Once Upon a Time, and Other Child-Verses
CONTENTS
TRUSTING to the sweet charity of little folk
To find some grace, in spite of halting rhyme
And frequent telling, in these little tales,
I say again:—Now, once upon a time!
NOW, once upon a time, a nest of fairies
Was in a meadow 'neath a wild rose-
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
ONCE UPON A TIME AND OTHER CHILD-VERSES
Illustrated By Etheldred B. Barry
PREFACE
ONCE UPON A TIME
THE SICK FAIRY.
THE ENCHANTED TALE OF BANBURY CROSS.
A-BERRYING.
TWO MOODS.
THE THREE MARGERY DAWS.
A LITTLE SEAMSTRESS.
THE GOLDEN SLIPPERS.
THE TITHING-MAN.
THE BARLEY-CANDY BOY.
DOWN IN THE CLOVER.
THE BALLAD OF THE BLACK-SMITH'S SONS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV
XXVI.
A VALENTINE FOR BABY.
THE FAIRY FLAG.
THE SPOILED DARLING.
THE BROWNIE'S XMAS.
THE CHRISTMAS BALL.
THE PURITAN DOLL.
THE GIFT THAT NONE COULD SEE.
A LITTLE CALLER.
KATY-DID—KATY-DIDN'T.
SLIDING DOWN HILL.
LITTLE PEACHLING.
A SWING.
THE YOUNGEST TELLS HER STORY.
A SONG.
HER PROOF.
ROSALINDA'S LAMB.
THE BABY'S REVERY.
A SILLY BOY.
A PRETTY AMBITION.
THE SNOWFLAKE TREE.
DOROTHY'S DREAM.
TIGER LILIES.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF MAMMA.
BUTTERFLIES.
AN OLD MAXIM.
NANNY'S SEARCH.
GRANDMOTHER'S STORY.
DOLLY'S FAN.
A PORTRAIT
CARAWAY.
TWO LITTLE BIRDS IN BLUE.
A CASTLE IN SPAIN.
AT THE DREAMLAND GATE.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
CROW—WARNINGS.
THE OUT-DOORS GIRL.
THE BEGGAR KING.
CHRISTMAS-TIDE.
WANTED, A MAP.
THE PRIZE.
PUSSY-WILLOW.
THE TRUE AND LAST STORY OF LITTLE BOY BLUE.
THE DANDELION-ORACLE.
THE CHRISTMAS THRUSH.
BUTTERCUP TALK.
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
