The Edson-Laing Readers. Book One- Volume 3

The Edson-Laing Readers. Book One- Volume 3 by Mary Elizabeth Laing

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Author: Mary Elizabeth Laing
Number of Pages: 26 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781231254066
File size: 41 Mb
Download Link: The Edson-Laing Readers. Book One- Volume 3
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...safely through the waves. He bade the men row close to a rock. As they drew near he suddenly sprang on shore and pushed the boat back into the tossing Waves. So William Tell escaped, and the rock on which he landed is still known as "Tell's Kock." FIEST EVENING (In a German kitchen is a grandmother with her three grandchildren, Hans is lying by the fireplace. Gretchen is at the spinning-wheel. Her elder sister, Elsa, comes into the room, carrying a pile of fresh linen from the wash.) Elik:: Qe, .rit&-hQn, stop your spinning, for the light is poor. You will be making rough places in the threads and if Mother Holle comes you will be sorry. She may come to-night. Who knows? Gretchen. Mother Holle! I never heard of her. Elsa. You never heard of Mother Holle! Child, child, what are you thinking of! She is the friend of all good maidens. Gretchen. Who is she and where does she live? Elsa. They say she lives on a wonderful island that floats halfway between heaven and earth. Over in Hesse, when it snows, the children say, "Mother Holle is making her bed. See the feathers fly!" She is a wonderful housekeeper. Gretchen. Why do you say that she might come to-night? Elsa. No one knows when she is coming, but a few times each year they say she comes to earth to see what her maidens are doing. If I were to find a cake of sweet-smelling soap on this pile of clothes to-morrow morning, I should know that Mother Holle had been here in the night, and that she was pleased with my washing. Gretchen. What would I find? Elsa. If your thread was fine and smooth you might find a new spindle, or you might find a flower lying on your spool. Gretchen. But if it were rough and soiled? Elsa. Then I think she would have pulled it off and thrown it on the floor, an...

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