item: #1 of 24 id: 10226 author: Saunders, Marshall title: Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography date: None words: 91399 flesch: 91 summary: She said clubs were for big dogs and switches for little dogs, if one had to use them. Let me introduce you to this young lady, Miss Laura Morris. keywords: animals; billy; boys; day; dog; dogs; door; eyes; face; father; good; harry; head; help; home; horses; house; jenkins; jim; joe; laura; let; life; look; man; men; miss; miss laura; morris; mother; mrs; night; people; place; poor; room; run; sheep; stable; thing; thought; time; way; wood cache: 10226.txt plain text: 10226.txt item: #2 of 24 id: 12879 author: None title: Voices for the Speechless Selections for Schools and Private Reading date: None words: 50453 flesch: 91 summary: Poor little bird! Glad to see you, little bird; 'Twas your little chirp I heard: keywords: air; animals; away; bird; bright; care; children; creatures; day; dear; death; dog; dumb; earth; eyes; fear; feet; friend; god; good; green; half; hand; hath; head; heart; heaven; home; horse; human; kind; king; lay; life; living; look; lord; love; man; master; men; mercy; nature; nest; night; o'er; pain; poor; rest; robin; round; sing; sky; song; soul; sparrow; steed; summer; thee; thing; thou; thought; thy; time; tree; voice; wings; world cache: 12879.txt plain text: 12879.txt item: #3 of 24 id: 14866 author: Wood, William title: Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 date: None words: 10987 flesch: 69 summary: I know, further, that man is generally cruel and a bully towards other animals. There is nothing to cause disagreement among the three main classes of people most interested in wild life--the men whose business depends in any way on animal products, the sportsmen, and the Nature-lovers of every kind. keywords: animal; birds; conservation; indians; labrador; land; laws; life; man; nature; north; people; quebec; sanctuaries; sport; way; white; wild cache: 14866.txt plain text: 14866.txt item: #4 of 24 id: 15134 author: Wood, William title: Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 date: None words: 9757 flesch: 62 summary: The forests, the wild beasts and wild birds of Labrador can be kept perpetually as one of the great assets of Canada; or they can he destroyed in a spirit of brutal and careless vandalism, with no permanent benefit to anyone, and with the effect of ruining the country and preventing its ever becoming what it otherwise would become. In my repeated stays on the coast of Gaspe and the islands of the Gulf, now running over a dozen years, I have had my attention forced to the hideous sacrifices of bird life that are constantly going on; for example in the Magdalen islands with their extraordinary array of shore birds. keywords: address; animals; birds; canada; caribou; destruction; game; interest; labrador; laws; life; men; number; park; sanctuaries; years cache: 15134.txt plain text: 15134.txt item: #5 of 24 id: 16052 author: Ewing, Juliana Horatia title: The Brownies and Other Tales date: None words: 49872 flesch: 88 summary: In old times the boys used to play at tents among the heather, while the Tailor did the house-work; now they came down and did it for him. (A favourite walk in old times.) keywords: amelia; away; bed; brownie; children; christmas; dance; day; dear; doctor; dot; dwarf; eyes; face; good; green; head; home; house; johnnie; know; lady; man; mother; night; owl; people; room; round; sam; tailor; things; thought; time; tommy; toys; tutor; white; work; young cache: 16052.txt plain text: 16052.txt item: #6 of 24 id: 17961 author: Charlotte Elizabeth title: Kindness to Animals; Or, The Sin of Cruelty Exposed and Rebuked date: None words: 18041 flesch: 76 summary: This sad curse was on the animals too; not by their fault, poor things! There is a field near me, where I often go to walk; and a number of young sheep in it have taken such a fancy to Bronti, that when he stands still they will come almost close to him, the ram foremost, as if wishing to play with him; but if he goes towards them, off they trot, poor things, to the other end of the field. keywords: animals; birds; boy; creatures; day; dog; god; good; horse; jack; lord; man; things; think cache: 17961.txt plain text: 17961.txt item: #7 of 24 id: 20741 author: Elwes, Alfred title: The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too date: None words: 23787 flesch: 77 summary: Every thing I was unused to looked funny or wonderful; and if I had not been restrained by the presence of such great dogs, I should have sometimes laughed outright, and at others broken forth into expressions of surprise. What made the matter worse, was the fact that Lupo was yet at liberty, and many dogs were afraid to go out at night for fear of meeting with this terrible animal. keywords: caneville; city; dog; dogs; eyes; fida; good; head; house; job; life; meat; nip; place; river; thought; time; water; way cache: 20741.txt plain text: 20741.txt item: #8 of 24 id: 20868 author: Maitland, Julia Charlotte title: Cat and Dog; Or, Memoirs of Puss and the Captain date: None words: 27703 flesch: 84 summary: With great good sense, and valuable moral teaching, much fun and amusement if wisely intermixed.--_Britannia_. She admitted, without hesitation, that mine was the superior proceeding; but she suggested, that perhaps it might be as well not to be quite so ready to attack other dogs before they had given me any offence: also that it was unnecessary to suppose that every man who came to the house _must_ have bad intentions, whether he gave me just cause for suspicion or not. keywords: 8vo; author; body; captain; cloth; craven; day; dog; edges; edition; fcap; good; history; home; house; illustrations; john; life; lily; master; price; pussy; thing; thought; time; way cache: 20868.txt plain text: 20868.txt item: #9 of 24 id: 23528 author: Anonymous title: Carlo or Kindness Rewarded date: None words: 1626 flesch: 86 summary: The next morning, Ida sat at the door of the cottage, studying her lesson, while her new pet, little Carlo (as she had named the dog) played at her feet. [Illustration: Ida Saving Carlo.] keywords: ida; little cache: 23528.txt plain text: 23528.txt item: #10 of 24 id: 28552 author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) title: Twinkle and Chubbins: Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland date: None words: 29819 flesch: 89 summary: Chapter VIII Jim Crow Has Time to Repent His Sins WHERE are you going, my dear? asked the Blue Jay of his wife. Why don't you set a trap for it? asked Twinkle's mother. keywords: birds; chapter; children; chubbins; crow; day; eyes; girl; good; jim; king; mister; mrs; stone; sugar; time; turtle; twinkle; water; way; woodchuck cache: 28552.txt plain text: 28552.txt item: #11 of 24 id: 32513 author: Fanny, Aunt title: The Third Little Pet Book, with the Tale of Mop and Frisk date: None words: 11471 flesch: 103 summary: They wore such fine coats and hats, that it was plain they were rich; but when the boy put his small hand on my head, and said, 'Good dog,' and the girl did the same, I knew they must be kind too. He was a big show-man, and had dog plays, and was quite rich and great; so he tried to buy me. keywords: dash; dear; dog; frisk; good; man; time cache: 32513.txt plain text: 32513.txt item: #12 of 24 id: 33775 author: Leslie, Madeline title: Little Robins Learning to Fly date: None words: 6564 flesch: 89 summary: when he at once recognized it as Mr. Robin, who had a wife and family in the elm tree near the cottage. Mr. Robin cocked his head, turned up his bright eye, and tried to explain. keywords: bird; dick; fred; jack; mother; nest; robin cache: 33775.txt plain text: 33775.txt item: #13 of 24 id: 35047 author: Leslie, Madeline title: Little Robins' Love One to Another date: None words: 6696 flesch: 86 summary: Father, he exclaimed, isn't it real wicked to steal little birds from their nest? Certainly, my son. True enough, it was Jack Robin, looking as drenched as a drowned rat. keywords: annie; birds; fred; grandpa; jack; mrs; nest; robin cache: 35047.txt plain text: 35047.txt item: #14 of 24 id: 35966 author: Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart title: Loveliness: A Story date: None words: 9087 flesch: 84 summary: Only the angels who are admitted to the souls of children and the hearts of little dogs could have understood that interview. But after that terrible hour little Adah was as she was: frail, uncertain of step, scarred on the pearl of her neck and the rose of her cheek; not with full command of her voice; more nervously deficient than organically defective,--but a perfect being marred. keywords: 16mo; carrier; child; dog; door; home; house; loveliness; man; papa; professor; tell; time; window cache: 35966.txt plain text: 35966.txt item: #15 of 24 id: 37188 author: Busch, Wilhelm title: Plish and Plum date: None words: 2292 flesch: 95 summary: Mamma Fittig, full of kindness, Fearing anger's headlong blindness, Cries, Best Fittig! Papa Fittig, calm and cosy, Mamma Fittig, round and rosy, Arm in arm sit peaceful there-- Troubled by no speck of care-- keywords: chapter; fittig; paul; peter; plish; plum cache: 37188.txt plain text: 37188.txt item: #16 of 24 id: 37330 author: Stables, Gordon title: Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites date: None words: 109275 flesch: 82 summary: There was a great number of other little dogs in the village besides himself--poodles, Pomeranians, and Skyes, doggies of every denomination and all shades of colour, and many of these got up early too. A poor, persecuted little bird is this same yellow bunting; and schoolboys often, when they find the nest, scatter it and its precious contents to the four winds of heaven. keywords: aileen; away; bird; bit; black; blue; boy; cage; captain; cat; country; day; days; dear; dog; dogs; dolls; door; evening; eyes; face; feet; food; frank; friend; good; green; half; hand; head; heart; home; house; ida; kind; left; life; little; look; love; man; mary; master; mind; mirram; mistress; morning; nero; nest; new; night; peggy; pet; place; pompey; poor; pretty; room; round; sea; ship; song; story; summer; tell; thing; thought; time; toby; trees; water; white; wife; world; years cache: 37330.txt plain text: 37330.txt item: #17 of 24 id: 37511 author: Anonymous title: The Child's Story-Book. Second Series—No. 4 date: None words: 1332 flesch: 91 summary: Thus sang little Emily, as she sat one bleak morning looking out from her mamma's window, watching the faded leaves dance along before the wind. I wonder how men can be so cruel. keywords: little; mamma cache: 37511.txt plain text: 37511.txt item: #18 of 24 id: 38029 author: Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) title: Three Little Women: A Story for Girls date: None words: 52327 flesch: 87 summary: I want to go out; I want to go out; I want to go out, _out_, OUT! cried little Jean Carruth, pressing her face against the window-pane until from the outside her nose appeared like a bit of white paper stuck fast to the glass. I'm just a little over ten, answered Jean, looking up and answering his smile with one equally frank and trustful, for little Jean Carruth did not understand the meaning of embarrassment. keywords: baltie; business; candy; carruth; chapter; constance; dat; day; dear; dollars; eleanor; eyes; face; family; fer; girl; good; gwine; hand; head; home; horse; jean; know; little; mammy; man; miss; moment; mother; mrs; pike; place; right; riveredge; room; stuyvesant; ter; things; thought; time; way; woman; years cache: 38029.txt plain text: 38029.txt item: #19 of 24 id: 39554 author: Molesworth, Mrs. title: The House That Grew date: None words: 45355 flesch: 90 summary: He was so thoroughly a boy, though the very nicest kind of boy--not ashamed of being a 'gentleman,' too, in lots of little ways, which many boys either despise, or are too awkward and shy to attend to. Looking back, I can see what a _very_ good thing it was for us all that she came, even for mamma. keywords: course; day; dear; dods; esmé; geordie; good; house; hut; ida; kind; little; mamma; papa; rolf; room; taisy; things; think; thought; time; trevor; way cache: 39554.txt plain text: 39554.txt item: #20 of 24 id: 43144 author: Meade, L. T. title: Scamp and I: A Story of City By-Ways date: None words: 53408 flesch: 84 summary: Come here, Scamp, poor fellow, and you, little Flo, you come also; I have a great deal to say to you and your dog. And little Flo had said in her letter that God loved him, God and Jesus loved him. keywords: boy; cellar; child; day; dick; dog; eyes; face; father; flo; fur; god; good; hand; head; heart; home; jenks; letter; life; look; miss; mother; mrs jenks; night; place; queen; scamp; street; thief; things; thought; time; way; woman; yer cache: 43144.txt plain text: 43144.txt item: #21 of 24 id: 48589 author: Kusel, Emil Edward title: Humanitarian Philosophy, 4th Edition date: None words: 8193 flesch: 75 summary: They should do God's will one earth as it is in Heaven, absolutely abstaining from the fleshpots of Egypt, thereby discouraging the blotting out of animal life, proving conclusively by their lives that their God is just and kind and merciful. Get yourself in touch with the Infinite and you will see that the taking of animal life for food is a greater sin than smoking, drinking or satisfying animal desires. keywords: animal; bible; eating; flesh; god; killing; life; man; philosophy; right; slaughter cache: 48589.txt plain text: 48589.txt item: #22 of 24 id: 52018 author: Saunders, Marshall title: 'Tilda Jane: An Orphan in Search of a Home. A Story for Boys and Girls date: None words: 54767 flesch: 89 summary: _Owing to the exigencies of serial publication, the story of 'Tilda Jane, as it appeared in The Youth's Companion, was somewhat condensed. 'Tilda Jane walked gravely into the kitchen, and although her head was heavy, and her feet as light as if they were about to waft her to regions above, she took time to scrutinise the broad face that would have been generous but for the deceitful lips, and also to cast a glance at the hard, composed woman at the window, who looked as if her head, including the knob of tightly curled hair at the back, had been carved from flint. keywords: bed; boys; children; ciscasset; come; day; dillson; dog; dogs; door; eyes; face; father; gippie; girl; goin'; good; grampa; hand; hank; head; home; house; kind; lady; long; lucas; man; men; mrs; new; place; poacher; right; room; run; sir; snow; story; tell; tilda jane; time; want; way; woman cache: 52018.txt plain text: 52018.txt item: #23 of 24 id: 5730 author: None title: Friends and Helpers date: None words: 47230 flesch: 91 summary: What nice little houses you have for them! They are good little houses, tight enough to keep out the rain and draughts, for hens and chickens must be kept warm and dry. Little children, who do not know what delicate nerves are bound up with their cat's whiskers, are often the cause of great suffering to their pets. keywords: animals; birds; boy; cage; care; cat; cats; children; cold; day; dog; dogs; food; friends; good; home; horse; illustration; kind; life; little; look; man; master; men; mother; nest; night; place; robert; rover; spencer; story; thought; time; water; way; winter; work cache: 5730.txt plain text: 5730.txt item: #24 of 24 id: 58229 author: Nutt, Thomas title: Humanity to Honey-Bees or, Practical Directions for the Management of Honey-Bees Upon an Improved and Humane Plan, by Which the Lives of Bees May Be Preserved, and Abundance of Honey of a Superior Quality May Be Obtained date: None words: 55116 flesch: 56 summary: I feel warranted, however, in asserting of my COLLATERAL-BOX-HIVE, which I am now about to explain,--of my INVERTED-HIVE, and of my OBSERVATORY-HIVE, of which in their proper places minute descriptions will be given,--I feel, I say, warranted in asserting that these--my inventions--possess such conveniences and accommodations both for Bees and Bee-masters, that the pure treasure stored in them by those industrious, little insects may at any time be abstracted from them, not only without destroying the Bees, but without injuring them in the least, or even incommoding their labours by the operation;--that they afford accommodations to the Bees which greatly accelerate the progress of their labours in the summer-season;--and that the Bees never leave them in disgust, as it were, as they not unfrequently _do leave_ other hives, after being deprived of their stores; but, as if nothing had happened to them, continue day by day to accumulate fresh treasures, the quantity of which has astonished the beholders, and not only the quantity, but the quality also. Were, however, the communication to be left open for any considerable time after the Bees have departed, I have no doubt that, if not discovered by Bees belonging to other hives, it (the vacated box) would be re-entered by its own Bees, and by them be soon entirely emptied of its honey. keywords: apiarian; bees; board; box; boxes; cells; collateral; colony; combs; day; end; feeding; floor; glass; hive; honey; inches; management; middle; nature; pavilion; place; practice; queen; state; stock; subject; swarm; system; temperature; time; tin; tree; ventilation; wax; way; winter; work cache: 58229.txt plain text: 58229.txt