CONTENTS ix 

 DECEMBER 



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December. Mary Howitt 77 



Three Little Goldfish 79 



The Goldfish 81 



Tadpole 32 



Mussel 83 



Snail 83 



Spruce Tree 84 



Other Evergreens .'...... 86 



The Fir Tree. Adapted from Andersen .... 88 



Daisies. Frank Dempster Sherman 1 92 



The Stars 93 



Northwest Wind . . . 95 



Jack Frost 96 



Tiny Little Snowflakes. Lucy Larcom 1 . . . .97 



Snowflakes 98 



Jack Frost Again 99 



Clothes . 101 



JANUARY 



January. Youth's Companion 2 103 



The Little New Year. Youth's Companion 2 105 



Lindu, the Keeper of the Birds 106 



The Milky Way. A Russian Legend . . . .108 



White Lambkins. From the Kindergarten Chimes 3 . . 109 



Woodpecker 110 



The Crow's Children. Adapted from Phoebe Gary . .111 



The Crow . 113 



Caw ! Caw ! Caw ! Olive A. Wadsworth l .114 



The Cat 115 



A Kitten Rhyme. Emilie Poulsson 4 116 



The Horse 118 



1 By permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 

 8 By permission of The Youth's Companion. 

 8 By permission of Messrs. The Oliver Ditson Company. 

 * By permission of Miss Emilie Poulsson. 



