PAGEDedicationviiBetty15Two Calls16A New Year Song19New Year20A Lesson Song24The Rubber Baby26The Red, White and Blue28Totty’s Christmas29A Certain Boy32The New Sister33Buttercup Gold35One Afternoon42The Stove43John’s Sister44New Year Song45What Was Her Name46A Lesson Song49The Patient Cat52Mathematics53By the Fading Light55Tobogganing Song58Song of the Tilt59The Lazy Robin60The Boy’s Manners62Merry Christmas66Rinktum67In the Tunnel69Practising Song71Queen Elizabeth’s Dance72A Storming Party74At the Little Boy’s Home75Then and Now76Pleasant Walk78A Great Day80A Pastoral82Riches84Poverty85The Best of All87A Study Hour89The Young Ladies90The Weathercock92Ichthyology93A Happy Morning98Lilies and Cat-Tails99The Metals104The Howlery Growlery Room109The Speckled Hen113The Money Shop116A Long Afternoon121The Jacket122The Fireworks124Jingle126See-Saw127Nancy’s Nightmare129Amy’s Valentine131Once Upon a Time133The Pathetic Ballad of Clarinthia Jane Louisa134A Day in the Country135Goosey Lucy136Goosey Lucy’s New Year’s Calls139Three Little Birds142The Quacky Duck143New Year Thoughts144Nonsense145The Singular Chicken147The Clever Parson148The Purple Fish155Mr. Somebody157A Christmas Ride159A Funny Fellow161Woffsky-Poffsky162April and the Children163The Snowball165A Great Fight168Hallelujah!171Lullaby172Merry Christmas173The Little Dog with the Green Tail175Naughty180Hard Times180On the Steeple183Naughty Billy184A Lad184Saint Valentine’s House185The Gentleman187A Leap Year Boy190King Pippin193The Story of the Crimson Crab194Mother’s Riddle196King John197The Spotty Cow198The Button Pie199The Inquisitive Ducks200Queen Matilda202The Two-Shoes Chair203Ethelred the Unready205Poor Bonny205The Husking of the Corn209The Clever Cheese-Maker211The Spelling Lesson214The Person who Did Not Like Cats216