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Mrs. Molesworth

Five Minutes' StoriesMrs. Molesworth Five Minutes' Stories ABDALLAH THE UNHAPPY A GREAT many years ago there dwelt in a city of the East, of which you have never heard the name, a wise and holy man. He was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens, for he was kind and benevolent, never refusing good...

Robin Redbreast: A Story for GirlsMolesworth Mrs. Robin Redbreast: A Story for Girls CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE IN THE LANE It stood not very far from the corner – the corner where the lane turned off from the high-road. And it suited its name, or its name suited it. It was such a pretty, cosy-looking ...

Christmas-Tree LandMary Louisa Molesworth Christmas-Tree Land CHAPTER I. THE WHITE CASTLE 'The way was long, long, long, like the journey in a fairy tale.' Miss Ferrier.It was not their home. That was easy to be seen by the eager looks of curiosity and surprise on the two little faces inside the ...

The Third Miss St QuentinMolesworth Mrs. The Third Miss St Quentin Chapter One Six Years Old A very little girl was sitting on the rug in front of a brightly burning fire. She was amusing herself with picture books, a number of which were scattered about her, but her small face was flushed, her e...

Tell Me a StoryMrs. Molesworth Tell Me a Story Chapter One. Introduction The children sat round me in the gloaming. There were several of them; from Madge, dear Madge with her thick fair hair and soft kind grey eyes, down to pretty little Sybil – Gipsy, we called her for fun, – whom you would har...

A Christmas PosyMary Louisa Stewart Molesworth A Christmas Posy A FRAGMENT Part I "Those never lovedWho dream that they 'loved once.'" – E. B. Browning."You won't be long any way, dear Auntie?" said Sylvia with a little sigh. "I don't half like your going. Couldn't you wait till the day after to-...

My New HomeMary Louisa Molesworth My New Home CHAPTER I WINDY GAP My name is Helena, and I am fourteen past. I have two other Christian names; one of them is rather queer. It is 'Naomi.' I don't mind having it, as I am never called by it, but I don't sign it often because it is such an odd name. ...

The Carved LionsMolesworth Mrs. The Carved Lions CHAPTER I OLD DAYS It is already a long time since I was a little girl. Sometimes, when I look out upon the world and see how many changes have come about, how different many things are from what I can remember them, I could believe that a still lo...

The Boys and I: A Child's Story for ChildrenMolesworth Mrs. The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children CHAPTER I. OUR FIRST SORROW "O, it is trouble very bad,Which causes us to weep;All last night long we were so sad,Not one of us could sleep." Sometimes they called us all three just "the boys....

Mary: A Nursery Story for Very Little ChildrenMrs.Molesworth Mary Chapter One. A Birthday Morning One morning Mary awoke very early. It was in the month of May, and the mornings were light, and sometimes the sun shone in through the windows very brightly. Mary liked these mornings. The sunshine m...