The Heart of Happy Hollow
Foreword
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Foreword to the text giving explanation of the books title.
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The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat
Chapter 3: “The Oracle of the Smiling Pool”
by Thornton W. Burgess
Jerry goes to get Grandfather Frog and take him to the Big Rock. When Mrs. Muskrat tells him about the traps he promises to tell them what to do the next day.
The Tale of Tommy Fox
Chapter 18: “The World Turns White”
by Arthur Scott Bailey
Tommy and his mother are chased by Farmer Green’s new dog. They try to outwit and outrun him.
Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“Gulf Stream Phosphorescence”
by George E. Merrick
Starlight reflects off the ocean.
Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys
Chapter 5: “Curly and the Elephant”
by Howard R. Garis
Curly buys eggs at the store for his mother and, on the way home, is approached by a dog who wants to eat the eggs. The pig decided to run away and roll eggs at the dog. When the dog catches up to the pig, he is scared away by Grandpa Goosey. The author forgets to include the elephant in the story and vows to put him in the next one.
Seven O’Clock Stories
“Eleventh Night: Mother Hen and Robber Hawk”
by Robert Gordon Anderson
The children watch the growth of baby chicks until a hawk comes to prey on them. The Toyman shoots the hawk and buries him next to the dead crow as a warning to evil-doers.
Selected American and British Poems
“If I Were a Sunbeam”
by Lucy Larcom
A fanciful poem exploring the mind of an adult lost in a land of fairy tales.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Disappointed"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"An old man planted and dug and tended,"
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 17: Retaliation
by William Wells Brown
Horatio's wife mistreats Mary, Clotel's daughter.
Black Beauty
Part 4, Chapter 49: My Last Home
by Anna Sewell
After a long and fruitful life, Black Beauty meets his final masters, and proceeds to spend the rest of his days in comfort.
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
A Misty Day
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Heart of my heart, the day is chill,"
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Chapter 12: Medicine and Magic
by Hugh Lofting
Polynesia gives word to Gub-Gub before Prince Bumpo pays a visit to Doctor Dolittle. After the doctor fulfills his promise, Prince Bumpo prepares a ship for the parting doctor. Doctor Dolittle and the animals head back to Puddleby.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“A Child of Spring”
by Ellen Robena Field
A poem about springtime.
Selected American and British Poems
The Rivulet
by Lucy Larcom
A poem in which the speaker describes a rivulet in his/her commands to it.
Deductive Logic
Part 3: Chapter 7
by George William Joseph Stock, M.A.
The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter 30: “How the Story of Oz Came To an End”
by L. Frank Baum
The author explains a letter written to him by Dorothy telling him that there will be no more communication with Oz. The author bids farewell and good luck to Dorothy and her friends.
Seven O’Clock Stories
“Thirteenth Night: The Tall Enemy”
by Robert Gordon Anderson
The three children play a war game in the first snow of the winter. The Toyman builds six snow men and the children fight them with snow balls.
Selected American and British Poems
Le Jardin Des Tuileries
by Oscar Wilde
This winter air is keen and cold, and keen and cold this winter sun,
The Woman in White
EPOCH ONE: “The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, Part V”
by Wilkie Collins
Despite some difficulties, Walter completes his journey, wondering all the while about the mysterious woman. He arrives late, after the family has retired for the night, so he does the same.
Aesop's Fables
The Frog and the Ox
by Aesop
A fable about a big frog and a little frog that teaches how self-conceit leads to self-destruction.
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
Dreamin' Town
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Come away to dreamin’ town,"
Lyrics of the Hearthside
To a Lady Playing the Harp
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Thy tones are silver melted into sound,
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Snow-White and Rose-Red
by Grimm Brothers
Two sisters provide assistance to a bear in distress.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“How the Raindrops and Sunbeams Helped”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about the first days of spring.
The Crimson Fairy Book
“Motiratika”
by Andrew Lang
A woman is sent by her husband to fetch water and runs into an ogre that threatens to eat her. She offers her magical baby in her place, but the baby is able to outsmart the ogre and he eats the husband (his father) instead. Therefore, justice prevails for the husband ordered her to fetch the water.