HOW SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED PLAYED.
Snow-white and Rose-red often played in the woods together. They ran about and played hide and seek among the trees. They waded in the little river. When they were tired of running about and sat down to rest, they made wreaths of flowers or leaves which they wore upon their heads.
Not one of the animals was afraid of them. The hares ate cabbage leaves out of their hands. The deer ate grass by their side. The squirrels knew the sisters well and came to eat the nuts they brought for them. The birds, too, loved them and went on building their nests or feeding their young ones. At the same time the birds sang their sweetest songs for Rose-red and Snow-white.
Suggestions.
The hare, the deer, the squirrel,—appearance, habits, home, use to man. Compare, for size and strength, with other animals known to the children.
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Preparation.
A bear comes to the house. Talk of bears the children have seen.
Explain dwarf, treasure.
Narration.