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Selected Stories to Tell
The following stories are selected with a view to fulfilling various purposes, to meeting varied needs. Though not all are great stories, yet the object to be attained by telling them is great; for the work of molding the mind of a child can be nothing less. Each story is worth while: most of them lie outside the beaten path.
The Robin's Carol[1]
This is the carol the robin throws
Over the edge of the valley;
Listen how boldly it flows,
Sally on sally:
Tirra-lirra,
Down the river,
Laughing water
- ↑ From The Angler's Reveille, by Henry van Dyke.—By permission of Charles Scribner's Sons.
