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A Kindergarten Story Book by Jane L. Hoxie
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THE BROWNIES
THE FAIRY SHOES
PICCIOLA
CINDERELLA
THE HUT IN THE FOREST
THE SLEEPING PRINCESS




DUNNY.

Once there were three children, three brothers, who played together in
the sunshine about their father's door. Now the youngest of them all
was not as large and strong as his brothers; and for that reason they
often teased him, saying: "You are not as tall as we. You cannot run
as fast. See! we can jump farther and swing higher than you." If ever
they wrestled together, the youngest was the first to be thrown to the
ground; and no matter what he tried to do, the others always laughed,
and called out: "Oh! you are so stupid. That is not the way. Let me
show you how, you dunny!" So after a while they called him nothing but
Dunny.

One day a traveler, with a wonderful pony, stopped at the door of the
cottage. His little animal not only could perform all manner of
curious tricks, but he was the most gentle little beast in the whole
world and, withal, as sleek and pretty a creature as one could wish to
see.

The three brothers were wild with delight at the pony's antics, and
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