WORTH WHILE STORIES FOR EVERY DAY

A WORD TO STORY TELLERS

CONTENTS

WORTH WHILE STORIES FOR EVERY DAY

THE BEAUTIFUL HAND

THE DISCONTENTED MEMBERS

THE BLIND MAN AND THE ELEPHANT

THE BAD-TEMPERED SQUIRREL

JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK

JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK

THE LEGEND OF THE SPIDER WEB

ANDROCLUS AND THE LION

DIRTY TOM

BRUCE AND THE SPIDER

THE MIRROR

THE PIG AND THE SHEEP

THE SHOEMAKER AND THE ELVES

THE LITTLE RED HEN

THE THRIFTY SQUIRRELS

THE BOY WHO WANTED TO PLAY ALWAYS

JACK AND JILL

THE APPLE TREE’S CHILDREN

THE BLUE RIBBON

THE ADVENTURES OF PERSEUS

THE ADVENTURES OF PERSEUS

COLUMBUS

DAVID AND GOLIATH

THE SWISS WOOD CARVER

THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL

THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL

HOW ARTHUR BECAME KING

HOW ARTHUR CAME BY HIS SWORD

THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

SIR GALAHAD FINDS THE HOLY GRAIL

THE PASSING OF SIR GALAHAD

THE WOODPECKER WHO WAS SELFISH

THE RABBIT TRIES TO CATCH FISH

THE LITTLE GRAY LAMB

ROBERT’S RIDE

WILLIAM TELL

THE ELEPHANT’S TRUNK

THANKSGIVING

THE GRATEFUL INDIAN

BOBBIE, THE POWDER BOY

THE ADVENTURES OF THESEUS

THE ADVENTURES OF THESEUS

KRIS AND THE BEAR

A RACE WITH A FLOOD

ODIN AND THE DWARFS

THE ADVENTURES OF THOR

THOR CONTENDS WITH THE GIANTS

FREYJA’S NECKLACE

THE BINDING OF FENRIR

JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN

JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN

JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN

JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN

THE LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN ASH

SAM DAVIS

HOW GEORGE SAVED THE TRAIN

THE PRINCE AND THE DRAGON

AN ARMY OF TWO

DAMON AND PYTHIAS

SIEGFRIED SLAYS THE DRAGON

MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES

THE EGYPTIANS ARE DROWNED IN THE RED SEA

PIPPA PASSES

LOUIS AND THE THREE WISHES

KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES

THE GIFTS OF THE NORTH WIND

TINY TIM

TINY TIM

THE BIRTH OF JESUS

THE LITTLE PINE TREE WHO WISHED FOR NEW LEAVES

THE DRAGON SLAYER

THE GOOSE GIRL

THE GOOSE GIRL

FOOLISH FRED

THE SIX SWABIANS

THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN

HANS IN LUCK

LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD

THE DISCONTENTED TAILOR

HOW A GIRL SAVED A FORT

ABRAHAM AND ISAAC

BEOWULF CONQUERS THE MARSH MONSTER

BEOWULF SLAYS THE WATER WITCH

BEOWULF SLAYS THE FIRE DRAGON

THE DEATH OF BEOWULF

ANTONIO CANOVA

THE LEAK IN THE DIKE

TUBAL CAIN

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S GRANDDAUGHTER

THE WIND AND THE SUN

MOTHER EARTH’S CHILDREN

SEEDS OF GOLD

LATONA

CERES AND HER DAUGHTER

THE UGLY DUCKLING

THE UGLY DUCKLING

KILLING THE BIRDS

SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON

HOW THE RABBIT GOT ITS COTTON TAIL

LEGEND OF THE WOODPECKER

A DISOBEDIENT DICKY BIRD

ROBERT E. LEE

WHY THE BLUEBIRD CARRIES HAPPINESS

HOW THE LITTLE BIRD REACHED HOME

THE JOURNEY OF A DROP OF WATER

HOW WE CAME TO HAVE UMBRELLAS

JOHNNY’S RABBIT

HOW JACK CAME TO HAVE A WINDOW BOX

DOROTHY’S DREAM OF HAPPINESS

THE PRINCESS LOSES THE FOOT RACE

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN

THE LAME PRINCE

BENNY IN BEASTLAND

A SUNSHINE FAIRY

WHAT THE STUPID SON LEARNED

SAMSON

THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

THE GOOSE BOY AND THE KING

FAITHFUL BRUNO

PLANTING AN ORCHARD

JACK AND THE GIANT

TOM THUMB

TOM THUMB

THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE

THE GIRL WHO WANTED EVERYTHING

PUSS IN BOOTS

PUSS IN BOOTS

THE WHITE CAT

THE WHITE CAT

THE GINGERBREAD MAN

THE ROBIN’S EGGS

THE BOYHOOD OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

THE YOUNG MANHOOD OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

THE LEADERSHIP OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

ABSALOM

HOW ROBIN HOOD BECAME AN OUTLAW

ROBIN HOOD MEETS LITTLE JOHN

HOW ROBIN HOOD MET FRIAR TUCK

THE SHOOTING MATCH AT NOTTINGHAM TOWN

HOW ROBIN HOOD CEASED TO BE AN OUTLAW

THE SPINDLE, THE SHUTTLE AND THE NEEDLE

THE NÜRNBERG STOVE

THE NÜRNBERG STOVE

THE BELL OF ATRI

ALL FOOLS’ DAY

THE GOLDEN TOUCH

THE WISE LITTLE PIG

THE BARMECIDE FEAST

ONE-EYE, TWO-EYES, AND THREE-EYES

ONE-EYE, TWO-EYES, AND THREE-EYES

THE PROUD KING

THE PROUD KING

THE GOLD GIRL AND THE TAR GIRL

THE LOOKING-GLASS WITCH

DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT

DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT

SODOM AND GOMORRAH

FRIEDRICH FROEBEL

DUMMLING’S REQUEST

DUMMLING’S GOOSE

CINDERELLA

THE THREE LUCKY SONS

HESTER’S EASTER OFFERING

STORY OF THE JACKBEAN

FOUR-LEAF CLOVER

THE TRAVELING MUSICIANS

KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID

THE KIND-HEARTED POLICEMAN

THREE LITTLE GOLDFISH

WAX WINGS

THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE

JULIA’S PRESENCE OF MIND

THE BAKER BOYS AND THE BEES

A DOG’S GRATITUDE

THE MIGHTY MEN

THE FAIRY FISH QUEEN

SNOWFLAKE

RAGS

THE MAGIC POT

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