Fireside Fables and Indoor Walks
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Walters, E.W.
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1910 , 1910?
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This children's book is divided into two sections according to the title, with eight fireside fables in the first section and four indoor walks in the second. There is a colored illustration for each of the stories. I read the first two. They are similar in pattern. In the first, two lumps of coal are complaining to each other that they have been reduced to kitchen duty. In the midst of their complaining, the steam kettle mentions that the water being heated is for tea for Her Royal Highness. After the cook pours some of the kettle's hot water into the best teapot, a face forms out of the steam of the kettle and confirms that they have the rare privilege of serving royalty. The coal lumps are proud of what they have done. The face chides them for fretting earlier about their unfortunate position--but they by their grumbling they have burnt themselves so low that they are now unable to speak. In the second story, a smoke fairy chides fireplace implements for thinking too much about themselves and being unhappy as a result. I could not take any more!
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J.W. Butcher
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4103 (Access ID)