Description Rhythmical repetition of words, sounds, and phrases is used throughout the book but especially widely in the tales for younger children. The stories themselves are engaging and beautifully written. C O N T E N T S Hay for My Ox — Isabel Wyatt Brother Ox and Brother Ass — Isabel Wyatt The Hare — translated by Rose Fyleman Where Go the Boats? — R. L. Stevenson The Prince Who Kept Pigs — Isabel Wyatt Mark and His Lamp — Isabel Wyatt Ripe Plums in Spring — Gesta Romanorum (medieval) Spring — William Blake Some One — Walter de la Mare The Elves’ Dance — Anonymous The Tree of Three Cries — Celtic Legend How Sheep Got Sheep Bells — Old Legend The Giant and the Child — Old Legend Two Prayers of Olden Days — Anonymous King Vincent and Lord Tom-Tit — Isabel Wyatt Do Not Go into the Wood — Indian Fable The Cuckoo — Anonymous May Day — Anonymous The Caterpillar — Christina Rossetti The Rain — William H. Davies The Fork-tail and the Rams — Indian Fable King Cackle — Indian Fable The Monkey and the Pea — Indian Fable Old Riddles — Anonymous
