Boy Camp By Stream Helps Mother In Town
Donald Jackson and four friends abandon city chores for a summer tent camp by a stream on a farmer’s land. They cook, clean, and work to cover food costs, aiding the farmer twice weekly. Visitors admire the neat camps as September nears and school resumes.
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Donald
Mr. Jackson
Reneaing
Dovere Jackson
Betty Hosts a Doll Wedding for Violet the Bride
Betty plans a doll wedding for Violet with invitations by Bobby who delays. Dorothy Sands and her dolls rush to the bridal event despite the heat, bringing gifts as Violet wears a white organdie dress and bridal wreath. The ceremony is warm and friendly with Dorothy's dolls presenting gifts.
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Betty
Violet
Mary
Bobby
Dolla
Mother
Dorothy Sands
Dorothy
Ello
The Circus Queen Ommy Meets a Boy in Town
A nervous boy dreams of the circus and meets a plainly dressed Circus Queen in a street encounter that ends with a vow to stay linked to his mother. Back home he embraces his mother, declaring her his Circus Queen. A playful daisy chain game is described.
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Ommy
Circus
Old Nurse Admonitions On Ladies Manners
A dated advice column offers peculiar tips for women, claiming curly hair responds to crusty bread and strong manners. The quatrain-like guidance blends humor with prescriptive social norms and playful rhymes.
Plantain Leaf Task Ends in Sleepy Mass Tragedy
In a Sri Lankan village, Headman and household servants faced a heavy plantain leaf cutting task. After fatigue, 285 servants suggested everyone rest while the rest cut. They proposed sleeping and waking the first caller to do the work, prompting all to lie down. The headman found them motionless, but a pitchfork jab stirred them to life and they resumed cutting.
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Ceylon
Foxes Escape Tiger by Clever Bargain
In a late afternoon tale a frightened Master Fox and his wife face a hungry tiger. Madam Fox spins a tale of a disputed brood to avoid giving up their nine children. The tiger, eager for a meal, agrees to judge the split after meeting the cubs but is outwitted and leaves hungry.
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O Fox
Madam Fox
Barfale
Lord Tiger
Master Fox
Tiger
Vox
Iek
The Zoo's Vacation Rhyme Turned Scrappy Tale
A playful verse imagines zoo animals on holiday with giraffes having clean collars and elephants packed trunks while a centipede becomes the joke. The fragment hints at a whimsical, lightly absurd scene without a clear real event or date.
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