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i^km^ I it < STORYTELLING AND OTHER POEMS IN FOURTEEN VOLUMES VOLUME TWO STORYTELLING AND OTHER POEMS FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC. CH CAGO I CHILDCRAFT (Rec.U.S.Pat.Off.) Copyright 1949,U.S.A. byFieldEnterprises,Inc. Copyright1947,1945,1942,1939byTheQuarrieCorporation Copyright1937,1935,1934byW. F.Quarrie&Company TheChild'sTreasury Copyright1931,1923byW.F.Quarrie&Company InternationalCopyright 1949 byFieldEnterprises,Inc. InternationalCopyright 1947 byTheQuarrieCorporation All rights reserved. This volume may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without written permission from the publishers. PrmttdinthtI EBB 1 :< *Vftt&: S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ThepublishersofCHILDCRAFTgratefullyacknowl- Dodd,Mead&Company:"Dawn"byPaulLaurence eadugtheortshefocroupretremsiyssoifotnhetofoulselocwoipnygripgubhltiesdhesrtsoriaensd, DDuunnbbaarr,,cforpoymriTghhetC1o8m9p6letbeyPDooedmds,ofMePaaudl&LauCroenmc-e poems,andillustrations: pany;"TheVagabondSong,"byBlissCarman,and Bobbs-MerrillCompany:"When the FrostIson the courtesyofMcClellandandStewart. oRPcfuhonCmykhbmiielnRd",ih"loeoaydfn,,rdcocom"opTpyyNhrerieiiggghhRhtbatog1r8g1l98ye19d0yaPnoaednMmda1sn911,9b9"1y;8"JfbarAymomeNRsoilnReWshyhey.inmtsee-s DoJfauurnbsodltmeScdooTauhySretto&erFisaeCyisorbymAy.pFalRPnuu.tyde:yWaba"rytTdthRKoei&spCelaSimFoneynglls,'e;scmoa"HpnSyu,ormmipcego,thpit"ymr1efi9srg1,oh1"mt, Brandt & Brandt: "Wonder Where This Horseshoe 1913byDoubleday&Company. Went," from "From A Very Little Sphinx" in PMiolelmasy,SelpecutbeldifsohredYoubnygHPaeorppleerby&EBdrnoathSetr.s,Vinccoepnyt- GerfarlodmDTuheckBwaodrCthihld&'sCBoomopkaonfyB,eaLsttds.b:y"HTihleaiVruelBteulrleo,c". right1913byEdnaSt.VincentMillay;"Afternoon onaHill,"fromRenascenceandOtherPoemsbyEdna E. P. Dutton &Company: "The NightWill Never St.VincentMillay,publishedbyHarper&Broth- Stay," fromGipsyandGingerbyEleanorFarjeon; ers, copyright 1917 by Edna St. Vincent Millay; "SpringMorning"and"Hoppity,"fromWhenWe "WesternWagons" and "Daniel Boone," fromA WereVeryYoungbyA.A.Milne,andcourtesyA.A. BookofAmericansbyRosemaryandStephenVincent Milne,CurtisBrown,Ltd.,andMethuen &Com- Benet, published by Rinehart & Company, Inc., pany,Ltd. copyright1933byRosemaryandStephenVincent Benet;"ItWas,"fromHere,There,andEverywhere, Flexman,John:"TheShinyLittleHouse"byNancy copyright1917, 1918,byDorothyAldis,courtesy M.Hayes. A.P.Putnam'sSons. ChiCtlhaderofLlioyflenlomwDaiagnvagizepison;eem"spS:uibl"lvLiesorhoekTrrsaeteastn"hdeSathnnedowa""uBtbehyonrjMsaamfrioynr HarLacanonduer"tbW,yhBeNrnaacnYecoy&unBgCyorMmdeplaTinusrysna:erS",wWeheceoppesy,lr"sigfahrntodm1W9Mi1an7ggpsbi"ye Jones Goes Swimming" by Aileen Fisher; "The Harcourt. mLLBeeearesnoce,yhmaaFTnn.rndeJ;eacc""okuAsarontnBde;soy"o"TTkShh"oeecibLeMyitotyActdlkoeeiflTnaAugiundtBeehi"orLrdobs"vy;eb;Ry"oF"sMuTeanouFm"ryoilrcbe-ey- Harwriopgrehlrtd,1&"94f0BrrobomythTHeharersp:LeosrStt&aZnozBorabosythfCerorsou.mnte"eTChuelleWna,kceouppy-- r"oWaws"hbiyngDtoorno,t"hyaBnrdow"nLiTnhcoomlpns"onb;y"NTahnecRyomBpy,r"d HenryHolt&Company:"Bluebells,""Sleepyhead," TTEsAsFGLaiuauruaafyryntunre;nihrndfecaCuaeeorelnrrny;idE"f".GT"MJfiuTrooebRbirshhtiyydt.nejceneMhRArnMyMeaesrmi'airb;talsdggehndssncWMu;rciareaffafCndoorGelrrik,uMomP""ic"yloTtCCTdeau.ehahnwsreHnedmKenSMSae"aC;uelnnTadilnohvEegf"welefrosori-;brOMzBfy"raaooTP"brgynhVeeMa,,ateto"n""chLvShiGEihe"C"trs.TnltoitJalnagowelLLdt"h"eieeinJnrnnnbbsotddoyyy'es--f, fSSaMaLoYofarannaecnorddldtidmehleb",ecotbuMoNywyTrucoi"rgrorsout;tpfsAseahy.tsnr"TAeyLoid,uefoEg"tsWv.hh"BeatofooFlflrsroHit1totsgoee9ohms,un1reta"0sCsbEomdoblsyefatfltyrhneaRlecTo,tHatormeeeebLdMneieoaCastPfrrhn,eroyitdt"reechaam;HFergfscroyorlool"bausotRTtPytrmeeh;ot&pWeeeAArsam".eyClsTPsStoEaehh.ebmsroneryoftptHmpuaaodsertCTnehueiaihys,vrirle,-"lenea DEi.ffReirc,h"ar"dsT.heBuffalo," and"Antonio" byLaura mHaonu,smaannd'JsoCnoalltehcatendCPaopeem,s.Ltd.,publishersofA.E. CurStoinsgBtroowSinn,gLatbdo.u:t"JJoonnaatthhaannBBiinng,g""farnodm"JoAnaNtheawn JacHkissonG,laLsesreso.y"F. Fun," and "Grandpa Dropped Bing and Other Verses by Beatrice Curtis Brown, Cpuobplyirsihgehdtb1y93O6xfboyrdBeUantirviecresCiutrytPirsesBsroowfnN.ewYork. Jonaensd,J".ChMroirsrtimsa:s"DTaoy.a"Firefly," "ChristmasEve," Burgess,Gelett:"ThePurpleCow,"fromTheBurgess NonsenseBookbyGelettBurgess,publishedbyF.A. Knopf,AlfredA.:"Rebecca" and"TheYak,"from StokesCompany,NewYork. CautionaryVersesbyHilaireBelloc,copyright193 by HilaireBellocandcourtesyGeraldDuckworth D.Appleton-CenturyCompanyandSt.Nicholas:"A and Co., Ltd.; "Cumberland Gap" from America BalladofChina"bvLauraE.Richards. SingsbyCarlCarmer. V -£n J.CBf.hrroLimisptpToihpnehceoRrtotckMCioonrmglpcHayon;rysi:",T"hcSoeopnygrHiifgoghrhtawLa1i9yt1mt9la,enH1"o9u4s6fer,ob'my' MMielilgesr,,MJiualndirteadJP.l:e"wC:o"lPuimrabtuesD"obnyDJuorakquoifnDMoiwldlecrc" J* Craoiulgtlhhetocrte;1d90"P6Toehbmesy,PAiVllofgrlreuidmmesNoCI,yacmbsey,,"Aalnf"drTehdcoeuNrToteyelcsesyg,roacfpohpt,yh"-e ThWeayMsoisdheerLuPtreesbsyL"iAzeCtthcriWsotmoadswFoorltkhSRoenegs,e."fromA and"ALetterIsaGypsyElf,"fromForDaysand DaysbyAnnetteWynne,copyright1919byLippin- G. P. Putnam's Sons: "It Was," from Her- cott;"RingAroundtheWorld,"fromAllThough ondEverywherebyDorothy Aldis,copyright 1517, theYearbyAnnetteWynne,copyright1931byAn- 1918byDorothyAldis. nette Wynne; "City StreetsandCountry Roads," from Joan's Door by Eleanor Farjcon, copyright Sayers,FrancesClarke:"WhoCalls?" 1916byLippincott. Little, Brown & Company: "Kite-Weather," from Charles Scribncr's Sons The Dog," from Kittens JBacnreg,enJgorseepnh;,"aTndoJtohhen.LTithtelierBGoiorlkoWfhVeorseWrbiyggRlaels,p"h GbayrdOeinl•oefrVHeerrsfeosrdb,y 1O^li,vyerb\HeBrefoartdr,icecoplyerrifgohrdtH1a9y11- "The Umbrella Brigade," "Alice's Supper," and ward. "Elctclephony,"fromTtrraLirrabyLauraE.Rich- ards,copyright1918,1930,1931byLauraE.Rich- Small,Maynard &. Company: "AVagabond Song' ards. hv BlissCarman. MacDonald,Maurice."TheWindandtheMoon"by GeorgeMacDonald. Smith,FrcdnkaShumway ThePopcornMan The Macmillan Company: "Frolic," from Collected PoemsbyA.E.(G.Russell),andcourtesyDiarmuid TheViking Press Mary, from BellsandGrassby Russell; "A Summer Morning," from The Pointed WalterdelaMarc,copyright 1941.byWalterdcla PeoplebyRachelField,"ThePotatoesDance," Yet Marc, andcourtesy of the author, "TheCircus," GentleWilltheGriffinBe,"and "TheMysterious from Underthe Tree by Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Cat,"fromCollectedPoemsbyVachclLindsay, Sea copyright 1911bv B.W. Huebsch,Inc Fever,"fromPoemsbyJohnMascftcld,andcourtesy JohnMascftcldandTheSocietyofAuthors, "White Fields" and"AprilShowers,"fromCollectedPoems Walt Disncv Productions and Western Printing and h\TunesStephens,courtesyoftheauthor,"April" LithographingCompanyofRacine,Wis,forillus- and "May Night," from Collected Poems by Sara trationsonpages94and95.Allrightsreservedby Tcasdalc. WaltDisneyProductionsthroughouttheworld