TO
THE HOSFORDS
OF
MEADOW HOUSE
These tales were first told for the Children’s Page of The Christian Science Monitor, and the author takes this means of acknowledging his appreciation of the arrangement by which he is privileged to republish them.
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I | In Which Dan Meets the Pretty Lady with the Blue-Blue Eyes | [3] |
| II | In Which Dan Hears the Message from Too-Bo-Tan | [12] |
| III | In Which Dan Releases the Animals of Spangleland | [18] |
| IV | In Which the Animals Elect Officers | [25] |
| V | In Which Giraffe Gives a Chalk-Talk and the Animals Learn a New Game | [31] |
| VI | In Which the Animals Send a Message to the Pretty Lady | [37] |
| VII | In Which the Animals Meet with a Disappointment and a Surprise and a Story is Begun | [43] |
| VIII | In Which the Pretty Lady Continues Her Story | [53] |
| IX | In Which the Pretty Lady Concludes Her Story | [62] |
| X | In Which the Pretty Lady Tells of Mysteries and Spangles | [70] |
| XI | In Which the Animals Play at Circus and Dan Promises a Story | [79] |
| XII | In Which Dan Answers the Beckoning Trees | [88] |
| XIII | In Which Dan Learns of Peanuts and Things | [98] |
| XIV | In Which Dan Parts with Old Friends and Prepares to Claim a Reward | [108] |
| XV | In Which Dan and Gray Ears Arrive at Their Goal | [118] |
| XVI | In Which Dan Joins the Very Biggest Circus | [130] |
| XVII | In Which the Animals Entertain an Unexpected Caller | [139] |
| XVIII | In Which the Pretty Lady Carries a Passenger into the Wide Wide World | [149] |
| XIX | In Which Little Black Bear Spends a Night in the Forest | [159] |
| XX | In Which Little Black Bear Meets Shagg, the Carpenter | [169] |
| XXI | In Which Little Black Bear Adds Still More to His Story | [181] |
| XXII | In Which Dan Meets Beader, of the Jumping Dragoons | [192] |
| XXIII | In Which Dan Spends a Night in the Valley of Tick Tock | [204] |
| XXIV | In Which Dan is Presented with the Key to the Valley | [216] |
| XXV | In Which Dan Hears the Clock Strike One | [227] |
| XXVI | We Say Goodbye to Diggeldy Dan | [239] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| “‘Who—may—you—be?’ exclaimed the four in surprise” | [Frontispiece] |
| In a very twinkling, there appeared the most beautiful circus lady one ever laid eyes upon | Page [10] |
| Away they all went, down through the line | „ [35] |
| “Then he picked up his left foot and began to use its toes for counters” | „ [59] |
| And so this strangest of all circuses began | „ [83] |
| “Something came from out the air, and swept me square off my toes” | „ [95] |
| Little Black Bear gladly did his tricks over and over again | „ [185] |
| At the boom of “One” the mice fairly rained into the Great Room | „ [235] |