Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ,I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and seeThe birds still hopping on the tree,Or hear the grown-up ])eoples feetStill going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you,When all the sky is clear and I should like so much to have to go to bed by day ? THE GOOSE THAT LAID THEGOLDEN EGGS o NCE upon a time there lived a man who hada handsome Goose that every day laid a largegolden eg^y,. The man thought the Goose must havemuch gold inside o
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ,I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and seeThe birds still hopping on the tree,Or hear the grown-up ])eoples feetStill going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you,When all the sky is clear and I should like so much to have to go to bed by day ? THE GOOSE THAT LAID THEGOLDEN EGGS o NCE upon a time there lived a man who hada handsome Goose that every day laid a largegolden eg^y,. The man thought the Goose must havemuch gold inside of her, and so one day he wrungher neck, and found that she was just like any otherGoose. Thinking to find wealth, he lost the littlehe had. This fable teaches that every one should be con-tent with w hat he has, lest in striving for more helose JACK THE GIANT-KILLER Adapted ^HEN Arthur was king of Englandthere lived close to Lands End, in thecounty of Cornwall, a worthy farmerwho had an only son named Jack. Hewas not only a strong and lively boy,but had a sharp wit as well, so thatwhat he could not do by force andstrength he accomplished by cunning devices. Hisgreat delight was in hearing or reading stories ofthe fairies, giants and witches; but more than all,he loved to hear his father talk of the great deedsof the brave knights of King Arthurs Round running, jumping and wrestling, he far out-did any of the boys of his neighborhood, for if hecould not beat them by main strength he was alwaysready with some quick-witted scheme that woulddefeat them. Jacks only real work was to tend thesheep, but while doing this he would spend most ofhis time lying on the grass thinking of himself asa knight in armor, and planning the wonderfulbattles and sieges in which he would engage whenhe became a man. Saint Michaels Mount, in
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