Stories to Tell to Children by Sara Cone Bryant
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"Make a light, old Moon," he said; "I
want the people to see me!" So the good Moon made a light and went along with him, and the little trundle- bed boat went sailing down the streets into the main street of the village. They rolled past the town hall and the schoolhouse and the church; but nobody saw little Jack Rollaround, because everybody was in bed, asleep. "Why don't the people come to see me?" he shouted. High up on the church steeple, the Weather-vane answered, "It is no time for people to be in the streets; decent folk are in their beds." "Then I'll go to the woods, so that the animals may see me," said Little Jack. "Come along, old Moon, and make a light!" The good Moon went along and made a light, and they came to the forest. "Roll! roll!" cried the little boy; and the trundle- bed went trundling among the trees in the great wood, scaring up the chipmunks and |
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