The Pink Parasol
THE pink parasol had tender whalebone ribs and a slender stick of cherry-wood. It lived with the willful child in the white-house, just beyond the third milestone. All about the trees were …
Short Stories
The Swallows
THERE were some children in the north looking at the swallows flying south. “Why are they going away?” the little one asked. “The summer is over,” the elder sister answered, ”and if …
The Children and the Garland
“TOMORROW is May-day,” the children said; “the birds must call us very early, and we will go to the woods and make a garland.” And in the morning, long before the sun …
Seeking the Violets
ALL the wood had been blue with violets, but now they were nearly gone. The birds sang louder and louder to keep them and to call them back, but soon there was …
The Poor Little Doll
IT was a plain little doll that had been bought for sixpence at a stall in the market-place. It had scanty hair and a weak composition face, a calico body and foolish …