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[The Home].
[The Treasure in the House] [1]
[The Old House]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen[5]
[The Little Boy Who Wanted a Castle] [10]
[The Children].
[The Playmates] [15]
[The Star Child]Adapted from Oscar Wilde[19]
[Ole Luk-Oie]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen[27]
[The Family].
[What Father Does Is Always Right]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen[35]
[The Elder Tree Mother]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen[42]
[The Happy Family]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen[48]
[Clothing].
[The Wonder Shoes] [52]
[The Emperor's New Clothes]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen[56]
[How Primrose Went to the Party] [63]
[Food].
[The Prince Who Wasn't Hungry] [67]
[The Field] [71]
[The Magic Saucepan]Adapted from Juliana Horatio Ewing[76]
[Toys].
[The Top That Could Sing] [80]
[The Money Pig]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen[85]
[The Giant's Plaything] [88]
[Trade Life].
[The Holiday] [91]
[Nils and the Bear]Selma Lagerloöf[94]
[The Giant Energy and the Fairy Skill.]Maud Lindsay[101]
[The Farmer].
[The Farm House]Adapted from Charles and Mary Lamb[109]
[The Plowman Who Found Content]Julia Darrow Cowles[114]
[The Farmer and the Troll]Adapted from a Folk Tale[119]
[School].
[A Puritan School-Day] [123]
[The Last Class]Translated from the French of Alphonse Daudet[127]
[Timothy's Shoes]Adapted from Juliana Horatio Ewing[133]
[Fall].
[The Three Apples] [138]
[The Horn of Plenty]Adapted from Ovid[141]
[The Goose Who Tried to Keep the Summer] [146]
[Thanksgiving].
[Chip's Thanksgiving]Annie Hamilton Donnell[151]
[The First Thanksgiving]Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball[154]
[The King's Thanksgiving] [157]
[Winter].
[The Gray Hare]Count Lyof N. Tolstoi[162]
[The Snow Image]Adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne[164]
[The Fire That Would Not Burn] [173]
[Christmas].
[The Child Who Saw Santa Claus] [178]
[The Christmas Garden] [184]
[The Christmas Tree in the Barn] [188]
[Patriotism].
[The Rescue of Old Glory]Mrs. J. W. Wheeler[191]
[The Log Cabin Boy] [196]
[Their Flag] [201]
[Saint Valentine's Day].
[The Valentine Box] [206]
[The Prince's Valentine] [210]
[Why the Dove is on our Valentines]Adapted from an Indian Folk Tale[213]
[Easter].
[Molly's Easter Hen]Annie Willis McCullough[217]
[The Song of the Spring] [219]
[The Easter Story] [223]
[Birds].
[The Bird]Count Lyof N. Tolstoi[228]
[The Nightingale]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen[231]
[How the Wren Became King]Adapted from a Manx Folk Tale[237]
[Summer].
[The Little Red Princess] [242]
[How the Flowers Came]Jay T. Stocking[246]
[The Three Little Butterfly Brothers]Adapted from a German Folk Tale[252]
[Animals].
[Why Peter Rabbit Wears a White Patch]Thornton Burgess[254]
[The Animals' New Year's Eve]Selma Lagerloöf[261]
[The Country Cat]Grace McGowen Cooke[268]
[Fairies].
[The Three Brothers]Patten Beard[271]
[The Cry Fairy]Alice Brown[275]
[Doll-in-the-Grass]Adapted by Marian F. Lansing[287]
[Fables].
[The Ploughman and His Sons]La Fontaine[291]
[The Bag of Dust] [292]
[The Camel and the Pig]Indian[295]
[Myths].
[How the Moon Was Kind to Her Mother]Indian[298]
[The Rabbit Who Was Grateful]Indian[301]
[Why the Bees Gather Honey]Indian[305]
[Birthdays].
[The Birthday Present]Maud Lindsay[309]
[The Birthday of the Infanta]Adapted from Oscar Wilde[313]
[The Prickly Bush] [320]
[Arbor Day].
[The Tinker's Willow]Edward W. Frentz[324]
[The Story of the Laurel]Grace Kupfer[328]
[The Little Acorn]Lucy Wheelock[333]

THE HOME

THE TREASURE IN THE HOUSE

Once upon a time there was a little Princess, and when she was ten years old they gave her a wonderful birthday party. There were musicians, and roses in all the rooms, and strawberry ice cream, and cakes with pink icing. Every one brought gifts.

The King, her father, gave the Princess a white pony with a long tail, and a blue and silver harness. The Queen, her mother, gave the Princess a little gold tea set for her dolls. There were other beautiful gifts; a ring with a sparkling stone set in it, and a dozen or so new silk dresses, and a nightingale in a gold cage; but every one waited to see what the gift of the Princess' fairy-godmother would be.

She was late coming to the party. One never knew just how she would come, on wings, or on a broomstick. This time she came walking, and dressed in a short red gown and a white apron. Her kind eyes twinkled as she gave her gift to the Princess.

Such a strange gift as it was, only a tiny black key!

"This will unlock a little house at the end of the garden which is my birthday gift to you," the fairy-godmother of the Princess said. "In the little house you will find a treasure." And then, as suddenly as she had come, the fairy-godmother was gone, wearing one of her surprise smiles on her lips.