The little Aunt thought this was a very good plan, and here are the stories, dear little children, for all of you. If you like them, just let me know, and you shall have some more next year from
Aunt Fanny.
[CONTENTS.]
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- TO LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS [iii]
- THE APPLE DUMPLING [1]
- THE BROTHERS [8]
- ANNIE BROWNE [22]
- THE THREE BEARS [29]
- ABOUT MINDING QUICKLY [38]
- THE TWINS [47]
- THE LITTLE BOY THAT WAS AFRAID OF THE WATER [56]
- THE MAY QUEEN [62]
- THE TOOTHACHE [73]
- THE BOYS' SCHOOL [79]
- THE CHRISTMAS PARTY [101]
[THE APPLE DUMPLING.]
Many years ago, there was a little old woman who lived a long way off in the woods. She lived all by herself, in a little cottage with only two rooms in it, and she made her living by knitting blue woollen stockings, and selling them.
One morning the old woman brushed up the hearth all clean, and put everything in order; then she went to the pantry and took out a great black pot, and filled it full of water, and hung it over the fire, and then she sat down in her arm-chair by the fire. She took her spectacles out of her pocket and put them on her nose, and began to knit a great blue woollen stocking.