a train
With engine and caboose.[B]
And the're lots of little tables
In this yellow, yellow room
For boys and girls to sit at
And play with all those things.
And there's a great big floor
In this yellow, yellow room
For boys and girls to sit on
And play with all those things.
And there is lots of sunshine
In this yellow, yellow room
For boys and girls to sit in
And play with all those things.

[B] _At this point the teacher might ask, "What else?" Not the first
time, however. The children must get the outline as a whole before
they contribute. Otherwise they will be entirely absorbed by the
content._

THE MANY-HORSE STABLE

All the material for this story was supplied by a three-year-old. The
pattern was added. An older child would not be content with so sketchy
an account. But it seems to compass a three-year-old's most significant
associations with a stable. The title is one in actual use by a
four-year-old class.

THE MANY-HORSE STABLE

[Illustration]

Once there was a stable. The stable was in a big city. Downstairs in the
stable there were many g-r-e-a-t b-i-g wagons and one little-bit-of-a
wagon. And on the walls there were many g-r-e-a-t b-i-g harnesses and
one little-bit-of-a harness. And there were many g-r-e-a-t b-i-g
blankets and one little-bit-of-a blanket. And there were some g-r-e-a-t
b-i-g whips and one little-bit-of-a whip. And there were some g-r-e-a-t
b-i-g nose bags and one little-bit-of-a nose bag. Upstairs in the
stalls there were some g-r-e-a-t b-i-g horses and one little-bit-of-a
pony.

In the morning the men would come and harness up the g-r-e-a-t b-i-g
horses with the g-r-e-a-t b-i-g harnesses to the g-r-e-a-t b-i-g wagons.
They would put in the g-r-e-a-t b-i-g blankets and the g-r-e-a-t b-i-g
whips and the g-r-e-a-t b-i-g nose bags. Then they would get up on the
seats and gather up the reins and off down the street would go the
g-r-e-a-t b-i-g horses. Clumpety-lumpety bump! thump! Clumpety-lumpety
bump! thump!

Then a little-bit-of-a man would harness up the little-bit-of-a pony
with the little-bit-of-a harness to the little-bit-of-a wagon. He would
put in the little-bit-of-a blanket and the little-bit-of-a whip and the
little-bit-of-a nose bag. Then he would get up on the seat and gather up
the reins and off down the street would go the little-bit-o