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  HOW TO TELL STORIES TO CHILDREN AND SOME STORIES TO TELL
  HOW TO TELL
  STORIES TO CHILDREN
  AND SOME STORIES TO
  TELL
  BY SARA CONE BRYANT
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  To My Mother THE FIRST; BEST STORY…TELLER THIS LITTLE
  BOOK IS DEDICATED
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  PREFACE
  The   stories   which   are   given   in   the   following   pages   are   for   the   most
  part those which I have found to be best liked by the children to whom I
  have told these and others。 I have tried to reproduce the form in which I
  actually tell them;although that inevitably varies with every repetition;
  feeling that it would be of greater value to another story…teller than a more
  closely literary form。 For the same reason; I have confined my statements
  of   theory   as   to   method;   to   those   which   reflect   my   own   experience;   my
  〃rules〃 were drawn from introspection and retrospection; at the urging of
  others;    long   after   the  instinctive    method     they   exemplify     had   become
  habitual。
  These facts are the basis of my hope that the book may be of use to
  those who have much to do with children。
  It   would   be   impossible;   in   the   space   of   any   pardonable   preface;   to
  name the teachers; mothers; and librarians who have given me hints and
  helps   during   the   past   few   years   of   story…telling。   But   I   cannot   let   these
  pages go to press without recording my especial indebtedness to the few
  persons without whose interested aid the little book would scarcely have
  come   to   be。   They   are:   Mrs   Elizabeth   Young   Rutan;   at   whose   generous
  instance     I  first  enlarged   my    own    field  of  entertaining     story…telling    to
  include     hers;   of  educational     narrative;    and   from    whom      I  had   many
  valuable      suggestions     at  that   time;    Miss    Ella   L。  Sweeney;      assistant
  superintendent   of   schools;   Providence;   R。I。;   to   whom   I   owe   exceptional
  opportunities      for   investigation     and   experiment;      Mrs    Root;    children's
  librarian of Providence Public Library; and Miss Alice M。 Jordan; Boston
  Public Library; children's room; to whom I am indebted for much gracious
  and efficient aid。
  My thanks are due also to Mr David Nutt for permission to make use
  of   three   stories   from   English     Fairy   Tales;   by  Mr    Joseph    Jacobs;   and
  Raggylug;   from   Wild Animals   I   have   Known;   by   Mr   Ernest   Thompson
  Seton;   to    Messrs   Frederick   A。     Stokes   Company   for   Five   Little   White
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  Heads; by Walter Learned; and for Bird Thoughts; to Messrs Kegan Paul;
  Trench;    Trubner   &  Co。   Ltd。  for  The  Burning   of  the  Ricefields;  from
  Gleanings   in   Buddha…Fields;    by   Mr  Lafcadio   Hearn;   to  Messrs   H。  R。
  Allenson Ltd。 for three stories from The Golden Windows; by Miss Laura
  E。 Richards; and to Mr Seumas McManus for Billy Beg and his Bull; from
  In Chimney Corners。 S。 C。 B。
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  CONTENTS
  INTRODUCTION
  The Story…teller's ArtRecent RevivalThe Difference between telling
  a   Story   and   reading   it   aloudSome   Reasons   why   the   Former   is   more
  effective
  CHAPTER I THE PURPOSE OF STORY…
  TELLING IN SCHOOL
  Its immediate Advantages to the Teacher…Its ultimate Gifts to the Child
  CHAPTER II SELECTION OF STORIES TO
  TELL
  The   Qualities   Children   like;   and   whyQualities   necessary   for   Oral
  DeliveryExamples:   The   Three   Bears;   The   Three   Little   Pigs;   The   Old
  Woman and her PigSuggestions as to the Type of Story especially useful
  in the several primary Grades Selected List of familiar Fairy Tales
  CHAPTER III ADAPTATION OF STORIES FOR
  TELLING
  How    to  make   a  long  Story   shortHow  to  fill  out  a  short  Story
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  General   Changes   commonly  desirable   Examples: The   Nurnberg   Stove;
  by Ouida; The King of the Golden River; by Ruskin; The Red Thread of
  Courage; The Elf and the DormouseAnalysis of Method
  CHAPTER IV HOW TO TELL THE STORY
  Essential Nature of the StoryKind of Appreciation necessary
  Suggestions for gaining Mastery of Facts Arrangement of Children
  The Story…teller's MoodA few Principles of Method; Manner and Voice;
  from the Psychological Point of View
  CHAPTER V SOME SPECIFIC SCHOOLROOM
  USES
  Exercise in RetellingIllustrations cut by the Children as Seat…work
  Dramatic GamesInfluence of Games on Reading Classes
  STORIES SELECTED AND ADAPTED FOR
  TELLING
  ESPECIALLY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND CLASS I。
  Nursery   Rhymes   Five   Little   White   Heads   Bird   Thoughts   How   we
  came    to  have  Pink   Roses  Raggylug    The   Golden   Cobwebs    Why    the
  Morning…Glory climbs The Story of Little Tavwots The Pig Brother The
  Cake   The   Pied   Piper   of   Hamelin   Town   Why   the   Evergreen   Trees   keep
  their Leaves in Winter The Star Dollars The Lion and the Gnat
  ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES II。 AND III。
  The   Cat   and   the   Parrot   The   Rat   Princess   The   Frog   and   the   Ox   The
  Fire…Bringer   The   Burning   of   the   Ricefields   The  Story   of   Wylie  Little
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  Daylight The Sailor Man The Story of Jairus's Daughter
  ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES IV。 AND V。
  Arthur and the Sword Tarpeia The Buckwheat The Judgment of Midas
  Why the Sea is salt Billy Beg and his Ball The Little Hero of Haarlem The
  Last Lesson The Story of Christmas
  THE CHILD…MIND; AND HOW TO SATISFY IT
  A short List of Books in which the Story…teller will find Stories not too
  far from the Form in which they are needed。
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  INTRODUCTION
  Not long ago; I chanced to open a magazine at a story of Italian life
  which dealt with a curious popular custom。 It told of the love of the people
  for the performances of a strangely clad; periodically appearing old man
  who was a professional story…teller。 This old man repeated whole cycles of
  myth     and   serials   of  popular    history;   holding    his  audience…chamber        in
  whatever corner of the open court or square he happened upon; and always
  surrounded   by   an   eager   crowd   of   listeners。   So   great   was   the   respect   in
  which   the   story…teller   was   held;   that   any   interruption   was   likely   to   be
  resented with violence。
  As I read of the absorbed silence and the changing expressions of the
  crowd   about   the   old   man;   I   was   suddenly   reminded   of   a   company   of
  people I had recently seen。 They were gathered in one of the parlours of a
  women's college; and their serious young faces had; habitually; none of the
  childlike   responsiveness   of   the   Italian   populace;   they   were   suggestive;
  rather;    of  a  daily   experience     which     precluded     over…much      surprise   or
  curiosity about anything。
  In the midst of the group stood a frail…looking woman with bright eyes。
  She   was   telling   a   story;   a   children's   story;   about   a   good   and   a   bad   little
  mouse。
  She   had   been   asked   to   do   that   thing;   for   a   purpose;   and   she   did   it;
  therefore。 But it was easy to see from the expressions of the listeners how
  trivial a thing it seemed to them。
  That was at first。 But presently the room grew quieter; and yet quieter。
  The faces relaxed into amused smiles; sobered in unconscious sympathy;
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