50
Johnny and the Golden Goose 51
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse 56
Teeny Tiny 58
The Spider and the Flea 60
The Little Shepherd Boy 61
The Three Spinners 62
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership 65
The Sweet Soup 68
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean 68
Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail 70
The Three Little Pigs 71

CHILDREN'S FAVORITE POEMS

The Three Children 75
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat--_Edward Lear_ 75
Kindness to Animals 77
How Doth the Little Busy Bee--_Isaac Watts_ 77
Suppose--_Phoebe Cary_ 78
Twinkle, Twinkle 79
Pretty Cow--_Jane Taylor_ 80
The Three Little Kittens--_Eliza Lee Follen_ 80
The Land of Counterpane--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 82
There was a Little Girl--_Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 82
The Boy who never Told a Lie 83
Foreign Children--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 84
The Unseen Playmate--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 84
I saw Three Ships 85
A Was an Ant--_Edward Lear_ 86
The Table and the Chair--_Edward Lear_ 91
Precocious Piggy--_Thomas Hood_ 93
A Boy's Song--_James Hogg_ 94
Buttercups and Daisies--_Mary Howitt_ 95
The Violet--_Jane Taylor_ 96
If ever I See--_Lydia Maria Child_ 97
The Little Land--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 97
A Lobster Quadrille--_Lewis Carroll_ 99
Where Go the Boats--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 100
The Wind an