ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
FROM DRAWINGS IN COLORS BY MAXFIELD PARRISH
FACING PAGE
With Trumpet and Drum 2
With big tin trumpet and little red drum, Marching like soldiers, the children come!
The Sugar-Plum Tree 28
And you carry away of the treasure that rains As much as your apron can hold!
Wynken, Blynken and Nod 62
Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe— Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew.
The Little Peach 96
John took a bite and Sue a chew, And then the trouble began to brew,— Trouble the doctor couldn’t subdue. Too true!
The Dinkey-Bird 120
In an ocean, ’way out yonder (As all sapient people know), Is the land of Wonder-Wander, Whither children love to go.
The Fly-Away Horse 144
And the Fly-Away Horse seeks those far-away lands You little folk dream of at night—
Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks 170
Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks Sit together, building blocks; Shuffle-Shoon is old and gray, Amber-Locks a little child.
Seein’ Things 192
I woke up in the dark an’ saw things standin’ in a row, A-lookin’ at me cross-eyed an’ p’intin’ at me—so!