Birds Awake For Breakfast Lesson
Mother Bird urges Birdie Birdling and Birdibird to wake early for breakfast. Birdibird finds the nest empty and hungry, narrowly missing worms as the family returns with a full meal. The tale ends with a moral that lazy birds miss out on food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Bird
Mather
Mother
Sena
Mother-bird
Bintie
Birdling
Irdbird
Piedibird
Fimber
Mother- Bird
Elsie Parrish
Wharf Rats Clash in Riverfront Hull War
Captain Dugan orders removal of wrecked Calcutta mast fore and aft while divers and rival crews wage a riotous fight along Willow Street and Italia companies pier. Bricktop and Sneaker lead a wild chase as Dugan pursues the boy and the barge battle ends with Bricktop escaping aboard a boat.
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Briktep
Aso
Dugan
Shrcktop
Willow Street
Ouré
Savannah
Vard
Italy
Stump
Rascal
Abu
Cogan
Bricktop
Tommy Tinker Leaves Academy After Farewell Banquet
In a tale of mischief and loyalty, Tommy Tinker departs the academy after hosting a farewell banquet for friends who helped him stage a prank. Cap and Oats aid his escape though a rope mishap injures Oats, while the doctor commends Cap’s honesty and Tommy’s generosity, as cheers erupt for Tinker.
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Cap
Thor PU
Sau
Tommy
Caps
Rat
Academy
Chriatman
Hunk
Ale
Eveler
Tractor Bursk
Oats
Saad Ielinoet
Tomy
Cap and
Doctor Bursk
Thomas
West Eaton
Homer
Barek
Thomas Tinker
Usbr
Tommy Tinker
The Turkoman Football Goat Game Described
A Turkmen football ritual uses a black goat as the ball. Mounted players race to seize the goat and carry it to a goal line, with the winner keeping the goal. The game lasts hours as riders wrestle for possession, wrestling the goat from holders and racing toward the boundary.
Bells Trade Elves to Change Their Tones in Whimsical Tale
A fanciful story describes bells from sleigh bells to church bells trading their elves to produce new tones. Bell makers across Russia and Puerto Rico face comical mishaps as sounds shift, shoppers and police intervene, and order is restored when bells return to their rightful tones.
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Peanie
Auice
Treley
Namie
Gelli
Bella
Enxland
St. Petersboro
Boat Sinking Rescue Sparks Bonhomie Between Friends
James could swim but John could not. Their rowboat sank after taking on a leak in the lake. James pulled his comrade to shore as Join feigned inability to speak yet whispered he was alive. James pressed him to admit fear, not death, and groaned at the ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugen
Fialla Fruit Company
Confrere Atu Steel
Stricker
Anba
Atlanotic
Dugan
Witamship
Calcutta
Captain Dugan
Lerden Ecles
Gark
Ealia Company
Snesker
Burpet
Brickiop
James
John
Join
Grandpa’s deafness joke prompts clever reply from Mildred
A grandfather teases that his growing deafness means losing care, shocking Mildred. She quickly turns the moment into a playful jab, suggesting he keep the care to hang his spectacles on.
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Grandpa
Mildred
Frame like place where people danced and talked
A mother and a child enter a place that resembles a frame and a shade appears as many people gather to dance sing walk and talk, with constant chatter noted by L. B. Lippmann in this passage.
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Mother
Young Joanna Meets a Beloved Emperor on a Village Road
A Hungarian village tale follows Joanna and her mother hoping to glimpse Emperor William II visiting festivals. After days of hunting and crowds, a dignitary pauses to ask Joanna her name, and she believes the emperor has spoken to her, leaving her filled with happiness and memory.
Prince Lunches Quietly at Stoke Fleming Tea House
Sunday at Stoke Fleming the Prince of Wales dines with Dartmouth cadets at a village tearoom. He orders a simple bread and butter meal while other lads savor cakes and tea. A rosy maid recalls serving the future king and grows proud to wait on him.
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Stoke Flemming
Dartmouth College
Prince of Wales
England
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Birdie
Tommy Inker
THE
Russia
Porto Rico
Steig
L. B. Lippmann
Archduke Frederick
Wil
Joanna
Bits Banhesa
Rurapeainesa
Pia
Joann
Joianna
Little One
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