c. Poor Robin (page 16).
d. Old Mother Hubbard’s amusing adventures with her dog (page 24) leave a very kindly feeling toward both.
IV. Some are philosophical, or inculcate moral precepts or good habits, in a simple or amusing way.
a. Early to Bed (page 34).
b. Little Bo-Peep (page 9). Is it not better to let cares and worries alone? Why cry about things that are lost?
c. Three Little Kittens (page 13) suggests care for our possessions.
d. There Was a Man (page 60) has the same idea that we often hear expressed in the proverb “A hair from the same dog will cure the wound.”
e. Rainbow in the Morning (page 48) has some real weather wisdom in it.
f. There Was a Jolly Miller (page 47), gives a good lesson in contentment.
g. A Diller, A Dollar (page 59).