February Readings
Chicken Little by unknown author
The Wee, Wee Woman by James Van Sickle
How the Little Kite Learned to Fly by unknown author
Chantcleer and the Partlett by J. Esenwein
The Leopard's Revenge by unknown author
Our Heroes by Phoebe Cary
Compensation by Theodosia Garrison
If by Rudyard Kipling
Doors of Daring by Henry Van Dyke
William Tell by James Baldwin
Things that Haven't Been Done Before by Edgar Guest
It Can Be Done by unknown author
The Rainy Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Jack and the Beanstalk by Andrew Lang
Hansel and Gretel by the Brother Grimm
The Brave Mice
by Aesop
An old cat was in the habit of catching all the mice in the barn.
One day the mice met to talk about the great harm that she was
doing to them. Each one told of some plan by which to keep out of
the way.
"Do as I say," said an old gray mouse that was thought to be
very wise. "Do as I say. Hang a bell to the cat's neck.
Then, when we hear it ring, we shall know that she is coming, and can scamper
out of her way."
"Good! Good!" said all the other mice, and one ran to get the
bell.
"Now which of you will hang the bell on the cat's neck?" said
the old gray mouse.
"Not I! Not I!" said all the mice together. And they
scampered away to their holes.
A Smile
by unknown author
Let others cheer the winning man,
There's one I hold worthwhile;
'Tis he who does the best he can,
Then loses with a smile.
Beaten he is, but not to stay
Down with the rank and file;
That man will win some other day,
Who loses with a smile.
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