A Wolf, being sick and maimed, called to a Sheep, who was passing, and asked him to fetch some water from the stream. “For,” he said, “if you will bring me drink, I will find means to provide myself with …[Continue]
The Dogs and the Hides
Some Dogs, famished with hunger, saw some cow-hides steeping in a river. Not being able to reach them, they agreed to drink up the river; but it fell out that they burst themselves with drinking long before they reached the …[Continue]
Why Do Mother Goose Crafts?
Mother Goose crafts are probably some of the first crafts that we ever made, though few of us may remember them. Mother Goose and her rhymes are typically introduced to children while they are very young and maybe even just …[Continue]
The Old Man and the Three Young Men
As an old man was planting a tree, three young men came along and began to make sport of him, saying: “It shows your foolishness to be planting a tree at your age. The tree cannot bear fruit for many …[Continue]
Five Little Pigs
Click on the thumbnail below to open up the PDF coloring page….[Continue]
Pirate Story
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, Three of us abroad in the basket on the lea. Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring, And waves are on the meadow like the waves …[Continue]
The Brave Tin Soldier
THERE were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered arms and looked straight before them, and wore a splendid uniform, red and blue. The first …[Continue]
The Horse and the Ass
A Horse, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway. The Ass being heavily laden moved slowly out of the way. “Hardly,” said the Horse, “can I resist kicking you with my heels.” The Ass held his …[Continue]
Hickety, Dickety, Dock — Illustrated by W.W. Denslow
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells, And pretty maids all in a row. Mary Quite Contrary Posters…[Continue]
Dorking
There was a Young Lady of Dorking, Who bought a large bonnet for walking; But its color and size so bedazzled her eyes, That she very soon went back to Dorking. Edward Lear…[Continue]
A Well
As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, And all the king’s horses can’t fill it up….[Continue]
