.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_39"></a>[39]</span></p> - -<p>The teacher said, “Humpty -Dumpty, I can not send you home -every day!”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty would not tell -what was the matter and he only -cried, “I want my grandpa, boo-hoo!”</p> - -<p>At last the teacher said that -Humpty Dumpty must go home, -but that he must go alone this time.</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty made a -bow and went home.</p> - -<p>It was time for the classes to -stand up and spell. Teddie and -Freddie stood up with the rest.</p> - -<p>“Spell ‘Africa,’” said the teacher.</p> - -<p>Teddie missed and went to the -foot of the class. Then Freddie -missed and went to the foot of the -class.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_40"></a>[40]</span></p> - -<p>So, alas! it went on all day long. -Teddie and Freddie could not spell -and they could neither read nor -write.</p> - -<p>What do you suppose was the -matter?</p> - -<p>Freddie was wondering where his -mama was and Teddie was wondering -where his papa was, and so they -could not study.</p> - -<p>At the close of school those two -funny little twins had to sit on stools -and wear dunce-caps.</p> - -<p>At five o’clock they went home. -They walked slowly. They were -thinking about the dunce-caps.</p> - -<p>When they got home they wore -such long faces that Grandpa Grimes -said, “Come right into the parlor!”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_41"></a>[41]</span></p> - -<p>There sat Humpty Dumpty on -the floor. The twins sat down beside -him, and Grandpa said, “A -penny for your thoughts,” and he -held up three bright new pennies.</p> - -<p>Each of the Roly-Polys told what -he was thinking about and Grandpa -gave each of them a penny.</p> - -<p>Then they began to beg for a -story.</p> - -<p>“Dear Grandpa,” they said, “tell -a story. Please, Grandpa, just one -story.”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “Tell a -bran-new story, please.”</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes dearly loved to -tell stories, so he said, “I will tell -you about the Tree Fairies.”</p> - -<p>When he finished the story, the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_42"></a>[42]</span> -little Roly-Polys were fast asleep, so -Grandpa laughed and said to himself, -“I can tell that same story -again, some day!”</p> - -<p>This is the story Grandpa Grimes -told:</p> - -<div class="blockquote"> - -<h3>THE TREE FAIRIES</h3> - -<p>The Pied Piper played a tune, and -the children of Hamelin followed -him.</p> - -<p>They followed him until he came -to a mountain.</p> - -<p>A door in the side of the mountain -opened, and the piper and the -children went inside.</p> - -<p>“Hurry, hurry, hurry!” said the -piper. “We must get inside the -mountain before the door closes.”</p> - -<p>The children all followed him.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_43"></a>[43]</span></p> - -<p>The door in the mountain-side -closed, and no one ever saw them -again.</p> - -<p>The children now looked about -them.</p> - -<p>They stood in the most wonderful -green room. It looked like -Fairy Land.</p> - -<p>The chairs and tables were made -of green moss, and green hammocks -were swinging everywhere.</p> - -<p>The children ran about, making -a great noise.</p> - -<p>Then the funniest dwarf appeared. -He had a beard that reached -clear down to the floor.</p> - -<p>He stamped his foot, and shouted -to the Pied Piper, “What mischief -have you been in now?”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_44"></a>[44]</span></p> - -<p>The Pied Piper said, “I freed the -town of Hamelin of rats, and the -mayor promised to pay me a thousand -guilders. He would not pay -the money, when the time came, so I -took his children, and all the other -children of the village.”</p> - -<p>The dwarf stamped his foot again, -and shouted, “What do you intend -to do with all these children?”</p> - -<p>The Pied Piper did not answer. -He only played a merry tune.</p> - -<p>“They shall not stay here!” -shouted the dwarf. Then he went -into the next room, where his brothers -were at work.</p> - -<p>The dwarfs in this room were -starting young plants, and they<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_45"></a>[45]</span> -tended the roots of trees to make -them grow.</p> - -<p>The dwarf stamped his foot and -shouted to his brothers:</p> - -<p>“The Pied Piper has brought in -a whole villageful of children. I -will not keep them all. I can never -feed so many!”</p> - -<p>One funny dwarf answered him. -He was a queer fellow, as broad as -he was long.</p> - -<p>This dwarf laid his finger on the -side of his nose and asked:</p> - -<p>“Why not change the children -into fairies and let them live in the -trunks of the trees?”</p> - -<p>“The very thing!” shouted the -first dwarf.</p> - -<p>So he opened a little door at the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_46"></a>[46]</span> -root of a maple tree, and called one -of the children to him.</p> - -<p>Then the other dwarfs said a -magic verse, and whisk! the child -was changed into a fairy and went -up into the trunk of the tree!</p> - -<p>So the dwarfs kept on, until all -the children were changed into fairies -and went to live in the trunks of -trees.</p> - -<p>Soon after this the Pied Piper -and the dwarfs went away across the -sea.</p> - -<p>They rode on the Magic Carpet, -and they forgot all about the children -they had changed into fairies -and shut up in the trees.</p> - -<p>One day Prince Charming went -into the woods.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_47"></a>[47]</span></p> - -<p>He was looking for the Beautiful -Princess.</p> - -<p>He was tired, for he had walked -a long way through the woods. He -lay down under the tree, to rest.</p> - -<p>He was almost asleep when a -maple seed fell on his head, and he -said:</p> - -<p>“The seed makes me think of the -hair of the Beautiful Princess.”</p> - -<p>Then he heard a gentle tapping.</p> - -<p>The tapping seemed to come -from the tree under which he lay. -He got up and called in a loud voice:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Princess, princess, come to me,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">If princess, now, you really be!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Then, he heard a gentle sigh, but -he thought it was the wind stirring -the new green leaves.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_48"></a>[48]</span></p> - -<p>Then the prince fell asleep, and -dreamed a dream.</p> - -<p>He dreamed that a door opened -in the tree under which he lay and -out walked the beautiful princess.</p> - -<p>He thought that the princess said, -“All the fairies are shut up in trees. -You must let them out. Then I can -come to you.”</p> - -<p>The prince awoke. He rubbed -his sleepy eyes and ran to a tree -near by, and said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Pretty Fairy Thistle-Down,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Spread your airy wings,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Open, now, your secret door,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">While Prince Charming sings.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Click! click! click! A little door -opened in the tree, and out came -Fairy Thistle-Down. She floated -away on the wings of the breeze.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_49"></a>[49]</span></p> - -<p>Then Prince Charming went to -another tree and said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Pretty Fairy Silver-Sheen,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">In your dainty dress of green,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Open wide your door to me,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I have come to set you free.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Click! click! click! The door -opened and out came Fairy Silver-Sheen.</p> - -<p>The prince went to another tree -and said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Good-Luck Fairy, light and airy,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Open your tree-door wide,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">This is such a pleasant world,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">You must not stay inside.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Click! click! click! Open came -the door, and out came the Good-Luck -Fairy. She bowed, and smiled -at the prince.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_50"></a>[50]</span></p> - -<p>So the prince went on, all day, -calling the fairies to come out of the -trees.</p> - -<p>When evening came he stood beside -an old oak tree, but he called -in vain, for the Oak-Tree Fairy -would not come out.</p> - -<p>Then he went back to the tree -in which the Beautiful Princess was, -and he said, “Can you come out -now?”</p> - -<p>The Beautiful Princess said, “I -can not come until you let out the -Oak-Tree Fairy!”</p> - -<p>The next day it rained, and the -next, and the next.</p> - -<p>It is very sober business walking -in the woods in wet weather.</p> - -<p>The poor prince got the feathers<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_51"></a>[51]</span> -in his cap all wet, but he must make -the Oak-Tree Fairy come out.</p> - -<p>He pleaded and pleaded with her -to leave her tree.</p> - -<p>At last the Oak-Tree Fairy sang -this little song:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“O prince, I promise to leave my tree</div> - <div class="verse indent0">When yellow slippers you bring to me.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The prince was delighted. He -went into town, and bought the prettiest -yellow satin slippers he could -find. He took them to the fairy in -the oak tree, but she only repeated -the same verse.</p> - -<p>The prince then puzzled his brains -to find out what kind of slippers the -fairy wished.</p> - -<p>He was almost in despair, when, -one day, he was walking through the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_52"></a>[52]</span> -woods and saw a queer little yellow -flower growing.</p> - -<p>He went nearer the flower. Then -he clapped his hands and shouted -for joy, because the flower was in the -shape of a yellow slipper.</p> - -<p>He searched a long time until he -found another flower just like it. -Then he ran as fast as his feet would -carry him, and came to the oak tree -and said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Now I am happy. Without any doubt,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Kind Oak-Tree Fairy, you will come out.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Click! click! click! went the door -in the tree and the Oak-Tree Fairy -came out.</p> - -<p>She put on the slippers and went -tripping away through the woods.</p> - -<p>Then the prince went back to the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_53"></a>[53]</span> -tree in which the Beautiful Princess -lived. He tapped on the tree and -called out:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Beautiful Princess, come to me,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Open now the door in your tree.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Click! click! click! Open came -the door in the tree and out came -the Beautiful Princess.</p> - -<p>She had eyes like violets and hair -like silky corn tassels, and she said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Prince Charming has set the fairies free,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And all will our willing servants be.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The prince and the princess were -married. All the fairies came to -the wedding, and the Good-Luck -Fairy was the jolliest one of all.</p> - -<p>The Oak-Tree Fairy said, “You -see, I had to have yellow slippers to -wear to the wedding!”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_54"></a>[54]</span></p> - -<p>The prince ordered the Flower-Fairy -to plant some more seeds of -the wonderful flower that bore the -yellow slippers, so that the Oak-Tree -Fairy might have a new pair of -slippers every year.</p> - -<p>If you search in the deep woods -you may see the slippers growing -there. They are called Lady Slippers -now.</p> - -<p>The prince and the princess lived -happily ever after, and the fairies -went all over the world.</p> - -</div> - -<p>After Grandpa had finished the -story Freddie woke up.</p> - -<p>He rolled over against Teddie.</p> - -<p>Then Teddie woke up, of course, -and they began to talk.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_55"></a>[55]</span></p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty woke up.</p> - -<p>“When did you fall asleep?” -asked Grandpa.</p> - -<p>The Roly-Polys all began to talk -at once.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes shook his head. -“One at a time, please,” he said.</p> - -<p>Then Freddie and Teddie and -Humpty Dumpty all held up their -hands.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes nodded to Teddie, -who said:</p> - -<p>“I fell asleep when you were telling -about a dwarf.”</p> - -<p>Then Freddie said, “I fell asleep -when you were telling about the -Oak-Tree Fairy.”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty did not say a -thing.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_56"></a>[56]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus07.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="poetry-container"> - <div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Grandpa Grimes is old and gray,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But he still delights in play.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">He will entertain you all,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">So gather round him, large and small.</div> - </div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_57"></a>[57]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_IV">CHAPTER IV</h2> - -</div> - -<p>Next morning Grandpa Grimes -was the first to wake.</p> - -<p>He called out, “Great news! -glorious news! Your ma and your -pa are coming home to-day!”</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty rolled -out of bed, but he declared it did -not hurt him a bit.</p> - -<p>The twins dressed so fast that -they forgot to brush their hair and -had to run back up-stairs to do it.</p> - -<p>Grandpa said, “After breakfast -we will go to town and meet your -ma and your pa.”</p> - -<p>The Roly-Polys finished breakfast. -Then they washed the dishes<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_58"></a>[58]</span> -and fed the cat and made the house -look as neat as a pin.</p> - -<p>Grandpa said, “It is so warm that -you do not need your caps, and I -am going to buy you new ones, -anyway.”</p> - -<p>So they went down the road -together.</p> - -<p>They passed some children going -to a picnic, and Humpty Dumpty -set up a cry and a scream and a howl.</p> - -<p>“What’s the matter?” asked -Grandpa.</p> - -<p>“What’s the matter?” asked the -twins.</p> - -<p>“Do you wish to go to the -picnic?” asked Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Did you lose your penny?” -asked Teddie.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_59"></a>[59]</span></p> - -<p>But Humpty Dumpty shook his -head and cried.</p> - -<p>Then Grandpa stooped down and -said, “Whisper in my ear what the -trouble is. We haven’t time to cry -all morning.”</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty whispered -something to Grandpa, and -Grandpa picked him up and carried -him all the rest of the way to the -store.</p> - -<p>When they reached the store, -what a time they had!</p> - -<p>Teddie and Freddie tried on all -the caps the man had, and Humpty -Dumpty got so hungry that they -had to buy him a box of crackers!</p> - -<p>At last Teddie and Freddie -chose stocking caps just alike, and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_60"></a>[60]</span> -Humpty Dumpty chose a sun-bonnet, -and they were all as happy -as children could be.</p> - -<p>Then Grandpa pulled out his -watch and said:</p> - -<p>“We shall have to hurry. It is -twenty minutes of train time, and -you still have your pennies to -spend.”</p> - -<p>Then the little Roly-Polys -danced about the shop and they -asked the price of this article and -that article, and the clerk was so -pleased to see that they all had -money to spend that he got out -three big bags of peanuts and placed -them in a row on the counter.</p> - -<p>Then Freddie said, “I want peanuts,” -and Teddie said, “I want peanuts,”<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_61"></a>[61]</span> -and Humpty Dumpty said, -“Oh, oh, oh! peanuts!”</p> - -<p>The clerk handed each one a bag -of peanuts and asked, “Can I do -anything else for you young gentlemen -to-day?”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty piped up in -his funny little voice and said, “I -think Grandpa needs a new -suit-case.”</p> - -<p>Grandpa was so surprised that -he laughed until he cried, and—will -you believe it?—before he left the -store he had bought a bran-new -suit-case!</p> - -<p>The clerk gave each of the Roly-Polys -a gum-drop and they said -they had never had so much fun in -all their lives.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_62"></a>[62]</span></p> - -<p>Then Grandpa pulled out his -watch again and said, “Train time. -Hurry, hurry, hurry!” and they all -went to the station.</p> - -<p>Sure enough, when they got there -the train was coming in.</p> - -<p>There were Mama and Papa -Roly-Poly, round and smiling, and -there were lots of people besides.</p> - -<p>The Roly-Polys all hugged and -kissed one another at a great rate, -you may be sure. Then they all -went home.</p> - -<p>It was not until evening that Freddie -thought to ask, “Where have -you been, Ma?”</p> - -<p>Then Teddie asked, “Where -have you been, Pa?”</p> - -<p>Then Mama said, “Run off to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_63"></a>[63]</span> -bed. We will tell you about our -travels to-morrow.”</p> - -<p>Freddie woke up in the night. -He called to Teddie and said:</p> - -<p>“I forgot to ask what Humpty -Dumpty was crying about on the -way to town!”</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty woke up -and said, “I cried because a girl said -I looked just like an egg!”</p> - -<p>“The very idea!” said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“The very idea!” said Teddie.</p> - -<p>Then they all rolled over and -went to sleep.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty had a wonderful -dream about a little lame prince. -He remembered the dream next -morning and told it to the family at -breakfast.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_64"></a>[64]</span></p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes said, “You are -going to be as good a story-teller as -I am, some day!”</p> - -<p>This is the story that Humpty -Dumpty told:</p> - -<div class="blockquote"> - -<h3>THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE</h3> - -<p>Once there were a king and a -queen who had three daughters.</p> - -<p>The elder daughters were very -beautiful, but they were as proud as -could be.</p> - -<p>The youngest daughter was ugly, -but she was good and gentle.</p> - -<p>One day the king and the queen -went away for a long visit. They -left the three daughters at home.</p> - -<p>The eldest daughter said, “I wish -to be married, so I will have a sign -made. On the sign I will have<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_65"></a>[65]</span> -printed: ‘Look Here for the Beautiful -Princess.’”</p> - -<p>The gardener was ordered to -make the sign and hang it on the -golden gate.</p> - -<p>A great many princes came to -the palace now, but none of them -were rich or handsome enough to -suit the proud sisters.</p> - -<p>Late one evening a little lame -prince came up the walk. The sisters -sat by the window, watching. When -they saw that he was lame, they -cried:</p> - -<p>“Do not let him in. We will have -nothing to do with a lame prince.”</p> - -<p>Now the lame prince was very, -very tired, for he had had a long -journey. He felt that he could go<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_66"></a>[66]</span> -no farther. So when he was not -admitted at the front door he went -to the kitchen, thinking the cook -might let him in.</p> - -<p>It was the cook’s night out, and -the ugly sister was working in the -kitchen.</p> - -<p>“Honey, will you let me in?” -asked the lame prince.</p> - -<p>The ugly sister was so surprised -to be called “Honey,” that she let -fall a platter which she had in her -hand. The platter broke into a -hundred pieces!</p> - -<p>The prince came in and the ugly -sister, whose real name was Marygold, -said:</p> - -<p>“What shall I do! What shall I -do! I have broken the best platter!”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_67"></a>[67]</span></p> - -<p>Just then a pixie came dancing -into the kitchen. He was a fat little -fairy.</p> - -<p>“What will you give me if I mend -the platter?” he asked.</p> - -<p>“Oh, oh!” cried Marygold, -“please mend the platter!”</p> - -<p>“What will you give me?” asked -the pixie again.</p> - -<p>“I will give you my wedding-ring -some day,” said Marygold.</p> - -<p>Then the pixie took a feather duster -from his pocket. He dusted -the broken bits of china and—click, -click, click!—they went together, and -the platter was whole again. There -was not even a crack to be seen!</p> - -<p>The lame prince had been sitting -on a bench by the fire. Now he got<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_68"></a>[68]</span> -up and began to walk about, for he -was very stiff from his journey.</p> - -<p>The pixie cried out, “What will -you give me if I mend your lame -leg? Say, what will you give me if -I mend your lame leg?”</p> - -<p>The prince was so surprised that -he did not know what to do, but he -said, “I will give you a marble -statue.”</p> - -<p>“May I choose the statue out of -your palace?” asked the pixie.</p> - -<p>The prince nodded his head, and -the pixie began to dance about him. -He waved his feather duster to and -fro about the prince’s lame leg, and -soon—will you believe it?—the leg -was no longer lame!</p> - -<p>Then the prince asked Marygold<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_69"></a>[69]</span> -to marry him, and they went down -the garden walk, laughing and singing -in the moonlight.</p> - -<p>When the sisters heard that -Marygold had really gone, and that -the prince had a fine castle, they -were very jealous, you may be sure.</p> - -<p>They said, “We should like to -live in the castle. We must drive -Marygold away.”</p> - -<p>Just then the pixie came into -the room. “Your hearts are ugly -and cracked,” he said. “Shall I -mend them?”</p> - -<p>The proud sisters said, “Go away, -you horrid little fairy! We have -no need of your help.”</p> - -<p>So the pixie went away. He went -away to see Marygold.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_70"></a>[70]</span></p> - -<p>The prince had gone on a long -journey.</p> - -<p>The pixie said to Marygold, -“Do not venture outside the castle -grounds until the prince comes back -from his journey.”</p> - -<p>It rained for three days, and Princess -Marygold was very lonely.</p> - -<p>One evening there was a loud rap -at the door and Marygold went to -answer it herself.</p> - -<p>She thought the prince might -have come back.</p> - -<p>One of the proud sisters was at -the door dressed as a doctor.</p> - -<p>She said, “Come quickly in my -automobile, for the prince lies ill in -a distant city.”</p> - -<p>The other sister was hiding near<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_71"></a>[71]</span> -by and when Marygold stepped into -the automobile, the proud sisters -gave it a push and it ran away with -Marygold in it. It ran over a steep -cliff, and Marygold fell out. Down, -down, down, she went.</p> - -<p>The sisters thought they had -seen the last of her. They hurried -away as fast as they could.</p> - -<p>But Marygold was not hurt at all, -for the Sun-bonnet Fairies were -waiting at the bottom of the cliff -with a soft blanket. They caught -her in the blanket as she fell.</p> - -<p>The Sun-bonnet Fairies danced -about Marygold.</p> - -<p>They cried, “Oh, ho! so we have -caught you!”</p> - -<p>The Sun-bonnet Fairies are funny<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_72"></a>[72]</span> -little creatures. They wear their -bonnets night and day.</p> - -<p>Marygold begged them to let her -go, but the fairies said, “No, no!” -and held her fast.</p> - -<p>Now when the prince returned to -his palace, he was sad not to find -Marygold. He searched for her -high and low.</p> - -<p>One of the proud sisters went to -his palace. She hoped he would -marry her, but he was too sad to -notice her at all. The proud sister -was angry and went away.</p> - -<p>One evening Marygold sat up -late. The Sun-bonnet Fairies had -gone to bed.</p> - -<p>Marygold was braiding her hair -and singing:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_73"></a>[73]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Oh, I am sad as sad can be,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Pixie, fairy, come to me.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>There was a rustle in the tree-branches -overhead and a shrill voice -called, “Who said ‘pixie’?”</p> - -<p>There sat the pixie, up in the -tree.</p> - -<p>“I told you not to go outside the -castle grounds,” said the pixie. -“What will you give me if I take you -home?”</p> - -<p>“I will give you my pearl necklace,” -said Marygold.</p> - -<p>“I don’t wish your pearl necklace,” -said the pixie.</p> - -<p>“I will give you my breast-pin,” -said Marygold.</p> - -<p>“I don’t wish your breast-pin,” -said the pixie.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_74"></a>[74]</span></p> - -<p>“Well, what can I give you?” -asked Marygold.</p> - -<p>“I wish your wedding-ring,” said -the pixie. “You promised to give it -to me some day.”</p> - -<p>“Oh, oh, oh! please do not ask for -my ring!” said Marygold.</p> - -<p>“I will never take you home -unless you give it to me,” said the -pixie.</p> - -<p>Then, at last, Marygold gave -him the ring and he took her -home.</p> - -<p>Now, the prince had given orders -that no more ladies be admitted to -the castle. He did not wish to see -the proud sisters again.</p> - -<p>The pixie left Marygold outside -the south gate of the castle and she<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_75"></a>[75]</span> -cried, “Let me in. I am Princess -Marygold.”</p> - -<p>The guard said, “Show me your -wedding-ring!”</p> - -<p>Then Marygold went to the east -gate, and the west gate, and the -north gate, and begged to be let in. -But each time the guard said, “Show -me your wedding-ring.”</p> - -<p>Next day as the prince was roaming -in the garden Marygold cried, -“Let me in, please.” The prince -looked over the wall. He could not -believe it was Marygold who stood -outside, for she wore a dress the -fairies had given her, and a big blue -sun-bonnet.</p> - -<p>“Throw your wedding-ring over -the wall and I will let you in,” he said.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_76"></a>[76]</span></p> - -<p>Then Marygold sat down and -cried.</p> - -<p>Presently one of the proud sisters -came along. She was dressed like a -peddler, and she said:</p> - -<p>“My poor lady, eat this peach -and you will feel happy again.”</p> - -<p>Marygold ate the peach. She -began to grow stiff and cold. She -grew colder and colder, until she -turned into a statue. Then the proud -sister went away.</p> - -<p>Next day the prince saw the -statue and ordered that it be brought -into the garden.</p> - -<p>“It is a statue of my lost princess,” -he cried.</p> - -<p>The prince grew fond of the -statue. He went to see it morning<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_77"></a>[77]</span> -and evening. He placed an evergreen -wreath about its neck.</p> - -<p>One day the pixie came.</p> - -<p>He said to the prince, “I have -come for my statue.”</p> - -<p>The prince led the pixie about -the palace and showed him many -statues.</p> - -<p>“There is a more beautiful one -in the garden,” said the pixie. “I -will take the one in the garden.”</p> - -<p>“No, no, I can not spare it!” cried -the prince.</p> - -<p>The pixie said, “It is the only -statue I will have.”</p> - -<p>At last the prince gave in and -the pixie went away with the statue.</p> - -<p>The prince was sad indeed. He -sat alone at twilight and sang:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_78"></a>[78]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“O princess dear, O princess dear,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I am sad in the fall of the year.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I should be happy, it is plain,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">If you would come back to me again.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The prince’s heart gave a crack. -It almost broke in two.</p> - -<p>An autumn leaf floated in -through the window. On it was -written:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“The princess dear will come again.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">She is not afraid of cold or rain.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The prince was cheered a little, -and he went to bed.</p> - -<p>The pixie now had the ring and -the statue.</p> - -<p>The soft wind blew on the statue -and the rain fell, and the statue -began to grow warmer and warmer, -and at last Marygold came back -to life.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_79"></a>[79]</span></p> - -<p>“I had a funny dream,” she said. -“I thought I was a statue in the garden -at home.”</p> - -<p>Then the pixie said, “What will -you give me for this ring?”</p> - -<p>Then Marygold laughed and -clapped her hands, and every time -she laughed a new flower bloomed -in the pixie’s garden.</p> - -<p>“There, that is enough,” said the -pixie, and he gave Marygold back -the ring.</p> - -<p>She sailed away on a cloud, and -was soon with the prince again.</p> - -<p>All would have gone well if his -heart had not been cracked. The -proud sisters were visiting at the -castle and the prince seemed to like -them as well as he liked Marygold.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_80"></a>[80]</span> -It was all on account of the cracked -heart.</p> - -<p>At last Marygold could stand it -no longer.</p> - -<p>She sent for the pixie and asked, -“What can be the matter with the -Prince?”</p> - -<p>The pixie said, “Oh, ho! He -has cracked his heart.”</p> - -<p>Then the pixie took out his -feather-duster and began to mend -the prince’s heart.</p> - -<p>The proud sisters said, “Please -mend our hearts, too,” and the pixie -did so. Then they went away and -the prince and Marygold were very -happy again.</p> - -<p>The pixie started away, waving -his feather-duster.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_81"></a>[81]</span></p> - -<p>Marygold said, “Come to see us -often.”</p> - -<p>The pixie whirled his feather-duster. -Out fell ten shining gold-pieces!</p> - -<p>The prince said, “You will always -be welcome at the palace.”</p> - -<p>The pixie whirled his feather-duster -again. Out fell ten more -shining gold-pieces!</p> - -<p>“That is my wedding present to -you,” said the pixie, and he was -gone.</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_82"></a>[82]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_V">CHAPTER V</h2> - -</div> - -<p>Early next morning Grandpa -Grimes went home.</p> - -<p>He went home before the children -had come down to breakfast.</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly called out, -“Do think about it. Go with us, -Grandpa.”</p> - -<p>Papa Roly-Poly said, “Please go -with us, Grandpa.”</p> - -<p>Grandpa shook his umbrella very -fiercely and said:</p> - -<p>“The country is good enough for -me, plenty good enough for me.”</p> - -<p>Freddie and Teddie called -down-stairs, “Who is talking outside -the window?”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_83"></a>[83]</span></p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty called, “May I -go somewhere? May I go with -you?”</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly called, “Dress -quickly, children. We have great -news.”</p> - -<p>The little Roly-Polys were -dressed in a twinkling and they -were so excited at the breakfast -table that they could not eat a -mouthful.</p> - -<p>Then Papa Roly-Poly said, “Have -you ever heard of a circus?”</p> - -<p>“We have,” shouted the Roly-Polys.</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly said, “Would -you like to belong to a circus?”</p> - -<p>“We would,” shouted the Roly-Polys. -“When may we go?”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_84"></a>[84]</span></p> - -<p>Then Papa Roly-Poly told them -all about it.</p> - -<p>He said he had seen an advertisement -in a paper for a fat family to -go with a circus.</p> - -<p>“And you know we are fat, my -dears!” he said proudly.</p> - -<p>He and Mama had gone to see -the circus manager.</p> - -<p>The manager had said, “You are -truly the fattest people I have ever -seen. You may travel with us for a -year.”</p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” cried the little Roly-Polys, -waving their spoons in the -air.</p> - -<p>“Now,” said Papa Roly-Poly, -“the first thing to do is to sell the -house.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_85"></a>[85]</span></p> - -<p>So they wrote a big sign, “For -Sale,” and put it on the front door.</p> - -<p>“I wonder who will buy our -house?” said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“I wonder how soon we can go,” -said Teddie.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty was so happy -that he turned three somersaults.</p> - -<p>“Don’t fall again,” said Mama -Roly-Poly. “If you hurt yourself -it will spoil everything.”</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty climbed -up on the sofa and was as still as a -mouse.</p> - -<p>“What does Grandpa think -about our going?” asked Freddie.</p> - -<p>Papa Roly-Poly said, “Grandpa -does not think we shall like the -circus.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_86"></a>[86]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus08.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="poetry-container"> - <div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">The Roly-Polys, you must know,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Like to sit up in a row,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">So I’ve often heard them call,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">“Oh, Humpty Dumpty, do not fall!”</div> - </div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_87"></a>[87]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_VI">CHAPTER VI</h2> - -</div> - -<p>Early next morning Humpty -Dumpty woke up and rolled out of -bed, as usual.</p> - -<p>He looked out of the window and -cried, “Wake up, everybody, wake -up! Here comes Grandpa Grimes.”</p> - -<p>Then Teddie and Freddie woke -up and looked out of the window -and cried, “O Ma, O Pa, do wake -up! Here comes Grandpa Grimes.”</p> - -<p>Then Mama and Papa Roly-Poly -woke up and looked out of their -window, and there, sure enough, was -Grandpa, coming along the road.</p> - -<p>He carried three packages in his -arms.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_88"></a>[88]</span></p> - -<p>“I wonder why he comes so early,” -said Mama.</p> - -<p>“I wonder what he has in his -arms,” said Humpty Dumpty.</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly said, “Hurry up, -Papa, and let Grandpa Grimes in.”</p> - -<p>The little Roly-Polys began to -dress as fast as they could, but everything -seemed to go wrong.</p> - -<p>Freddie said, “I can not find my -coat.”</p> - -<p>Teddie said, “I can not button -my shoes.”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty rolled over and -over.</p> - -<p>He said, “I can not dress in a -hurry.”</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes came in, and set -on the lowest step of the staircase.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_89"></a>[89]</span></p> - -<p>He called out, “Get dressed, you -little rascals! Get dressed, every one -of you!”</p> - -<p>Then Freddie cried, “I can’t find -my collar,” and Teddie cried, “I -can’t find my neck-tie,” and Humpty -Dumpty cried, “Do, please, help me, -somebody!”</p> - -<p>All the time Grandpa Grimes sat -chuckling softly to himself.</p> - -<p>At last, the Roly-Poly family -were all dressed and down-stairs.</p> - -<p>Then the children shouted, “What -have you in your bundles, Grandpa? -what have you in your bundles? -Please let us see!”</p> - -<p>“Not a peep into the bundles,” -said Grandpa, “until every one has -finished his oatmeal.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_90"></a>[90]</span></p> - -<p>All the little Roly-Polys sat down -and ate their oatmeal.</p> - -<p>Papa Roly-Poly said, “No one -has come to buy our house.”</p> - -<p>Then the most surprising thing -happened.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes got up and -bowed three times and looked over -his spectacles and said, “I know -some one who will take your -house.”</p> - -<p>“Who is it? who is it?” cried all -the Roly-Polys, and—will you believe -it?—it was fully ten minutes -before Grandpa could hear himself -speak.</p> - -<p>Then Grandpa said, “I will take -your house. I will move in to-morrow -morning.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_91"></a>[91]</span></p> - -<p>“Who will keep house for you?” -asked Papa.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes made another -bow and said, “I have asked Little -Red Riding Hood to keep house -for me.”</p> - -<p>The little Roly-Polys were all -so excited that they did not know -what to do.</p> - -<p>They cried out, “O Ma, may we -stay at home? O Pa, please let us -stay at home! We wish to see Little -Red Riding Hood!”</p> - -<p>“How very strange!” said Papa -Roly-Poly.</p> - -<p>“How very extraordinary!” said -Mama Roly-Poly.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_92"></a>[92]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus09.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="poetry-container"> - <div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">The lion has a pleasant smile</div> - <div class="verse indent0">(You see him on this page),</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But, though I like to hear him roar,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I’m glad he’s in his cage.</div> - </div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_93"></a>[93]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_VII">CHAPTER VII</h2> - -</div> - -<p>At last everything was ready and -the whole family set out for the -station.</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes went to see -them off.</p> - -<p>The little Roly-Polys carried the -bags Grandpa had brought them.</p> - -<p>At the station Humpty Dumpty -began to cry. He cried so hard -that Mama said:</p> - -<p>“Bless my buttons! what ails the -child? Have you hurt your back -again, my son?”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty cried, “Boo-hoo! -I am going to be homesick! I know -I am!”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_94"></a>[94]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus10.jpg" alt="" /> - <p class="caption">“WHAT AILS THE CHILD!”</p> -</div> - -<p>“Give him a lemon-drop,” said -Papa.</p> - -<p>Mama put her hand into her -pocket and brought out a lemon-drop.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_95"></a>[95]</span></p> - -<p>When Humpty Dumpty saw it -he felt better, and soon he had it in -his mouth. Then of course he could -not cry.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty had stopped -crying just in time, for the train was -coming.</p> - -<p>Puff, puff! came the engine, and -all the passengers got on board the -train.</p> - -<p>The little Roly-Polys waved their -handkerchiefs, and Grandpa stood -on the platform and made a bow.</p> - -<p>The little Roly-Polys soon cuddled -down in their seats and went -to sleep. They slept a long time.</p> - -<p>“Wake up! wake up!” cried Papa -Roly-Poly at last. “We are almost -at circus town.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_96"></a>[96]</span></p> - -<p>Then the little Roly-Polys all -woke up.</p> - -<p>“Where are the elephants?” cried -Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Where are the ponies?” cried -Teddie.</p> - -<p>“Where are the camels?” cried -Humpty Dumpty.</p> - -<p>Then Papa Roly-Poly said, -“Hush! be still! You will see the -animals soon enough.”</p> - -<p>Sure enough, the train stopped at -a station just then, and the Roly-Poly -family got out.</p> - -<p>A man dressed in red and gold -came up to them and asked, “Will -you ride in the band-wagon?”</p> - -<p>They all got into the band-wagon -and the band began to play, and they<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_97"></a>[97]</span> -rode on and on until they came to the -circus tent.</p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” shouted Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” shouted Teddie.</p> - -<p>“Three cheers!” cried Humpty -Dumpty.</p> - -<p>The band played “Yankee Doodle,” -and the band-wagon drew up in -splendid style in front of the tent.</p> - -<p>The circus manager came, and -helped the Roly-Poly family out -of the wagon, and took them all off -for supper.</p> - -<p>They were hungry, you may be -sure, after their long ride.</p> - -<p>“Can you do any tricks?” asked -the manager.</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly smiled, but -Papa Roly-Poly shook his head.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_98"></a>[98]</span></p> - -<p>Then the most surprising thing -happened.</p> - -<p>The twins had carried a big basket -all the way. Out of the basket -jumped the monkey. He had crept -into the basket while no one was -looking, and had been fast asleep all -the time.</p> - -<p>The Roly-Polys began to roll and -the monkey jumped over them. Then -they stood on their heads and turned -somersaults.</p> - -<p>The manager cried, “That will -do. I will make a side show of you. -Your Ma and Pa may sell tickets.”</p> - -<p>“I wish to see the big parade,” -said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“I wish to see the big parade,” -said Teddie.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_99"></a>[99]</span></p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty began to -cry and fuss and say he would not -roll at all unless he could see the -elephants and the ponies.</p> - -<p>The manager said, “Very well; -if you are brave, you may ride in the -wagon with the tamest lion.”</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly shuddered and -Papa Roly-Poly said they were very -comfortable in the tent, but the little -Roly-Polys said they were not afraid -of even a fierce lion.</p> - -<p>So it was arranged that they -should ride with the lion in the big -parade.</p> - -<p>The time came for the parade. -The little Roly-Polys were a bit -scared when they thought of the -lion.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_100"></a>[100]</span></p> - -<p>A man opened the door of a big -wagon and helped the little Roly-Polys -inside.</p> - -<p>There sat the lion at the end of -the cage. He had his back turned -toward them.</p> - -<p>“What if he should eat us up!” -whispered Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Oh! Let’s tickle his ears,” said -Teddie.</p> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty began -to roll, and he rolled right up on the -lion’s back, and the lion never -moved a bit.</p> - -<p>He did not even roar.</p> - -<p>What do you suppose was the -matter with this lion?</p> - -<p>He was stuffed with sawdust!</p> - -<p>Then the Roly-Polys shouted<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_101"></a>[101]</span> -with delight and they spied a little -glass window and they all climbed -up on the lion’s back and looked -out.</p> - -<p>They saw the big procession, and -they were a part of it. They could -see beautifully as the animals turned -the corners.</p> - -<p>First there were seven large -elephants, and each elephant had a -rider dressed in red velvet.</p> - -<p>Then came seven big camels, and -each one had a rider dressed in blue -velvet.</p> - -<p>Then came fourteen little ponies, -stamping their feet.</p> - -<p>Then came the big band-wagon -playing “Yankee Doodle” and the -caliope playing “Annie Rooney.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_102"></a>[102]</span></p> - -<p>Then came cages with more -animals in them.</p> - -<p>Then came the clowns and another -band that played “Marching -through Georgia.” The parade was -very splendid indeed.</p> - -<p>The procession went up one street -and down another, and there were -crowds and crowds of people.</p> - -<p>Every one said, “There must be -a fierce lion in that covered wagon.”</p> - -<p>They meant the wagon in which -the Roly-Polys rode.</p> - -<p>What do you suppose those comical -little Roly-Polys did?</p> - -<p>They all roared like very fierce -lions, and they made a terrible -noise.</p> - -<p>The manager was so pleased<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_103"></a>[103]</span> -when he heard about this that he -gave each of them a penny.</p> - -<p>Then the procession marched -back to the tent, for it was time for -the performance to begin.</p> - -<p>The little Roly-Polys were very -much excited. They could hardly -wait for the time to come for them -to do their tricks.</p> - -<p>“Wont it be fun!” said Teddie.</p> - -<p>“Wont it be sport!” said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“It will be if I don’t break my -back,” said Humpty Dumpty.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_104"></a>[104]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus11.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="poetry-container"> - <div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">O Roly-Polys, big and small,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Do you never tire at all?</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To your home I’d like to go,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And sit up with you in a row.</div> - </div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_105"></a>[105]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_VIII">CHAPTER VIII</h2> - -</div> - -<p>The Roly-Polys got out of the -wagon and barely had time to see -the sign that hung by their tent, for -a man hurried them inside.</p> - -<p>The sign on the tent said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> -<p class="center">MOST REMARKABLE SHOW</p> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">The Roly-Polys we have found.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">They’re always turning round and round.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">If these wonders you would see,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Just step inside and look with me.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">On the table or the ground</div> - <div class="verse indent0">They’re always turning round and round!</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Mama and Papa Roly-Poly stood -at the tent door and took tickets.</p> - -<p>The little Roly-Polys got up on -a high table and pretty soon the -people began to come in.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_106"></a>[106]</span></p> - -<p>When the tent was full the manager -came and whispered something -to each of the Roly-Polys.</p> - -<p>Did they roll? Well, I should -think they did!</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty stood on his -head so much that he nearly fell off -the table.</p> - -<p>The people in the tent clapped -their hands and shouted, and that -made the people outside wish to -come in.</p> - -<p>When one show was over another -show began. The little Roly-Polys -had to roll until their backs ached.</p> - -<p>Just before the last performance -was to be given Teddie began to -cry and Freddie began to cry, and -Humpty Dumpty began to cry, and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_107"></a>[107]</span> -they all declared that they could -roll no more.</p> - -<p>Then Papa and Mama Roly-Poly -said they would come inside and that -the twins could sell tickets. But the -children cried more and more.</p> - -<p>The manager came in and asked: -“What can you do besides roll?”</p> - -<p>Then Freddie and Teddie dried -their eyes on their little pocket-handkerchiefs -and said together:</p> - -<p>“We can all tell fairy tales.”</p> - -<p>So it was decided that the Roly-Poly -family should sit in a row and -tell fairy tales.</p> - -<p>The tent filled with people, and -the Roly-Poly family acted out the -stories as they told them. The people -liked the stories.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_108"></a>[108]</span></p> - -<p>They went away and told other -people about the Roly-Polys. More -and more people came and the manager -was very much pleased.</p> - -<p>The Roly-Poly family stayed -with the circus for a month, and -they went from place to place.</p> - -<p>One night Humpty Dumpty -crept out of bed and he whispered -something to Freddie, and Freddie -whispered something to Teddie, -and the twins whispered something -to Mama and Papa, and then -the whole Roly-Poly family were -awake.</p> - -<p>What do you suppose the whole -family were whispering about?</p> - -<p>They were all tired of the circus, -and wished to go home.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_109"></a>[109]</span></p> - -<p>“How can we find the way home?” -asked Mama Roly-Poly.</p> - -<p>“How can we get out of the tent?” -asked Freddie.</p> - -<p>Papa Roly-Poly said, “Follow me, -and don’t make any noise!”</p> - -<p>If the Roly-Polys had not been -able to roll they surely would have -made a noise and waked some one up.</p> - -<p>They rolled softly out of bed -and softly under the wall of the -tent and soon they were out in the -moonlight.</p> - -<p>“Which way shall we go?” they -whispered.</p> - -<p>Papa Roly-Poly said, “Follow the -leader, and keep a stiff upper lip. -Remember whatever happens to -keep a stiff upper lip.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_110"></a>[110]</span></p> - -<p>“That means that we must not -cry,” said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“That means that we must be -brave,” said Teddie.</p> - -<p>They rolled along the railroad -track for a long way, for Papa said -it must lead somewhere!</p> - -<p>They went on all night and by -morning they saw, across a meadow, -a big red barn. Near it was a hay-stack.</p> - -<p>“We will go and rest beside the -hay-stack,” said Papa.</p> - -<p>So, they went to the hay-stack -and crept under the hay. Soon they -were all fast asleep.</p> - -<p>When morning came Papa and -Mama Roly-Poly said they would -see if they could find some breakfast.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_111"></a>[111]</span> -So they left the little Roly-Polys -under the hay and went away.</p> - -<p>About this time a very exciting -thing happened.</p> - -<p>Two little girls came and stood -by the hay-stack. They said, “The -old hen has stolen her nest. We -will try to find it.”</p> - -<p>Then Teddie and Freddie crept -farther under the hay, but Humpty -Dumpty rolled out!</p> - -<p>The little girls clapped their -hands and said, “Here is an egg, -but what a queer egg it is!”</p> - -<p>The first little girl caught -Humpty Dumpty up in her apron -and the second little girl looked -under the hay at the foot of the hay-stack.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_112"></a>[112]</span></p> - -<p>Teddie and Freddie were very -much frightened. They went under -the hay-stack so far that no one -could find them.</p> - -<p>Then the little girls ran to the -house, carrying Humpty Dumpty -with them.</p> - -<p>“See, Grandma,” they shouted, -“the old hen has stolen her nest beside -the hay-stack, and here is one -of the eggs.”</p> - -<p>“The idea of any one calling me -an egg!” thought Humpty Dumpty.</p> - -<p>He was angry. He was frightened, -and kept saying to himself, -“Keep a stiff upper lip.”</p> - -<p>Grandma could not see very well, -but she said, “I do not believe it is -a good egg. I think it is cracked.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_113"></a>[113]</span></p> - -<p>Then the little girls said, “May -we take it up to the play-house? -May we, Grandma?”</p> - -<p>Grandma nodded and the little -girls carried Humpty Dumpty off -to their play-house.</p> - -<p>The little girls left Humpty -Dumpty on top of their play-house -and forgot all about him. Soon they -ran off to play.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty began to look -about. “I am glad Grandma did -not think I was a good egg,” he said -to himself. “They might have put -me into a cake.”</p> - -<p>“Tick, tock,” said the clock in the -play-room.</p> - -<p>“Oh, ho! so you can talk, too,” -said Humpty Dumpty. He climbed<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_114"></a>[114]</span> -up to the chimney of the play-house -to see the clock better.</p> - -<p>Then the clock said in a sweet -voice:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“How do you do? I’m lonely, too.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Tick, tock, tick, tock!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty begged the -clock to tell him how to get out of -the house, and back to the hay-stack.</p> - -<p>The clock said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Well, well, I will tell.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Tick, tock, tick, tock!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty yawned and -said, “Then hurry up, please. I -am in a hurry.”</p> - -<p>The clock said:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Don’t tease, if you please.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Tick, tock, tick, tock!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty was still<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_115"></a>[115]</span> -for a long time and the clock begged -for a story.</p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus12.jpg" alt="" /> - <p class="caption">“THEN HURRY UP, PLEASE”</p> -</div> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty told the clock -all about the circus parade.</p> - -<p>Then the clock said:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_116"></a>[116]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Go by the stair, but take care.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Tick, tock, tick, tock!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty made his very -prettiest bow, and slipped off the -play-house and rolled out at the door -and down-stairs.</p> - -<p>He rolled right down upon a soft -white rug.</p> - -<p>The door was open and he rolled -out of doors and rested under a -maple tree.</p> - -<p>The clock hung near the play-room -window. It called out:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Turn heels over head. The barn is red.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Tick, tock, tick, tock!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Then Humpty Dumpty turned a -somersault and there, sure enough, -was the red barn and the hay-stack.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_117"></a>[117]</span></p> - -<p>It did not take him long to get -there, you may be sure.</p> - -<p>Teddie and Freddie and Mama -and Papa all ran to meet him.</p> - -<p>They cried, “Hurrah for Humpty -Dumpty! Hurrah for the stiff upper -lip!”</p> - -<p>Mama and Papa had not found -anything to eat.</p> - -<p>“We shall have to wait till we -get home,” said Papa.</p> - -<p>“Before we start for home we -must rest a little,” said Mama.</p> - -<p>So they all went back to the hay-stack.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_118"></a>[118]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus13.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="poetry-container"> - <div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">If in the woods you chance to meet</div> - <div class="verse indent0">A gentleman both round and neat</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And if you say, “How do you do?”</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Old Grandpa Grimes will smile at you!</div> - </div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_119"></a>[119]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_IX">CHAPTER IX</h2> - -</div> - -<p>“Hurry, hurry!” said Papa Roly-Poly, -after they had rested for a -while. “We must get home.”</p> - -<p>“We are so hungry,” said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“We are so thirsty,” said Teddie.</p> - -<p>“Keep a stiff upper lip,” said -Humpty Dumpty.</p> - -<p>Then they all rolled out of the -hay and found a path that led to the -woods.</p> - -<p>“Oh, oh!” cried Teddie and -Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Oh, see the raspberries!” cried -Humpty Dumpty.</p> - -<p>Sure enough, there were bushes -in the woods full of raspberries.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_120"></a>[120]</span></p> - -<p>All the Roly-Poly family had a -fine feast.</p> - -<p>They had walked on a little way -when they saw some one coming -down the path.</p> - -<p>It was an old gentleman.</p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” cried Teddie, waving -his cap.</p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” cried Freddie, waving -his pocket-handkerchief.</p> - -<p>“Hurrah!” cried Humpty Dumpty, -dancing a jig.</p> - -<p>All the Roly-Polys cried, “Hurrah -for Grandpa Grimes!”</p> - -<p>There, sure enough, was Grandpa -coming down the path toward them.</p> - -<p>When Grandpa Grimes heard the -noise, he dropped his suit-case and he -dropped his umbrella and cried:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_121"></a>[121]</span></p> - -<p>“Can I believe my eyes, or is this -a new fairy story?”</p> - -<p>Then Mama Roly-Poly shook his -hand and Papa Roly-Poly kissed him -and all the little Roly-Polys said:</p> - -<p>“We did not know we were near -home. We thought we were lost in -the woods.”</p> - -<p>Then Grandpa Grimes sat down -on a stone and he laughed until he -cried.</p> - -<p>At last Grandpa Grimes said, “We -are lost in the woods! I have been -traveling for two weeks to find you!”</p> - -<p>Then everybody began to talk at -the same time and ask questions. -Grandpa said he had been so lonely -that he was going to beg the Roly-Polys -to come back.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_122"></a>[122]</span></p> - -<p>Papa Roly-Poly began to gather -up branches while they were talking.</p> - -<p>What do you suppose he was -going to do?</p> - -<p>He was going to make a wigwam -so that they could rest in the woods -at night.</p> - -<p>All the Roly-Polys helped and -they went into the woods and got -more berries before evening.</p> - -<p>They had a fine supper and went -to bed.</p> - -<p>Next morning, early, Mama -Roly-Poly said, “How shall we get -home?”</p> - -<p>Grandpa Grimes shook his head.</p> - -<p>Papa Roly-Poly shook his head.</p> - -<p>All the little Roly-Polys shook -their heads.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_123"></a>[123]</span></p> - -<p>Just then some one came tripping -down the path, singing:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container smaller"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Who goes singing on her way?</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Little Red Riding Hood.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who has a heart so light and gay?</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Little Red Riding Hood.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>“Who is that singing?” asked -Freddie.</p> - -<p>“Who is that singing?” asked -Teddie.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty said, “I believe -it is Red Riding Hood.”</p> - -<p>They ran a little way down the -path.</p> - -<p>“I see a red hood,” said Freddie.</p> - -<p>“I see a red cape,” said Teddie.</p> - -<p>“I see a basket,” cried Humpty -Dumpty. “Oh, oh, oh! It surely -must be Red Riding Hood!”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_124"></a>[124]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp81" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/illus14.jpg" alt="" /> - <p class="caption">LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD TUCKED ALL THE ROLY-POLYS INTO HER BASKET</p> -</div> - -<p>Red Riding Hood came in sight, -and her pretty song was interrupted -by a shout, for all the Roly-Polys -begged to be taken home.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_125"></a>[125]</span></p> - -<p>Red Riding Hood set down her -basket. She said:</p> - -<p>“Guess what I have in the basket. -Each of you may have one guess.”</p> - -<p>Papa Roly-Poly said, “You have -a pat of butter.”</p> - -<p>Red Riding Hood shook her head.</p> - -<p>Mama Roly-Poly said, “You have -some cake.”</p> - -<p>Red Riding Hood shook her head.</p> - -<p>Freddie said, “You have some -ginger-bread.”</p> - -<p>Teddie said, “You have some ginger-snaps.”</p> - -<p>Still Red Riding Hood shook her -head.</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty rolled over and -said, “I guess cookies!”</p> - -<p>Humpty Dumpty was right.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_126"></a>[126]</span></p> - -<p>Red Riding Hood had cookies in -her basket.</p> - -<p>She gave the Roly-Polys the -cookies and my! how they did enjoy -them!</p> - -<p>What do you suppose happened -next?</p> - -<p>Little Red Riding Hood tucked -all the Roly-Polys into her basket -and took them safely home.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Now when you close this little book,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Just open it again and look,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To see if Humpty Dumpty fell</div> - <div class="verse indent0">From out the basket. 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