_The Princess and the Pea_ 114

b. The re-creative method illustrated by _The
Foolish, Timid Rabbit_ 116

7. Adaptation of the fairy tale. Illustrated by
_Thumbelina_ and by _The Snow Man_ 118

III. The return from the child 119

Story-telling as one phase of the art of teaching.
Introductory 119

1. Teaching as good art and as great art; and
fairy tales as subject-matter suited to
accomplish high purposes in teaching 120

2. The part the child has to play in story-telling 121

3. The child's return, the expression of his
natural instincts or general interests 125

1. The instinct of conversation 125

a. Language expression, oral re-telling 125

b. The formation of original little stories 126

c. Reading of the tale a form of creative
reaction 127

2. The instinct of inquiry 127

a. Appeal of the folk-tale to this instinct 128

b. The instinct of inquiry united to the instinct
of conversation, of construction, and of
artistic expression, illustrated 128

3. The instinct of construction 129

a. Clay-modelling 129

b. Construction of objects 129

4. The instinct of artistic expression 130

a. Cutting of free silhouette pictures.
Illustrated 130

b. Drawing and crayon-sketching. Illustrated 132

c. Painting. Illustrated 132

d. Song. Illustrated 133

e. Dance, rhythm plays. Illustrated 134

f. Game. Illustrated 135

g. Representation of the fairy tale. Illustrated
by _The Steadfast Tin Soldier_ 135

h. Free pla