“Jump on my back and I will take you across the river,” said the fox, and the little man jumped on his shoulders.
“Jump on my head,” said the fox, and the little man jumped on his head.
“Jump on my nose,” said the fox, and the gingerbread man jumped on the fox’s nose. Just then they reached the shore and the fox opened his mouth, and snap! went the gingerbread man into the fox’s mouth. The old fox chewed a while and then said:
“That was a very nice little gingerbread man!”
THE ROBIN’S EGGS
In which a little boy robs a bird of her eggs and learns a lesson that he did not forget.
Robert was a little boy who loved to have his own way, and sometimes his way was not a good way. One day he went into the woods near his home, and saw a lot of birds all busy building nests and flying around looking for bugs and worms.
Up in a tree he saw a nest and wondered what was in it. He climbed up on a limb, and looking into the nest saw four little bluish-green eggs. He put his hand in the nest, took out the eggs and put them in his pocket. All the time the poor mother bird was scolding and complaining, and in her bird way was calling for help.
As Robert climbed down from the tree he broke one of the eggs. As he took the rest out of his pocket he broke another. Then he put the other two in his hat. By this time he was tired and sat down under the tree to rest. While he was sitting there he heard a great commotion in the forest. All the birds were crying “Robber! Thief! Some boy has broken into Mrs. Robin’s house and stolen her eggs!”