XII. Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe--Elizabeth
Harrison 93

XIII. The Little Shepherd--Maud Lindsay 105

XIV. Babouscka--Carolyn S. Bailey 109

XV. The Boy with the Box--May Griggs Van Voorhis 113

XVI. The Worker in Sandal wood--Marjorie L. C. Pickthall 125

XVII. The Shepherd Who Didn't Go--Jay T. Stocking 135

XVIII. Paulina's Christmas--Adapted from Anna Robinson's
"Little Paulina" 145

XIX. Unto Us a Child Is Born--Phebe A. Curtiss 153

XX. The Star--Florence M. Kingsley 159




THE LEGEND OF THE "WHITE GIFTS"

As Told by Phebe A. Curtiss


A great many years ago in a land far away from us there was a certain
king who was dearly beloved by all of his people. Men admired him