CONTENTS.
| ANIMAL STORIES:— | |
| Donkey and the Salt } | [59] |
| Fox and the Stork } Adapted from Æesop | [91] |
| Grateful Foxes | [43] |
| Adapted from Edwin Arnold’s Poem. | |
| Permission of Chas. Scribners’ Sons. | |
| How the Spark of Fire Was Saved | [79] |
| Adapted from John Vance Cheney’s Poem. | |
| How the Chipmunk Got the Stripes on Its Back | [89] |
| Adapted from Edwin Arnold’s Poem. | |
| An Indian Story of the Mole | [77] |
| BIRD STORIES:— | |
| An Indian Story of the Robin | [26] |
| Adapted from Whittier’s Poem, “How the Robin Came.” | |
| How the Robin’s Breast Became Red | [24] |
| The Red-headed Woodpecker | [29] |
| Adapted from Phœbe Cary’s Poem. | |
| CLOUD STORIES:— | |
| Palace of Alkinoös | [36] |
| Adapted from the Odyssey. | |
| Swan Maidens | [54] |
| FLOWER STORIES:— | |
| Clytie | [9] |
| Golden-rod and Aster | [13] |
| INSECT STORIES:— | |
| Arachne | [19] |
| Aurora and Tithonus | [22] |
| King Solomon and the Ants | [18] |
| Adapted from Whittier’s Poem. | |
| King Solomon and the Bee | [16] |
| Adapted from Saxe’s Poem. | |
| MINERALOGY STORIES:— | |
| Sisyphus | [33] |
| The Story of the Pudding Stone | [31] |
| SUN MYTHS:— | |
| Balder | [83] |
| Persephone | [48] |
| Adapted from “Story of Persephone,” | |
| told by Helen Ericson, class of 1895, | |
| Cook County, (Ill.), Normal School. | |
| Phaethon | [39] |
| TREE STORIES:— | |
| Daphne | [74] |
| Fairy Story | [66] |
| Philemon and Baucis | [71] |
| Poplar Tree | [56] |
| The Secret of Fire | [61] |
| MISCELLANEOUS STORIES:— | |
| Hermes | [97] |
| Iris’ Bridge | [101] |
| Prometheus | [92] |
CLYTIE.
LYTIE was a beautiful little water nymph who lived in a cave at the bottom of the sea. The walls of the cave were covered with pearls and shells. The floor was made of sand as white as snow.
There were many chairs of amber with soft mossy cushions. On each side of the cave-opening was a great forest of coral. Back of the cave were Clytie’s gardens.
Here were the sea anemones, starfish and all kinds of seaweed.