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AUTUMN STORIES AND POEMS 



The Sunbeams then in through the windows 

 crept. 



To the children in their beds- 

 They poked at the eyelids of those who slept, 



Gilded all the little heads. 



" Wake up, little children ! " they cried in glee, 

 " And from Dreamland come away ! 



We've brought you a present: wake up and see! 

 We have brought you a sunny day ! " 



EMILIE POULSSON. 



APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS 



Do you know what it is to play quoits? 



Once the beautiful sun-god 

 Apollo played a game of quoits 



with Hyacinthus. 



Listen and I will tell you what a 

 sad thing put an end to the game. 



Apollo loved Hyacinthus dear- 

 ly. He loved him as if the boy 

 had been his younger brother. 



He played with him every day. 

 He often took him with him to 

 the mountains. 



