item: #1 of 11 id: 2325 author: Cory, David title: The Iceberg Express date: None words: 15422 flesch: 88 summary: The Iceberg Express by David Cory CONTENTS The Magic Comb The Coral Palace King Seaphus Damages The Wreck Wonderland The Enchanted Prince The Magic Seeds Candy City Toy Land The Magic Comb One bright morning in August little Mary Louise put on her hat and went trudging across the meadow to the beach. Ah, my daughter, whom have you here? he asked, leaning from the throne and gazing intently at little Mary Louise. keywords: bear; dear; fish; giant; king; little; man; mary louise; mermaid; princess; sea; seaphus; time; water; white; wish cache: 2325.txt plain text: 2325.txt item: #2 of 11 id: 32226 author: Brown, Abbie Farwell title: The Flower Princess date: None words: 21772 flesch: 93 summary: Then another baby came; and as the years went by more little brothers blessed the Miller's cottage, each with the same wonderful lung-power, the same puffy cheeks, the same fondness for blowing. sobbed little Pierre, as he stumbled through the snow which was drifting deep upon the mountain side. keywords: baby; brother; child; day; flower; garden; gil; good; home; jan; joyeuse; miller; morning; princess; sea; stork; time cache: 32226.txt plain text: 32226.txt item: #3 of 11 id: 35920 author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) title: The Sea Lady date: None words: 41062 flesch: 85 summary: And that's why she keeps up those long conversations with Mr. Melville, I suppose, and why Fred goes about neglecting Mabel---- My dear! said Mrs. Bunting. Said, 'I've been very much deceived in you, Miss Waters--very much indeed.' keywords: adeline; bunting; chatteris; course; cousin; cousin melville; dear; eyes; face; fred; glendower; good; hand; lady; life; man; melville; mermaid; mind; miss; moment; mrs; parker; people; sea; sea lady; sort; things; thought; time; want; way; world cache: 35920.txt plain text: 35920.txt item: #4 of 11 id: 39662 author: Molesworth, Mrs. title: The Magic Nuts date: None words: 40017 flesch: 90 summary: Then some of them spend most of their time in playing with little children, filling the sails of their tiny boats, or flying their kites and shuttlecocks for them.' Leonore thought, though she did not say so, that it would be very amusing for little girls all the same, and determined to ask Hildegarde about it. keywords: anna; aunt; castle; children; day; dear; emerald; eyes; fairies; fairy; fraulein; girl; good; hildegarde; kind; leonore; little; moment; nuts; room; things; thought; time; way cache: 39662.txt plain text: 39662.txt item: #5 of 11 id: 39755 author: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) title: The Story of Peter Pan, Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie date: None words: 9582 flesch: 84 summary: ENGLAND PREFACE Sir J. M. Barrie's delightful creation, Peter Pan, has by this time taken a secure place in the hearts of children of all ages, and there are few nurseries in the land in which Peter, Wendy, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook and his Pirates, the Mermaids and Redskins, and the exciting world in which they lived, are not as familiar as the most time-honoured lore of fairyland. Now Captain Hook most of all wanted to find Peter Pan, for it was Peter who, a long time before, in an encounter between the Pirates and the Lost Boys, had cut off his right arm and flung it to a passing crocodile. keywords: boys; captain; children; darling; hook; illustration; michael; mrs; peter; pirates; wendy cache: 39755.txt plain text: 39755.txt item: #6 of 11 id: 39782 author: Guiney, Louise Imogen title: Brownies and Bogles date: None words: 25151 flesch: 76 summary: There, too, were the dark-skinned Indian wonder-babies: Weeng, whom Mr. Longfellow celebrates as Nepahwin, the Indian god of sleep, with his numerous train of little fairy men armed with clubs; who at nightfall sought out mortals, and with innumerable light blows upon their foreheads, compelled them to slumber. The naked Nixen were draped with moss and kelp; but when they were clothed, they seemed merely little men and women, save that the borders of their garments, dripping water, betrayed them. keywords: black; brownie; changeling; chapter; children; day; dwarves; earth; elf; elves; eyes; fairies; fairy; fairyland; folk; goblin; good; green; high; home; house; illustration; like; little; man; men; night; people; puck; race; red; saw; set; time; water; welsh; world; years cache: 39782.txt plain text: 39782.txt item: #7 of 11 id: 4358 author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) title: The Sea Fairies date: None words: 43731 flesch: 90 summary: Away and away they swam, swiftly and in a straight line, keeping in the middle water where they were not liable to meet many sea people. But now, if they happens to fancy these green scales, it's all up with ol' Bill. keywords: anko; aquareine; bill; cap'n; cap'n bill; castle; child; clia; earth; eyes; girl; good; little; live; merla; mermaids; ocean; people; princess; queen; sailor; sea; swam; time; trot; water; way; zog cache: 4358.txt plain text: 4358.txt item: #8 of 11 id: 48778 author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) title: The Sea Fairies date: None words: 44586 flesch: 89 summary: But, I'm glad old Zog is shut up in his castle, added Trot. Away and away they swam, swiftly and in a straight line, keeping in the middle water where they were not liable to meet many sea people. keywords: anko; aquareine; bill; cap'n; cap'n bill; castle; child; clia; earth; eyes; girl; good; head; illustration; little; live; merla; mermaids; ocean; people; princess; queen; sailor; sea; time; trot; water; way; zog cache: 48778.txt plain text: 48778.txt item: #9 of 11 id: 51263 author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) title: The Scarecrow of Oz date: None words: 47683 flesch: 88 summary: [Illustration: Cap'n Bill] CHAPTER 1 The Great Whirlpool Seems to me, said Cap'n Bill, as he sat beside Trot under the big acacia tree, looking out over the blue ocean, seems to me, Trot, as how the more we know, the more we find we don't know. The Ork laughed softly and Cap'n Bill whistled to himself and Trot made up her mind that the Mountain Ear must be a little crazy. keywords: boy; bright; button; cap'n bill; country; girl; gloria; good; head; illustration; jinxland; king; land; man; ork; people; pon; sailor; scarecrow; time; trot; water; way; | | cache: 51263.txt plain text: 51263.txt item: #10 of 11 id: 58581 author: Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) title: The Story of the Siren date: None words: 3440 flesch: 90 summary: He made me jump off the rock on to the ledge over a dazzling crack of sea, he drew me away from the light till I was standing on the tiny beach of sand which emerged like powdered turquoise at the further end. We had been left together in a magic world, apart from all the commonplaces that are called reality, a world of blue whose floor was the sea and whose walls and roof of rock trembled with the sea's reflections. keywords: book; giuseppe; rock; sea; siren cache: 58581.txt plain text: 58581.txt item: #11 of 11 id: 957 author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) title: The Scarecrow of Oz date: None words: 47130 flesch: 88 summary: The Great Whirlpool Seems to me, said Cap'n Bill, as he sat beside Trot under the big acacia tree, looking out over the blue ocean, seems to me, Trot, as how the more we know, the more we find we don't know. The Ork laughed softly and Cap'n Bill whistled to himself and Trot made up her mind that the Mountain Ear must be a little crazy. keywords: boy; bright; button; cap'n bill; castle; country; girl; gloria; good; head; jinxland; king; land; man; ork; people; place; pon; sailor; scarecrow; time; trot; water; way cache: 957.txt plain text: 957.txt