MOTHER STORIES

BY

MAUD LINDSAY

ILLUSTRATED _by_ SARAH NOBLE-IVES

"_Mother, a story told at the right time
Is a looking-glass for the mind_."
FROEBEL.

TWENTY-EIGHTH EDITION

MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD MASS. 1928

=Bradley Quality Books=
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEDICATED _to_ MY MOTHER




PREFACE


I have endeavored to write, for mothers and dear little children, a few
simple stories, embodying some of the truths of Froebel's Mother Play.