
A QUEER SNAKE. - BY MARY E.Q. BRUSH.
RAINDROPS.
TOODLES' MISHAP. - BY ASTON MOORE.
THE DOOR OF SPRING. - BY HELEN M. RICHARDSON.
ADOPTING A GRANDMOTHER. - BY MARY STARR CONEY.
THE FIVE CASTAWAYS. - BY COE HAYNE.
ON ACCOUNT OF THE BUNNIES. - BY EMMA C. DOWD.
SERVING THE QUEEN. - BY MARY E. JACKSON.
OUR LESSON.—For April 26.
The First Safety-pin.
A sunny Florida setting frames the opening tale, where a group of children discover a strange, half‑coiled snake on their mother’s bed. Their imaginations run wild as they debate how the creature slipped inside, who will confront it, and what to do next, creating a lively mix of fear and bravado. The collection then shifts to a light‑hearted poem about raindrops racing down a windowpane, capturing the simple delight of stormy weather. A mischievous dog’s kitchen escapade follows, where curiosity with a candle leads to a painful lesson about respecting limits.
The final pieces round out the volume with a gentle celebration of the season’s arrival. A short verse welcomes spring’s songbirds and the first redwing, inviting listeners to picture blooming trees and warm breezes. Together, these stories and verses offer a nostalgic, family‑friendly listening experience that balances humor, suspense, and the charm of early‑20th‑century childhood imagination.
Language
en
Duration
~23 minutes (22K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Suzanne Lybarger and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Release date
2004-11-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
This collection brings together writing from more than one contributor, so there isn’t a single author story to tell. The focus is on the range of voices in the work itself.
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