Happy Holidays Frances GWickes ; NY PUBLIC LIBRARY THE BRANCH IBRARIES 33333021548629 Page 121 "Pauvrette!" said the dull Hyacinthe. "Is it then dead?" HAPPY HOLIDAYS By FRANCES G. WICKES Pictures by GERTRUDE KAY ri -,\ ' . , ' RAND M^NALLY & COMPANY NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO Copyright, 1021, by RAND M?NALLY & COMPANY All rights reserved THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Grateful acknowledgment is extended to the following authors and publishers for permission to use copyrighted selections: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Good Housekeeping for "The Story of LiT Hannibal" and "LIT Hannibal's Christmas"; the Frederick A. Stokes Company for Elizabeth W. Grierson's "The Brownie of Blednock," from the Scottish Fairy Book; Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and the Milton Bradley Company for "Old Man Rabbit's Thanksgiving Dinner"; Fannie Wilder Brown and the Youth's Companion for "A Thanksgiving Goose"; the heirs of Susan Coolidge for "Chusey"; the Youth's Companion for "A Turkey for the Stuffing," by Katharine Grace Hulbert; Maud Lindsay and the Milton Bradley Company for "The Christmas Cake"; Everyland for "The Worker in Sandalwood," by Marjorie L. C. Pickthall; Good Housekeeping for "A Little Lad of Long Ago," by Alice E. Allen; Alice Crandell Bryant for "Where Valentine Hid"; Mrs. Andrea Hofer Proudfoot for "The Bishop's Valentine"; Samuel J. Elder for "Big Brother's Valentine," by Lilla Thomas Elder; Edward Bliss Reed and the Yale Review for "Poplars"; Alice L. Beckwith and the Educational Publishing Company for "The Little Boy Who Hated Trees," from Primary Education; Arthur Willis Colton and the Youths Companion for "Three in a Gully"; Grace S. Richmond and the Youths Companion for "Half a League Onward"; Dorothea Lay for "The Little Victor "; Holman P. Day and the Youths Companion for "The Enfield Enlist- ment"; Abbie Carter Goodloe for "The Boy and the Marquis." The following stories are from publications of Rand McNally from J First & Company: "Shippeitaro," ( apa\iese Fairy Talcs, f ' Series, by Teresa. Peirqe Wittiston; T.fc6 Jfe'irst Thanksgiving," T^ilnviivl *s"/,n rVf -. ^H-i Ti/Ta-roar^f- TPSiS-Tl-aTrrf^r "T.irflp \A7Vp from^m __ . Pilgrim StovifSi"^ }v___ J Pumpkin's Thanksgiving," from^ftorjes of Mother Goose Village, by Madge A. Bigham; '^Ma^irtg;"! from Robin Hood and His Merry Men, by Maud R^.i|foj3i5f^fe THE NEW YORK I 1C LIBRARY Made in U. S. A. ASTOR LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS E-37 H/ THE CONTENTS PAGE The Acknowledgments . iv LABOR D AY DUST UNDER THE RUG M <md Lindsay i THE STORY OF LI'L' HANNIBAL Carolyn Sherwin Bailey THE BROWNIE OF BLEDNOCK . Elizabeth II". Gricrson 15 THE SINGLE LANTERN OF IROKA. A Japanese Legend Adapted by Frances G. Wickcs 24 THE STONECUTTER. A Japanese Legend .... 26 COLl'MIU'S DAY A LITTLE BOY OF GENOA . Frances G. \Vickes 31 A DREAM THAT CAME TRUE . Frances G. \Vickes 34 THE RETURN OF THK MAD SAILOR . Sarah A. Haste 39 COLUMBUS Joaquin Miller 42 THE SIMPLEST THING IN THE WORLD 44 HALLOWE'EN THE CONJURE WIVES. Old Southern Tale . Adapted by Frances G. Wickes 46 THE QUEER COMPANY. Old English Tale . 50 SHIPPEITARO. A Japanese Fairy Talc. Teresa Peirn \Villiston 54 WAIT TILL MARTIN COMES Adapted from an Old Tale by Francis G. Wickcs 59 vi The Contents THANKSGIVING PAGE OLD MAN RABBIT'S THANKSGIVING DINNER Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 63 THE FIRST THANKSGIVING . Margaret Pumphrcy 68 LITTLE WEE PUMPKIN'S THANKSGIVING Madge A. Bigham 76 THE THANKSGIVING GOOSE . Fannie Wilder Brown 79 THANKSGIVING Amelia E. Barr 84 "CHUSEY." The Story November Told. Susan Coolidge 86 A TURKEY FOR THE STUFFING. Katharine Grace Hulbert 96 CHRISTMAS SANTA CLAUS Anonymous 102 THE CHRISTMAS CAKE Maud Lindsay 103 I SAW THREE SHIPS. Old English Carol .... 107 LI'L' HANNIBAL'S CHRISTMAS . Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 108 CHRISTMAS BELLS . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 114 THE WORKER IN SANDALWOOD . Marjorie L. C. Pickthall 115 GOOD KING WENCESLAS. Old English Carol . .127 NEW YEAR'S DAY HERE WE COME A-WHISTLING 129 THE STORY OF THE YEAR . Hans Christian Andersen 130 RING OUT, WILD BELLS .... Alfred Tennyson 136 SPARE MINUTES. Old English Tale. Adapted . .136 THE WATCHMAN'S SONG 146 LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY A LITTLE LAD OF LONG AGO . Alice E. Allen 148 LINCOLN'S KINDNESS TO ANIMALS . Ella Lyman Cabot 152 LINCOLN AND THE WOODCHOPPER 154 THE SOLDIER'S REPRIEVE. From the "New York Observer" 155 The Contents vii ST. VALENTINE'S DAY PAGE WHERE VALENTINE HID . Alice Crandcll Bryant 161 THE BISHOP'S VALENTINE Mrs. Andrea Hofer Proudfoot 166 BIG BROTHER'S VALENTINE . Lilla Thomas Elder 172 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY . Margaret E. Sangster 178 THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Adapted . .179 A CHARMED LIFE. Adapted 181 FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY 185 ARBOR DAY POPLARS Edward Bliss Reed 186 THE LITTLE BOY WHO HATED TREES . Alice L. Beckwith 187 A DAY IN CAMP Frances G. Wickes 194 THE ELDER MOTHER . Hans Christian Andersen 200 AN APPLE ORCHARD IN SPRING . William W. Martin 206 BIRD DAY VALIANT PARENTS Frances G. Wickes 207 LITTLE FRIEND SPARROW. A Korean Legend . 208 SWALLOW, SWALLOW Inonymous 212 LITTLE HEROES IN FEATHERS . Iran Turgcnev 213 UNDER THE WINDOW Is MY GARDEN . Kate Grccna^ay 214 ROBERT OF LINCOLN . William Cullrii Bryant 215 WHY THE PEETWEET CRIES FOR RAIN. Adapted . 217 A BIRD'S EXPERIENCE [nonynwns 218 REMORSE Sydney Dare 219 PETITION OF THE BIRDS . George Frisbic Hoar 220 viii The Contents EASTER SUNDAY PAGE THE SELFISH GIANT Oscar Wilde 224 THE POND WORLD AND THE WIDE WORLD. Retold from "Not Lost but Gone Before," by Mrs. Alfred Catty 232 A LESSON OF FAITH. Adapted. Mrs. Alfred Gatty 237 A TIRED CATERPILLAR C. F. Hemenway 245 MAY DAY THE FAIRY STEEDS Frances G. Wickes 246 OXFORDSHIRE CHILDREN'S MAY SONG Old English Country Rime 251 THE ENDLESS STORY. Adapted Friedrich Wilhelm Carove 251 A-MAYiNG Maud Radford Warren 257 MOTHERS' DAY THE WONDERFUL CAP THAT MOTHER MADE. A Swedish Tale. Adapted 269 I LOVE You, MOTHER Joy Allison 275 THE LITTLE BROWN HERB. Legend 276 MOTHER SPIDER Francis G. Wickes 280 OUR MOTHER George Cooper 283 MEMORIAL DAY THREE IN A GULLEY . Arthur Willis Colton 284 THE BLUE AND THE GRAY . Francis Miles Finch 298 "HALF A LEAGUE ONWARD" . Grace S . Richmond 301 FLAG DAY OUR FLAG Mary Howlister 313 THE LITTLE JOHNNY REB . Frances G. Wickes 314 THE LITTLE VICTOR Dorothea Lay 319 A SONG FOR OUR FLAG . Margaret E. Sangster 323 The Contents ix INDEPENDENCE DAY PAGE THE FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY . James Baldwin 324 I! \ITI.E HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC . Julia \Yanl Howe 327 THE EXFIELD ENLISTMENT . Holman P. Day 328 THE BOY AXD THE MARQUIS. A Talc of Lafayette. Abbie Carter Goodloe 339 So she sat in her chair and sewed while Minnie swept the floor HAPPY HOLIDAYS LABOR DAY DUST UNDER THE RUG 1 MAUD LINDSAY was once a mother who had two THERElittle daughters; and, as her husband was dead and she was very poor, she worked diligently all the time that they might be well fed and clothed. She was a skilled worker, and found work to do away from home, but her two little girls were so good and so helpful that they kept her house as neat and as bright as a new pin. One of the little girls was lame, and could not run about the house; so she sat still in her chair and sewed, while Minnie, the sister, washed the dishes, swept the floor, and made the home beautiful. Their home was on the edge of a great forest; and after their tasks were finished the little girls would sit at the window and watch the tall trees as they bent in the wind, until it would seem as though the trees were real persons, nodding and bending and bowing to each other. 1 From Mother Stories by Maud Lindsay. Used by permission of the publishers, Milton Bradley Company. 2 Happy Holidays In the spring there were the birds, in the sum- mer the wild flowers, in autumn the bright leaves, and in winter the great drifts of white snow; so that the whole year was a round of delight to the two happy children. But one day the dear mother came home sick; and then they were very sad. It was winter, and there were many things to buy. Minnie and her little sister sat by the fire and talked it over, and at last Minnie said: ' Dear sister, I must go out to find work, before the food gives out." So she kissed her mother, and, wrapping herself up, started from home. There was a narrow path leading through the forest, and she determined to follow it until she reached some place where she might find the work she wanted. As she hurried on, the shadows grew deeper. The night was coming fast, when she saw before her a very small house, which was a welcome sight. She made haste to reach it and to knock at the door. Nobody came in answer to her knock. When she had tried again and again, she thought that nobody lived there; and she opened the door and walked in, thinking that she would stay all night. As soon as she stepped into the house, she started back in surprise; for there before her she saw twelve little beds with the bedclothes all tumbled, twelve little dirty plates on a very dusty Labor Day 3 table, and the floor of the room so dusty that I am very sure you could have drawn a picture on it. "Dear me!" said the little girl, "this will never do!" And as soon as she had warmed her hands, she set to work to make the room tidy.