--The rat charmer--The great crane dance--on
Kullaberg--Ulvasa--Lady.

Do not tell a second story.

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1. Persephone.

_Best versions:_
Adams. Myths of old Greece. (Proserpina.)
Hawthorne. Tanglewood tales. (Pomegranate seeds.)

_Other versions:_
Burt. Herakles, the hero of Thebes.
Cooke. Nature myths.
Cox. Tales of ancient Greece.
Francillon. Gods and heroes.
Mabie. Myths every child should know. (Hawthorne version.)

2. How the leaves came down. (Poem by Coolidge.)
Lovejoy. Nature in verse for children.
Skinner. Arbor Day manual.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy ring.

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1. Hansel and Grethel.

_Best versions:_
Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
Lang. Blue fairy book.

_Other versions:_
Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.

2. Quick running squash.
Aspinwall. Short stories for short people.

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1. Peterkin and the little grey hare.

_Best version:_
Pyle. Wonder clock.

2. Mirror of Matsuyama.

_Best versions:_
Williston. Japanese fairy tales. 1st ser.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Magic casements

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1. The reformed pirate.
Stockton. Floating prince.

2. How the camel got his hump.[7]

3. The camel's hump. (Poem.)
Kipling. Just so stories.
Kipling reader for elementary grades.

[Footnote 7: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]

STORIES FOR SPECIAL DAYS; CHIEFLY FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.

CHRISTMAS STORIES

For poems see Granger. Index to poetry and recitations: Appendix.

_Birth of Christ._

The Bible. St. Matthew, Chap. 2. St. Luke, Chap. 2.
See also adaptations in collections of Bible Stories.

_Christ Legends._

Babouscka.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 235
Dickinson _and_ Skinner. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 208.
Dier. Children's book of Christmas, p. 105.

Coming of the prince.
Field. Little book of profitable tales, p. 31.

Herman's treasure box.
Broadus. Book of the Christ child, p. 77.

Legend of St. Christopher.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 233.
Broadus. Book of the Christ child, p. 145.