LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPAGE[Little John]Frontispiece["And to wash their faces and hands"]14["Ran down the spout to the hogshead"]15["Uncle John took the bars down"]17["He put one grain of corn in each hole"]25["It was time to gather the corn"]27["On the outside of the building was a great enormous wheel"]31["Little John got down"]32["Uncle John gathered all the apples"]38["The juice ran out below into the keg"]43["The cider ran into the pitcher"]45["So they went all around the field"]49["Put the bag over his shoulder"]50["They made a great noise"]56["The places where the fields would be were all covered with trees"]60["They dug a trench"]62["He began to climb over the wall"]66["Ran along the road crying"]69["They rolled the great log up the little logs on to the sleds"]74["The end of the log came against the saw"]77["He tipped Uncle Sam right out"]82["He just got up and ran around the wall"]83["The old rooster crowed"]85["Aunt Deborah came out of the house"]87["The market-man took some money from his pocket"]92["Put a bucket under each spout"]100["Dropped it in the snow"]104["They cut down enough of these trees"]112["Put the posts in the holes"]117["Fixing the fire"]121["Little John ... opened the gate"]128["They put it down by the stone wall"]137["One of the other men began at the next place"]138["They piled the hay up in the cart"]143["There was a great enormous fireplace"]147["Filled it with water at the well"]150["Those were apple pies"]160["So she did until all the pies were baked"]162["They ran along in the water where it wasn't very deep"]167["There was Aunt Deborah with four pieces of gingerbread"]173["The old rooster ... crowed very loud"]178["Each of these hens laid one egg"]180["Little John found that nest"]181["They went to the island"]188["They thought the cloth and the shawls were very beautiful"]195["All the things had to be dragged in the wagons"]201["Put it in flat pans"]296["Aunt Phyllis took hold of the long handle"]207["He cut down each tree with one whack of the axe"]213["The bean vines kept on growing"]216