Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens

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Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens

by Laura Rountree Smith, F. R. Morgan

EN·~34 minutes·6 chapters

Chapters

6 total
1

List of Illustrations

0:38
2

CHAPTER I. IN THE HOLLOW TREE

7:24
3

CHAPTER II. EARNING MONEY

6:48
4

CHAPTER III. UNCLE MOUSER’S STORY

4:52
5

CHAPTER IV. VISIT TO OLD SHADOW

7:18
6

CHAPTER V. NAMING THE FLAG

7:02

Description

Twinkle Toes lives in a tiny woods cottage with his Uncle Mouser, and his nickname comes from the way he darts through the forest in the blink of an eye. On his second birthday he receives a finely crafted traveling bag stamped with his initials, and he quickly becomes the beloved storyteller who gathers the woodland creatures for evening tales. His boundless energy and love of adventure make every twilight walk feel like a new chapter waiting to be written.

One evening Twinkle Toes stumbles upon the Three Little Kittens, who are upset because they have misplaced their mittens. With a flourish, he produces a series of smaller traveling bags, each personalized for a kitten, and the grateful trio joins him on a sunny outing. As they wander, the wind reminds them of the importance of keeping their mittens close, and the friends learn a gentle lesson about preparation and care.

Their journey leads them to a hollow tree where a curious gathering of critters awaits. Together they help store squirrels’ nuts for winter, sing a lively song, and discover a surprising bit of magic that hints at the enchanted mittens TwTwinkle Toes has been dreaming about. The adventure is just beginning, inviting listeners to follow the merry troupe deeper into the forest’s wonders.

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Language

en

Duration

~34 minutes (32K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Whitman Publishing Co., 1919.

Credits

Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2022-01-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

LR

Laura Rountree Smith

1876–1924

Best known for charming early-20th-century children's stories and verses, this American writer filled her books with talking animals, playful fantasy, and gentle everyday lessons. Her work includes Story Time Tales, Fifty Funny Animal Tales, and The Fairy Babies, along with lyrics for the song “Little Sir Echo.”

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F. R. Morgan

Known mainly from a small handful of early 20th-century children's books, this elusive illustrator helped give playful animal tales their charm. Very little personal information survives, which only adds to the mystery around the name on the title page.

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