COPYRIGHT
E. P. DUTTON & CO.
1899
COPYRIGHT
CLARA DILLINGHAM PIERSON
1901

The Knickerbocker Press, New York


CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION[5]
THE BUTTERFLY THAT WENT CALLING[7]
THE ROBINS BUILD A NEST[14]
THE SELFISH TENT-CATERPILLAR[22]
THE LAZY SNAIL[31]
AN ANT THAT WORE WINGS[37]
THE CHEERFUL HARVESTMEN[42]
THE LITTLE SPIDER'S FIRST WEB[50]
THE BEETLE WHO DID NOT LIKE CATERPILLARS[56]
THE YOUNG ROBIN WHO WAS AFRAID TO FLY[61]
THE CRICKETS' SCHOOL[71]
THE CONTENTED EARTHWORMS[76]
THE MEASURING WORM'S JOKE[81]
A PUZZLED CICADA[87]
THE TREE FROG'S STORY[93]
THE DAY WHEN THE GRASS WAS CUT[101]
THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE MEASURING WORM RUN A RACE[109]
MR. GREEN FROG AND HIS VISITORS[114]
THE DIGNIFIED WALKING-STICKS[120]
THE DAY OF THE GREAT STORM[128]
THE STORY OF LILY-PAD ISLAND[134]
THE GRASSHOPPER WHO WOULDN'T BE SCARED[142]
THE EARTHWORM HALF-BROTHERS[151]
A GOSSIPING FLY[156]
THE FROG-HOPPERS GO OUT INTO THE WORLD[161]
THE MOSQUITO TRIES TO TEACH HIS NEIGHBORS[171]
THE FROG WHO THOUGHT HERSELF SICK[177]
THE KATYDID'S QUARREL[183]
THE LAST PARTY OF THE SEASON[188]

INTRODUCTION.