A short story about violets who were picked from their home in the forest and brought to little girl’s house. With the help of sunlight and a caged canary, the violets thought positively and blossomed.
The speaker looks back over family history, while placing their own struggles in the larger context of American progress.
The author tells the readers about the origin of this story and his process.
The preface to the novel.
Jumper continues to keep still in an effort to save his life. However, he remembers Whitefoot and begins to worry because he does not know that Whitefoot has been watching the entire development of events.
Martha talks with Mary about her family. Mary realizes that for the first time, she actually likes and cares for someone else. Martha comes to find out that Mary doesn’t even like herself. Mary finds a mysterious key.
The traveler is drawn to the beauty of Florida.
Using the atlas as their guid, the doctor and Tommy pick their next destination, Spidermonkey Island.
A short story about noticing the beauty around you. Laura and baby Donald never noticed the beautiful glories growing in their backyard until Laura heard them speak to her. She and Donald played with them all afternoon. Laura learned the lesson well.
John Dolittle, a knowledgable doctor in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, finds that his love of animals is taking a toll on his finances.
The Jane Guy continues its journey south.
Whitefoot decides to leave the small hole and search for his own home. As he heads up the tree he finds a storehouse and eats some of the seeds. Timmy wakes up and finds Whitefoot and tells him about his old home in a nearby stub.
Harry gets the girls back to the grove, where they meet with search parties. They describe what has happened to Tom, and plans are made to rescue the men the next morning.
The author leaves Luggnagg, and sails to Japan. From thence he returns in a Dutch ship to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to England.
Jerry tells Paddy about the Smiling Pond and asks him to live there too. Paddy declines and tells him the reason for the dam. Paddy agrees to find a new place to live.
Stubb and Flask discuss the present situation.
"A hush is over all the teeming lists,"
Mr. Bumble pays a visit to Mrs. Corney at the workhouse.
The author describes the inhabitants of Flatland in regard to men and women.
The storm has negative affects on the ships navigation. Ahab's behavior continues to be cause for concern.
The narrator describes his surroundings as he sits on the bank of the marsh.
Gluck attempts to turn the river to gold and succeeds because he is charitable to the thirsty people and animals he meets alonng the way (unlike his brothers). The holy water of which the king had spoken, was the water of mercy.
After gnawing another hole in the dam and discovering it mended again. He stays there that night to see who is fixing the dam and meets his cousin from the north, Paddy the Beaver.
Tom plays hooky from school feeling bad about his lunch with Becky. Tom runs into his friend Joe Harper.
A story about a blue jay named Jakie. This chapter focuses on the relationship between Jakie and the speaker.