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FIRST NIGHT THE THREE HAPPY CHILDREN
SECOND NIGHT THE PLAYMATES OF THE THREE HAPPY CHILDREN
THIRD NIGHT NOISY FOLKS
FOURTH NIGHT JUST BEFORE SUPPER
FIFTH NIGHT THE TOYMAN
SEVENTH NIGHT MR. SCARECROW
EIGHTH NIGHT THE PRETTIEST FAIRY STORY IN THE WORLD
NINTH NIGHT ANOTHER TRUE FAIRY STORY
TENTH NIGHT THE HAPPY ENDING OF THE ORIOLE'S STORY
ELEVENTH NIGHT MOTHER HEN AND ROBBER HAWK
TWELFTH NIGHT ABOUT DUCKIE THE STEPCHILD AND THE LITTLE SHIP
THIRTEENTH NIGHT THE TALL ENEMY
FOURTEENTH NIGHT THE SLEIGH AND THE TINY REINDEER
FIFTEENTH NIGHT JACK FROST AND THE MAN-IN-THE-MOON
SEVENTEENTH NIGHT THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
EIGHTEENTH NIGHT THE JOLLY CLOWN
NINETEENTH NIGHT WIENERWURST'S BRAVE BATTLE
TWENTIETH NIGHT THE LIONS OF THE NORTH WIND
"AND THERE ON THE HILL SAT A JOLLY OLD MAN, ROUND AND FAT, WITH A PIPE IN HIS MOUTH AND A SACK ON HIS BACK"
"THE THREE HAPPY CHILDREN LIVE IN THE COUNTRY"
"WIENERWURST CAUGHT A PRETTY PIGEON BY ITS TAIL AND BIT IT"
"THE DUCKS, THE SWANS, AND THE GEESE ARE VERY FOND OF THE POND, BUT THEIR COUSINS THINK IT A DREADFUL PLACE"
"PRIMROSE, DAISY, BUTTERCUP, AND OLD BLACK-EYED SUSAN WALKED INTO THE BIG BARN"
"ON THE LINE SOMETHING WRIGGLED. IT WAS ROUND AND SHINY AND GOLD"
"THE TOYMAN WORKED WITH HIS KNIFE VERY CAREFULLY"
"'THERE, OLD WOODEN TOP,' THE TOYMAN SPOKE TO MR. SCARECROW STERNLY"
"THE THREE HAPPY CHILDREN SET TO WORK WITH THE THREE SHINY RAKES"
"THE ORIOLES WERE VERY HAPPY BIRDS"
"FATHER AND MOTHER ORIOLE TAUGHT THEM TO FLY"
"THE EVIL EYE OF ROBBER HAWK LOOKED DOWN AT THE FRIGHTENED WHITE WYANDOTTES"
"THE WIND FILLED THE SAILS OF THE LITTLE SHIP AND OFF SHE WENT"
"ON THROUGH THE SNOW THE TALL ENEMY MARCHED"
"HITCHED TO THE SLEIGH WERE TWO TINY BROWN REINDEER WITH YELLOW HORNS"
"HE HAD ONE FRIEND LEFT, LITTLE WIENERWURST"
"THE TIGER LOOKED AT ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WINDOWS AND DOORS"
"THE TOYMAN SAW MARMADUKE WAY UP ON THE BACK OF THE BIG ELEPHANT"
"QUICK AS A FLASH THE BIG DOG JUMPED AT LITTLE WIENERWURST"
"HE WASN'T AFRAID OF ANYTHING WHEN HE WAS SAFE IN THE TOYMAN'S ARMS"
FIRST NIGHT
THE THREE HAPPY CHILDREN
Not once upon a time but just now, in a white house by the side of a road, live three happy children.
Their mother and father gave them very odd names, for two old uncles and one aunt, which pleased the old people very much. Their names are all written in the big family Bible,--Jehosophat Green, Marmaduke Green, and Hepzebiah Green.
Jehosophat is just seven years old. His birthday comes on Thanksgiving Day this year. It does not come on Thanksgiving Day every year, of course. See if you can guess why.
Marmaduke is five, "going on six," he always says. Little Hepzebiah, who toddles after her brothers, tells everyone who comes to visit that she is "half-past three." She heard her brother say this once and she imitates all he does and says. Perhaps that is why her father calls her a "little monkey."
These happy children all live in the country. They do not know much about elevated trains and subways and automobiles and moving pictures but they do know a great deal about flowers and birds and chestnuts and picnics and lots of things which you would like too, if you lived in the country.
Each place you see has its advantages. All good is not found in the country, nor all in the city. If we keep both eyes open we will see lots of enjoyable and beautiful things wherever we are.
The house in which Jehosophat and Marmaduke and Hepzebiah live is large. It has many rooms to sleep in and eat in and play in. It is painted white and has wide windows with green blinds.
Around the house are large trees. The branches seem to pat the house lovingly and to protect the children when the sun is too hot or the rain comes down too fast.
They are fine for swings and bird-houses, these trees, and some throw down acorns and others cones and soft pine needles for the children to play with.
Behind the house and gardens are red barns, chicken yards--and oh lots of animals,--the three dogs, Rover, Brownie, and little yellow Wienerwurst and all the rest. You will come to know them later. Each has his funny ways and queer tricks just like people. Around the house are fields with growing plants and oh--we almost forgot the pond where Jehosophat and his brother sail boats.
Mother, that is Mrs. Green, is not too thin nor yet too plump. She is just what a mother ought to be, with kind, shining eyes, and soft cheeks. She is always cooking things or doing things for Jehosophat and Marmaduke and little Hepzebiah.
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