Family roles and school knowledge in old time plays
The verses describe a mother figure tending a child as a wolf pack witch while a father defends the home from hungry wolves in old time plays. The piece praising a grand fan implies a role for everyone in these performances. It then shifts to the alphabet urging memory of knowledge as a useful member at school in June or September.
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Baby
Jack
Knowledge
Nancy the goat sparks a farmyard scare and keeps her home
A tale set on a farm recalls Nancy the goat who raids the lettuce patch and laundry line before a barn fire endangers Ned and Jack. Jimmie saves the day by guiding Nancy to help avert total loss, and the farmer decides to keep the troublesome pet.
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Ancy
Jim
Jimmie
Jack
Nancy
Father
Ned
Laddie
Dixie the Dog Delivers Oyster Comfort to Owner
A small dog named Dixie finds tears in a kitchen scene then climbs to the mistress and deposits an oyster in her lap. The owner vouches for the tale as a heartwarming, if unlikely, gesture that turns sadness into laughter.
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Dixie
Toto and the Fox A Cautionary Crow Tale
A crow named Toto befriends a fox and they share meals across seasons. When winter food runs scarce the fox foils Toto with a trapped gourd and Toto escapes only to be lured again by a box of grasshoppers. Toto outsmarts the fox at last and the two become enemies.
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Toto
Fox
Eureka
Tate
Making an Ambulance Craft from a match box
A playful craft guide describes building a toy ambulance from a large match box with match sticks as axles and shafts and small cardboard wheels fixed with pins. The hood uses white paper and a crude joint. a red cross is optional.
A Kind Father God Creates World and Watches Over All
A reflective poem expresses gratitude for divine creation from plants to skies and the heavens. The speaker recalls Eden, Adam and Eve, and the promise that God will continue to care for people, praising a benevolent, orderly creation.
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God
Eden
Adam
Eve
Strong Arms of Trees Hold the Stars at Night
The speaker gazes from a window as northern winds rattle the world and trees bend inward to cradle the stars. Night offers a quiet, intimate image of nature’s strength and shelter.
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