126 SPRING STORIES AND SONGS 



Pluto. He was the brother of the mighty 

 Jupiter. 



To him belonged all the treasures found in the 

 earth. 



The yellow gold, the shining quartz, the beds 

 of coal, the mines of diamonds. But in spite of 

 all this, he was sad and lonely. 



He had no one to make his dark palace bright 

 and happy. 



At last he could stand it no longer. 



So one day he called for his chariot with its 

 four black horses. He drove up to the earth, 

 and brought back Proserpine. 



PROSERPINE 



PROSERPINE was a dear little girl who liked 

 nothing better than to play all day among the 

 flowers. 



Ceres, her mother, had charge of all the grain 

 and fruit upon the earth. 



One morning Ceres said to her little daughter : 



" Now, my dear, I shall be away all day. I 

 have to go to a distant place to make the crops 

 grow. 



