e second was a story told by a
little girl of two and a half after a summer on the seashore. The third
was achieved by a boy of three,--a child, in general, unsensitive to
music. The fourth was told in school by a four-year-old girl.

STORY BY TWENTY-TWO-MONTHS-OLD CHILD

Where cow?
Where donk?
Where little Aa?

Cow gone away!
Donk gone away!
Little Aa gone away!

Like cow!
Like donk!
Like little Aa!

Come back cow!
Come back donk!
Come back little Aa!

STORY BY TWO-AND-A-HALF-YEAR-OLD

I fell in water.
Man fell in water.
John fell in water.
For' fell in water.
Aunt Carrie fell in water.

I pull boat out.
Man pull boat out.
John pull boat out.
For' pull boat out.
Aunt Carrie pull boat out.

I go in that boat.
Man go in that boat.
John go in that boat.
For' go in that boat.
Aunt Carrie go in that boat.

STORY BY THREE-YEAR-OLD

And father went down, down, down into the hole
And the bull-frog, he went up, up, up into the sky!
And then the bull-frog, he went down, down, down into the hole
And then father, he went up, up, up, way into the sky!
And then the bull-frog he went down, down, down into the hole
And up, up into the sky!
And then he went down into the hole
And up into the sky!
And he went down and up and down and up
And down and up and down and up
And down and up and down and up
And down and up
And down and up
And down and up
Down and up---- (to wordless song.)

STORY BY A FOUR-YEAR-OLD

Baby Bye, Baby Bye
Here's a fly
You'd better be careful
Else he will sting you
And here's a spider too.
And if you hurt him he will sting you
And don't you hurt him
And his pattern on the wall.

Certainly all have form,--spontaneous native art form. Indeed they
strongly suggest that to the child, the pleasure lay in the form rather
than in the content. The patterns of the first two are somewhat
alike,--variations of a simple statement. In content the younger child
keeps her attention on one point, so to speak, while the older child
allows a slight movement like an embryonic narrative. The pattern of the
three-year-old's is considerably more complex. The phrases shorten, the
tempo quickens, until the whole swings off into wordless melody. The
fourth probably started from some remembered