Stories and Story-telling

Name: Stories and Story-telling
Author: Angela M. Keyes

by Angela M. Keyes

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STORIES AND STORY-TELLING
PREFACE
CONTENTS
STORY-TELLING
Kinds of Stories to Tell
The Principles of the Art of Telling Stories
Getting the Story
Telling the Story
The Child’s Part in Story-Telling
STORIES
THE FAIRY HORSESHOE
THE MOUSE AND THE SAUSAGE
THE STORY OF THE LITTLE BOY AND THE LITTLE DOG
THE STORY OF THE TWO CAKES WHO LOVED EACH OTHER IN SILENCE
HOW THE ROOSTER BUILT A HOUSE OF HIS OWN
THUMBELINA
How She Came to the Woman
THUMBELINA
How She is Carried Off by the Toad
THUMBELINA
How She Got to Land
THUMBELINA
How She Goes to Live with the Field-Mouse
THUMBELINA
How She Meets the Mole
THUMBELINA
How She Takes Care of the Swallow
THUMBELINA
How She is Helped by the Swallow
THUMBELINA
What Became of Her at Last
A VISIT FROM AN ELF
HOW THE CAT GOT ALL THE GRAIN
THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR
THE WONDERFUL SHIP
THE CLEVER GEESE
THE HAPPY PRINCE
THE DWARF ROOTS’ STORY OF THE PUMPKIN SEED
A HORSE’S STORY
A BEWITCHED DONKEY
THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN
MOTHER HOLLE
TOM THUMB
How He Came to His Mother and Father
TOM THUMB
How He Grows up Full of Tricks
TOM THUMB
How He Has a Narrow Escape from a Batter Pudding
TOM THUMB
How He Gets into the Red Cow’s Stomach
TOM THUMB
How He Comes to Belong to the King
TOM THUMB
How He Carries Money to His Parents
TOM THUMB
How He Becomes Ill and Who Nurses Him
TOM THUMB
How Tom Escapes Hanging
TOM THUMB
How He is Knighted by the King
TOM THUMB
How He Goes Away and Comes Back Again
TOM THUMB
What Became of Him at Last
THE TWO BROTHERS
THE WOOING
JACK-THE-GIANT-KILLER
THE PIXIES’ THANKS
THE CAT AND THE PARROT
LAMPBLACK
LAZY JACK
THE TIME THAT WILL COME AGAIN
THE OWL’S ANSWER TO TOMMY
THE STORY OF COQUERICO
THE SCARECROW
OEYVIND AND MARIT
BLUNDER
THE GOLDEN PEARS
SOME VERY SHORT STORIES
THE PUPPY’S BARK
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WHITE KITTEN
A CONCEITED GRASSHOPPER
THE MOUSE’S ESCAPE
WHAT THE WHITE HEN DID FOR THE WORLD
THE GOLDEN GOOSE
THE MOON AND HER MOTHER
MOTHER CAREY’S CHICKENS
THE STORY OF THE WEE, WEE BONE
THE MISSING LAMB
THE ANT AND THE DOVE
THE BOY AND THE NUTS
DID SHE CATCH HIM?
THE BEARS AT PLAY
HOW THE GROCER PLAYED A TRICK ON KIT
THE SHORT TALE OF THE RABBITS WHO WENT OUT TO SEE THE WORLD
THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE POT AND THE KETTLE
HOW THE TURTLE GOT HIS DINNER
THE CATERPILLAR CAUGHT IN THE RAIN
THE SONG THE COCKLE-SHELL SINGS
THE WATER-SNAIL’S RIDE
IT TAKES TIME TO GROW
THE FRIGHT THEY HAD
HIMSELF
WHY THE CANARY SANG IN HIS CAGE
WHO THE BIRD WAS
HOW THE OLD TROUT SERVED TOM
A CLEVER COW
THE SNOWMAN
THE RACE
BRAVE DAN
THE WIND’S FROLIC
THE DEAD CANARY
THE SWAN’S MEAL
THE BOY AND THE FROGS
SWEET PORRIDGE
FINDING A HOME
DID JIP DINE ON CHICKEN?
THE DOG IN THE MANGER
THE TWO APPLES
THE DOG AND THE SHADOW
THE QUARREL
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WAX DOLL
THE ROUTING OF TOM
MRS. VIXEN AND HER CUBS AT PLAY
THE FOOLISH HOOP
HOW THE CLOCK CAME INTO THE STORY
BABY GOES ON A VOYAGE
THE RUNAWAYS
THE NAIL
THE SOAP BUBBLES
THE PEACOCK’S TAIL
HOW THE ROOSTER WAS DECEIVED
THE SHOES THAT WALKED MOST
WHAT O’CLOCK?
THE WONDERFUL CHANGE
HOW NAN AND THE MOON WENT FOR A WALK
WHAT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DID
WHAT THE MOON SAW
THE ELF WHO STAYED OUT TOO LATE
THE BOLD WEED
ODDS AND ENDS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S KINDNESS
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
THE DONKEY AND THE MULE
WHY THE MAGPIE’S NEST IS BADLY MADE
HOW BUTTERFLIES CAME
THE MONKEY DANCES
AN APRIL FOOL STORY
THE FOOLISH PUPPIES
A GOLDEN STORY
HOW THE CLOCKS PLAYED SCHOOL
HOW MOTHER TABBY PLAYED WITH HER KITTENS
THE JOKE
THE SISTERS
THE LION AND THE SHEPHERD
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BALLOON
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