The Lion and the Puppy: And Other Stories for Children
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CONTENTS Introduction vii Translator's Note xi The Lion and the Puppy 1 Little Cottontop 3 Escape of a Dancing Bear 6 Masha and the Mushrooms 10 Death of a Bird Cherry Tree 12 Little Philip Who Wanted to Go to School 15 A Young Boy's Story of How a Storm Caught Him in the Forest 18 The King and the Shirt 19 Two Brothers Learn a Lesson 22 A Young Boy's Story of How He Found Queen Bees for His Granddad 25 The Tired Swan 27 The Old Fire Dog 31 Two Merchants 32 The Old Poplar 35
How Many Geese Make Six 38 The Dead Man and the Bear 40 The Little Bird 42 The Plum Stone 45 Better to Be Lean and Free than Plump and Chained 47 A Young Boy's Story of How He Did Not Go to Town 50 Dew upon the Grass 52 Uncle Jacob's Dog 54 Why Wolves Are Mean and Squirrels Frisky56 The Ants 58 From an Acorn Grew an Oak Tree Tall 60
INTRODUCTION LEO TOLSTOY STORIES FOR CHILDREN Do you know the story of the Selfish Giant who was never visited by Spring until he opened up his garden to children Here is a true story about a Russian nobleman who not only let children into the garden of his great country home he also taught them to read and write He even wrote the stories in this book for them And well he might For he was one of the greatest storytellers that ever lived a giant among authors His name was Leo Tolstoy This is how he came to write his stories for children Many years ago in Russia behind a big stone wall there was a beautiful garden with soft green grass and glades of silver birch The village children were not allowed into this garden All they could see as they peered through the tall iron railings of the gate was a distant lake shim mering through the trees beyond a neatly swept drive of stately poplars And somewhere in the grounds of that great garden they knew there stood a big house in which a famous gentleman lived The notice on the gates said Yasnaya Polyana which in Russian means Clear Glades
