THE
APPLE DUMPLING,
AND
OTHER STORIES
FOR
YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS.
LONDON:
ADDEY & CO., 21 OLD BOND STREET.
MDCCCLII.
LONDON:
Printed by G. Barclay, Castle St. Leicester Sq.
TO LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS.
Once on a time there lived a little bit of a lady, whohad a great many nephews and nieces. She was very littleindeed, so all the children loved her, and said she was thebest little Auntie in the world, and exactly the right sizeto play with them and tell them stories. Sometimes shetold them stories about great and good men; sometimes funnystories about Frizzlefits and Rumplestiltskin, and sometimesshe would make them nearly die with laughing at storiesabout the Dutchman, Hansansvanansvananderdansvaniedeneidendiesandesan.
At last, one day, one of her nieces said to her, "DearAuntie, do write some stories, and put them in a book for usto read, and keep, as long as we live."
The little Aunt thought this was a very good plan, andhere are the stories, dear little children, for all of you. Ifyou like them, just let me know, and you shall have somemore next year from
Aunt Fanny.
CONTENTS.
- TO LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS iii
- THE APPLE DUMPLING 1
- THE BROTHERS 8
- ANNIE BROWNE 22
- THE THREE BEARS 29
- ABOUT MINDING QUICKLY 38
- THE TWINS 47
- THE LITTLE BOY THAT WAS AFRAID OF THE WATER 56
- THE MAY QUEEN 62
- THE TOOTHACHE 73
- THE BOYS' SCHOOL 79
- THE CHRISTMAS PARTY 101
THE APPLE DUMPLING.
Many years ago, there was a little old womanwho lived a long way off in the woods. She livedall by herself, in a little cottage with only tworooms in it, and she made her living by knittingblue woollen stockings, and selling them.
One morning the old woman brushed up thehearth all clean, and put everything in order;then she went to the pantry and took out a greatblack pot, and filled it full of water, a