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| The Magic Wings | [1] |
| The Hold-up | [6] |
| Willow Tree Inn | [9] |
| The Robber Fairies | [12] |
| Bicycle Puss | [15] |
| Puss Recovers His Steed | [18] |
| Georgy Porgy | [21] |
| A Jolly Gallop | [23] |
| The Runaway | [26] |
| Humpty-bumpty | [29] |
| The Haymow | [32] |
| Chauffeur Taffy | [35] |
| Three Little Kittens | [37] |
| Mr. Rat | [40] |
| A Big Tumble | [43] |
| Hungry Kittens | [46] |
| Kittens Wash Mittens | [49] |
| Pie for Mrs. Mouse | [52] |
| Sing a Song of Sixpence | [54] |
| Doctor Foster | [57] |
| A Miscount | [60] |
| Plum Pudding Story | [64] |
| "One I Love, Two I Love" | [67] |
| Little Jenny Wren | [69] |
| The Mischievous Raven | [71] |
| Candy Town | [73] |
| The Bramble-bush Man | [76] |
| Daffy-down-dilly | [78] |
| "Donkey, Donkey, Old and Gray" | [81] |
| "Tick, Tack, Too" | [84] |
| Lullaby Baby | [87] |
| The Fire | [90] |
| The Old Woman's Riddle | [93] |
| The Cobbler | [95] |
| Doctor Drake | [98] |
| "No Bigger than My Thumb" | [101] |
| Tell-tale-tit | [104] |
| On the Way | [106] |
| Little Boy Blue | [109] |
| Alphabet Town | [112] |
| Lucy Locket | [114] |
| Tom, the Piper's Son | [117] |
| Old Dame Trot | [119] |
| Bobby Shafto | [121] |
| Little Robin Redbreast | [124] |
| The Elf Child | [127] |
PUSS IN BOOTS, JR., AND
THE GOOD GRAY HORSE
THE MAGIC WINGS
ONE morning as little Puss, Junior, on his Good Gray Horse rode through Mother Goose country he saw a spider sitting in her tiny lace house. She kept very still, for the early dewdrops still clung to the delicate web. And as the sun shone down they looked for all the world like diamonds on a piece of lace. So little Puss, Junior, stretched out his paw and, would you believe it, instead of a drop of water he picked off a real diamond.
"Ha, ha!" cried the little black spider. "The witch's feather in your hat has changed the dewdrop into a diamond. But I have no use for precious stones, so you may have it. The flies that come to my net are more to my liking." And then she tied the strings of her little black bonnet and put on her black silk mitts and waited for a fly to make a call.
Well, after putting the diamond in his pocket, Puss rode away, and by and by, after a while he came to a steep hill. And, oh, dear me! it was a dreadfully steep hill, for Puss had missed his way and there was no path or road for him to follow. And while he waited, not knowing what to do, he heard a little voice say:
"If I bring four wings to you
To fasten on your horse's shoe
Will you give me for my locket
The sparkling diamond in your pocket?"