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ABRAHAM AND ISAAC 185 ABRAHAM LINCOLN 281 ABSALOM 322 ADVENTURES OF PERSEUS, THE, PART ONE 43 ADVENTURES OF PERSEUS, THE, PART TWO 46 ADVENTURES OF THESEUS, THE, PART ONE 92 ADVENTURES OF THESEUS, THE, PART TWO 94 ADVENTURES OF THOR, THE 103 ALL FOOLS' DAY 346 AN ARMY OF TWO 130 ANDROCLUS AND THE LION 17 ANTONIO CANOVA 196 APPLE TREE'S CHILDREN, THE 39
BAD-TEMPERED SQUIRREL, THE 8 BAKER BOYS AND THE BEES, THE 409 BARMECIDE FEAST, THE 353 BEAUTIFUL HAND, THE 1 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, PART ONE 260 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, PART TWO 262 BELL OF ATRI, THE 344 BENNY IN BEASTLAND 269 BEOWULF CONQUERS THE MARSH MONSTER 187 BEOWULF SLAYS THE FIRE DRAGON 192 BEOWULF SLAYS THE WATER WITCH 189 BINDING OF FENRIR, THE 110 BIRTH OF JESUS, THE 156 BLIND MAN AND THE ELEPHANT, THE 5 BLUE RIBBON, THE 41 BOBBIE, THE POWDER BOY 89 BOYHOOD OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE 315 BOY WHO CRIED WOLF, THE 279 BOY WHO WANTED TO PLAY ALWAYS, THE 34 BRUCE AND THE SPIDER 21
CERES AND HER DAUGHTER 218 CINDERELLA 383 COLUMBUS 48 COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE, THE 405 DAMON AND PYTHIAS 133 DAVID AND GOLIATH 50 DEATH OF BEOWULF, THE 194 DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT, PART ONE 369 DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT, PART TWO 371 DIRTY TOM 19 DISCONTENTED MEMBERS, THE 3 DISCONTENTED TAILOR, THE 180 DISOBEDIENT DICKY BIRD, A 237 DOG'S GRATITUDE, A 412 DOROTHY'S DREAM OF HAPPINESS 255 DRAGON SLAYER, THE 161 DUMMLING'S GOOSE 381 DUMMLING'S REQUEST 378
EGYPTIANS ARE DROWNED IN THE RED SEA, THE 140 ELEPHANT'S TRUNK, THE 82
FAIRY FISH QUEEN, THE 416 FAITHFUL BRUNO 285 FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE, THE 297 FOOLISH FRED 168 FOUR-LEAF CLOVER 392 FREYJA'S NECKLACE 108 FRIEDRICH FROEBEL 376
GIFTS OF THE NORTH WIND, THE 149 GINGERBREAD MAN, THE 311 GIRL WHO WANTED EVERYTHING, THE 299 GOLDEN TOUCH, THE 348 GOLD GIRL AND THE TAR GIRL, THE 364 GOOSE BOY AND THE KING, THE 283 GOOSE GIRL, THE, PART ONE 163 GOOSE GIRL, THE, PART TWO 166 GRATEFUL INDIAN, THE 87
HANS IN LUCK 175 HESTER'S EASTER OFFERING 388 HOW A GIRL SAVED A FORT 182 HOW ARTHUR BECAME KING 60 HOW ARTHUR CAME BY HIS SWORD 62 HOW GEORGE SAVED THE TRAIN 126 HOW JACK CAME TO HAVE A WINDOW BOX 253 HOW ROBIN HOOD BECAME AN OUTLAW 325 HOW ROBIN HOOD CEASED TO BE AN OUTLAW 334 HOW ROBIN HOOD MET FRIAR TUCK 329 HOW THE LITTLE BIRD REACHED HOME 244 HOW THE RABBIT GOT ITS COTTON TAIL 233 HOW WE CAME TO HAVE UMBRELLAS 249
JACK AND JILL 37 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK, PART ONE 10 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK, PART TWO 12 JACK AND THE GIANT 290 JOHNNY'S RABBIT 251 JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN, PART ONE 112 JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN, PART TWO 115 JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN, PART THREE 117 JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN, PART FOUR 119 JOURNEY OF A DROP OF WATER, THE 246 JULIA'S PRESENCE OF MIND 407
KILLING THE BIRDS 226 KIND-HEARTED POLICEMAN, THE 399 KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES 147 KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID 396 KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, THE 64 KRIS AND THE BEAR 97
LAME PRINCE, THE 267 LATONA 216 LEADERSHIP OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE 320 LEAK IN THE DIKE, THE 198 LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN ASH, THE 121 LEGEND OF THE SPIDER WEB, THE 14 LEGEND OF THE WOODPECKER, THE 235 LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S GRANDDAUGHTER, THE 207 LITTLE GRAY LAMB, THE 76 LITTLE PINE TREE WHO WISHED FOR NEW LEAVES, THE 159 LITTLE RED HEN, THE 30 LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD 178 LOOKING-GLASS WITCH, THE 367 LOUIS AND THE THREE WISHES 145
MAGIC POT, THE 423 MIGHTY MEN, THE 414 MIRROR, THE 23 MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES 137 MOTHER EARTH'S CHILDREN 212
N?RNBERG STOVE, THE, PART ONE 339 N?RNBERG STOVE, THE, PART TWO 341
ODIN AND THE DWARFS 101 ONE-EYE, TWO-EYES, AND THREE-EYES, PART ONE 355 ONE-EYE, TWO-EYES, AND THREE-EYES, PART TWO 357
PASSING OF SIR GALAHAD, THE 69 PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN, THE 265 PIG AND THE SHEEP, THE 25 PIPPA PASSES 142 PLANTING AN ORCHARD 288 PRINCE AND THE DRAGON, THE 128 PRINCESS LOSES THE FOOT RACE, THE 258 PROUD KING, THE, PART ONE 360 PROUD KING, THE, PART TWO 362 PUSS IN BOOTS, PART ONE 301 PUSS IN BOOTS, PART TWO 304
RABBIT TRIES TO CATCH FISH, THE 73 RACE WITH A FLOOD, A 99 RAGS 421 ROBERT E. LEE 240 ROBERT'S RIDE 78 ROBIN'S EGGS, THE 313 ROBIN HOOD MEETS LITTLE JOHN 327
THANKSGIVING 85 THOR CONTENDS WITH THE GIANTS 106 THREE LITTLE GOLDFISH 401 THREE LUCKY SONS, THE 385 THRIFTY SQUIRRELS, THE 32 TINY TIM, PART ONE 152 TINY TIM, PART TWO 154 TOM THUMB, PART ONE 292 TOM THUMB, PART TWO 295 TRAVELING MUSICIANS, THE 394 TUBAL CAIN 201
UGLY DUCKLING, THE, PART ONE 221 UGLY DUCKLING, THE, PART TWO 223
VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL, THE, PART ONE 55 VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL, THE, PART TWO 57
WAX WINGS 403 WHAT THE STUPID SON LEARNED 274 WHITE CAT, THE, PART ONE 306 WHITE CAT, THE, PART TWO 309 WHY THE BLUEBIRD CARRIES HAPPINESS 242 WILLIAM TELL 80 WIND AND THE SUN, THE 210 WISDOM OF SOLOMON, THE 230 WISE LITTLE PIG, THE 350 WOODPECKER WHO WAS SELFISH, THE 71
YOUNG MANHOOD OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE 318
WORTH WHILE STORIES FOR EVERY DAY
THE BEAUTIFUL HAND
It is right to have clean hands and well kept nails. We should remember that cleanliness of body is akin to purity of heart. I shall tell you a story of some hands that were not only clean but very beautiful.
Some young girls were talking by the brook, boasting of their beautiful hands. One of them dipped her hands in the sparkling water and the drops looked like diamonds falling from her palms.
"See what beautiful hands I have! The water runs from them like precious jewels," said she, and held up her hands for the others to admire. They were very soft and white, for she had never done anything but wash them in clear, cold water.
Another one of them ran to get some strawberries and crushed them in her palms. The juice ran through her fingers like wine from a wine press until her fingers were as pink as the sunrise in the early morning.
"See what beautiful hands I have! The strawberry juice runs over them like wine," said she, and she held up her hands for the others to admire. They were very pink and soft, for she had never done anything but wash them in strawberry juice every morning.
Another one gathered some violets and crushed the flowers in her hands until they smelled like perfume.
"See what beautiful hands I have! They smell like violets in the deep woods in the spring time," said she, and she held up her hands for the others to admire. They were very soft and white, for she had never done anything but wash them in violets every morning.
The fourth girl did not show her hands but held them in her lap. An old woman came down the road and stopped before the girls. They all showed her their hands and asked her which were the most beautiful. She shook her head at each one and then asked to see the hands of the last girl who held hers in her lap. The last girl raised her hands timidly for the old woman to see.
"Oh, these hands are clean, indeed," said the old woman, "but they are hard with toil, helping her mother clean the house and nurse the baby, and mend the clothes. They have carried food to the poor and have nursed the sick babies in the neighborhood."
Then the old woman fumbled in her pocket and brought out a ring set with diamonds, with rubies redder than strawberries, and turquoise bluer than violets.
"Here, wear this ring, my child; you deserve the prize for the most beautiful hands, for they have been the most helpful."
And the old woman vanished, leaving the four girls still sitting by the brook.
THE DISCONTENTED MEMBERS
Once upon a time all the parts of the body began to complain of how little the stomach did, and of what each one did to support that lazy member.
"Just look at that stupid old stomach," said the mouth. "It won't say a word; never sings a song. Won't even say 'thank you,' for what I let go by me on the way down to fill it up. I am getting tired of opening and shutting and swallowing and never a word of thanks."
"You are perfectly right," said the hands. "Here we are working hard all day, digging and pulling and pushing and doing our best to make a little money. Our palms are hard and knotty, and sometimes our fingers are sore and cold. Then to make it worse, when we come home we have to lift food to go into that good-for-nothing stomach, and never a word do we get for it."
The head nodded violently: "Yes, indeed!" it said. "I have to lie awake at night thinking of ways to make food. I sometimes am positively worn out worrying about where I am going to find provisions enough to satisfy that stomach. I should think it would make some suggestions of its own, but not a sound do I ever hear."
Then the legs began to beat on the floor in order to be heard.
"You have no idea how bad we feel," said they. "We have to go about all day carrying that old stomach from one place to another. We have to stand up and sit down, and the loads that are put on us are absolutely frightful. Sometimes we are so tired out that we positively tremble with weakness. And as for getting any consideration--not a bit of it!"
All the other members joined it. The eyes said they kept a sharp look out; the ears said they listened for every sound, and even the ribs said they stood guard to catch any blow that might fall on the stomach.
The members all agreed not to help the stomach any more. The head would not think; the hand would not work; the mouth would not swallow, and so no more food went into the stomach.
But see what happened! The legs grew too weak to walk; the hands were too feeble to move; the head was dizzy from lack of strength, and all the body shrunk until it looked like a shadow.
Then the stomach spoke up at last and said:
"You foolish members! Do you not know that in feeding me you are feeding yourselves? You put food into me but I send it back to you in blood and strength so that you can all work. Unless you feed me I cannot help you."
The head nodded wisely and said: "The stomach is right. Come, let us all go to work again, so that the good old stomach may give us back our strength."
THE BLIND MAN AND THE ELEPHANT
There were six men of Hindoostan who were blind, but each man thought he could see as well with his hands as any one else could with his eyes. Whenever they touched anything they thought they knew all about it, though they had felt only a small part.
Now, these six blind men had never seen an elephant. They did not know what an elephant was like because nobody could describe an elephant so that they could know what it was like. Besides that, these blind men never believed what anybody told them.
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