CONTENTS
[ GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS ]
[ THE FAIRY'S NEW YEAR GIFT ]
[ THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL ]
[ THE TWELVE MONTHS ]
[ THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS ]
[ LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY ]
[ HE RESCUES THE BIRDS ]
[ LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL ]
[ TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY ]
[ WHY LINCOLN WAS CALLED “HONEST ABE” ]
[ A STRANGER AT FIVE-POINTS ]
[ A SOLOMON COME TO JUDGMENT ]
[ GEORGE PICKETT'S FRIEND ]
[ LINCOLN THE LAWYER ]
[ THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS ]
[ MR. LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE ]
[ HIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS ]
[ SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY ]
[ A PRISONER'S VALENTINE ]
[ A GIRL'S VALENTINE CHARM ]
[ MR. PEPYS HIS VALENTINE ]
[ CUPID AND PSYCHE ]
[ THE TRIAL OF PSYCHE: ]
[ WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY ]
[ I. THE CHERRY TREE ]
[ II. THE APPLE ORCHARD ]
[ III. THE GARDEN-BED ]
[ YOUNG GEORGE AND THE COLT ]
[ WASHINGTON THE ATHLETE ]
[ WASHINGTON'S MODESTY ]
[ WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN ]
[ RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER) ]
[ A LESSON OF FAITH ]
[ A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR ]
[ THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD ]
[ MAY DAY ]
[ THE SNOWDROP [1] ]
[ THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS ]
[ THE WATER-DROP ]
[ THE SPRING BEAUTY ]
[ THE FAIRY TULIPS ]
[ THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY ]
[ THE ELVES ]
[ THE CANYON FLOWERS ]
[ CLYTIE, THE HELIOTROPE ]
[ HYACINTHUS ]
[ ECHO AND NARCISSUS ]
[ MOTHERS' DAY ]
[ CORNELIA'S JEWELS ]
[ QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS ]
[ THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS ]
[ THE WIDOW AND HER THREE SONS ]
[ MEMORIAL DAY ]
[ BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG ]
[ THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER ]
[ THE LITTLE DRUMMER-BOY ]
[ A FLAG INCIDENT ]
[ TWO HERO-STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR ]
[ II. THE BRAVERY OF RICHARD KIRTLAND ]
[ THE YOUNG SENTINEL ]
[ THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES ]
[ GENERAL SCOTT AND THE STARS AND STRIPES ]
[ INDEPENDENCE DAY ]
[ THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ]
[ THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ]
[ THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY ]
[ A GUNPOWDER STORY ]
[ THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA ]
[ WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS ]
[ LABOR DAY ]
[ THE SMITHY ]
[ THE NAIL ]
[ THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER ]
[ THE HILLMAN AND THE HOUSEWIFE ]
[ HOFUS THE STONE-CUTTER ]
[ ARACHNE ]
[ THE METAL KING ]
[ THE CHOICE OF HERCULES ]
[ THE SPEAKING STATUE ]
[ THE CHAMPION STONE-CUTTER ]
[ BILL BROWN'S TEST ]
[ COLUMBUS DAY ]
[ COLUMBUS AND THE EGG ]
[ COLUMBUS AT LA RABIDA ]
[ THE MUTINY ]
[ THE FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD ]
[ HALLOWEEN ]
[ SHIPPEITARO ]
[ HANSEL AND GRETHEL ]
[ BURG HILL'S ON FIRE ]
[ THE KING OF THE CATS ]
[ THE STRANGE VISITOR ]
[ THE BENEVOLENT GOBLIN ]
[ THE PHANTOM KNIGHT OF THE VANDAL CAMP ]
[ THANKSGIVING DAY ]
[ THE FIRST HARVEST-HOME IN PLYMOUTH ]
[ THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST ]
[ SAINT CUTHBERT'S EAGLE ]
[ THE EARS OF WHEAT ]
[ HOW INDIAN CORN CAME INTO THE WORLD ]
[ THE NUTCRACKER DWARF ]
[ THE PUMPKIN PIRATES ]
[ THE SPIRIT OF THE CORN ]
[ THE HORN OF PLENTY ]
[ CHRISTMAS DAY ]
[ THE STRANGER CHILD ]
[ SAINT CHRISTOPHER ]
[ THE CHRISTMAS ROSE ]
[ THE WOODEN SHOES OF LITTLE WOLFF ]
[ THE PINE TREE ]
[ THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO ]
[ THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY OF STRASBURG ]
[ THE THREE PURSES ]
[ THE THUNDER OAK ]
[ THE CHRISTMAS THORN OF GLASTONBURY ]
[ THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE ]
[ THE CHILD ]
[ HOW THEY CAME TO COLOGNE ]
[ ARBOR DAY ]
[ THE LITTLE TREE THAT LONGED FOR OTHER LEAVES ]
[ WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES ]
[ WHY THE ASPEN QUIVERS ]
[ THE WONDER TREE ]
[ THE PROUD OAK TREE ]
[ BAUCIS AND PHILEMON ]
[ THE UNFRUITFUL TREE ]
[ THE DRYAD OF THE OLD OAK ]
[ DAPHNE ]
[ BIRD DAY ]
[ THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A WOODPECKER ]
[ THE BOY WHO BECAME A ROBIN ]
[ THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW ]
[ THE QUAILS—A LEGEND OF THE JATAKA ]
[ THE MAGPIE'S NEST ]
[ THE GREEDY GEESE ]
[ THE KING OF THE BIRDS ]
[ THE DOVE WHO SPOKE TRUTH ]
[ THE BUSY BLUE JAY ]
[ BABES IN THE WOODS ]
[ THE PRIDE OF THE REGIMENT ]
[ THE MOTHER MURRE ]
[ THE END ]
[ REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING ]
[ REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING ]
[ NEW YEAR'S DAY ]
[ LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY ]
[ SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY ]
[ WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY ]
[ RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER) ]
[ MAY DAY ]
[ MOTHERS' DAY ]
[ MEMORIAL AND FLAG DAYS ]
[ INDEPENDENCE DAY ]
[ LABOR DAY ]
[ COLUMBUS DAY ]
[ HALLOWEEN ]
[ THANKSGIVING DAY ]
[ CHRISTMAS DAY ]
[ ARBOR DAY ]
[ BIRD DAY ]
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GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS
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THE FAIRY'S NEW YEAR GIFT
BY EMILIE POULSSON (ADAPTED)
Two little boys were at play one day when a Fairy suddenly appeared before them and said: “I have been sent to give you New Year presents.”
She handed to each child a package, and in an instant was gone.