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A primary reader old-time stories, fairy tales and myths retold by children
Alternate title:
Old-time stories, fairy tales and myths retold by children
Cover title:
Old time stories retold by children
Creator:
Smythe, E. Louise ( Emma Louise ), 1858-
Perkins, Lucy Fitch, 1865-1937 ( Illustrator )
Werner School Book Company ( Publisher )
Werner Company
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Chicago
New York
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Werner School Book Company
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English
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136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.

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Children's stories ( lcsh )
Mythology, Classical ( lcsh )
Mythology, Norse ( lcsh )
Readers (Elementary) -- 1870-1950 ( lcsh )
Children's stories -- 1896 ( lcsh )
Readers -- 1896 ( rbgenr )
Juvenile literature -- 1896 ( rbgenr )
Bldn -- 1896
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Children's stories
Readers ( rbgenr )
Children's literature ( fast )
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United States -- Illinois -- Chicago
United States -- New York -- New York
United States -- Ohio -- Akron
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juvenile ( marctarget )

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Some illustrations signed L.F. Perkins.
Statement of Responsibility:
by E. Louise Smythe.

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PRET AH







A PRIMARY READER

Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths
Retold by Children

BY

E. LOUISE SMYTHE



CHICAGO NEW YORK
WERNER SCHOOL BOOK COMPANY



COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY
WERNER SCHOOL BOOK COMPANY.

Old-time Stories, Ete.







PREPAGCE

This book originated in a series of little reading lessons pre-
pared for the first grade pupils in the Santa Rosa public schools.
The object of the lessons was three-fold: to provide reading
matter for the little ones who had only a small vocabulary of sight-
words; to acquaint them early with the heroes who-have come
down to us in song and story; and tocreate a desire for literature.

It has been my endeavor to follow Dr. G. Stanley Hall's
suggestions in his monograph, ‘‘ How to Teach Reading,’’ where
he asks for ‘‘true child-editions, made by testing many children
with the work piece-meal and cutting and adapting the material till
it really and closely fitted the minds and hearts of the children.’’

Various stories were given to the pupils; discussions followed.
After a time the story was produced orally by the children.
Notes were made on expressions used and points of interest
dwelt upon. Later the story was either written on the black-
board or mimeographed and put into the pupils’ hands to read.

It gave great delight to the children to recognize an old
friend in a new dress, and as interest was aroused, but little
difficulty was encountered in recognizing words that were indeed
‘‘new’’ in their sight vocabulary, but old servants in their oral
vocabulary.

The spirit of the book may be illustrated by referring to
the roast turkey in the story of The Little Match Girl. The
“story was told as dear old Hans Christian Andersen gave it to
the little German children of fifty years ago. But American
children have a different idea of the fowl which graces the table
at Christmastime. Thestory as itcame from the lips of the chil-
dren referred to the ‘‘turkey,’’ and ‘‘goose’’ was used in only
one instance. As the story was to appeal to our children, the

word was changed to suit their ideas.
3



4 PREFACE.

Again, in the story of Red Riding-Hood we preferred to use
the German ending, as it leaves a far happier impression on the
minds of the children than the accepted English version. The
incongruity of the wolf's swallowing whole the grandmother and
child does not destroy the child’s enjoyment of the story, while
the happy release of both grandmother and little girl forms a
suitable close.

Also, as this old story handed down in so many languages is
an interpretation of one of the Sun myths, it seems better to
cling to the original, especially when it meets so entirely with
the child’s approval.

Before presenting the Norse myths for reading, they had
been the subject of many conversations, queries and illustrations.
Some were even dramatized—in a childlike way, of course.
Detailed descriptions of Mt. Ida, Asgard, and some of the
principal heroes, were given. But, though the little audience
seemed interested in the introductory remarks, these never came
back when the children were called upon to reproduce the story.
The narrator at once plunged into the story part. It is for this
reason descriptions of heroes and places have been omitted in
these stories. It is thus left for each teacher who uses this book
to employ her own method of introducing the gods of the hardy
Norseman to her pupils.

The following works will be found useful and quite avail-
able to most teachers: Andersen’s Norse Mythology, Mabie’s
Norse Stories, Mara Pratt’s Stories from Norseland, Fiske’s
Myths and Myth Makers, T aylor’s Primitive Culture, Vol. I.; and
Longfellow’s Poems.

Hoping these stories will interest other children as they
have interested those who helped build them, I send them forth.

E. Louise SMYTHE.

Santa Rosa, California.



CONTENTS

Tue Ucrty DUCKLING . .
Tue LitTLe Pine TREE

Tue LittLeE Matcu GIRL
LITTLE Rep Ripinc-Hoop
THE APPLES OF IDUN

How TuHor GoT THE HAMMER
THE HAMMER Lost AND FouND.
Tue STORY OF THE SHEEP .
THE Goop SHIP ARGO.

JASON AND THE HARPIES

Tue Brass BULLS

JASON AND THE DRAGON .

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THE UGLY DUCKLING.

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keep only turkey
warm. elie water

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She sat on the eggs to keep them
warm.

At last the eggs broke, one after
the other. Little ducks came out.

Only one egg was left. It was a
very large one.

At last it broke, and out came a
big, ugly duckling.

“What a big duckling!” said the
old duck. “He does not look like
us. Can he be a turkey? We will
see. If he does not like the water,
he is not a duck.”

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mother jumped duckling
splash swim bigger.

called began little



9
The next day the mother duck
took her ducklings to the pond.









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THE DUCK TAKES HER DUCKLINGS To SWIM.

Splash! Splash! The mother duck
was in the water. Then she called
the ducklings to come in. They all
jumped in and began to swim. The
big, ugly duckling swam, too.

The mother duck said, “He is not
a turkey. He is my own little duck.



10
He will not be so ugly when he

is bigger.”

to a

yard alone while
noise hurt that
eating know want

Then she said to tne ducklings,
“Come with me. I want you to see
the other ducks. Stay by me and
look out for the cat.” 7

They all went into the duck yard.
What a noise the ducks made!

While the mother duck was eating
a big bug, an old duck bit the ugly
duckhng.

“Tet him alone,’ said the mother

duck. “He did not hurt you.”








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‘Ee DID NOT HURT YOU,’’? SAID THE MOTHER DUCK.

“T know that,” said the duck, “but

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he is so ugly, [ bit him.

lovely help there

walked bushes afraid
The next duck they met, said,
“You have lovely ducklings. They
are all pretty but one. He is very

ugly.”



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“YOUR CHILDREN ARE ALL PRETTY EXCEPT ONE.”’

The mother duck said, “I know he
is not pretty. But he is very good.”

Then she said to the ducklings,
“Now, my dears, have a good time.”

But the poor, big, ugly duckling
did not have a good time.

The hens all bit him. The big

ducks walked on him,



13

The poor duckling was very sad.
He did not want to be so ugly. But
he could not help it. —

He ran to hide under some bushes.
The little birds in the bushes were

afraid and flew away.

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because house would

away hard lived

“Tt is all because I am so ugly,”
said the duckling. So he ran away.

At might he came to an old house.
The house looked as if it would fall
down. It was so old. But the wind
blew so hard that the duckling went
into the house.



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THE UGLY DUCKLING FINDS THE OLD IIOUSE.

An old woman lived there with
her cat and her hen.
The old woman said, “I will keep

the duck. I will have some eges.”



growl walk

corner animals

The next day, the cat saw the
duckling and began to growl.



15

The hen said, “Can you lay eggs?”
The duekling said, “ No.”
“Then keep still,’ said the hen.

The cat said, “Can you growl?”



THE CAT SAID, “CAN YOU GROWL?”

“No,” said the duckling.

“Then keep still,” said the cat.

And the duckling hid in a corner.
The next day he went for a walk.
He saw-a big pond. He said, “I

will have a good swim.”



16

But all of the animals made fun
of him. He was so ugly.

summer away cake
winter swans spring
flew bread leaves

The summer went by.

Then the leaves fell and it was
very cold. The poor duckling had
a hard time.

It is too sad to tell what he did
all winter.

At last it was spring.

The birds sang. The ugly duck-
ling was big now.

One day he flew far away.



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SEE THE LOVELY SWAN!”

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18

Soon he saw three white swans
on the lake.

He said, “Iam going to see those
birds. I am afraid they will kill
me, for I am so ugly.”

He put his head down to the
water. What did he see? He saw
himself in the water. But he was not
an ugly duck. He was a white swan.

The other swans came to see him.

The children said, “Oh, see the
lovely swans. The one that came
last is the best.”

And they gave him bread and
cake.

It was a happy time for the ugly

duckling.



19

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pine. leaves other
woods needles better
fairy gold sleep

A little pine tree was in the
woods.

It had no leaves. It had needles.
The little tree. said, “I do not
like needles. All the other trees in
the woods have pretty leaves. I
want leaves, too. But I will have
better leaves. I want gold leaves.”
Night came and the little tree
went to sleep.
and gave it gold leaves.



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THE FAIRY GIVES THE PINE TREE GOLD LEAVES.

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21

When the little tree woke it had
leaves of gold.

It said, “Oh, I am so pretty! No
other tree has gold leaves.”

Night came.

A man came by with a bag. He
saw the gold leaves. He took them
all and put them into his bag.

The poor little tree cried, “I do
not want gold leaves again. I will

have glass leaves.”

night sunshine . bright
looked wind blew

So the little tree went to sleep.
The fairy came by and put the

glass leaves on it.



22

The little tree woke and saw its
glass leaves.

How pretty they looked in the
sunshine! No other tree was so bright.

Then a wind came up. It blew
and blew. |

The glass leaves all fell from the

tree and were broken.

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again green

goat hungry

Again the little tree had no leaves.
It was very sad, and said, “1 will not
have gold leaves and I will not have
glass leaves. 1 want green leaves.
IT want to be like the other trees.”



23
And the little tree went to sleep.
When it woke, it was like other
trees. It had green leaves.
A goat came by. He saw the
green leaves on the little tree. The

goat was hungry and he ate all
the leaves.







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happy best
Then the little tree said, “I do
not want any leaves. I will not
have green leaves, nor glass leaves,
nor gold leaves. I like my needles
best.” |




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THE PINE TREE WITH NEEDLES.

And the little tree went to sleep.
The fairy gave it what it wanted.

When it woke, it had its needles
again. Then the little pine tree

was happy.



25

TW a08, JMU IE, WONIEG ot (Coles,

almost match across
dark running bare
year slippers fell

It was very cold. The snow fell
and it was almost dark. |

It was the last day of the year.

A little match girl was running
in the street. Her name was Gretchen.
She had no hat on.

Her feet were bare. When she left
home, she had on some big slippers
of her mama’s. But they were so
large that she lost them when she
ran across the street.



26

apron curly lights
bunch about smelled
could matches cooking

Gretchen had a lot of matches in
her old apron.

She had a little buneh in her
hand.

But she could not sell her matches.
No one would buy them.

Poor little Gretchen!

She was cold and hungry.

The snow fell on her curly hair.
But she did not think about that...
She saw lights in the houses.
She ‘smelled good things cook-

ing.



27

She said to herself, “This is the
last night of the year.”

knew window fire
money even pile
iretchen got colder and colder.

She was afraid to go home. She
knew her papa would whip her, if
she did not take some money _ to
him.

It was as cold at home as in the
street. They were too poor to have
a fire. They had to put rags in the
windows to keep out the wind. |

Gretchen did not even have a bed.
She had to sleep on a_ pile of rags.



28

frozen candle sitting
lighted thought stove
near think step

She sat down on a door step.



GRETCHEN ON THE DOOR STEP.

Her little hands were almost
frozen.



29

She took a match and lighted it
to warm her hands. The match
looked like a little candle.

Gretchen thought she was sitting
by a big stove. It was so bright.

She put the match near her feet,
to warm them. Then the light went
out. She did not think that she

was by the stove any more.

another dishes roast
table cloth ready
fork knife turkey

Gretchen lghted another match.
Now she thought she could look

into a room. In this room was a table.



30

A white cloth and _ pretty dishes
were on the table. There was a roast
turkey, too. It was cooked and ready
to eat. The knife and fork were in
his back. The turkey jumped from |
the dish and ran to the little girl.

The hght went out and she was
in the cold and dark again.

Christmas candles
- many until

Gretchen lighted another match.
Then she thought she was sitting by
a Christmas tree. Very many can-
dles were on the tree. It was full

of pretty things.



31

Gretchen put up her little hands.
The hght went out.

The lights on the Christmas tree
went up, up—until she saw _ they

were the stars.

a

grandma never before
dying going been

Then she saw a star fall.

“Some one is dying,” said little
Gretchen.

Her grandma had been very good
to the little girl. But she was dead.

The grandma had said, “When a
star falls some one is going to
God.”



32
The little girl lighted another
match. It made a big light.
Gretchen thought she saw _ her
erandma. She never looked so pretty
before. She looked so sweet and
happy.



take goes

“Q grandma,” said the little girl,
“take me. When the light goes out
you will go away. The stove and
the turkey and the Christmas tree
all went away.”

Then Gretchen lighted a_ bunch
of matches. She wanted to keep
her grandma with her. The matches

made it very light.



33
The grandma took the little girl in
her arms. They went up, up—where
they would never be cold or hungry.
They were with God.

found next burned
dead froze death
The next day came.
Some men found a little girl in
the street. She was dead. —
In her hand were the burned
matches.
They said, “Poor little thing, she
froze to death.”
They did not know how happy she
was in heaven.



34

LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD.

gx take cake
coat butter basket
hood always off

When May was six years old, her
grandma made her a red coat with
a hood. She looked so pretty in it
that the children all called her
“Red Riding-Hood.”

One day her mama said, “I want
you to take this cake and some
butter to grandma.” ;

Red Riding-Hood was very wlad to
go. She always had a good time at

grandma’s.



LITTLE RED



RIDING-HOOD AND HER MOTHER.



36

She put the things into her little

basket and ran _ off.



wolf mill shall
going first wood
When Red Riding-Hood came to

the wood, she met a big wolf.



SHE MEETS THE WOLF.



37

“Where are you going?” said the
wolf.

Red Riding-Hood said, “I am gong
to see my grandma. Mama has made
her a cake and some butter.”

“Does she live far?” said the wolf.

“Yes,” said Red Ridine-Hood, “in
the white house by the mill.”

“T will go too, and we shall sce
who will get there first,” said the wolf.



short flowers soft
stopped tapped pull
pick voice string
The wolf ran off and took a short
way, but Red Riding-Hood stopped to

pick some flowers.



38
When the wolf got to the house,
he tapped on the door.

The grandma said, “Who is there?”
The wolf made his voice as soft as
he could. He said, “It is little Red
Riding-Hood, grandma.”

Then the old lady said, “Pull the
string and the door will open.”

The wolf pulled the string and the
door opened.

He ran in and ate the poor old
lady.

Then he jumped into her bed and
put on her cap.

tapped thank = dear

arms hug ealled



39

When Red Riding-Hood tapped on
the door, the wolf called out, “Who
is there?’ Red Riding-Hood - said,
“It is your little Red Riding-Hood,
grandma.”

Then the wolf said, “Pull the
string and the door will open.”

When she went in, she said, “Look,
grandma, see the cake and_ butter
mama has sent you.”

“Thank you, dear, put them on
the table and come here.”

better hear eyes
ears how teeth
ate cruel poor



40

When Red Riding-Hood went near
the bed, she said, “Oh, grandma,
how big your arms are!”

“The better to hug you, my dear.”

“How big your ears are, grandma.”

“The better to hear you, my dear.”

“How big your eyes are, grandma.”

“The better to see you, my dear.”

“How big your teeth are, grand-
maa?

“The better to eat you.”

Then the cruel wolf jumped up
and ate poor little Red Riding-Hood.

oro

just hunter scream

killed heard open



41

Just then a hunter came by. He
heard Red Riding-Hood scream. The
hunter ran into the house and killed

the old wolf.

Sa

AVN



THE GRANDMOTHER, THE HUNTER AND LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD.
When he cut the wolf open, out
jumped Little Red Riding-Hood and

her grandma.



42

THE APPLES OF IDUN.

once hills field
journey~ rocks cattle
walked pieces three

Once upon a time three of the
gods went on a journey.

One. was Thor and one was Loki.
Loki was ugly and mean.

The gods liked to walk over the
hills and rocks. They could go very
fast for they were so big.

The gods walked on and on.

At last they got very hungry.
Then they came to a field with

cattle.



43





THOR, LOKI AND ANOTHER GOD TAKE A WALK.



44.

Thor killed a big ox and put the

pieces into a pot.



meat share talking
Cross eagle night

They made a big fire but the
meat would not cook. They made
the fire bigger and bigger, but the
meat would not cook.

Then the gods were very cross.

Some one said, “Give me my
share, and I will make the meat
cook.”

The gods looked to see who was
talking. There in an oak tree was

a big eagle.



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The gods were so hungry that

they said, “Well, we will.”

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supper stuck enough
minute claws stones
pole against flew

The supper was ready in a minute.

Then the eagle flew down to get
his share. Ue took the four legs
and there was not much left but the
ribs.

This made Loki cross for he was
very hungry. He took a long pole
to hit the eagle. But the pole stuck
to the eagle’s claws. The other end
stuck to Loki.



47
Then the eagle flew away. He did
not fly high. He flew just high

enough for Loki to hit against the

stones.
please giant flying
tried feathers suit

Loki said, “Please let me go! Oh,
please let me go!”

But the eagle said, “No, you tried
to kill me. I will not let you go.”

And the eagle hit him against the .
stones.

Loki said again, “Please let me
go!”

But the eagle said, “No, I have

you now.”



48

Then Loki knew the eagle was a
giant and not a bird.

This giant had a suit of eagle’s
feathers. He was flying in his eagle

suit when he saw Loki.

city beautiful apples

felt growing young

Now the gods lived in a city
named Asgard.

In this city Idun kept the beau-
tiful golden apples. When the gods
felt they were growing ‘old, they ate
the apples and were young again.

The giant wanted to be like the
gods. So he said to Loki, “I will





IDUN WITH HER APPLES.



50
let you go, if you will get me the
apples of Idun.” |
But Loki said, “I can’t do that.”

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bumped gate putting

stayed golden morning

So the eagle bumped him on the
stones again.

Then Loki said, “I can’t stand
this. I will get the apples for you.”

Loki and the eagle went to the
city. The eagle stayed by the gate,
but Loki went into the city. He
went up to Idun. She was putting
the apples into a_ beautiful golden
box.



51



LOKI AND IDUN.



52

Loki said, “Good morning, Idun.
Those are beautiful apples.”

And Idun_ said, “Yes, they are
beautiful.” “I saw some just like
them, the other day,” said Loki.

strange show

bring picked

Idun knew there were no. other
apples like these, and she - said,
“That is strange. I would lke to
see them.”

Loki said, “Come with me and |
will show them to you. It is only
a little way. Bring your apples with

you.”



53

As soon as Idun was out of the
gates the eagle flew down. He
picked her up in his claws. Then
he flew away with her to his home.



——

after pale falcon

passed story began

Day after day passed and Idun
did not come back. The gods did
not have the golden apples to eat,
so they began to get old. |

At last they said, “Who let the
apples go?”

Then Loki looked pale and_ the
gods said, “Loki, you did it.” And
Loki said, “Yes, I did.”














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THE GODS ASK WHERE IDUN Is.



55.
He did not tell a story that time.
Then Loki said, “I will get Idun
and the apples back, if I may have

the faleon suit.”

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changed | faster
The gods said, “You may have
it,
back.”

if you will bring the apples

Loki put on the faleon suit and
flew away. He looked like a_ big
bird flying.

When Loki came to the giant’s
home, he was glad the giant was not
there. He changed Idun into a nut

and then flew away with the nut.



56



THE GIANT SEES THE BIRD FLY AWAY.



57

When the giant came home, Idun
was gone. The golden apples were
gone, too.

Then the giant put on his eagle
suit and flew after Loki.

Loki heard the eagle coming. . Loki

flew faster.
breath over changed
walls blazed burned

Poor Loki was all out of breath.
The eagle flew faster and faster.

Then the gods got on the walls
to look for Loki. They saw him
coming and the eagle after him.

So they made fires on the walls.
At last Loki flew over the walls.



58
Then the gods lighted the fires.
The fires blazed up.

The eagle flew into the fire and
was burned.

As soon as Loki put the nut down,
it changed to Idun.

The gods ate the beautiful golden
apples and were young again.





59

HOW THOR GOT THE HAMMER,

proud porch lying
journeys tricks wife
always alone asleep

Sif was Thor’s wife.

Sif had long golden hair. Thor
was very proud of Sif’s golden hair.

Thor was always going. on long
journeys. One day he went off and
left Sif alone. She went out on the
porch and fell asleep.

Loki came along. He was always
playing tricks.

He saw Sif lying asleep. He said,
“T am going to cut off her hair.”



LOKI CUTS SIF’S HAIR OFF.





61

So Loki went up on the porch
and cut off Sif’s golden hair.

where around = crying

answer found somebody

When Sif woke up and saw that
her hair was gone, she cried and
cried. Then she ran to hide. She
did not want Thor to see her.

When Thor came home, he could
not find Sif. —

“Sif! Sif!” he called, “Where are
you ?”

But Sif did not answer.

Thor looked all around the house.

At last he found her crying.

















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“Oh, Thor, look, all my hair 1s
gone! Somebody has cut it off. It

was a man. He ran away with it.”

angry iischief right

getting cutting something

Then Thor was very angry. He
said, “I know it was Loki. He is
always getting into mischief Just
wait until I get him!”

And Thor went out to find Loki.
Pretty soon he found him.

Thor said, “Did you cut off Sit’s
hair?” Loki said, “Yes, I did.”

“Then you must pay for cutting

off my wife’s hair,’ said Thor.







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“All right,’ said Loki, “I will get
you something better than the hair.”

ground thumb beads
dwarfs crooked crown
worked

Loki went down, down into the
ground to the home of the dwarfs.
It was very dark down there. The
only light came from the dwarfs’
fires.

The dwarfs were ugly little black
men. They were not any bigger than
your thumb. They had crooked backs
and crooked legs. Their eyes looked
like black beads.









































































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Loki said, “Can you make me a
gold crown that will grow like real
hair ?”

The dwarfs said, “Yes, we can.”

So the busy little dwarfs worked
all night.

morning showed laughed
spear wonderful three
ship standing brother

nobody stepped else

When morning came the gave Loki his crown of golden hair.
They gave him a spear and a ship,
too.











THE DWARFS BRING TO LOKI THE SHIP, THE SPEAR AND THE CROWN OF HAIR.



69

Loki took the things up to Asgard,
where the gods all lived.

Then the gods all came up to him.
He showed them the things.

The gods said, “They are very
wonderful.”

And Loki said, “Oh, nobody else
can make such things as my little
dwarfs.”

A little dwarf, named Brok, was
standing near by. He heard Loki
say that. Then he stepped up and
said, “My brother can make just as
good things as these.”

Loki laughed and said, “If you
can get three things as wonderful

as these, I will give you my head.”



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BROK TELLS LOKI THAT HIS BROTHER CAN MAKE BETTER GIFTS.



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any where misses

spear mark

Brok went down into the ground
where his little dwarfs were working.

Brok’s brother was named Sindre.
He said to his brother, “Loki says
that you can’t make such nice things
as his dwarfs can. He said that he
would give me his head if I could
get him such wonderful things as
his.”

This made the dwarfs angry. Their
eyes grew big. They said, “He will
see what we can do.”

Sindre wanted to know what the

wonderful things were.



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Brok said, “Loki has a_ golden
crown that will grow like real hair.
A ship that can go anywhere. A
spear that never misses the mark.”

“We will show him,” said the
dwarts.

burning —_ blow pigskin
bellows blew blowing

The dwarfs soon had the fires
burning. Then Sindre put a pigskin
into the fire. | |

He gave the bellows to Brok and
said, “Now blow as hard as you
can.”

Then Sindre went out.

Brok blew and _ blew.



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A little fly came in and bit him
on the hand.

The fly bit him so hard that Brok
thought he would have to stop blow-
ing, but he did not. |

Then Sindre came back. He took
out a golden pig from the fire.

stand lump ring

He next put a lump of gold into
the fire.

He said to Brok, “Blow and blow
and blow, and do not stop.” i

Then Sindre went out again.

So Brok blew as hard as he
could.



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Then the same fly came in and
bit him again. |

Brok thought that he could not
stand it, but he kept on.

When Sindre came back, he took

a gold ring from the fire.



hard forehead brush
iron blood hammer
handle — spoiled mean

Then Sindre put a lump of iron
into the fire.

He said to Brok, “Now blow as
hard as you can.”

And Sindre went out. Brok blew

and blew. ‘The same mean fly came



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again, and bit him on the forehead.
It bit so hard that the blood ran
into his eyes.

Brok put up his hand to brush
away the fly.

Just then Sindre came back.

He took a hammer out of the fire.



THE DWARFS WITH THE GOLDEN PIG, THE RING AND THE HAMMER.

“There!” he said, “You have
almost spoiled it. The handle is



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too short, but it cannot be helped
now.”

hurried proud

came pocket

Brok hurried up to Asgard with
his things. |

All the gods came around to see.
Then Loki came up to show his
things. |

He put the crown of gold on Sif’s
head and it began to grow like real
Mane

He gave the spear to Odin and
said, “This spear will never miss its

mark.”





SIF WITH THE GOLDEN CROWN.



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Then he took out the ship. He
said, “This is a wonderful ship. It
will sail on any sea, and yet you
can fold it up and put it into your
pocket.” |

Loki felt very - proud, for he
thought his things were the best.

fold sail afraid
SOrry each ring
shining faster gave

All the gods felt very sorry for
little Brok. They thought Loki’s
things were fine. They were afraid
Brok’s would not be so_ nice.



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They said, “Now, Brok, show your
things.”

Brok took out the gold ring. He
said, “Hach night this ring will
throw off a ring just like it. IIe
gave the ring to Odin.

Then Brok took out the golden
pig. He said, “This pig can Zo
anywhere, on the ground or in the
ur. It can go faster than any horse.
If the night is dark, the shining pig
will make it light.” |

frost giants
turned blowing

Then Brok showed the hammer.
He said, “This is not a very pretty





THOR WITH HIS HAMMER.

hammer. When I was making it,
Loki turned himself into a fly and
made me spoil it. The fly bit me
so hard that I had to stop blowing.
So the handle is a little short. But
it is a wonderful hammer. If you
throw it at anything, it will hit the

mark and come back to you.”



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The gods picked up the hammer
and passed it around.

They said, “It will be just the
thing with which to keep the Frost
Giants out of Asgard.”

touch neck
without way
The gods said, “ Brok’s things are
the best.” |
Brok gave the hammer to Thor.
That is the way Thor got his won-
derful hammer.
Then Brok said to Loki, “You
said I could have your head if my
things were the best.”



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And Loki was angry and _= said,
“Yes, I told you that you could
have my head. But you can’t touch
my neck.”

Of course, Brok could not get his
head without touching his neck.

So Brok did not get Loki’s head.



















THE FROST GIANT.



84.

THE HAMMER LOST AND FOUND,

everything planned

The Frost Giants did not like the
sunshine. They did not like to see
the flowers. They did not like to
hear the birds sing. They wanted
to spoil everything.

The Frost Giants wanted to get
into Asgard. But they did not know
how. They were afraid of Thor and
his hammer. They said, “If we can
only get the hammer, we can get
into Asgard.”

They talked and planned all night.
At last one Frost Giant said, “I





THE FROST GIANTS TALKED AND PLANNED ALL NIGHT. 85



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know how we can get the hammer. |
I will dress in a bird suit. Then I
will fly up to Thor’s house and get
the hammer.”

Freyja

The next night the Frost Giant
flew into the house while Thor was
asleep. |

He took the hammer and _ flew
away with it.

When Thor woke, he put out his
hand to get the hammer. It was
gone. | |

He said, “Loki, the hammer is
gone. The Frost Giants have taken
it. We must get it back.”










ASLEEP.

THE FROST GIANT FLEW INTO THE HOUSE WHILE THOR WAS



88

Loki said, “I can get it back, if
Freyja will let me have her falcon
suit.”

So he went to Freyja and _ said,
“Will you let me have your falcon
suit? I can get the hammer back
if you will.” Freyja said, “Yes, of
course I will. If I had a gold suit
you could have it. Any thing to

get the hammer back.”

people city Thrym
strange buried eight
miles deep falcon

Loki took the falcon suit and put
it on. He flew over the city. All



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the people saw him filymg. They
said, “What a strange bird!” They
did not know that it was Loki going
for the hammer.

When Loki came to the city of the
Frost Giants, he took off the falcon
suit. He walked and walked until
he came to Thrym’s house. Thrym
was the giant who took the hammer.

Thrym was sitting on the porch,
making gold collars for his dogs.

When he saw Loki, he said, “ What
do you want?”

Loki said, “I have come for the
hammer.”

The old giant laughed and said,

“You will never get that hammer.



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It is buried eight miles decp in the
ground. |
“But there is one way you can get
it. I will give you the hammer if

you get Freyja for my wife.”



clothes shook necklace

So Loki went back to Asgard.

Thor said, “Well, did you get the
hammer ?”

“No, but we can get it if Freyja-
will be Thrym/’s wife.”

Then they went to Freyja’s house.
They said, “Put on your very best
clothes and come with us. You must
be Thrym’s wife.” |



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Freyja said, “Do you think I will
be the Frost Giant’s wife? I won't
be his wite.”

Thor said, “We can get the ham-
mer back if you will.”

But Freyja said, “No, I will not
be his wite.”

Loki said, “You will have to, if
we get the hammer back.”

Still Freyja said, “I will not go.”
And she was very angry. She shook
so hard that she broke her necklace
and it fell to the floor.

a

bride braided wagon
vail servant goat



93

Then the gods said, “Thor, you
must dress like Freyja. You will
have to play you are the _ bride.”

Thor said, “I won't do it. You
will all laugh at me. I won’t dress
up like a girl.”

They said, “Well, that is the only
way we can get the hammer back.”
— Thor said, “I do not like to dress
like a girl, but I will do it.” Then
they dressed Thor up like Freyja.

They put on Freyja’s dress, neck-
lace and vail, and braided his hair.

Loki said, “I will dress up too,
and be your servant.”

They got into Thor’s goat wagon
and went to the Giants’ home.







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clinner salmon : mead
whole thirsty barrels

When the Frost Giants saw them
coming, they said, “Get ready, here
comes the bride! We will sit down
to the table as soon as they come.”

The dinner was ready on_ time.
The table was full of good things.
All sat down.

The bride ate a whole ox and eight
salmon before the others had a bite.

“She must be very hungry,” the
Frost Giants said.

“Yes,” Loki said, “she was so glad
to come. She hasn’t eaten anything
for eight days.”

Then they brought in the mead.







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The bride drank three barrels of
mead.

“How thirsty she is!” said the
Frost Giants.

Loki said, “Yes, she is very
thirsty. She was so glad to come.
She did not drink anything for eight

days.”
kiss stepped whirled
lifted shone lap

Old Thrym said, “I had every
thing I wanted but Freyja. Now I
have Freyja.”

And Thrym went to kiss the bride.
He lifted her vail, but her eyes
shone like fire.





THRYM PUTS THE HAMMER IN THOR’S LAP,

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Full Text


PRET AH

A PRIMARY READER

Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths
Retold by Children

BY

E. LOUISE SMYTHE



CHICAGO NEW YORK
WERNER SCHOOL BOOK COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY
WERNER SCHOOL BOOK COMPANY.

Old-time Stories, Ete.




PREPAGCE

This book originated in a series of little reading lessons pre-
pared for the first grade pupils in the Santa Rosa public schools.
The object of the lessons was three-fold: to provide reading
matter for the little ones who had only a small vocabulary of sight-
words; to acquaint them early with the heroes who-have come
down to us in song and story; and tocreate a desire for literature.

It has been my endeavor to follow Dr. G. Stanley Hall's
suggestions in his monograph, ‘‘ How to Teach Reading,’’ where
he asks for ‘‘true child-editions, made by testing many children
with the work piece-meal and cutting and adapting the material till
it really and closely fitted the minds and hearts of the children.’’

Various stories were given to the pupils; discussions followed.
After a time the story was produced orally by the children.
Notes were made on expressions used and points of interest
dwelt upon. Later the story was either written on the black-
board or mimeographed and put into the pupils’ hands to read.

It gave great delight to the children to recognize an old
friend in a new dress, and as interest was aroused, but little
difficulty was encountered in recognizing words that were indeed
‘‘new’’ in their sight vocabulary, but old servants in their oral
vocabulary.

The spirit of the book may be illustrated by referring to
the roast turkey in the story of The Little Match Girl. The
“story was told as dear old Hans Christian Andersen gave it to
the little German children of fifty years ago. But American
children have a different idea of the fowl which graces the table
at Christmastime. Thestory as itcame from the lips of the chil-
dren referred to the ‘‘turkey,’’ and ‘‘goose’’ was used in only
one instance. As the story was to appeal to our children, the

word was changed to suit their ideas.
3
4 PREFACE.

Again, in the story of Red Riding-Hood we preferred to use
the German ending, as it leaves a far happier impression on the
minds of the children than the accepted English version. The
incongruity of the wolf's swallowing whole the grandmother and
child does not destroy the child’s enjoyment of the story, while
the happy release of both grandmother and little girl forms a
suitable close.

Also, as this old story handed down in so many languages is
an interpretation of one of the Sun myths, it seems better to
cling to the original, especially when it meets so entirely with
the child’s approval.

Before presenting the Norse myths for reading, they had
been the subject of many conversations, queries and illustrations.
Some were even dramatized—in a childlike way, of course.
Detailed descriptions of Mt. Ida, Asgard, and some of the
principal heroes, were given. But, though the little audience
seemed interested in the introductory remarks, these never came
back when the children were called upon to reproduce the story.
The narrator at once plunged into the story part. It is for this
reason descriptions of heroes and places have been omitted in
these stories. It is thus left for each teacher who uses this book
to employ her own method of introducing the gods of the hardy
Norseman to her pupils.

The following works will be found useful and quite avail-
able to most teachers: Andersen’s Norse Mythology, Mabie’s
Norse Stories, Mara Pratt’s Stories from Norseland, Fiske’s
Myths and Myth Makers, T aylor’s Primitive Culture, Vol. I.; and
Longfellow’s Poems.

Hoping these stories will interest other children as they
have interested those who helped build them, I send them forth.

E. Louise SMYTHE.

Santa Rosa, California.
CONTENTS

Tue Ucrty DUCKLING . .
Tue LitTLe Pine TREE

Tue LittLeE Matcu GIRL
LITTLE Rep Ripinc-Hoop
THE APPLES OF IDUN

How TuHor GoT THE HAMMER
THE HAMMER Lost AND FouND.
Tue STORY OF THE SHEEP .
THE Goop SHIP ARGO.

JASON AND THE HARPIES

Tue Brass BULLS

JASON AND THE DRAGON .

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THE UGLY DUCKLING.

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keep only turkey
warm. elie water

A duck made her nest under some

leaves.









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She sat on the eggs to keep them
warm.

At last the eggs broke, one after
the other. Little ducks came out.

Only one egg was left. It was a
very large one.

At last it broke, and out came a
big, ugly duckling.

“What a big duckling!” said the
old duck. “He does not look like
us. Can he be a turkey? We will
see. If he does not like the water,
he is not a duck.”

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mother jumped duckling
splash swim bigger.

called began little
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The next day the mother duck
took her ducklings to the pond.









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THE DUCK TAKES HER DUCKLINGS To SWIM.

Splash! Splash! The mother duck
was in the water. Then she called
the ducklings to come in. They all
jumped in and began to swim. The
big, ugly duckling swam, too.

The mother duck said, “He is not
a turkey. He is my own little duck.
10
He will not be so ugly when he

is bigger.”

to a

yard alone while
noise hurt that
eating know want

Then she said to tne ducklings,
“Come with me. I want you to see
the other ducks. Stay by me and
look out for the cat.” 7

They all went into the duck yard.
What a noise the ducks made!

While the mother duck was eating
a big bug, an old duck bit the ugly
duckhng.

“Tet him alone,’ said the mother

duck. “He did not hurt you.”





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‘Ee DID NOT HURT YOU,’’? SAID THE MOTHER DUCK.

“T know that,” said the duck, “but

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he is so ugly, [ bit him.

lovely help there

walked bushes afraid
The next duck they met, said,
“You have lovely ducklings. They
are all pretty but one. He is very

ugly.”
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“YOUR CHILDREN ARE ALL PRETTY EXCEPT ONE.”’

The mother duck said, “I know he
is not pretty. But he is very good.”

Then she said to the ducklings,
“Now, my dears, have a good time.”

But the poor, big, ugly duckling
did not have a good time.

The hens all bit him. The big

ducks walked on him,
13

The poor duckling was very sad.
He did not want to be so ugly. But
he could not help it. —

He ran to hide under some bushes.
The little birds in the bushes were

afraid and flew away.

at 0 ago ¢

because house would

away hard lived

“Tt is all because I am so ugly,”
said the duckling. So he ran away.

At might he came to an old house.
The house looked as if it would fall
down. It was so old. But the wind
blew so hard that the duckling went
into the house.
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THE UGLY DUCKLING FINDS THE OLD IIOUSE.

An old woman lived there with
her cat and her hen.
The old woman said, “I will keep

the duck. I will have some eges.”



growl walk

corner animals

The next day, the cat saw the
duckling and began to growl.
15

The hen said, “Can you lay eggs?”
The duekling said, “ No.”
“Then keep still,’ said the hen.

The cat said, “Can you growl?”



THE CAT SAID, “CAN YOU GROWL?”

“No,” said the duckling.

“Then keep still,” said the cat.

And the duckling hid in a corner.
The next day he went for a walk.
He saw-a big pond. He said, “I

will have a good swim.”
16

But all of the animals made fun
of him. He was so ugly.

summer away cake
winter swans spring
flew bread leaves

The summer went by.

Then the leaves fell and it was
very cold. The poor duckling had
a hard time.

It is too sad to tell what he did
all winter.

At last it was spring.

The birds sang. The ugly duck-
ling was big now.

One day he flew far away.
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SEE THE LOVELY SWAN!”

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Soon he saw three white swans
on the lake.

He said, “Iam going to see those
birds. I am afraid they will kill
me, for I am so ugly.”

He put his head down to the
water. What did he see? He saw
himself in the water. But he was not
an ugly duck. He was a white swan.

The other swans came to see him.

The children said, “Oh, see the
lovely swans. The one that came
last is the best.”

And they gave him bread and
cake.

It was a happy time for the ugly

duckling.
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pine. leaves other
woods needles better
fairy gold sleep

A little pine tree was in the
woods.

It had no leaves. It had needles.
The little tree. said, “I do not
like needles. All the other trees in
the woods have pretty leaves. I
want leaves, too. But I will have
better leaves. I want gold leaves.”
Night came and the little tree
went to sleep.
and gave it gold leaves.
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THE FAIRY GIVES THE PINE TREE GOLD LEAVES.

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woke cried glass
little again pretty
21

When the little tree woke it had
leaves of gold.

It said, “Oh, I am so pretty! No
other tree has gold leaves.”

Night came.

A man came by with a bag. He
saw the gold leaves. He took them
all and put them into his bag.

The poor little tree cried, “I do
not want gold leaves again. I will

have glass leaves.”

night sunshine . bright
looked wind blew

So the little tree went to sleep.
The fairy came by and put the

glass leaves on it.
22

The little tree woke and saw its
glass leaves.

How pretty they looked in the
sunshine! No other tree was so bright.

Then a wind came up. It blew
and blew. |

The glass leaves all fell from the

tree and were broken.

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again green

goat hungry

Again the little tree had no leaves.
It was very sad, and said, “1 will not
have gold leaves and I will not have
glass leaves. 1 want green leaves.
IT want to be like the other trees.”
23
And the little tree went to sleep.
When it woke, it was like other
trees. It had green leaves.
A goat came by. He saw the
green leaves on the little tree. The

goat was hungry and he ate all
the leaves.







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THE GOAT EATS THE GREEN LEAVES.
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happy best
Then the little tree said, “I do
not want any leaves. I will not
have green leaves, nor glass leaves,
nor gold leaves. I like my needles
best.” |




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THE PINE TREE WITH NEEDLES.

And the little tree went to sleep.
The fairy gave it what it wanted.

When it woke, it had its needles
again. Then the little pine tree

was happy.
25

TW a08, JMU IE, WONIEG ot (Coles,

almost match across
dark running bare
year slippers fell

It was very cold. The snow fell
and it was almost dark. |

It was the last day of the year.

A little match girl was running
in the street. Her name was Gretchen.
She had no hat on.

Her feet were bare. When she left
home, she had on some big slippers
of her mama’s. But they were so
large that she lost them when she
ran across the street.
26

apron curly lights
bunch about smelled
could matches cooking

Gretchen had a lot of matches in
her old apron.

She had a little buneh in her
hand.

But she could not sell her matches.
No one would buy them.

Poor little Gretchen!

She was cold and hungry.

The snow fell on her curly hair.
But she did not think about that...
She saw lights in the houses.
She ‘smelled good things cook-

ing.
27

She said to herself, “This is the
last night of the year.”

knew window fire
money even pile
iretchen got colder and colder.

She was afraid to go home. She
knew her papa would whip her, if
she did not take some money _ to
him.

It was as cold at home as in the
street. They were too poor to have
a fire. They had to put rags in the
windows to keep out the wind. |

Gretchen did not even have a bed.
She had to sleep on a_ pile of rags.
28

frozen candle sitting
lighted thought stove
near think step

She sat down on a door step.



GRETCHEN ON THE DOOR STEP.

Her little hands were almost
frozen.
29

She took a match and lighted it
to warm her hands. The match
looked like a little candle.

Gretchen thought she was sitting
by a big stove. It was so bright.

She put the match near her feet,
to warm them. Then the light went
out. She did not think that she

was by the stove any more.

another dishes roast
table cloth ready
fork knife turkey

Gretchen lghted another match.
Now she thought she could look

into a room. In this room was a table.
30

A white cloth and _ pretty dishes
were on the table. There was a roast
turkey, too. It was cooked and ready
to eat. The knife and fork were in
his back. The turkey jumped from |
the dish and ran to the little girl.

The hght went out and she was
in the cold and dark again.

Christmas candles
- many until

Gretchen lighted another match.
Then she thought she was sitting by
a Christmas tree. Very many can-
dles were on the tree. It was full

of pretty things.
31

Gretchen put up her little hands.
The hght went out.

The lights on the Christmas tree
went up, up—until she saw _ they

were the stars.

a

grandma never before
dying going been

Then she saw a star fall.

“Some one is dying,” said little
Gretchen.

Her grandma had been very good
to the little girl. But she was dead.

The grandma had said, “When a
star falls some one is going to
God.”
32
The little girl lighted another
match. It made a big light.
Gretchen thought she saw _ her
erandma. She never looked so pretty
before. She looked so sweet and
happy.



take goes

“Q grandma,” said the little girl,
“take me. When the light goes out
you will go away. The stove and
the turkey and the Christmas tree
all went away.”

Then Gretchen lighted a_ bunch
of matches. She wanted to keep
her grandma with her. The matches

made it very light.
33
The grandma took the little girl in
her arms. They went up, up—where
they would never be cold or hungry.
They were with God.

found next burned
dead froze death
The next day came.
Some men found a little girl in
the street. She was dead. —
In her hand were the burned
matches.
They said, “Poor little thing, she
froze to death.”
They did not know how happy she
was in heaven.
34

LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD.

gx take cake
coat butter basket
hood always off

When May was six years old, her
grandma made her a red coat with
a hood. She looked so pretty in it
that the children all called her
“Red Riding-Hood.”

One day her mama said, “I want
you to take this cake and some
butter to grandma.” ;

Red Riding-Hood was very wlad to
go. She always had a good time at

grandma’s.
LITTLE RED



RIDING-HOOD AND HER MOTHER.
36

She put the things into her little

basket and ran _ off.



wolf mill shall
going first wood
When Red Riding-Hood came to

the wood, she met a big wolf.



SHE MEETS THE WOLF.
37

“Where are you going?” said the
wolf.

Red Riding-Hood said, “I am gong
to see my grandma. Mama has made
her a cake and some butter.”

“Does she live far?” said the wolf.

“Yes,” said Red Ridine-Hood, “in
the white house by the mill.”

“T will go too, and we shall sce
who will get there first,” said the wolf.



short flowers soft
stopped tapped pull
pick voice string
The wolf ran off and took a short
way, but Red Riding-Hood stopped to

pick some flowers.
38
When the wolf got to the house,
he tapped on the door.

The grandma said, “Who is there?”
The wolf made his voice as soft as
he could. He said, “It is little Red
Riding-Hood, grandma.”

Then the old lady said, “Pull the
string and the door will open.”

The wolf pulled the string and the
door opened.

He ran in and ate the poor old
lady.

Then he jumped into her bed and
put on her cap.

tapped thank = dear

arms hug ealled
39

When Red Riding-Hood tapped on
the door, the wolf called out, “Who
is there?’ Red Riding-Hood - said,
“It is your little Red Riding-Hood,
grandma.”

Then the wolf said, “Pull the
string and the door will open.”

When she went in, she said, “Look,
grandma, see the cake and_ butter
mama has sent you.”

“Thank you, dear, put them on
the table and come here.”

better hear eyes
ears how teeth
ate cruel poor
40

When Red Riding-Hood went near
the bed, she said, “Oh, grandma,
how big your arms are!”

“The better to hug you, my dear.”

“How big your ears are, grandma.”

“The better to hear you, my dear.”

“How big your eyes are, grandma.”

“The better to see you, my dear.”

“How big your teeth are, grand-
maa?

“The better to eat you.”

Then the cruel wolf jumped up
and ate poor little Red Riding-Hood.

oro

just hunter scream

killed heard open
41

Just then a hunter came by. He
heard Red Riding-Hood scream. The
hunter ran into the house and killed

the old wolf.

Sa

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THE GRANDMOTHER, THE HUNTER AND LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD.
When he cut the wolf open, out
jumped Little Red Riding-Hood and

her grandma.
42

THE APPLES OF IDUN.

once hills field
journey~ rocks cattle
walked pieces three

Once upon a time three of the
gods went on a journey.

One. was Thor and one was Loki.
Loki was ugly and mean.

The gods liked to walk over the
hills and rocks. They could go very
fast for they were so big.

The gods walked on and on.

At last they got very hungry.
Then they came to a field with

cattle.
43





THOR, LOKI AND ANOTHER GOD TAKE A WALK.
44.

Thor killed a big ox and put the

pieces into a pot.



meat share talking
Cross eagle night

They made a big fire but the
meat would not cook. They made
the fire bigger and bigger, but the
meat would not cook.

Then the gods were very cross.

Some one said, “Give me my
share, and I will make the meat
cook.”

The gods looked to see who was
talking. There in an oak tree was

a big eagle.
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THE THREE GODS TRY TO COOK THE OX.

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The gods were so hungry that

they said, “Well, we will.”

—— mere -

supper stuck enough
minute claws stones
pole against flew

The supper was ready in a minute.

Then the eagle flew down to get
his share. Ue took the four legs
and there was not much left but the
ribs.

This made Loki cross for he was
very hungry. He took a long pole
to hit the eagle. But the pole stuck
to the eagle’s claws. The other end
stuck to Loki.
47
Then the eagle flew away. He did
not fly high. He flew just high

enough for Loki to hit against the

stones.
please giant flying
tried feathers suit

Loki said, “Please let me go! Oh,
please let me go!”

But the eagle said, “No, you tried
to kill me. I will not let you go.”

And the eagle hit him against the .
stones.

Loki said again, “Please let me
go!”

But the eagle said, “No, I have

you now.”
48

Then Loki knew the eagle was a
giant and not a bird.

This giant had a suit of eagle’s
feathers. He was flying in his eagle

suit when he saw Loki.

city beautiful apples

felt growing young

Now the gods lived in a city
named Asgard.

In this city Idun kept the beau-
tiful golden apples. When the gods
felt they were growing ‘old, they ate
the apples and were young again.

The giant wanted to be like the
gods. So he said to Loki, “I will


IDUN WITH HER APPLES.
50
let you go, if you will get me the
apples of Idun.” |
But Loki said, “I can’t do that.”

—- ep

bumped gate putting

stayed golden morning

So the eagle bumped him on the
stones again.

Then Loki said, “I can’t stand
this. I will get the apples for you.”

Loki and the eagle went to the
city. The eagle stayed by the gate,
but Loki went into the city. He
went up to Idun. She was putting
the apples into a_ beautiful golden
box.
51



LOKI AND IDUN.
52

Loki said, “Good morning, Idun.
Those are beautiful apples.”

And Idun_ said, “Yes, they are
beautiful.” “I saw some just like
them, the other day,” said Loki.

strange show

bring picked

Idun knew there were no. other
apples like these, and she - said,
“That is strange. I would lke to
see them.”

Loki said, “Come with me and |
will show them to you. It is only
a little way. Bring your apples with

you.”
53

As soon as Idun was out of the
gates the eagle flew down. He
picked her up in his claws. Then
he flew away with her to his home.



——

after pale falcon

passed story began

Day after day passed and Idun
did not come back. The gods did
not have the golden apples to eat,
so they began to get old. |

At last they said, “Who let the
apples go?”

Then Loki looked pale and_ the
gods said, “Loki, you did it.” And
Loki said, “Yes, I did.”











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THE GODS ASK WHERE IDUN Is.
55.
He did not tell a story that time.
Then Loki said, “I will get Idun
and the apples back, if I may have

the faleon suit.”

—-- 9

changed | faster
The gods said, “You may have
it,
back.”

if you will bring the apples

Loki put on the faleon suit and
flew away. He looked like a_ big
bird flying.

When Loki came to the giant’s
home, he was glad the giant was not
there. He changed Idun into a nut

and then flew away with the nut.
56



THE GIANT SEES THE BIRD FLY AWAY.
57

When the giant came home, Idun
was gone. The golden apples were
gone, too.

Then the giant put on his eagle
suit and flew after Loki.

Loki heard the eagle coming. . Loki

flew faster.
breath over changed
walls blazed burned

Poor Loki was all out of breath.
The eagle flew faster and faster.

Then the gods got on the walls
to look for Loki. They saw him
coming and the eagle after him.

So they made fires on the walls.
At last Loki flew over the walls.
58
Then the gods lighted the fires.
The fires blazed up.

The eagle flew into the fire and
was burned.

As soon as Loki put the nut down,
it changed to Idun.

The gods ate the beautiful golden
apples and were young again.


59

HOW THOR GOT THE HAMMER,

proud porch lying
journeys tricks wife
always alone asleep

Sif was Thor’s wife.

Sif had long golden hair. Thor
was very proud of Sif’s golden hair.

Thor was always going. on long
journeys. One day he went off and
left Sif alone. She went out on the
porch and fell asleep.

Loki came along. He was always
playing tricks.

He saw Sif lying asleep. He said,
“T am going to cut off her hair.”
LOKI CUTS SIF’S HAIR OFF.


61

So Loki went up on the porch
and cut off Sif’s golden hair.

where around = crying

answer found somebody

When Sif woke up and saw that
her hair was gone, she cried and
cried. Then she ran to hide. She
did not want Thor to see her.

When Thor came home, he could
not find Sif. —

“Sif! Sif!” he called, “Where are
you ?”

But Sif did not answer.

Thor looked all around the house.

At last he found her crying.











63
“Oh, Thor, look, all my hair 1s
gone! Somebody has cut it off. It

was a man. He ran away with it.”

angry iischief right

getting cutting something

Then Thor was very angry. He
said, “I know it was Loki. He is
always getting into mischief Just
wait until I get him!”

And Thor went out to find Loki.
Pretty soon he found him.

Thor said, “Did you cut off Sit’s
hair?” Loki said, “Yes, I did.”

“Then you must pay for cutting

off my wife’s hair,’ said Thor.

65
“All right,’ said Loki, “I will get
you something better than the hair.”

ground thumb beads
dwarfs crooked crown
worked

Loki went down, down into the
ground to the home of the dwarfs.
It was very dark down there. The
only light came from the dwarfs’
fires.

The dwarfs were ugly little black
men. They were not any bigger than
your thumb. They had crooked backs
and crooked legs. Their eyes looked
like black beads.






































































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FS.

ND THE DWAR
67

Loki said, “Can you make me a
gold crown that will grow like real
hair ?”

The dwarfs said, “Yes, we can.”

So the busy little dwarfs worked
all night.

morning showed laughed
spear wonderful three
ship standing brother

nobody stepped else

When morning came the gave Loki his crown of golden hair.
They gave him a spear and a ship,
too.








THE DWARFS BRING TO LOKI THE SHIP, THE SPEAR AND THE CROWN OF HAIR.
69

Loki took the things up to Asgard,
where the gods all lived.

Then the gods all came up to him.
He showed them the things.

The gods said, “They are very
wonderful.”

And Loki said, “Oh, nobody else
can make such things as my little
dwarfs.”

A little dwarf, named Brok, was
standing near by. He heard Loki
say that. Then he stepped up and
said, “My brother can make just as
good things as these.”

Loki laughed and said, “If you
can get three things as wonderful

as these, I will give you my head.”
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BROK TELLS LOKI THAT HIS BROTHER CAN MAKE BETTER GIFTS.
71
any where misses

spear mark

Brok went down into the ground
where his little dwarfs were working.

Brok’s brother was named Sindre.
He said to his brother, “Loki says
that you can’t make such nice things
as his dwarfs can. He said that he
would give me his head if I could
get him such wonderful things as
his.”

This made the dwarfs angry. Their
eyes grew big. They said, “He will
see what we can do.”

Sindre wanted to know what the

wonderful things were.
72

Brok said, “Loki has a_ golden
crown that will grow like real hair.
A ship that can go anywhere. A
spear that never misses the mark.”

“We will show him,” said the
dwarts.

burning —_ blow pigskin
bellows blew blowing

The dwarfs soon had the fires
burning. Then Sindre put a pigskin
into the fire. | |

He gave the bellows to Brok and
said, “Now blow as hard as you
can.”

Then Sindre went out.

Brok blew and _ blew.
73

A little fly came in and bit him
on the hand.

The fly bit him so hard that Brok
thought he would have to stop blow-
ing, but he did not. |

Then Sindre came back. He took
out a golden pig from the fire.

stand lump ring

He next put a lump of gold into
the fire.

He said to Brok, “Blow and blow
and blow, and do not stop.” i

Then Sindre went out again.

So Brok blew as hard as he
could.
74

Then the same fly came in and
bit him again. |

Brok thought that he could not
stand it, but he kept on.

When Sindre came back, he took

a gold ring from the fire.



hard forehead brush
iron blood hammer
handle — spoiled mean

Then Sindre put a lump of iron
into the fire.

He said to Brok, “Now blow as
hard as you can.”

And Sindre went out. Brok blew

and blew. ‘The same mean fly came
75
again, and bit him on the forehead.
It bit so hard that the blood ran
into his eyes.

Brok put up his hand to brush
away the fly.

Just then Sindre came back.

He took a hammer out of the fire.



THE DWARFS WITH THE GOLDEN PIG, THE RING AND THE HAMMER.

“There!” he said, “You have
almost spoiled it. The handle is
76
too short, but it cannot be helped
now.”

hurried proud

came pocket

Brok hurried up to Asgard with
his things. |

All the gods came around to see.
Then Loki came up to show his
things. |

He put the crown of gold on Sif’s
head and it began to grow like real
Mane

He gave the spear to Odin and
said, “This spear will never miss its

mark.”


SIF WITH THE GOLDEN CROWN.
78

Then he took out the ship. He
said, “This is a wonderful ship. It
will sail on any sea, and yet you
can fold it up and put it into your
pocket.” |

Loki felt very - proud, for he
thought his things were the best.

fold sail afraid
SOrry each ring
shining faster gave

All the gods felt very sorry for
little Brok. They thought Loki’s
things were fine. They were afraid
Brok’s would not be so_ nice.
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BROK SHOWS HIS THINGS TO THE GODS,
80

They said, “Now, Brok, show your
things.”

Brok took out the gold ring. He
said, “Hach night this ring will
throw off a ring just like it. IIe
gave the ring to Odin.

Then Brok took out the golden
pig. He said, “This pig can Zo
anywhere, on the ground or in the
ur. It can go faster than any horse.
If the night is dark, the shining pig
will make it light.” |

frost giants
turned blowing

Then Brok showed the hammer.
He said, “This is not a very pretty


THOR WITH HIS HAMMER.

hammer. When I was making it,
Loki turned himself into a fly and
made me spoil it. The fly bit me
so hard that I had to stop blowing.
So the handle is a little short. But
it is a wonderful hammer. If you
throw it at anything, it will hit the

mark and come back to you.”
82

The gods picked up the hammer
and passed it around.

They said, “It will be just the
thing with which to keep the Frost
Giants out of Asgard.”

touch neck
without way
The gods said, “ Brok’s things are
the best.” |
Brok gave the hammer to Thor.
That is the way Thor got his won-
derful hammer.
Then Brok said to Loki, “You
said I could have your head if my
things were the best.”
83

And Loki was angry and _= said,
“Yes, I told you that you could
have my head. But you can’t touch
my neck.”

Of course, Brok could not get his
head without touching his neck.

So Brok did not get Loki’s head.



















THE FROST GIANT.
84.

THE HAMMER LOST AND FOUND,

everything planned

The Frost Giants did not like the
sunshine. They did not like to see
the flowers. They did not like to
hear the birds sing. They wanted
to spoil everything.

The Frost Giants wanted to get
into Asgard. But they did not know
how. They were afraid of Thor and
his hammer. They said, “If we can
only get the hammer, we can get
into Asgard.”

They talked and planned all night.
At last one Frost Giant said, “I


THE FROST GIANTS TALKED AND PLANNED ALL NIGHT. 85
86

know how we can get the hammer. |
I will dress in a bird suit. Then I
will fly up to Thor’s house and get
the hammer.”

Freyja

The next night the Frost Giant
flew into the house while Thor was
asleep. |

He took the hammer and _ flew
away with it.

When Thor woke, he put out his
hand to get the hammer. It was
gone. | |

He said, “Loki, the hammer is
gone. The Frost Giants have taken
it. We must get it back.”







ASLEEP.

THE FROST GIANT FLEW INTO THE HOUSE WHILE THOR WAS
88

Loki said, “I can get it back, if
Freyja will let me have her falcon
suit.”

So he went to Freyja and _ said,
“Will you let me have your falcon
suit? I can get the hammer back
if you will.” Freyja said, “Yes, of
course I will. If I had a gold suit
you could have it. Any thing to

get the hammer back.”

people city Thrym
strange buried eight
miles deep falcon

Loki took the falcon suit and put
it on. He flew over the city. All
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the people saw him filymg. They
said, “What a strange bird!” They
did not know that it was Loki going
for the hammer.

When Loki came to the city of the
Frost Giants, he took off the falcon
suit. He walked and walked until
he came to Thrym’s house. Thrym
was the giant who took the hammer.

Thrym was sitting on the porch,
making gold collars for his dogs.

When he saw Loki, he said, “ What
do you want?”

Loki said, “I have come for the
hammer.”

The old giant laughed and said,

“You will never get that hammer.
91
It is buried eight miles decp in the
ground. |
“But there is one way you can get
it. I will give you the hammer if

you get Freyja for my wife.”



clothes shook necklace

So Loki went back to Asgard.

Thor said, “Well, did you get the
hammer ?”

“No, but we can get it if Freyja-
will be Thrym/’s wife.”

Then they went to Freyja’s house.
They said, “Put on your very best
clothes and come with us. You must
be Thrym’s wife.” |
92

Freyja said, “Do you think I will
be the Frost Giant’s wife? I won't
be his wite.”

Thor said, “We can get the ham-
mer back if you will.”

But Freyja said, “No, I will not
be his wite.”

Loki said, “You will have to, if
we get the hammer back.”

Still Freyja said, “I will not go.”
And she was very angry. She shook
so hard that she broke her necklace
and it fell to the floor.

a

bride braided wagon
vail servant goat
93

Then the gods said, “Thor, you
must dress like Freyja. You will
have to play you are the _ bride.”

Thor said, “I won't do it. You
will all laugh at me. I won’t dress
up like a girl.”

They said, “Well, that is the only
way we can get the hammer back.”
— Thor said, “I do not like to dress
like a girl, but I will do it.” Then
they dressed Thor up like Freyja.

They put on Freyja’s dress, neck-
lace and vail, and braided his hair.

Loki said, “I will dress up too,
and be your servant.”

They got into Thor’s goat wagon
and went to the Giants’ home.

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clinner salmon : mead
whole thirsty barrels

When the Frost Giants saw them
coming, they said, “Get ready, here
comes the bride! We will sit down
to the table as soon as they come.”

The dinner was ready on_ time.
The table was full of good things.
All sat down.

The bride ate a whole ox and eight
salmon before the others had a bite.

“She must be very hungry,” the
Frost Giants said.

“Yes,” Loki said, “she was so glad
to come. She hasn’t eaten anything
for eight days.”

Then they brought in the mead.

97

The bride drank three barrels of
mead.

“How thirsty she is!” said the
Frost Giants.

Loki said, “Yes, she is very
thirsty. She was so glad to come.
She did not drink anything for eight

days.”
kiss stepped whirled
lifted shone lap

Old Thrym said, “I had every
thing I wanted but Freyja. Now I
have Freyja.”

And Thrym went to kiss the bride.
He lifted her vail, but her eyes
shone like fire.


THRYM PUTS THE HAMMER IN THOR’S LAP,

98


5 THOR AND HIS HAMMER.
100

Thrym stepped back. He said,
“What makes Freyja’s eyes shine
so?”

Loki said, “Oh, she was so glad
to come. She did not sleep for eight
nights.”

Then Loki said, “It is time for
the hammer. Go and get it and put
it in the bride’s lap.”

As goon as the hammer was in
his lap, Thor tore off the vail.

He took the hammer and whirled
it around. Fire flew from it. The
fire burned the house and the Frost
Giants ran away.

So Thor got his hammer back.
101

The following stories by Miss Smythe were originally pub-
lished under the title of ‘‘ The Golden Fleece.’’ They have

been carefully revised and illustrated for this book.
102

AE he ove O wi Oe tele ao leiReHliiie

ago horns. _ fleece
king Greece loved
playing Helle grass
garden catch clouds

Long, long ago there lived a king
in Greece. He had two little chil-
dren, a boy and a girl.

They were good children and loved
each other very much.

One day they were playing in the
garden.

“Oh, Helle, look!” said the boy.

There on the grass was a_ fine

large sheep. This sheep had a fleece
103
of gold and his horns were gold,

too.



THE KING AND HIS TWO CHILDREN.
104.
The children wanted to pat the
sheep, but they could not catch him.
When they went near, he ran away

on the clouds.

—__—_—__—4.



grew golden hold

tame ride tight

Every day they played in_ the
garden and every day the sheep
came, too.

By and by he grew tame and _ let
the children pat his golden fleece.

One day the boy said, “Helle, let
us take a ride.”

First he helped his sister on the |

sheep’s back.
105
Then he got on and held to the
horns. |
“Hold tight to me, Helle,” he said.

sky izzy sea
sister land dragon
lose nailed Colchis

The sheep went up, up into the
sky, and ran a long way on the
clouds. But Helle got dizzy and fell
down into the sea.

The boy felt very bad to lose his
sister, but went right on.

Then he came to the land Colchis.
He killed the sheep and gave the
golden fleece to the king.
106



THE BOY GIVES THE GOLDEN FLEECE TO THE KING.

The king was glad to have it and

nailed it to an oak tree.
107

By the tree was a dragon. The
dragon never went to sleep. He



THE SHEEP WENT UP INTO THE SKY AND RAN A LONG WAY ON THE CLOUDS.

would not let any one but the king
come to the tree.

So no one could get the golden
fleece. -
108

THE GOOD SHIP ARGO.

across ._— untied wade
Jason brave party
rained creek bridge
shoe-strings invited

Jason was a brave young man.
He lived a little way from the
king’s city. |

One day the king eave a big
party and invited Jason.

It was a very dark night and it
rained hard.

Jason had to go across a creek,
but there was no bridge.


JASON COMES TO THE KING’S HOUSE.
110

The ereek was full of water
Jason had to wade.

and

One of his shoe-strings came untied
and he. lost his

water.

shoe in the

When he came to the king’s house,
he had but one shoe.

A.

knew bring fight
wild Argo — asked

animals — shoe Argonauts

The king did not like this, for a
fairy had said, “The man who shall
come to your house

with one shoe,
will be king.”

So he knew Jason was to be king.
111

Then he said to Jason, “You may
be king when you bring me _ the
golden fleece.”

Jason was glad to go, and asked
many brave men to go with him.

To get the golden fleece they
would have to fight wild men and
animals.

They made a big ship which they
named “ Argo.” |

The men who went on the Argo

were called Argonauts.
112

JASON AND THE HARPIES.

wings blind nobody
strong iron hard
skin drive claws
scratched brass Harpies

The ship Argo sailed a long way.
There were two strong men on the
ship. They had wings and could fly.

One day the Argo came to a land
where the blind king lived.

This poor king had a hard time.
When he sat down to the table to
eat, some ugly birds, called Harpies,
came too. The Harpies had skin
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like brass and nobody could hurt
them. They had claws of iron, and
scratched people when they tried to
drive them away.

When the king’s dinner was ready, |
the Harpies came and took it away.
When Jason and his men came, the
king told them all about it. Jason
said they would help him.

food drowned tired
swords hurt flying

They all sat down to the table.
When the food was put on the -
table, the Harpies came flying in.

Jason and his men took thei swords.
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JASON TRIES TO KILI, THE HARPIES.
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They cut at the Harpies but could
not hurt them.

Then the two men with wings flew
up in the air. The Harpies were.
afraid and flew away. The men flew
after them.

At last the Harpies grew very
tired and fell into the sea and were
drowned.

Then the men with wings came
back.

Now the blind king could eat all

he wanted.

thanked rocks moved
friends helping good-bye
over apart icebergs
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It was now time for Jason and
his friends to go away.

The king thanked them over and
over again for helping him.

When they said good-bye, he told
them how to get to the land where
they would find the golden fleece.

On the sea where Jason and _ his
men had to sail, were two big rocks.
These rocks moved on the water
like icebergs. |

They were as high as a big hill.
They would come close to each other,

then they would go far apart.



fishes pieces dove
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past break together

row almost rocks

When fishes swam in the water,
the rocks would come together and
kill the fishes.

If birds flew in the air, the rocks
would come together and kill the
birds. |

If a boat sailed on the water, the
rocks would come together and break
the boat into little pieces.

These rocks had been put in the
sea, so no one could go to the land
where the golden fleece was.

When the ship Argo came to the
rocks, Jason sent a dove out.
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The rocks came together when the
dove was almost past.

Then they went far apart. Jagon
made his men row as hard as they
could.

The rocks began to come together.
“Row hard, my men,” said Jason.

Just as they got past, the rocks
hit, but Jason and his men were all
right.

So they came to Colchis.
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THE BRASS BULLS.

something plow bulls
stronger chains noses
mouths smoke plant
stone flew stall

When Jason came to Colchis, he
went to the king and said, “ Will
you give me the golden fleece?”

The king wanted to keep the
fleece.

So he said to Jason, “You may
have it, but you must do something
for me, first.”
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“You must plow with the brass
bulls, and plant the dragon’s
teeth.”

The brass bulls looked like real
bulls, but they were larger and
stronger.

They blew out fire and smoke from
their noses and mouths.

The bulls had a stall made of
iron and stone. They had to be tied

with strong iron chains.



daughter Medea carriage

snakes through pulled

When the dragon’s teeth were

planted, iron men grew up.
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They always killed the one who
had planted them.
The king wanted the bulls to kill

Jason.



MEDEA GATHERS FLOWERS.

He said, “If the bulls do not kill
him the iron men will.”
The king had a daughter named

Medea. She saw Jason was a brave
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young man and did not want him
killed.

She knew how to help him. She
stepped into her carriage, which was
pulled by flying snakes.

Then Medea flew through the air.
She went to hills and creeks and
picked all kinds of flowers.

She took the flowers home and

cooked them.

nothing face rub
juice legs cut
Then Medea went to Jason when
the king did not know it.
She said to Jason, “Rub your face
and hands and legs with this juice.”
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124.

When he did this, he was as
strong as a giant.

Nothing could hurt him then. Fire
could not burn him, and _— swords
eould not cut him.

The next day Jason had to plow
with the brass bulls and plant the

dragon’s teeth.

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climbed early tied
princess seats hold
untied opened place

Early in the morning, the king
and princess went out to the place.
They had good seats where they

could see well.
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All the people in the city came
out to see Jason plow.

The little boys climbed the trees
so they could see better.

Then Jason came to the place.
The stall where the brass bulls were
tied was not far off.

The door was opened and Jason
went in.

He untied the bulls and took hold
of their horns.

Then he made the bulls come out
of their stall.



pushed kicked until

The bulls were very angry and
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blew fire and smoke from their
mouths.

This made the cruel king glad.
But the people who saw it were
afraid. They did not want Jason
killed. They did not know that the
princess had helped him.

Jason pushed the bulls’ heads down
to the ground. Then they kicked at
him with their feet, but could not
hurt him. |

He held their heads down on the

‘ground until the plow was ready.

handle slowly noon

wheat lie just
tom

Jason took the chains in one hand.
He took the handle of the plow in
the other.

The bulls jumped and wanted to
run away.

But Jason held so hard they had |
to go very slowly.

When it was noon the ground was
all plowed.

Then Jason let the bulls go.

They were so angry that they ran
away to the woods.

Now Jason went to the king and
said, “Give me the dragon’s teeth.”
The king gave him his hat full.
Then Jason planted the dragon’s

teeth, just as a man plants wheat.
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By this time he was very tired
so he went to lie down.

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JASON SOWS THE DRAGON’S TEETH,
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evening knees marble
threw growing fight

In the evening he came back.

The iron men were growing up.
Some of the men had only their
feet in the ground.

— Some of them were in the ground
up to their knees.

Some had only their heads out.
They all tried to get out so they
could Kall Jason.

Then Jason did what Medea told
him he should do.

He took a giant’s marble and
threw it near the men.

All the iron men wanted to get
the marble.
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So they began to fight each other.
Ags soon as one had his feet out of
the ground, he cut at the man next
to him. So they killed each other.

Then Jason took his sword and cut
off all the heads that were out of
the ground.

So all the iron men were killed
and the king was very angry. |

But Medea and the people were
glad.
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JASON AND THE DRAGON.
yourself fond father

The next day Jason went to the
king and said, “Now, give me the
golden fleece.”

The king did not give it to hin,
but said, “Come again.”

Then Medea said, “If you want
the golden fleece, you must help
yourself. My father will not give it
to you. A dragon is by the tree
where the golden fleece is, and he
never sleeps. He is always hungry
and eats people if they go near him.

T can not kill bim but I can make
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him sleep. He is very fond of cake.
I will make some cake and put in

something to make the dragon sleep.”

became climbed = angry

So Medea made the cakes and
Jason took them and threw them to
the dragon.

The dragon ate them all and went
to sleep.

Then Jason climbed over the
dragon and took the nail out of the |
tree.

He put the golden fleece under
his coat and ran to the _ ship

Argo.
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Medea went with him and became

his. wife.



THE DRAGON FINDS THE FLEECE IS GONE,

Oh, how angry the king was! He
had lost the golden fleece and the
brass bulls and the dragon’s teeth.

And now his daughter was gone.



through nine stones
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He sent his men in ships to take
Jason, but they could not get him.

At last Medea and Jason and the
other Argonauts came to Greece.

Jason’s father was there. Ile was
a very old man.

Jason wanted his father to be
king, so he asked Medea to make
the old man young.

Then Medea took her carriage and
flew through the air. _

She did not come back for nine
days. She picked flowers from the
hills. She found all kinds of stones,
too.



stick died woke
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When she went home she put all

these things into a pot and cooked

them.



MEDEA MAKES THE OLD KING YOUNG
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Then she put a stick into the pot
and leaves grew on it.

Some of the juice fell on the
ground and grass grew up.

So Medea knew the juice would
make things grow.

Jason’s father went to sleep and
Medea put some of the Juice into
his mouth.

His white hair turned black and
teeth grew in his mouth.

When he woke up, he looked and
felt like a young man. }

He lived many years and when

he died Jason was king.