Story Hour Readers, book 3

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STORY HOUR READERS
THIRD YEAR
BOOK THREE
BY
IDA COE, Pd.M.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PUBLIC SCHOOLS CITY OF NEW
YORK
AND
ALICE J. CHRISTIE
PRIMARY TEACHER. PUBLIC SCHOOLS CITY OF NEW YORK
CONTENTS
THE LAND OF STORY BOOKS Robert Louis Stevenson HANSEL
AND GRETEL Fairy Tale THE EAGLE AND THE FOX Fable
HIAWATHA'S BROTHERS _Henry W. Longfellow_ THE
BEAVERS' LODGE Indian Folklore MANITOU AND THE
SQUIRRELS Indian Folklore THE SWIFT RUNNER Indian Folklore
BROTHER RABBIT Indian Folklore QUEEN MAB Thomas Hood
CINDERELLA Fairy Tale THE WIND Robert Louis Stevenson THE
BAG OF WINDS Greek Mythology DIANA AND APOLLO Greek
Mythology THE TREE Adapted from Bjornson THE FAIRY TREE
Fairy Tale HIAWATHA'S SAILING _Henry W. Longfellow_ GRAY
MOLE AND THE INDIAN Indian Folklore THE WATER LILIES
Indian Folklore WHERE GO THE BOATS? Robert Louis Stevenson
WHY THE SEA IS SALT Northern Folklore SENNIN THE HERMIT
From the Japanese GREAT AND LITTLE BEAR Greek Mythology
THE BOY AND THE SHEEP Ann Taylor THE BOY WHO CRIED

WOLF Aesop THE LION'S SHARE Aesop ROBIN REDBREAST
William Allingham THORN ROSE Fairy Tale THE WOLVES AND
THE DEER Fable THE CORNFIELDS _Henry W. Longfellow_ THE
GIFT OF CORN Indian Folklore A BOY'S SONG James Hogg THE
FROGS' TRAVELS From the Japanese THE MERCHANT'S
CARAVAN East Indian Tale QUEEN HULDA AND THE FLAX
European Folklore ALADDIN'S LAMP Ida Coe ALADDIN AND
THE MAGIC LAMP Arabian Nights THE WHITING AND THE
SNAIL Lewis Carroll THE BONFIRE IN THE SEA Australian
Folklore ROBINSON CRUSOE Daniel Defoe THE WONDERFUL
WORLD THE MAGIC GIRDLE The Brothers Grimm

THE LAND OF STORY BOOKS
At evening when the lamp is lit, Around the fire my parents sit; They
sit at home and talk and sing, And do not play at anything.
Now with my little gun I crawl, All in the dark, along the wall. And
follow round the forest track Away behind the sofa back.
There in the night, where none can spy, All in my hunter's camp I lie,
And play at books that I have read, Till it is time to go to bed.
* * * * *
So, when my nurse comes in for me, Home I return across the sea, And
go to bed with backward looks At my dear Land of Story Books.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

HANSEL AND GRETEL
In a little cottage at the edge of a forest in Germany, lived Peter, a poor
broom maker, and his wife Gertrude. They had two children, Hansel
and Gretel.
One day Hansel and Gretel were left alone at home. Their father had
gone to the village to sell brooms. Their mother was away, too.
The children were left busily at work. The boy was mending brooms,
the girl knitting stockings.
After a time they became tired of their hard work.
"Come, Gretel, let us have some fun!" cried Hansel.
As he spoke, he threw the broom upon the floor, and pulled the
stocking from his sister's hand.

"Oh, yes!" said Gretel. "I will teach you a song, and you can learn the
steps of the dance."
Hansel and Gretel danced about the room. Gretel sang, while she and
Hansel danced,
"First your foot you tap, tap, tap, Then your hands you clap, clap, clap;
Right foot first, left foot then, Round about and back again."
Presently the mother returned home. She entered the room and found
Hansel and Gretel