Transcriber's Notes:
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Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.
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"THE GIANTS ALL WOKE UP, AND EACH ONE RUSHED TO A WINDOW"
SIX GIANTS AND A GRIFFIN
AND OTHER STORIES
BY
BIRDSALL OTIS EDEY
ILLUSTRATED BY
BEATRICE BAXTER RUYL
NEW YORK
R. H. RUSSELL
1903
Copyright, 1903
By Robert Howard Russell
Published November, 1903
TO
MY LITTLE GIRL
"Lay away the story,—
Though the theme is sweet,
There's a lack of something yet
Leaves it incomplete;—
There's a nameless yearning—
Strangely undefined—
For a story sweeter still
Than the written kind.
Therefore read no longer,—
I've no heart to hear,
But just something you make up,
O my mother dear,—
With your arms around me,
Hold me, folded-eyed,—
Only let your voice go on—
I'll be satisfied.
James Whitcomb Riley.