VERY SHORT STORIES

MRS. W. K. CLIFFORD

"Apple Blossom, I am waiting; are you here?"      P. 14

VERY SHORT STORIES
AND
VERSES FOR CHILDREN.

BY

MRS. W. K. CLIFFORD,
Author of "Anyhow Stories," &c.


With Illustrations by Edith Campbell.


LONDON:
WALTER SCOTT, 24 WARWICK LANE,
PATERNOSTER ROW.
1886.

Preface.

These stories, with the exception of the first one, are reprinted from two little books—"Children Busy," etc., and "Under Mother's Wing." They were then only signed with my initials. Some of the verses appear now for the first time.

L. C.

TO YOU—AND ETHEL AND ALICE

CONTENTS.

•  PAGE
• MASTER WILLIE 9
• SWINGING 17
• THE WOODEN DOLL 18
• WATCHING 20
• THE LIGHT ON THE HILLS 22
• WRITING A BOOK 25
• THE RABBIT 27
• THE SANDY CAT 28
• ON THE WAY TO THE SUN 30
• IN THE MOONLIGHT 33
• THE POOR LITTLE DOLL 35
• THE VIOLETS 37
• THE FIDDLER 39
• THE BROKEN HORSE 40
• THE RAINBOW-MAKER 41
• OVER THE PORRIDGE 43
• A-COMING DOWN THE STREET 45
• THE PROUD BOY 47
• SEEKING THE VIOLETS 49
• TOMMY'S STOCKINGS 51
• MIDSUMMER-NIGHT 52
• THE LITTLE MAID 54
• WAR 55
• PEACE 56
• MY LITTLE BROTHER 58
• THE KITE 59
• THE TINKER'S MARRIAGE 61
• THE CHILDREN AND THE GARLAND 62
• ROUND THE TEA-TABLE 64
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