item: #1 of 3 id: 29111 author: Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane title: What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps date: None words: 18018 flesch: 81 summary: Yes, so it was; and before sunset the following day five callow little birds lay huddled together in the nest, and although they were his own sons and daughters, it must be confessed that the Blackbird could not help thinking them remarkably ugly. Little Willie would sometimes persuade his unwilling nurse to take that lane on their way home, just for a treat, you know; and while the nurserymaid, followed by Mrs. Barlow, pushed Alice in her perambulator, Willie would linger far behind, making many overt attacks upon the blackberries, thereby tearing his clothes and staining his lips and fingers. keywords: alice; birds; blackbird; day; friend; good; little; morning; nest; robin; rook; song; time; tree; white; willie cache: 29111.txt plain text: 29111.txt item: #2 of 3 id: 32476 author: Unknown title: The Twelve Months of the Year, with a Picture for each Month. Adapted to Northern Latitudes date: None words: 1045 flesch: 93 summary: Little children often seem very well, but on a sudden they are taken ill, and die;--they are compared to grass and flowers. We know whether little children are good or naughty, by what they do. keywords: illustration; month cache: 32476.txt plain text: 32476.txt item: #3 of 3 id: 40448 author: Ransome, Arthur title: The Child's Book of the Seasons date: None words: 12834 flesch: 86 summary: But little lambs and their grey mothers are very nervous, and long before we are really close to them the grey sheep moves away, and the little white lamb jumps up and scampers after her. And all along the high wall of the orchard on the garden side grow plums, broad trees flat against the wall fastened up to it by little pieces of black stuff with a nail on each side of the boughs. keywords: autumn; cuckoo; day; elf; green; hay; imp; leaves; spring; summer; time; winter cache: 40448.txt plain text: 40448.txt