54

FLOWER STORIES:--
Clytie 9
Golden-rod and Aster 13

INSECT STORIES:--
Arachne 19
Aurora and Tithonus 22
King Solomon and the Ants 18
_Adapted from Whittier's Poem._
King Solomon and the Bee 16
_Adapted from Saxe's Poem._

MINERALOGY STORIES:--
Sisyphus 33
The Story of the Pudding Stone 31

SUN MYTHS:--
Balder 83
Persephone 48
_Adapted from "Story of Persephone," told by Helen
Ericson, class of 1895, Cook County, (Ill.), Normal
School._
Phaethon 39

TREE STORIES:--
Daphne 74
Fairy Story 66
Philemon and Baucis 71
Poplar Tree 56
The Secret of Fire 61

MISCELLANEOUS STORIES:--
Hermes 97
Iris' Bridge 101
Prometheus 92

CLYTIE.

Clytie was a beautiful little water nymph who lived in a cave at the
bottom of the sea. The walls of the cave were covered with pearls and
shells. The floor was made of sand as white as snow.

There were many chairs of amber with soft mossy cushions. On each side
of the cave-opening was a great forest of coral. Back of the cave were
Clytie's gardens.

Here were the sea anemones, starfish and all kinds of seaweed.

In the garden grotto were her horses. These were the gentlest goldfish
and turtles.

The ocean fairies loved Clytie and wove her dresses of softest green sea
lace.

With all these treasures Clytie should have been happy, but she was not.
She had once heard a mermaid sing of a glorious light which shone on the
top of the water.

She could think of nothing else, but longed day and night to know more
of the wonderful light.

No ocean fairy dared take her to it, and she was afraid to