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    On the Tree Top
    On the Tree Top
    On the Tree Top
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    On the Tree Top

    By Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill, Jessie Curtis and Clara Doty Bates

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      On the Tree Top - Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill

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      Title: On the Tree Top

      Author: Clara Doty Bates

      Illustrator: F.T. Merrill

      Jessie Curtis

      Release Date: February 6, 2008 [EBook #24530]

      Language: English

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      ON THE TREE TOP

      BY

      CLARA DOTY BATES AND OTHERS.

      ILLUSTRATED BY F. T. MERRILL, JESSIE CURTIS,

      AND OTHER WELL KNOWN ARTISTS.

      BOSTON:

      D. LOTHROP & COMPANY

      FRANKLIN STREET, COR. HAWLEY.

      Copyright, 1881,

      By D. Lothrop & Company.

      CONTENTS.

      The color plates are not listed in the Table of Contents. Each plate is a single free-standing poem. The inconsistent sequence of Dick Whittington and Puss in Boots (before or after), and the spelling of Jack and Gill (or Jill), are unchanged.

      I.

      THE GOLD SPINNER.

      II.

      A FISH STORY.

      III.

      PUSSY CAT’S DOINGS.

      IV.

      THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS.

      V.

      THE GROUND SQUIRREL.

      VI.

      BABY’S TROTTING SONG.

      VII.

      JOHN S. CROW.

      VIII.

      SILVER LOCKS AND THE BEARS.

      IX.

      JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.

      X.

      LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD.

      XI.

      CINDERELLA.

      XII.

      PUSS IN BOOTS.

      XIII.

      DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT.

      XIV.

      GOLD-LOCKS’ DREAM OF PUSSIE-WILLOW.

      XV.

      TONY.

      XVI.

      CAMPING OUT.

      XVII.

      DAME SPIDER.

      XVIII.

      HICKORY DICKORY DOCK.

      XIX.

      DAME FIDGET AND HER SILVER PENNY.

      XX.

      FOOLISH BOBOLINK.

      XXI.

      ALADDIN.

      XXII.

      BLUE BEARD.

      XXIII.

      THE SLEEPING PRINCESS.

      XXIV.

      JACK AND GILL. 

      XXV.

      LITTLE BO-PEEP.

      XXVI.

      HOP O’-MY-THUMB.

      XXVII.

      THE BABES IN THE WOOD.

      XXVIII.

      THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.

      XXIX.

      GOODY TWO-SHOES.

      XXX.

      SAARCHINKOLD.

      THUMB

      PAGE

      THE GOLD-SPINNER.

      THUMB

      PAGE

      Down sank she in despair,

      Her tears falling like rain;

      She could not spin a single thread,

      She could not reel a skein.

      But the door swung back, and through the chink,

      With the same droll smile and merry wink,

      The dwarf peered, saying, "What will you do

      If I’ll spin the straw once more for you?"

      Ah me, I can give not a single thing,

      She cried, except my finger-ring.

      He took the slender toy,

      And slipped it over his thumb;

      Then down he sat and whirled the wheel,

      Hum, and hum-m, and hum-m-m;

      Round and round with a droning sound,

      Many a yellow spool he wound,

      Many a glistening skein he reeled;

      And still, like bees in a clover-field,

      The wheel went hum, and hum-m and hum-m-m.

      Next morning the king came,

      Almost before sunrise,

      To the chamber where the maiden was,

      And could scarce believe his eyes

      To see the straw, to the smallest shreds,

      Made into shining amber threads.

      And he cried, "When once more I have tried

      Your skill like this, you shall be my bride;

      THUMB

      PAGE

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