. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland . safety the rocky cliff, but here she lived sohigh that the little ones could not find her. I know where I shall live, said the beautifulmaiden — where I can see the swift canoe. Chil-dren ! Yes, they shall be my playmates. I willkiss them on their brows when they slumber bythe side of cool lakes. The people shall love mewherever I go. So she alighted on the waters. She saw herform in the glassy stream. The next morning thousands of white flowerswere seen; they rested on the bosom of the Indians called the flower White
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland . safety the rocky cliff, but here she lived sohigh that the little ones could not find her. I know where I shall live, said the beautifulmaiden — where I can see the swift canoe. Chil-dren ! Yes, they shall be my playmates. I willkiss them on their brows when they slumber bythe side of cool lakes. The people shall love mewherever I go. So she alighted on the waters. She saw herform in the glassy stream. The next morning thousands of white flowerswere seen; they rested on the bosom of the Indians called the flower White Lily. This star lived in the skies of the south. Itsbrethren can be seen far off in the cold hunt the Great Bear. Children, said the old man, when you seethe lily on the waters, take it in your hands;hold it to the skies. So it may be happy on earthas its sisters the morning and evening stars arehappy in the heavens. Tears fell fast from the eyes of the little were tears of joy. The old man laid him-self down, and was soon silent in
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