Sweet-Pea Land Kids' Audiobook The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain.

story 35 of the sun's babies by edith house this liberal vox recording is in the public domain sweet pea land oh have you been to sweet pea land where little brown seeds once lay and have you seen the tall green swings that cover that land today and have you seen in sweet pea land the dear wee ladies who swing they've blowing frogs of blue and pink as light as a silken wing and have you smelt in sweet pea land the scent the wee ladies throw from each to each as up and down the wonderful green swings go and have you heard in sweet pea land the questions song off the bee dear lady pink dear lady blue have you some honey for me oh come with me to sweet pea land where little brown seeds once lay wear green swings rocking the summer wind and pretty wee ladies play

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Sweet-Pea Land Kids' Audiobook The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain.

story 35 of the sun's babies by edith house this liberal vox recording is in the public domain sweet pea land oh have you been to sweet pea land where little brown seeds once lay and have you seen the tall green swings that cover that land today and have you seen in sweet pea land the dear wee ladies who swing they've blowing frogs of blue and pink as light as a silken wing and have you smelt in sweet pea land the scent the wee ladies throw from each to each as up and down the wonderful green swings go and have you heard in sweet pea land the questions song off the bee dear lady pink dear lady blue have you some honey for me oh come with me to sweet pea land where little brown seeds once lay wear green swings rocking the summer wind and pretty wee ladies play

end of story 35.

Brave Rose-Pink Kids' Audiobook The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain.

story 34 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain brave rose pink autumn was passing and jack frost was frightening all the flowers away even the seeds could not bear to stay above the ground but crept underneath out of the cold the tiny underground elves gathered them and carried them away to the earth mother's warm nurseries and tugged them into soft cradles till it should be time to return them to the garden for the spring growth but a sweet pea seed refused to come down no she said i do not wish to lie in a cradle all the winter i wish to stay here and grow i am already sprouting and i intend to go on she would not be moved the elves went to the earth mother there is a sweet pea seed above the ground rose pink by name who refuses to come below they said what shall we do with her tell her that jack frost will nip her with his cruel fingers if she stays there said the earth mother the elves took the message but soon returned she says she is strong and hearty and will laugh at jack frost they reported tell her the storm king will beat her down with his great winds and break her back said the earth mother they went again and returned and said she says she will grow little tendrils with which to hold tightly to the fence so that the great winds cannot tear her down tell her that the snow queen will bury her in the cold white snowflakes said the earth mother she says she will not die but will push her head through the cold white snowflakes they said when they came back then leave her alone said the earth mother she is brave and perhaps her courage will carry her safely through the winter if it does her reward will come in the summer so rose pink was left alone and went on growing quietly by the fence taking advantage of every little bit of sunshine that came her way jack frost nipped her with his cruel fingers but she only laughed at him the storm king tried to beat her down with his great winds but she clung to the fence with her little tendrils the snow queen buried her in her cold white snowflakes but she pushed her head through and lived on at last the winter passed and the soft spring air blew over the garden the elves brought back the seeds and set them in their places rose pink must be dead they said and they ran to look i am alive and well and very happy sang rose pink from halfway up the fence she grew fast now and soon reached the top of the fence then came her reward for while the other sweet peas were only half grown her little buds came and her flowers opened out such glorious flowers they were flushed like the sunrise sky rose pink sang for joy and breathed out scented happiness on every breeze you have come long before your sisters said the bees nothing in all the garden is so sweet and beautiful as you

end of story 34.

Brave Rose-Pink Kids' Audiobook The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain.

story 34 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain brave rose pink autumn was passing and jack frost was frightening all the flowers away even the seeds could not bear to stay above the ground but crept underneath out of the cold the tiny underground elves gathered them and carried them away to the earth mother's warm nurseries and tugged them into soft cradles till it should be time to return them to the garden for the spring growth but a sweet pea seed refused to come down no she said i do not wish to lie in a cradle all the winter i wish to stay here and grow i am already sprouting and i intend to go on she would not be moved the elves went to the earth mother there is a sweet pea seed above the ground rose pink by name who refuses to come below they said what shall we do with her tell her that jack frost will nip her with his cruel fingers if she stays there said the earth mother the elves took the message but soon returned she says she is strong and hearty and will laugh at jack frost they reported tell her the storm king will beat her down with his great winds and break her back said the earth mother they went again and returned and said she says she will grow little tendrils with which to hold tightly to the fence so that the great winds cannot tear her down tell her that the snow queen will bury her in the cold white snowflakes said the earth mother she says she will not die but will push her head through the cold white snowflakes they said when they came back then leave her alone said the earth mother she is brave and perhaps her courage will carry her safely through the winter if it does her reward will come in the summer so rose pink was left alone and went on growing quietly by the fence taking advantage of every little bit of sunshine that came her way jack frost nipped her with his cruel fingers but she only laughed at him the storm king tried to beat her down with his great winds but she clung to the fence with her little tendrils the snow queen buried her in her cold white snowflakes but she pushed her head through and lived on at last the winter passed and the soft spring air blew over the garden the elves brought back the seeds and set them in their places rose pink must be dead they said and they ran to look i am alive and well and very happy sang rose pink from halfway up the fence she grew fast now and soon reached the top of the fence then came her reward for while the other sweet peas were only half grown her little buds came and her flowers opened out such glorious flowers they were flushed like the sunrise sky rose pink sang for joy and breathed out scented happiness on every breeze you have come long before your sisters said the bees nothing in all the garden is so sweet and beautiful as you

end of story 34.

The Brownies Kids' Audiobook The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain.

story 33 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain the brownies amongst the roots of the grass in the lawn lay hundreds of tiny eggs one by one they hatched out as the sun warmed the earth and the soft showers moistened it and soon the grassroots were alive with tiny grubs they crawled about cutting the poor grass roots and stems with their hard little jaws and at once beginning to grow fat on the pieces they bit out and swallowed all day and every day they ate for their one aim in life was to be big and strong then by and by our wings will grow and we shall fly they thought they were not as brown now as they would be when their wings had grown only their heads and jaws were brown as yet their soft ringed bodies and curled up tails and six jointed legs were all gray green they had a lazy time under the ground for they had nothing to do but to burrow and eat but that just suited them they made such good use of their time that the master of the garden looked with despair at the brown patches in his lawn those dreadful grubs he said they are spoiling my beautiful lawn they lived there for three or four years then one by one they all stopped eating they were so fat that they could hardly move and so drowsy that they didn't want to so they curled themselves up and went to sleep and did not wake for many a day as they slept their skins grew hard and transparent and new ones grew underneath two wings grew along their sides though there was not yet room for them to open out and two brown shields grew to cover them one by one the brownies woke up our wings have come we must go out and fly they said they stretched their dried outside skins till they cracked open down the middle of the back then they pushed themselves out of the opening and crawled out under the grass blades to dry themselves in the sun slowly and carefully they stretched out their fine new wings tried their feelers and lifted their strong brown shields till they hardened in the air they were brown beetles now and they felt proud of themselves they crept about to show themselves and to look at one another and they chattered together and made plans for flying off when they were ready just as evening came they were all ready to go they lifted their wings again and again to let the air into their bodies then up they flew out into the wide garden world away at the back of the house there was a patch of growing potatoes they soon found it out they alighted on the leaves and began at once to eat them for they were hungry after their long sleep they feasted all night but when the daylight came they slipped under the leaves and hung there out of sight they had been so long used to the darkness under the earth that now they preferred shady corners to open daylight those dreadful brown beetles have been here and spoiled my potato plants said the master of the garden i wish i could catch them he did not know that they were hiding under the leaves quite close to him end of story 33.

The Brownies Kids' Audiobook The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain.

story 33 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain the brownies amongst the roots of the grass in the lawn lay hundreds of tiny eggs one by one they hatched out as the sun warmed the earth and the soft showers moistened it and soon the grassroots were alive with tiny grubs they crawled about cutting the poor grass roots and stems with their hard little jaws and at once beginning to grow fat on the pieces they bit out and swallowed all day and every day they ate for their one aim in life was to be big and strong then by and by our wings will grow and we shall fly they thought they were not as brown now as they would be when their wings had grown only their heads and jaws were brown as yet their soft ringed bodies and curled up tails and six jointed legs were all gray green they had a lazy time under the ground for they had nothing to do but to burrow and eat but that just suited them they made such good use of their time that the master of the garden looked with despair at the brown patches in his lawn those dreadful grubs he said they are spoiling my beautiful lawn they lived there for three or four years then one by one they all stopped eating they were so fat that they could hardly move and so drowsy that they didn't want to so they curled themselves up and went to sleep and did not wake for many a day as they slept their skins grew hard and transparent and new ones grew underneath two wings grew along their sides though there was not yet room for them to open out and two brown shields grew to cover them one by one the brownies woke up our wings have come we must go out and fly they said they stretched their dried outside skins till they cracked open down the middle of the back then they pushed themselves out of the opening and crawled out under the grass blades to dry themselves in the sun slowly and carefully they stretched out their fine new wings tried their feelers and lifted their strong brown shields till they hardened in the air they were brown beetles now and they felt proud of themselves they crept about to show themselves and to look at one another and they chattered together and made plans for flying off when they were ready just as evening came they were all ready to go they lifted their wings again and again to let the air into their bodies then up they flew out into the wide garden world away at the back of the house there was a patch of growing potatoes they soon found it out they alighted on the leaves and began at once to eat them for they were hungry after their long sleep they feasted all night but when the daylight came they slipped under the leaves and hung there out of sight they had been so long used to the darkness under the earth that now they preferred shady corners to open daylight those dreadful brown beetles have been here and spoiled my potato plants said the master of the garden i wish i could catch them he did not know that they were hiding under the leaves quite close to him end of story 33.

Little Birds audiobook for little children, The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain

story 31 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain blackie at first blackie was only a tiny speck in an egg but he grew so fast that he soon filled the shell mrs blackbird covered him with her warm feathered body and turned him over every day so that he should grow evenly and mr blackbird sat on a branch and sang how the sun shines how bright is the world it was delightfully warm and cozy in the little shell house so blackie was content for a long time but when he had grown as big as the shell would let him and used up all the food that had been stored for him he wished to come out he pecked at the shell and his mother hurt him that is well she said so you are ready to come out into the world pet card till you make a hole then poke out your head he pecked hard and mrs blackbird helped gently from her side presently a hole was made and out popped the little head cheap he said cheap cheap push with your shoulders till you crack the shell said his mother he pushed and pushed and soon the shell split and he stepped out well you are not very handsome said his father looking in over the edge of the nest but you will be much better looking when your feathers come he certainly was not handsome for he was bald all over and his mouth looked too big for his body but he did not know that so he was quite happy cheap cheap he said what a brown world it is for all he could see was the inside of the nest and he thought that was the world here is a worm said mrs blackbird how that big mouth of his opened in the weeks that followed both father and mother had to work hard to keep it filled but they had their reward for blackie grew big and strong and his feathers came he could look over the top of the nest now cheap what a green world it is he said for all he could see was the tree and he thought that was the world the wind blew and the branches swayed to and fro and rocked the nest till he fell asleep come out and learn to fly said his mother one day stand on the edge of the nest and fly down to the branch below she showed him how to do it and he peeped over the edge of the nest and watched her but it looked such a long way to the branch that he was afraid he crept down into the nest again and would not come out what nonsense said mrs blackbird and she tumbled him out with her beak he landed safely on the branch as she knew he would then she and mr blackbird sat beside him and showed him how to grasp with his toes and how to spread out his wings with the greatest patience they taught him step by step to fly leading him first from twig to twig then from big branch to big branch and last from tree to tree then he was taught how to find his food taught how to pull a worm out of its hole where to look for caterpillars and grubs and how to catch a fly on the wing at last he knew it all and he could earn his own living then he too sat on a branch and sang like his father how the sun shines how bright is the world end of story 31.

Little Birds audiobook for little children, The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain

story 31 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain blackie at first blackie was only a tiny speck in an egg but he grew so fast that he soon filled the shell mrs blackbird covered him with her warm feathered body and turned him over every day so that he should grow evenly and mr blackbird sat on a branch and sang how the sun shines how bright is the world it was delightfully warm and cozy in the little shell house so blackie was content for a long time but when he had grown as big as the shell would let him and used up all the food that had been stored for him he wished to come out he pecked at the shell and his mother hurt him that is well she said so you are ready to come out into the world pet card till you make a hole then poke out your head he pecked hard and mrs blackbird helped gently from her side presently a hole was made and out popped the little head cheap he said cheap cheap push with your shoulders till you crack the shell said his mother he pushed and pushed and soon the shell split and he stepped out well you are not very handsome said his father looking in over the edge of the nest but you will be much better looking when your feathers come he certainly was not handsome for he was bald all over and his mouth looked too big for his body but he did not know that so he was quite happy cheap cheap he said what a brown world it is for all he could see was the inside of the nest and he thought that was the world here is a worm said mrs blackbird how that big mouth of his opened in the weeks that followed both father and mother had to work hard to keep it filled but they had their reward for blackie grew big and strong and his feathers came he could look over the top of the nest now cheap what a green world it is he said for all he could see was the tree and he thought that was the world the wind blew and the branches swayed to and fro and rocked the nest till he fell asleep come out and learn to fly said his mother one day stand on the edge of the nest and fly down to the branch below she showed him how to do it and he peeped over the edge of the nest and watched her but it looked such a long way to the branch that he was afraid he crept down into the nest again and would not come out what nonsense said mrs blackbird and she tumbled him out with her beak he landed safely on the branch as she knew he would then she and mr blackbird sat beside him and showed him how to grasp with his toes and how to spread out his wings with the greatest patience they taught him step by step to fly leading him first from twig to twig then from big branch to big branch and last from tree to tree then he was taught how to find his food taught how to pull a worm out of its hole where to look for caterpillars and grubs and how to catch a fly on the wing at last he knew it all and he could earn his own living then he too sat on a branch and sang like his father how the sun shines how bright is the world end of story 31.

Blackie, audiobook for little children, The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain

story 31 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain blackie at first blackie was only a tiny speck in an egg but he grew so fast that he soon filled the shell mrs blackbird covered him with her warm feathered body and turned him over every day so that he should grow evenly and mr blackbird sat on a branch and sang how the sun shines how bright is the world it was delightfully warm and cozy in the little shell house so blackie was content for a long time but when he had grown as big as the shell would let him and used up all the food that had been stored for him he wished to come out he pecked at the shell and his mother hurt him that is well she said so you are ready to come out into the world pet card till you make a hole then poke out your head he pecked hard and mrs blackbird helped gently from her side presently a hole was made and out popped the little head cheap he said cheap cheap push with your shoulders till you crack the shell said his mother he pushed and pushed and soon the shell split and he stepped out well you are not very handsome said his father looking in over the edge of the nest but you will be much better looking when your feathers come he certainly was not handsome for he was bald all over and his mouth looked too big for his body but he did not know that so he was quite happy cheap cheap he said what a brown world it is for all he could see was the inside of the nest and he thought that was the world here is a worm said mrs blackbird how that big mouth of his opened in the weeks that followed both father and mother had to work hard to keep it filled but they had their reward for blackie grew big and strong and his feathers came he could look over the top of the nest now cheap what a green world it is he said for all he could see was the tree and he thought that was the world the wind blew and the branches swayed to and fro and rocked the nest till he fell asleep come out and learn to fly said his mother one day stand on the edge of the nest and fly down to the branch below she showed him how to do it and he peeped over the edge of the nest and watched her but it looked such a long way to the branch that he was afraid he crept down into the nest again and would not come out what nonsense said mrs blackbird and she tumbled him out with her beak he landed safely on the branch as she knew he would then she and mr blackbird sat beside him and showed him how to grasp with his toes and how to spread out his wings with the greatest patience they taught him step by step to fly leading him first from twig to twig then from big branch to big branch and last from tree to tree then he was taught how to find his food taught how to pull a worm out of its hole where to look for caterpillars and grubs and how to catch a fly on the wing at last he knew it all and he could earn his own living then he too sat on a branch and sang like his father how the sun shines how bright is the world end of story 31.

Blackie, audiobook for little children, The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes Public Domain

story 31 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain blackie at first blackie was only a tiny speck in an egg but he grew so fast that he soon filled the shell mrs blackbird covered him with her warm feathered body and turned him over every day so that he should grow evenly and mr blackbird sat on a branch and sang how the sun shines how bright is the world it was delightfully warm and cozy in the little shell house so blackie was content for a long time but when he had grown as big as the shell would let him and used up all the food that had been stored for him he wished to come out he pecked at the shell and his mother hurt him that is well she said so you are ready to come out into the world pet card till you make a hole then poke out your head he pecked hard and mrs blackbird helped gently from her side presently a hole was made and out popped the little head cheap he said cheap cheap push with your shoulders till you crack the shell said his mother he pushed and pushed and soon the shell split and he stepped out well you are not very handsome said his father looking in over the edge of the nest but you will be much better looking when your feathers come he certainly was not handsome for he was bald all over and his mouth looked too big for his body but he did not know that so he was quite happy cheap cheap he said what a brown world it is for all he could see was the inside of the nest and he thought that was the world here is a worm said mrs blackbird how that big mouth of his opened in the weeks that followed both father and mother had to work hard to keep it filled but they had their reward for blackie grew big and strong and his feathers came he could look over the top of the nest now cheap what a green world it is he said for all he could see was the tree and he thought that was the world the wind blew and the branches swayed to and fro and rocked the nest till he fell asleep come out and learn to fly said his mother one day stand on the edge of the nest and fly down to the branch below she showed him how to do it and he peeped over the edge of the nest and watched her but it looked such a long way to the branch that he was afraid he crept down into the nest again and would not come out what nonsense said mrs blackbird and she tumbled him out with her beak he landed safely on the branch as she knew he would then she and mr blackbird sat beside him and showed him how to grasp with his toes and how to spread out his wings with the greatest patience they taught him step by step to fly leading him first from twig to twig then from big branch to big branch and last from tree to tree then he was taught how to find his food taught how to pull a worm out of its hole where to look for caterpillars and grubs and how to catch a fly on the wing at last he knew it all and he could earn his own living then he too sat on a branch and sang like his father how the sun shines how bright is the world end of story 31.