Books with title Story-Tell Lib

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> Tell Me A Story<edition> 2<authors> Mrs. Molesworth, Walter Crane<publisher> Macmillan, 1875

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The children sat round me in the gloaming. There were several of them; from Madge, dear Madge with her thick fair hair and soft kind grey eyes, down to pretty little Sybil—Gipsy, we called her for fun,—whom you would hardly have guessed, from her brown face and bright dark eyes, to be Madge’s “own cousin.” They were mostly girls, the big ones at least, which is what one would expect, for it is not often that big boys care much about sitting still, and even less about anything so sentimental as sitting still in the twilight doing nothing. There were two or three little boys however, nice round-faced little fellows, who had not yet begun to look down upon “girls,” and were very much honoured at being admitted to a good game of romps with Madge and her troop.

'Tell Me a Story' opens with a child on the lap of a lady, asking her to tell him a story- any story, any kind. Then the child goes on to tell the lady what kind of stories he likes, to make suggestions about stories the lady might tell and to ask questions about what the story might be. Some verses are: // Please tell me a story, any story, any kind. I love them all, I think you will find. / "Once upon a time," Could be how it starts and end with, "The End," and have all middle parts. / I like them all, both short and long. You can just say the words or sing me a song. / Say it or sing it, I'll listen either way. It can come from a book or how 'bout a play? / Long as a movie or a short nursery rhyme, I'll stay here and listen. I have the time. / So, can you think about what you could tell?I like true stories and made-up ones as well. / So, will it have animals? How about a pig? Or maybe an ant who wants to be big. / Or could it have a bug or a lake or buildings or rockets or just one snowflake? / Will it be about trains or a fish in a brook or a champion horse or a bank-robbing crook? / OK, I'm ready to hear your story, but, I'm kind of now wishing it isn't too gory. / I like stories about candy and ones that tell how to bake cookies because I'm sure hungry right now. / Gosh, I love stories. I can hardly wait for the tale you have chosen and to me, you'll relate. / Will this story be sad? I need to know. Should I get out my hanky for my nose to blow? / Will it make me laugh or maybe just giggle? Is it about worms and things that wiggle? // And this story continues. Will she get to tell HER story???