Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea—Now cast your nets wherever you wish— Never afeard are we! So cried the stars to the fishermen three,Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. All night long their nets they threwTo the stars in the twinkling foam— Then down from the skies came the wooden the fishermen home; Twas all so j^retty a sail, it seemedAs if it could not be, And some folks though
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea—Now cast your nets wherever you wish— Never afeard are we! So cried the stars to the fishermen three,Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. All night long their nets they threwTo the stars in the twinkling foam— Then down from the skies came the wooden the fishermen home; Twas all so j^retty a sail, it seemedAs if it could not be, And some folks thought twas a dream theyddreamedOf sailing that beautiful sea—But I shall name you the fishermen three:Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head,And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a Mee ones shut your eyes while mother sings Of wonderful sights that be,And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock in the misty the old shoe rocked the fishermen three—Wynken, BljTiken, and Nod. THE TWIN BROTHERS By WiLHELM AKD JaKOB GrIMM. ^j^HERE were once two brothers, one ofthem rich, the other poor. The richbrother was a goldsmith, and had awicked heart. The poor brother sup-ported himself by making brooms, andwas good and honest. He had twochildren, twin brothers, who resembledeach other as closely as one drop of water resemblesanother. The two boys went sometimes to the houseof their rich uncle to get the pieces that were leftfrom the table, for they were often very hungry. It happened one day that while their father wasin the wood gathering rushes for his brooms, he sawa bird whose plumage shone like gold; he had neverseen in his life any bird like it. He picked up a stone and threw it at the bird,hoping to be lucky enough to secure it; but thestone only knocked off a golden feather, and thebird flew aM ay. The man took the feather and brought it to hisbrother, who, when he saw it, exclaimed, That
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