St Nicholas [serial] . NEARER AND NEARER HE INCHES TOWARD THE OPENING. (SEE PAGE 158). BY HILDEGARDE TAWTHORNE WORLD STORIES In the old days, before men understood how thisworld was made and why so many wonderfulthings took place in it every day, such, for in-stance, as the rising and setting of the sun or thecoming of spring, the growth of trees and flowersand the falling of rain, in those old days theymade up stories about these things. Since theyknew of nothing more wonderful than the humanbeings about them, they imagined that all thesemarvelous results were produced by creatures likethemse
St Nicholas [serial] . NEARER AND NEARER HE INCHES TOWARD THE OPENING. (SEE PAGE 158). BY HILDEGARDE TAWTHORNE WORLD STORIES In the old days, before men understood how thisworld was made and why so many wonderfulthings took place in it every day, such, for in-stance, as the rising and setting of the sun or thecoming of spring, the growth of trees and flowersand the falling of rain, in those old days theymade up stories about these things. Since theyknew of nothing more wonderful than the humanbeings about them, they imagined that all thesemarvelous results were produced by creatures likethemselves, yet different, wiser and more power-ful. Thus they thought that every tree containeda dryad, a lovely girl who made the tree growand brought its fruit to perfection. And all thestreams and fountains had their Naiads, the seaits mermen and mermaids, and the life itself ofthe people was supposed to be ruled and guidedby these beings, to whom they gave various namesand ascribed differing powers. Naturally they told each other many wonderfulstories about these creatures. Graduall
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