sake. Later, when he is about eleven or twelve, he loves it
for its motive. This love of adventure is part of the charm
of _Red Riding Hood_, of the _Three Bears_, of the _Three
Pigs_, or of any good tale you might mention.

_Success_. The child likes the fairy tale to tell him of
some one who succeeds. He admires the little pig Speckle who
outwitted the Wolf in getting to the field of turnips first,
or in going to the apple tree at Merry-Garden, or to the
fair at Shanklin; who built his house of brick which would
defy assault; and whose cleverness ended the Wolf's life.
This observation of success teaches the child to admire
masterliness, to get the motto, _Age quod agis_, stamped
into his child life from the beginning. It influences
character to follow such conduct as that of the Little Red
Hen, who took a grain of wheat,--her little mite,--who
planted it, reaped it, made it into bread, and then ate it;
who, in spite of the Goose and the Duck, secured to herself
the reward of her labors.

_Action_. Akin to his love of running, skipping, and
jumping, to his enjoyment in making things go and in seeing
others make things go, is the child's desire for action in
his fairy tales; and this is just another way of saying he
wants his fairy tales to parallel life. Action is the
special charm of the Gingerbread Boy, who opened the oven
door and so marvelously ran along, outrunning an old Man, an
old Woman, a little Boy, two Well-Diggers, two
Ditch-Diggers, a Bear, and a Wolf, until he met the Fox
waiting by the corner of the fence. _Dame Wiggins of Lee and