item: #1 of 12 id: 12260 author: Abbott, Jacob title: Jonas on a Farm in Winter date: None words: 30996 flesch: 89 summary: O Jonas, Jonas, they all said, as he came in, what made you stay so long? Jonas gave them an account of his adventures, and of his meeting a party of skaters, who were already on the pond, expecting to be joined, in the course of the evening, by a much larger number from the village. [Illustration: Jonas stopping at the house of Mr. Edwards.] PREFACE. keywords: boys; dog; farmer; fire; franco; good; jonas; josey; oliver; road; rollo; sled; sleigh; snow; way; work cache: 12260.txt plain text: 12260.txt item: #2 of 12 id: 14379 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie at Nantucket date: None words: 73567 flesch: 80 summary: Four, corrected Grace; for some day little Elsie will be wanting one. When it was for a long drive to some notable point, all went together, chartering several vehicles for their conveyance; at other times they not unfrequently broke up into smaller parties, some preferring one sort of sport, some another. keywords: beach; betty; captain; child; children; day; dear; dinsmore; edward; elsie; face; father; god; good; grace; half; hand; help; home; house; life; look; love; lulu; mamma; max; moment; morning; mother; mrs; night; papa; sea; think; thought; time; violet; want; way; zoe cache: 14379.txt plain text: 14379.txt item: #3 of 12 id: 18153 author: Aimwell, Walter title: Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way date: None words: 61393 flesch: 79 summary: Cousin Oscar Preston, from Boston,--that was what you meant to say, was n't it? Yes, replied Mary. After supper, Mrs. Preston and her oldest daughter cleared off the table and washed the dishes; James and Jerry went out to the barn; Mr. Preston sat down to a table to examine some papers he had in his pocket-book; while Harriet and Mary remained, to keep Oscar company. keywords: afternoon; alfred; boys; chapter; children; clinton; day; father; george; good; grandmother; home; house; jerry; letter; look; man; matter; morning; mother; mrs; new; oscar; place; preston; ralph; room; school; teacher; tell; thought; time; uncle; want; water; way; work cache: 18153.txt plain text: 18153.txt item: #4 of 12 id: 19889 author: Mulholland, Clara title: Naughty Miss Bunny A Story for Little Children date: None words: 33611 flesch: 90 summary: Yes, dear, it will be very nice, and I hope that little Bunny will be a good child and not make her cousin naughty and teach him mischievous tricks. Very likely, Mervyn, dear, for good example is sure to have a strong effect upon little Bunny, who is more thoughtless than really naughty. keywords: boy; bunny; child; dashwood; dear; frank; girl; good; kerr; mama; mervyn; miss; miss kerr; papa; room; sophie cache: 19889.txt plain text: 19889.txt item: #5 of 12 id: 29295 author: Molesworth, Mrs. title: Great Uncle Hoot-Toot date: None words: 31395 flesch: 93 summary: You don't think he'll be very severe with poor Geoff? _Very_ hard indeed it seemed to him--to proud Geoff, who had never yet taken in good part his mother's mildest reprimands. keywords: boy; come; eames; elsa; farmer; geoff; good; home; hoot; mamma; mother; thought; time; toot; uncle; vicky; way cache: 29295.txt plain text: 29295.txt item: #6 of 12 id: 33522 author: Leslie, Madeline title: Little Frankie and His Cousin date: None words: 8544 flesch: 97 summary: WHEN little girls or boys try to do right, every body loves to help them. Moses!' Presently Moses came, and his father took him in his lap, and said, 'Tell me, my dear, have you taken an orange from the basket? keywords: aunt; frankie; good; mamma; moses; mother; nelly cache: 33522.txt plain text: 33522.txt item: #7 of 12 id: 36015 author: Molesworth, Mrs. title: Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story date: None words: 42717 flesch: 93 summary: Wouldn't it spoil some things if we knew the why of them, little Peggy? Peggy did not answer. And little Peggy, with her neat hair and clean pinafore, stood in the middle of the children holding out Hal's slipper, and smiling at them like an old friend. keywords: baby; children; come; cottage; day; dear; good; hal; lady; mamma; miss; nurse; peggy; poor; sarah; smiley; time; way; white; window cache: 36015.txt plain text: 36015.txt item: #8 of 12 id: 36760 author: Guild, C. S. (Caroline Snowden) title: Minnie; or, The Little Woman: A Fairy Story date: None words: 26046 flesch: 86 summary: On one side stood a large azalea, or wild honeysuckle, in full flower, and near it a sweet-brier; between these were some whortleberry bushes, around the roots of which last Minnie made the squirrels burrow till she could drag them away. Turtle drew his head inside of his shell at once, and left poor Minnie to her fate. keywords: bird; chapter; day; dear; friends; good; grass; home; leaves; little; minnie; mother; nest; place; squirrel; thought; time; way; yellow cache: 36760.txt plain text: 36760.txt item: #9 of 12 id: 38771 author: Meade, L. T. title: The Little Princess of Tower Hill date: None words: 55519 flesch: 83 summary: He looked uncommonly well this morning, remarkably neat in his person, and altogether a striking contrast to poor disheveled little Maggie. In five minutes the plan was made which was to exercise so large an influence over little Maggie, which was, in short, completely to alter her life. keywords: aylmer; baby; billy; boy; child; children; course; day; dear; eyes; face; father; girl; good; grey; heart; home; john; little; maggie; miss; moment; mother; mrs; night; pepper; poor; ralph; room; round; sir; story; susy; thought; time; tom; trusty; waters; yer cache: 38771.txt plain text: 38771.txt item: #10 of 12 id: 42230 author: Everett-Green, Evelyn title: Esther's Charge: A Story for Girls date: None words: 66547 flesch: 87 summary: Little Esther, do you think you could be a just and merciful ruler here some day? Little Esther, it is a great charge, and you are but a little girl now, but you will grow older every year; and I believe I shall be spared many years longer myself, though I do not expect ever to be the same man that I was before my accident. keywords: bertie; boat; boys; children; crag; day; dear; earle; esther; eyes; face; father; good; hand; head; home; house; look; mama; man; milly; mother; mrs; people; pickle; place; prissy; puck; right; round; sea; sort; story; things; think; thought; time; trelawny; way cache: 42230.txt plain text: 42230.txt item: #11 of 12 id: 44774 author: Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) title: Mamie's Watchword date: None words: 38464 flesch: 80 summary: Why was it that no one looked out at that time over the dancing waters, and discovered what terrible plaything they had seized upon? Far off, so far off it seemed to poor Mamie's straining eyes, and growing each moment more distant, figures were moving upon the shore; some up and down the road; others, she could distinguish them well at first, playing croquet upon the lawns; little children, like themselves, running up and down the long piazzas of the hotels: but no one, no one, turned an eye towards their peril, or lent an ear to the frantic cries which rang from their lips. I thought Tom called them _ducklies_, said little Belle. keywords: belle; boat; children; come; good; hand; home; house; lily; little; lulu; mabel; mamie; mamma; mother; mrs; stone; thing; thought; time; tom; want; way cache: 44774.txt plain text: 44774.txt item: #12 of 12 id: 45381 author: Anonymous title: The Popular Story of Blue Beard Embellished with neat Engravings date: None words: 3652 flesch: 70 summary: |When Blue Beard was gone, Fatima sent a kind invitation to her friends to come immediately to the castle, and ordered a grand entertainment to be prepared for their reception. [Illustration: 0015] |Blue Beard, who lost no time in paying the family a visit, was in a few days privately married to the young lady, and soon after the ceremony, Fatima, accompanied by her sister, returned to the castle the wife of Blue Beard. keywords: beard; blue; castle; fatima; sister cache: 45381.txt plain text: 45381.txt