TOPICAL INDEX OF STORIES

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RHYMES FOR MOTHERS
The Robin’s Carol[113]
The Little Baldhead[114]
Japanese Lullaby[5]
Birdie With a Yellow Bill[6]
Pat, Pat[52]
The Fountain (introduction to)[54]
Pussy Willows[53]
Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake[52]
FABLES AND FOLK-LORE
The Fisherman[55]
Legend of the Arbutus[162]
Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter[115]
The Country Cat[159]
The Honest Woodman[123]
The North Star[152]
The Cobbler[154]
Tabby and the Mice[126]
Opechee, the Robin Redbreast[156]
King of the Frogs[147]
The Adder That Did Not Hear[149]
Why the Dog Cannot Endure the Cat[165]
The Miser of Takhoma[168]
The Plowman Who Found Content[141]
FAIRY STORIES
Little Sister Kindness[174]
The Queen’s Necklace[180]
ETHICAL STORIES
The Gold Bugs[128]
The History of Tip-Top[131]
The Little Boy Who Forgot to Wash His Hands[120]
The Country Cat[159]
The Honest Woodman[123]
The Adder That Did Not Hear[149]
The Miser of Takhoma[168]
The Plowman Who Found Content[141]
Little Sister Kindness[174]
The Queen’s Necklace[180]
MYTH AND HERO-TALE
Robin Hood and Sir Richard-at-the-Lee[191]
The Coming of Arthur[75]
Story of Ithenthiela[60]
How the Queen of the Ant Gave Gifts to Men[200]
King Midas’ Ears[205]
Hold-Fast Tom (modern)[210]
Nils and the Bear (modern)[218]
STORIES FOR SPECIAL DAYS
A Lesson of Faith (Easter)[8]
Jericho Bob (Thanksgiving)[226]
Robin’s Christmas[240]
Jerusalem Artie’s Christmas Dinner[234]
A Tale of the Christ Child[246]
BIBLE STORIES
Story of David[257]
Story of the Ark[251]
Story of the Flood[252]
The Olive Leaf[254]
Rainbow of Promise[256]
Twenty-third Psalm[261]

BOOKS FOR THE STORY-TELLER

All of the following books contain excellent material for the story-teller. While some of the stories are not perfectly adapted in form for telling, the best of them can be used with comparatively little change.

The list is not by any means comprehensive, but the books mentioned will abundantly reward the story-teller’s search.

MELODIES AND FOLK TALES

ETHICAL STORIES