Once upon a time, in a country far, far away, there lived an old Queen who had 6 lovely daughters. One by one she found princes to marry the first five daughters, but there was no prince to be found for Lily, her youngest.

“Why is it,” she wondered. “that no prince wants to marry Lily. She can do anything she sets her mind to, she is always smiling, and she is never cross for very long with anyone.”

"Yes, Lily is charming and very sweet," said Marjoram.  "But she is always mingling with the common folk and talking with them.  What she talks about most and likes best is to feed the chickens and play with the geese. No Prince wants a Princess that wants only to talk about what her chickens eat and all the Hide and Seek games she plays with the geese."

Marjoram was the Queen Mother's last Lady-In-Waiting, and she was still a young girl, much like Lily.  But, Marjoram did not like serving the Queen Mother as a Lady-In-Waiting.  She was always lazy and day dreaming.  She was very rude when no one was around to tell on her, and Lily was too nice to tell on her. 

"Why couldn't I have been born a Princess, instead of Lily?" Marjoram wondered.  "Then I'd be the one to marry a Prince, and I'd have a dozen ladies-in-waiting to pick up after me and I could go from one party to another one all day long and I'd dance far into the night."

At last the day came when a King sent a proposal of marriage for his young son, Prince Harry.

"Why has he sent so far away for Prince Harry's bride to be?" Lily wondered.

"Lucky for you that he would accept you, sight unseen," said Marjoram. 

"You must be right," Lily said sadly.  "The terms of his marriage proposal are almost rude, as if he didn't care if I said yes or not.  He said that I must be able to pick the Prince out without anyone telling me who he is.  Why, he even said that "the maiden's family must provide her with a coach for the trip to his distant country for the wedding."

"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk." Said Marjoram.  "It does make one wonder, doesn't it?

Princess Lily was amazed at her rudeness.  In her heart she knew that grumblers and groaners won't stop until someone complains to them, but because Lily had just promised to be more like her mother, she swung down from the carriage and climbed down the slope.  At the water's edge she knelt by the pure, sweet flowing water.  The geese swam right over to her and honked twice.  "I'm sorry," she told them.  "I have nothing even for myself to eat, but you have lots of grass here."  Then she bathed her face and let water trickle down the back of her neck. so that she was very cool. She glanced back up the slope.

"Lightning must be very hot too," she said.  She took off her hat and filled it full with the sparkling, clear water for her horse to drink. Then she climbed back up to the carriage and held her hat while Lightning drank from it.

"Didn't you bring me any water?" asked Marjoram. 

Princess Lily stopped and stared at her, then she said, "Why no, I didn't.  I knew that if a Princess had to get her own water then a Lady-In-Waiting must get her own water also."

Marjoram stared at the water, too angry to go down, and the geese were coming up the hill after Princess Lily.   Marjoram sighed and remembered how hot and thirsty she was.  At last she climbed down from her high horse and went to get some water for herself.

When the geese saw her coming they honked in fright and fled back into the water.  They met her at the water's edge. "Honk, Honk, HONK!

Marjoram was very angry.  She picked up a stick and tried to hit the geese with it.  "Back up.  Back Up!  I'm not going to drink with you silly geese staring into my face."

Honking in fright, the geese fled upstream.  Marjoram threw the stick after them.  Then she knelt to drink, but the water was no longer pure and sweet; it was almost brown.  It was also bitter to the taste.  "Those geese have done this to me with their flutter.  I wish I had hit them twice."

She had seen the Princess wash her face so she began to wash her face also.  But, the water was muddy now and as she washed her face, mud clung to her everywhere that she touched.  As she climbed back up the bank she saw a family stop beside the Princess and gaze at her; then they began to laugh.  "She has told them something funny about me.  Well, I don't think that's very funny."

Marjoram stopped at the carriage and said, "It is your turn to ride the old nag and I shall ride the carriage in style.  Get out or I shall drag you out, and, I'll throw you into the stream down there.  By rights your horse belongs to me anyway for I am much more like a Princess than you are; this old nag will do for the likes of you!"

The poor little Princess knew she had to give in. As her foot touched the surface of the road Marjoram, in a harsh, cruel voice, ordered her to take off her royal robes too, and then she made the Princess put on her own mean garments. 

When they had finished changing clothes Marjoram said, "Remember, you must swear not to tell anyone that you are the real Princess or I shall tie you up and toss you into the stream, right now.  Do you swear so that I may let you live?"

Princess Lily looked down at the stream, and she said, "I promise that I will not tell a living soul that I am the real Princess until you beg me to admit it is so."

"You must remember that a real Princess will not break her promise," Marjoram said.  "Therefore I believe you will keep this promise."

Then Lily climbed up on the old nag Susie, and off down the road they went.. clippety clop, clippety clop.  Every time someone came up behind them they would begin laughing and they kept laughing and looking back at Marjoram long after they had passed. 

When someone was coming towards them they would smile and wave at Lily, then they would look at Marjoram and begin to laugh as if they could not help themselves.

"Why are they laughing at me?" Marjoram screamed at the Princess.

Lily looked straight ahead "Perhaps you look silly, pretending to be a real Princess."

"HMMPFF!" said Marjoram as she looked down at her clothes and robe to see what might be amiss. 

That evening Marjoram picked out the best Inn and went to the door and knocked loudly.  "Open up, open this door -- I am the Princess Lily."

The inn-keeper came to the door and cautiously peeped through the small window for a long time.  "You, are Princess Lily?" he asked at last.

"Yes, yes.  Open the door and let me in?"

"I think not," said the inn-keeper.  "But you can sleep in the chicken coop if you like."

"The chicken coop?" Marjoram asked.

"That is just the place for the likes of you," said the inn-keeper.  He clenched his lips together so that he looked very ugly, especially when he blubbered them at Marjoram. "Do, do, do, do."

Marjoram shrank back in fright and suddenly the inn keeper happened to see Lily.  His ugly face turned into a beaming smile.   "Oh!  And you, my lady, would you like to sleep here tonight?"

So, Lily went in and the inn-keeper laid out a delicious meal for her.  "There is no charge.  But tell me, please, why is your companion pretending to be a Princess while wearing all that mud on her face?"

"She made me promise not to tell," said Lily. "But it is well known that the real Princess Lily is fond of feeding chickens and playing with geese.

"Ah?  Yes, yes.  I understand now.  Well, I have certainly put Princess Lily in the right place tonight then, haven't I?" and he led Lily up to the best room in the inn.  "You can sleep like a queen in this bed," he said proudly.

Nor would he take money from her in the morning for her night's lodging.  "But please, tell your friends that I have served you well."

Lily promised that she would and went on outside to begin her journey once more.  Marjoram came out of the chicken pen, spluttering feathers out of her mouth and her dainty clothes were splattered with the fresh scrapings from the chicken pen.  She smelled so badly that Lily rode well ahead of the carriage.  To those they met it almost looked as if there were two parties of one instead of one party of two. 

Once again, everyone that they met waved at Lily and laughed at Marjoram.  Day after day they went on, and no matter what she did or how hard she tried to be more like a real princess, everyone they met laughed at her.  But Marjoram knew she was making progress because their laughter was much shorter than when the long trip began and some were even smiling at her, and Marjoram began to smile back at them.

"I give you my promise once more that I shall not tell a living soul you are not the real Princess until you beg me to do so."

"Me? Beg you to tell ----?"  and Marjoram began to laugh and could not stop until her eyes were filled with tears.  She gasped for breath then said.  "You will stay here until the sun is low in the sky.  I will go on ahead." 

It had taken weeks to reach their destination, but now Marjoram knew it was all worth it.  Music filled the air and dancers filled the streets when she reached the castle.  Marjoram sat back primly and snapped the whip for Lightning to draw her carriage over the draw bridge.  Marjoram fancied that she looked very much like a real Princess as she sat back into the shadows.

She nodded to the dancers with haughty favor.  "Dance on!  Dance on!" she said.  To herself she added, "I will join you in these streets just as soon as the Prince and I are married."

But Lightning was of royal blood too and he was not happy with the whip being snapped at him.  Instead of a royal prance, Lightning lunged from side to side, trying to throw Marjoram out of the carriage.  He would fair have done so except that a handsome young prince rushed forward and took the reins.  Lightning quit lunging at once.  Marjoram flashed the young prince a grateful smile.

The old King came and took her by the hand and guided her into the reception hall.  Marjoram couldn't help being awed by all the golden shields. The size of the golden throne took her breath away.

"Why, it must be worth millions." Then she saw that she was walking all by herself.  When she looked back at the old King she found that he had stopped and was studying her.  Marjoram rushed back to him and took both his hands in hers.  "Oh, it is so pretty in here."

The old King nodded, then led her over to the banquet table.  There he handed her a large spoon.  "Why, he wants me to take all I want," she thought as she filled up the top most plate with roast beef.  Then she felt the old King staring at her again and hastily put her plate down.  "What is he doing?  I must do the same."

Two lines had formed, one going by Marjoram and one going by the old King.  He was passing out roast beef and smiling.  So, she began passing out roast beef too, and she found it was hard to smile when she had to watch other people get all they wanted.  She faked a big smile for the watching King.  "But why should they get to eat before I do?" she grumbled.

"Here, let me do that for you," said a handsome young man with gold medals on his chest.  He smiled and laughed and talked with everyone as he filled up their plates.

At last they were done and the handsome young man guided her over to a table where they could sit.  When they sat down the old King stood up and went over to a window where he stood looking out; He did not look happy at all.  "Enough of this dancing," he said.  Everyone go home."

The gaiety died at once, and the people began to leave, but they were all smiling and happy as they left.  Then something outside caught the old King's eye and he beckoned for Marjoram to come to his side.  He pointed at someone in the courtyard.  "Do you know that strange person."

"Why yes," said Marjoram.  "I picked her up beside the road; she was so hot.  Poor thing, she said she had no work.  Is there some work you could let her do.  She said she could do anything in the kitchen, but she preferred to work outside, you know, like with the chickens and the other beasts."

"She is talking to the young man that drives my royal geese," said the old King.

"That would be a good work for her," said Marjoram.  "She is crazy about geese.  How soon will I be married to the Prince?"

The old King turned away from the window.  "Ho, Ho, Ho.  Have you seen your bridegroom already?"

"Oh yes, of course," said Marjoram as she pointed to the handsome young man that had helped her serve.

"Do you really think you have chosen wisely?  Well, it will be two weeks before you can be married," said the old King.  "Perhaps you will change your choice as you get to know us better."

The next day Marjoram stood at the window and watched as Princess Lily walked in front of the geese with the young lad.  The geese followed them, honking at everyone and every thing.  "What disgusting work she must do," said Marjoram with a smile. 

Then she turned around and went to sit beside the old King.  He said not a word and neither did he look glad to see her.

All that day they sat there and the old King was as still as a stone and did not speak.  By the time the sun went down Marjoram was famished.  "Shall we have a spot of porridge before we go to bed?" asked the old King.

Marjoram brought up the biggest smile she could fake.  "Oh, I just love porridge."

"Well, that is certainly a very good thing," said the old King.  "We have so much of it that we often have races to see who can eat the most.  No one ever beats me, of course."

So they sat, and they ate porridge, bowl full after bowl full.  The old King could eat lots of porridge, and then he ate some more.  Marjoram tried to eat as much as he, but between bites she paused and pretended to smile, so he got ahead of her and won the race that night even though others came in late and quit early.  Even the goose boy and the real Princess Lily came in and tried to win that grueling race. 

They sat in a corner all by themselves and talked and talked away as if they were at a royal banquet.  Their sudden laughter pealed like bursts of golden bells so often that Marjoram almost wished she was with them.

"Well, it can't be this bad every day," Marjoram said to herself that evening as she listened to 3 fiddlers playing a sad song for the King. 

The next day Marjoram stood at the window once more and watched as Princess Lily walked in front of the geese with the young lad.  The geese followed them, honking at everyone and every thing.  At the gate they stopped and looked 3 ways. She watched Princess Lily lift one slender arm and point up towards the hills.  The young lad nodded and they laughed together while the golden sun beamed down on them.

"What disgusting work she has," said Marjoram as she tried to make a broad smile.  Then she turned around and went to sit beside the old King.  He said not a word and neither did he look glad to see her.

All that day people came to see the old King and they told him their troubles.  The old King listened until both people were silent, then he asked a few questions.  His answers were always simple and easy to use.  Some answers made one side angry, and some of his answers made both sides angry. 

Other times the old King simply nodded and went on with what he was doing.  They had to wait until he was ready, then come back.  By the time the sun went down Marjoram was famished.

"Have you changed your choice of princes?" asked the King.

Marjoram smiled as if she knew what joke he was playing on her.  But she looked all around the room several times.  The only real smile to meet hers came from the prince she had first chosen.  "No, and I shall not."

"Well then, shall we have another spot of porridge for supper?" asked the old King.

Marjoram brought up the biggest smile she could fake.  "Oh, I just love porridge."

So they went into the reception room and sat down at a table.  Her prince came over and the three of them ate much porridge.  Marjoram tried to eat as much as they did, but it was getting harder and harder to swallow, so both of them got way ahead of her. 

When the old King scraped the bottom of the pot to get the last drop Marjoram could have cheered.  But instead, she made herself smile big and wide as she said, "Do you have any more of that good old porridge?"

"Oh, they always keep an extra pot full boiling for me," said the old King.  "And, I'm willing to share it with both of you, half and half."

***

That night Marjoram would not open her mouth because she was afraid porridge would run out onto the floor.  She was so tired she could hardly keep her eyes open.  "Doing nothing must be the hardest work to do on earth," she said.  "But after I am married to the Prince I will make the old King have dances every night, instead of porridge contests."

The next day she stood at the window once more and watched as Princess Lily walked in front of the geese with the young lad as if they were going out on a picnic.  The geese followed them, honking at everyone and every thing.  At the gate the two guides stopped and looked down into the valley. Marjoram watched Princess Lily lift one slender arm and point to a silver stream of pure water.  The young lad nodded, and then they laughed together while the golden sun beamed down on them, almost like a halo.

"What disgusting work she does for a princess," Marjoram said sadly, and she didn't even try to make a broad, knowing smile when she said it. 

***

Princess Lily felt so good out in the open air as she walked along beside the handsome young lad that took care of the geese; he was scarcely a year older than she was.  The air was so clean and crisp.  Beneath her bare feet the dust of the trail was like fine powder.  "Is the stream very deep?" she asked.

"No, not very," said the young lad.  He glanced behind them at the long stream of geese.  "You know, I really hope you stay with us for a long time."

"Why is that?" asked the Princess.

They walked on for a bit while the young lad thought.  Then he said, "Before you came I had to drive the geese where I wanted them to go.  Now they follow us, anywhere you go.  It is much easier now."

"That's not so special," said the Princess.  "Geese like me. And geese will follow anyone they like."

"When I, umm, get bigger, I want to raise lots of chickens and keep lots of geese."

The Princess thought for a moment, then said, "Will the King let you do that?"

The young lad laughed so hard he almost fell down.  Then he said,  "Oh yes.  The King wants everyone that works hard to enjoy their work, and all his sons must work hard even if they don't enjoy their work.  Come on, I will race you to the stream."

Off they went, with the geese honking for them to wait, wait for them. "Honk, Honk, HONK!"  Several of the geese couldn't keep up by running, so they began to fly, and they flew right past the Princess and plunged into the stream, still honking.  "You silly geese," said the Princess, but she was laughing.

Later, she let down her hair and began to brush it.

"What beautiful hair you have," said the boy.  "What a fun day it is when you are with me.  I wish that you were a Princess instead of .." 

Then a strong wind sprang up.  It blew away the boy's hat right over the fields, and he had to run after it. When he came back he was puffing hard. Princess Lily had her hair all put up again.  The boy stamped his foot,,, "OH!  I wanted to see your hair as you rolled it up.  Now you have it all put up, so you have taken my smile away."

"It is just as easy to smile when everything is going wrong as it is to smile when everything is going right," Princess Lily told him.

The boy thought of that for a long time before he nodded.  "I think you are right."

"Well, smile then,"  said the Princess.

Suddenly, both of them were laughing.  The geese began honking and flapping their wings.  The boy and the Princess stepped out into the water and began to splash water at the geese.  At last the boy and girl stopped splashing and sat down at the edge of the stream.  They dangled their feet in the running water. 

"I wish I had a big clear lake for my geese."

Lily turned one way to see where the stream was going, then she turned the other way to see where it was coming from.  "It would be easy to turn our little stream into a big lake."

"Really, asked the lad.

"Really," she said.  She pointed to a spot upstream.  "We can start today, if you like."

"How do we do this?" he asked.

Lily pointed to a long, straight limb that had fallen behind them.  "We will drag that limb up there and put it solidly across the stream.  Then we'll push some shorter limbs into the mud and lean them against the big limb."

"Well, let's do this then."

It took both of them to carry the big, long limb up and notch it into place.  Then Princess Lily sent the lad back to the castle for a spade.  He was so excited that he ran all the way there and back.  When he came back, Lily asked him to pound each of the smaller limbs deeper into the mud.  "Now what?" he asked.  "I don't see how a few sticks in the mud will make a lake for us.  They can't hold up enough water to make a lake."

"I know more about water than you do," Lily told him.  "A few sticks in the right place will certainly hold up a big, big lake.  I have watched the common folk back home build stream blockers before, and I asked them how it was all done.  So now you will use the spade to cut out little bricks of grass and I will put them into place."

They had not worked long when the boy shouted for joy.  "Look, look.  The water is rising already." 

"We must work faster then.  Dig, dig!"

The geese stood around watching.  They honked out their advice and flapped their wings when they were ignored, then, one by one, they all jumped into the water rising behind Lily and had a wonderful time.

By sun down both the laborers were very tired, but also, they were very proud.  Their lake wasn't that much wider than it had been, but it was a lot deeper for a long, long way back.

"Why did we put bricks of grass all the way to the top?" asked the goose lad.

"By tomorrow noon our water will be running over the tops this deep," said Princess Lily.  She laughed when the boy's eyes went wide with wonder.

Then they hurried back to the castle to fill up their bowls with porridge.  They were both so tired that they could hardly yawn.  The old King came to their table and sat down beside Princess Lily.  "What have you two been up to today?"

The boy shook his head and drew his shoulders back.  "We have built a lake, Sire."

"Just like that?" asked the King.

The boy grinned and Lily smiled as she nodded.  "Yes, very much, just like that.  Come with us in the morning and look at our little lake." 

"The King was still smiling when Marjoram came to the table.  "What is it?" she asked sharply, for she was afraid that Lily might be giving away her dark secret.

"They have built a lake," said the King.

"For our geese," said the lad.  He smiled shyly and studied Marjoram as if hoping she would smile too.  But she paid no attention to him at all.

Marjoram shook her head, turned and walked away.  "Imagine," she spoke to herself.  "All that excitement over a little lake.  It can't be very big if they have made it in a single day.  They can't even have dug out a little mud hole."

Lily let the goose boy tell the King how much more lake they could have just by building the dam a little higher.  "It won't ever be very deep, but there will be fish here, big enough to eat, and the geese will nibble down the grass real short for us.  If we build a small island for the geese they will be safe right here until winter storms approach us.  They will be much happier too without the long walk."

The old King clapped the boy on the shoulder and said, "Harry, I am proud of you.  This lake is a wonderful idea."

Lily said,  "I wish we could have a mill here."

"A mill, what is a mill?" asked the old King with instant interest.

"It grinds wheat into flour," said Lily.

"Wheat into flour?" asked the goose boy.  He turned and looked at the old King.. "That would mean --"

"No more porridge," said the old King.  He smiled so wide that not even Marjoram could make a smile that big.  "Ho. Ho. Ho.  No more porridge, NO!  Oh, no more porridge, NO!"

He turned and looked at Lily then said, "The only thing we can raise much of in our realm is wheat.  Our women pound it and pound it some more, but it is still so coarse that all we can get is porridge.  For years we have been eating porridge until it comes out our ears.  We must haul in our flour from far, far away.  Our flour is precious.  It cannot be wasted.  Now you tell me that a mill can be built right here and that it will grind wheat into flour?"

Lily looked at the dam, and then at the water beyond.  "As long as there is water pouring over this spot we can have a mill that grinds wheat into flour.  It might be safer to build the mill down there though."

The old King almost danced, he was so happy.  "No more porridge!  No more porridge!  Ho. Ho. Ho.  No more porridge, NO!  Oh, no more porridge, NO!  You know, we must celebrate this idea!  We shall have a banquet tonight, with no porridge invited.  You, my daughter, you will sit beside me and be our maiden of honor."

When the old King rode off on his horse Lily turned to the goose boy.  He looked very sad.  "Why, we must teach you how to smile again," said Lily.

"I can never smile again," said the lad.  "In three more days I am to marry the Princess Lily.  I am the Prince, Prince Harry."

Lily opened her mouth, but no words came out.  "So, I am to lose you -- to her?"  The thought was too much for the real Princess Lily to bear.  Oh, if only she could break her promise and reveal that it was she that was the real Princess -- but no, a real Princess would never break her promise.  "So now it is I that shall never smile again.

Prince Harry laughed sadly.  "It is just as easy to smile when everything is going wrong as it is to smile when everything is going right.  Let's practice our smiles."

Lily listened to her words come back to her and she smiled.  "Yes, let's practice our smiles.

"What a beautiful smile you have.  You bring joy and happiness with you to anywhere you might go."

Before the sun went down the two laborers had practiced their smiles many times, but now they were happy once more.  They had just enough time to rush back to the castle and wash themselves clean before the royal banquet opened.

There were 11 musicians on the stage and the ballroom floor was filled with laughing, joyful people. But Prince Harry and the real Princess Lily were almost starving from their hard work. The line they got in was the one that came by Marjoram.  It looked as if she had been crying.  When she saw Lily, Marjoram heaved a great sigh and said.. "I am glad you are happy.  Do you want more?"

"Oh yes.  Pile on the good food, we are really hungry."

Then the old King called Lily to his side and Prince Harry went back to sit hidden amongst the princes of the realm.  Even in his rough garb as a goose boy he seemed much stronger and more regal than all the others.

The old King stood and begged the throng for silence.  "We have great cause for celebration tonight.  First, the Crown Prince has kept all our geese alive for us and added many more to the flock.  The down from our geese shall soon provide a new industry for our realm.

"Second, we have a bride for our Crown Prince.  She has come a long, long way.

"Third, because of our little goose girl here beside me, we shall have a mill in place here soon and we shall have flour to bake into cakes and pies instead of porridge to eat."  A great cheer rang out.

"The porridge has saved our lives, but I'm sure everyone will love hot biscuits much more.  And now, let us make merry and have a real banquet." 

When they had eaten the old King bid Marjoram to rise.  "This is our Princess who is to marry  our Crown Prince if she can just tell us who he is."

Marjoram turned towards the old King.  "Your Majesty, I have deceived you.  I am not a real Princess.  I shall not marry a real prince, and certainly not your Crown Prince."

She glanced across the aisle to where a group of men stood.  "If another man will have me for his bride then I shall honor him as my own prince for all my days.  Otherwise, I shall try to make my way back home."

There was a great pause over the ballroom as this news was explained to those that could not hear the original announcement.  The old King turned slowly and put his golden goblet down on the table.  "It is good you have told us this now."  He turned his gaze to meet Harry's gaze.  "It seems you have no royal bride after all, my son.  Perhaps there shall be another princess come next year."

But then Harry rose to his feet and faced his father and began walking towards the throne until everyone knew he was really walking towards the little girl beside the throne.  Harry kneeled before her.  "I renounce my title, father.  I give up my distant crown for the love of my little goose girl.  I only hope and pray she will choose to be my bride."

There was not a sound from anywhere in the palace as they all turned to look at the poor little goose girl rising to stand. 

Marjoram begged the right to speak.  "This shall be a royal wedding after all, Sire.  Lily, I beg you to release me of this royal plumage, you may tell everyone that you are the real Princess Lily."

Lily stood proudly and looked at Prince Harry.  "You have already renounced your crown in a bid for my heart.  I shall renounce --."

There was an anguished noise from everywhere but the old King roared to be heard.  "I have not released Lord Harry from his duty.  Anyone wise enough to know the true value of a poor little goose girl is wise enough to be the Crown Prince of our realm.  Princess Lily I ask you in the name of the Living God, please say that you will marry my son Harry, the Crown Prince of our realm.

Thus it was that they were married that very night.

Open The World Wide
For Your Child

Let the past, the future and the wonder of the day around you be schoolmaster, guardian and companion.  Let God be his Father, let her believe in angels and dance with fairies, let them face icy storms of dark cloud and storms of hot prejudice.  Let your child live in wonder and lift glad voice in solemn awe, for this brief second of time shall never tick again.  The GingerBread Man movie, by Lin Stone is now posted for your children to watch.  It is supposed to start immediately so you'll know when it is ready to play.

The Loon in Walden Pond  *  The Poor Little Goose Girl  *  Treasure Island  *  Little Women  *  Alice In Wunderland  *  Black Beauty  *  The world of Horses  *  SnowFlake and the seven little dwarfs, now available in movie format.  *  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer  *  SnowFlake And The Seven Little Dwarfs  *  Sleeping Beauty  *  See the latest books for children by clicking HERE  Jack and Jill  *  Little Red Riding Hood  *  NEVERLAND, the story of Peter Pan  *  The Wizard of Oz  *  The Colors of Space  *  The Story of Hiawatha  *  The marriage of Hiawatha, choose to read, or listen.  Never in First Place  *  Robin Hood and Humpty Dumpty  *  Bear Tracks  *  Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star  *  Tears of The Unicorn   *  Thrown To The Wolves  *  The Pied Piper of Hamelin  * Baa-Baa Black Sheep  *  All About Water   *  Strawberries, Fact and Fancy  *  Johnny Crow's Garden  *  The Rescued Rabbit that raced off to save the world.. Child Safe vacations in Jaimaca  *  The 50 cent Christmas Present  *  Bullies Better Beware  *  Love And Reason Among Animals  *  Put a Bell On The Cat  *  The Flying Tortoise  *  The Story of Christmas  * Stories For Children  *  The Skull  *  Tarzan of the Apes  *  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow  *  Taking care of saltwater fish  *  Geography may be awful, but World Travel is Fascinating!  *  Adventure At The Earth's Core  *  Old Time Westerns  *  Animal Stories  *  Contact the owner of this web spot

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