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PageThe Innkeeper.13The Brook and the Waterwheel.37The Court-House Steeple.41Crooked Horn and Old Brindle.46The Millers Tenth.51The Lark and the Whippoorwill.69The Gate and Gate Post.73Contents page 8The Weedy Farm.78The King Seeking Content.84The Learned Owl.94The Horse and the Grasshoppers.98The Bark and the Lightship.101The Unhonored Servant.104Wings.107Standpoints.111The Man with a Menagerie.117Two Outlooks.121Job Nickel.125The Unused Loom.133Crowing.137Peter Crisp’s Spectacles.140The Two Apple Trees.182The Spring in the Woods.186Contents page 9The Distant View.189The Two Vines.195The Old Chestnut and the Young Oak.199Corn-cribs.202The Old Clock in the New Home.209The Great Secret.213The House-Builder.216Pigeons.223The Clock on the Desk.225The Watch-Dog.228The Opened Eyes.231The Lantern People.235Grand Relations.253Fair and Foul Weather.255Wreckage.258The Robin.261Contents page 10Riddles.265The Emigrants Wagon.268Big and Little Lanterns.273The Cat and the Tiger.278Charity.281The Day-Laborers.286The Artist’s Answer.291The Hemlock and the Sugar-Maple.294Bread and the Beautiful.297The Harper.301The Unappreciated Gift.305The Worn-Out Team.310The Wise Farmer.314Wayfarers.319Other Birds Feathers.323The Night-Watchman.326Single and Double.332The Boastful Fly.335Contents page 11The Mended Boots.339The Cripple and his Staff.344The Search.360The Swallows and the Windmill.365The Medicine-Man.370The Eagle and the Wren.374The Two Saplings.378The Cog-Wheel.382The Plough and the Mowing-Machine.386Fat and Lean.389Half Empty and Quite Full.392The Snake.395Rich & Poor.398The Hawk and the Chicken.402The Servants Money.405Future Greatness.411The Old Mans Watch.415The Teacher.418Contents page 12Cloud Shadows.426The Penitent Transgressor.428The Dry Well.432The Fruit Tree.435The Deer.438Homely and Handsome.442The Colt and Old Gray.446The King’s Almoner.453Pansies.457The Birds and the Bells.459Jack and Jenny.465The Meeting of the Winds.476
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