MOTHER STORIES
BY
MAUD LINDSAY
ILLUSTRATED by SARAH NOBLE-IVES
| "Mother, a story told at the right time |
| Is a looking-glass for the mind." |
| Froebel. |
TWENTY-EIGHTH EDITION
MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD MASS. 1928
Bradley Quality Books
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEDICATED to MY MOTHER
Front Cover
CONTENTS
LIST OF STORIES
- The Wind's Work
- Mrs. Tabby Gray
- Fleet Wind and Sweet Voice
- The Little Girl with the Light
- The Little Gray Pony
- How the Home was Built
- The Little Traveler
- The Open Gate
- Inside the Garden Gate
- The Journey
- The Giant Energy & The Fairy Skill
- The Search for a Good Child
- The Closing Door
- The Minstrel's Song
- Dust Under the Rug
- The Story of Gretchen
- The King's Birthday
PREFACE
I have endeavored to write, for mothers and dear little children, a fewsimple stories, embodying some of the truths of Froebel's Mother Play.
The Mother Play is such a vast treasure house of Truth, that each onewho seeks among its stores may bring to light some gem; and though,perhaps, I have missed its diamonds and rubies, I trust my string ofpearls may find acceptance with some mother who is trying to live withher children.
I have written my own mottoes, with a few exceptions, that I mightemphasize the particular lesson which I endeavor to teach in the story;for every motto in the Mother Play comprehends so much that it isimpossible to use the whole for a single subject. From "The Bridge" forinstance, which is replete with lessons, I have taken only one,—for thestory of the "Little Traveler."
Most of these stories have been told and retold to little children, andare surrounded, in my eyes, by a halo of listening faces.
"Mrs. Tabby Gray" is founded on a true story of a favorite cat. "TheJourney" is a new version of the old Stage Coach game, much loved by ourgrandmothers; and I am indebted to some old story, rea