Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ide grew thelittle plant, and on it a pink pea blossom in fullbloom. The little maiden bent down and gentlykissed the delicate leaves. This day was to her likea festival. Our heavenly Father Himself has planted thatpea, and made it grow and flourish, to bring joy toyou and hope to me, my blessed child, said thehappy mother, and she smiled at the flower as ifit had been an angel from God. But what became of the other peas? Why> theone who flew out into the wide world, and sai
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ide grew thelittle plant, and on it a pink pea blossom in fullbloom. The little maiden bent down and gentlykissed the delicate leaves. This day was to her likea festival. Our heavenly Father Himself has planted thatpea, and made it grow and flourish, to bring joy toyou and hope to me, my blessed child, said thehappy mother, and she smiled at the flower as ifit had been an angel from God. But what became of the other peas? Why> theone who flew out into the wide world, and said,Catch me if you can, fell into a gutter and endedhis travels in the crop of a pigeon. The two lazyones were also eaten by pigeons, so they were at leastof some use; but the fourth, who wanted to reachthe sun, fell into a sink, and lay there in the dirtywater for days and weeks, till he had swelled to agreat size. But as the young maiden stood at the open garretwindow, with sparkling eyes and the rosy hue ofhealth on her cheeks, she folded her thin hands overthe pea blossom, and thanked God for what Hehad HANSEL AND GRETHEL By WiLHELM AND JaKOB GrIMM ^ANY, many years ago there lived closeby a great forest a woodcutter and hisfamily. There were two children,Hansel and Grethel, and the wood-cutters wife. The mother of Hanseland Grethel died long before, and theirfathers present wife did not have anylove for the little ones. They were very poor indeed, and when a greatfamine came on the land and food grew scarce anddear, the woodcutter could no longer buy foodenough for his whole family. One night when the poor man lay tossing on hisbed in deep anxiety, he said to his wife: Alas! what will become of us? How can wefeed the children when we have no more than enoughfor ourselves? Now listen, my husband, answered his wife;I will tell you what to do. As it is not longer pos-sible for us to feed the children, we will take theminto the forest with us to-morrow, light a nice, warm
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