The Turquoise Story BookUNDER GREENWOOD TREESReading editionChapter navigation107 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE TURQUOISE STORY BOOKINTRODUCTIONSUMMER STORIES AND LEGENDSSUMMERHOW SUMMER CONQUERED WINTER (IROQUOIS LEGEND)A LEGEND OF THE FLOWERS (AUSTRALIAN)JUNETHE SUN-GODDESS Frank RinderTHE SUMMER MAKER (Ojibway Legend)SUMMERIN THE KITCHEN-GARDEN Mrs. Alfred GattyGLAD DAYTHE SUMMER PRINCESS Mrs. MolesworthMIDSUMMERSUMMER SKIESHOW THE SUN WAS CAUGHT AND FREEDA DAY OF SUNSHINEPHAETON'S DRIVE IN THE SUN-CHARIOTSONGSUMMER SUNTHE CLOUD Robert ReineckUNDINE Edward Abbott ParryLEGEND OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS (WYANDOTTE)THE PRINCESS MOONBEAM[1] Mary F. Nixon-RouletTHE MOONTHE SPACIOUS FIRMAMENT ON HIGHGREEN FIELDS AND MEADOWS GAYNATURE'S SONGTHE GIFT OF FLAX (NORSE LEGEND)THE STORY OF THE DEWDROP Lucile CorbettTHE DEW MOTHERORIGIN OF THE DANDELION (INDIAN LEGEND)PRINCE BUTTERFLY AND CLOVERA SONG OF CLOVERTITHONUS: A LEGEND OF THE GRASSHOPPER Lillian S. HydeTHE GRASSHOPPERTHE GOLDEN GRASSHOPPER Charles LambA BLADE OF GRASS John RuskinPRINCESS FIRE-FLY (JAPANESE LEGEND)JULYCUFF AND THE WOODCHUCK John BurroughsWHY THE LADY-BUG IS SAID TO BE BELOVED OF GOD Translated from the French by M. L. CookSUMMER SPINNERSTHE STORY OF ARACHNE (GREEK MYTH)HOW THE SPIDER MAKES ITS WEB[2] C. William BeebeTHE FAIRY SPINNER (SOUTHERN TALE)MOTHER SPIDER Frances Gillespy WickesIN BROOKS AND PONDSTHE BROOKLEGEND OF THE WATER-LILYTHE TALE OF TWO TAILS Mary H. WilsonORIGIN OF BULLFROGSWOODLAND WATERSTHE GRUBBIEST GRUB J. BevanTHE DRAGON-FLYON THE WINGHOW WOODPECKER CHANGED HIS COLOURS (MICMAC LEGEND)A RETORT FROM THE CATBIRDWOODPECKER LIFE Margaret Coulson WalkerKINGFISHER'S NECKLACE AND RUFFLEOWL WISDOM Frances WrightBIRDS' NESTS Ernest IngersollHATTO THE HERMIT: THE LEGEND OF A BIRD'S NEST Selma LagerlöfUNDER GREENWOOD TREESSONGTHE PLUCKY PRINCETHE OAKSUMMER SNOW Mrs. Humphrey WardTHE BOY WHO HATED TREES Alice L. BeckwithTHE FRIENDLY SUMMER TREES Frank A. WaughFOREST DAY Selma LagerlöfWOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREEIN AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDENHOW THE ROSE BECAME QUEEN Albert Bigelow PaineMORNING GLORIESWHY ROSES HAVE THORNS (ALGONQUIN LEGEND)SWEET PEASA LEGEND OF THE PRIMROSEEVENING PRIMROSESLEGEND OF THE LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY Albert Bigelow PaineKATRINA'S SUN-DIALTHE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLIESTHE PINKSTHE FLOWER'S THANKS Lyman AbbottPANSIESTHE LITTLE HEARTSEASELEGEND OF THE RED GERANIUMENCHANTED TULIPSIRISTHE YELLOW-BIRD[3]ORIGIN OF THE SUNFLOWER (GREEK MYTH)THE BLUEBELLTHE DEW MOTHER'S GIFT TO THE ROSEA YELLOW PANSYMIGNONETTEFLOWERSON A MIDSUMMER DAYTHE FRIENDLY COWSLIP BELLSFAIRY DAWNROBIN GOODFELLOW Ernest RhysA QUARREL IN FAIRYLAND (Arranged from "A Midsummer Night's Dream")SCENE ISCENE IISCENE IIIIN THE COOL OF THE EVENINGTranscriber's NotePrevious chapter ←HATTO THE HERMIT: THE LEGEND OF A BIRD'S NEST Selma LagerlöfNext chapter →SONGAll chapters and sections (107)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE TURQUOISE STORY BOOKINTRODUCTIONSUMMER STORIES AND LEGENDSSUMMERHOW SUMMER CONQUERED WINTER (IROQUOIS LEGEND)A LEGEND OF THE FLOWERS (AUSTRALIAN)JUNETHE SUN-GODDESS Frank RinderTHE SUMMER MAKER (Ojibway Legend)SUMMERIN THE KITCHEN-GARDEN Mrs. Alfred GattyGLAD DAYTHE SUMMER PRINCESS Mrs. MolesworthMIDSUMMERSUMMER SKIESHOW THE SUN WAS CAUGHT AND FREEDA DAY OF SUNSHINEPHAETON'S DRIVE IN THE SUN-CHARIOTSONGSUMMER SUNTHE CLOUD Robert ReineckUNDINE Edward Abbott ParryLEGEND OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS (WYANDOTTE)THE PRINCESS MOONBEAM[1] Mary F. Nixon-RouletTHE MOONTHE SPACIOUS FIRMAMENT ON HIGHGREEN FIELDS AND MEADOWS GAYNATURE'S SONGTHE GIFT OF FLAX (NORSE LEGEND)THE STORY OF THE DEWDROP Lucile CorbettTHE DEW MOTHERORIGIN OF THE DANDELION (INDIAN LEGEND)PRINCE BUTTERFLY AND CLOVERA SONG OF CLOVERTITHONUS: A LEGEND OF THE GRASSHOPPER Lillian S. HydeTHE GRASSHOPPERTHE GOLDEN GRASSHOPPER Charles LambA BLADE OF GRASS John RuskinPRINCESS FIRE-FLY (JAPANESE LEGEND)JULYCUFF AND THE WOODCHUCK John BurroughsWHY THE LADY-BUG IS SAID TO BE BELOVED OF GOD Translated from the French by M. L. CookSUMMER SPINNERSTHE STORY OF ARACHNE (GREEK MYTH)HOW THE SPIDER MAKES ITS WEB[2] C. William BeebeTHE FAIRY SPINNER (SOUTHERN TALE)MOTHER SPIDER Frances Gillespy WickesIN BROOKS AND PONDSTHE BROOKLEGEND OF THE WATER-LILYTHE TALE OF TWO TAILS Mary H. WilsonORIGIN OF BULLFROGSWOODLAND WATERSTHE GRUBBIEST GRUB J. BevanTHE DRAGON-FLYON THE WINGHOW WOODPECKER CHANGED HIS COLOURS (MICMAC LEGEND)A RETORT FROM THE CATBIRDWOODPECKER LIFE Margaret Coulson WalkerKINGFISHER'S NECKLACE AND RUFFLEOWL WISDOM Frances WrightBIRDS' NESTS Ernest IngersollHATTO THE HERMIT: THE LEGEND OF A BIRD'S NEST Selma LagerlöfUNDER GREENWOOD TREESSONGTHE PLUCKY PRINCETHE OAKSUMMER SNOW Mrs. Humphrey WardTHE BOY WHO HATED TREES Alice L. BeckwithTHE FRIENDLY SUMMER TREES Frank A. WaughFOREST DAY Selma LagerlöfWOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREEIN AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDENHOW THE ROSE BECAME QUEEN Albert Bigelow PaineMORNING GLORIESWHY ROSES HAVE THORNS (ALGONQUIN LEGEND)SWEET PEASA LEGEND OF THE PRIMROSEEVENING PRIMROSESLEGEND OF THE LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY Albert Bigelow PaineKATRINA'S SUN-DIALTHE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLIESTHE PINKSTHE FLOWER'S THANKS Lyman AbbottPANSIESTHE LITTLE HEARTSEASELEGEND OF THE RED GERANIUMENCHANTED TULIPSIRISTHE YELLOW-BIRD[3]ORIGIN OF THE SUNFLOWER (GREEK MYTH)THE BLUEBELLTHE DEW MOTHER'S GIFT TO THE ROSEA YELLOW PANSYMIGNONETTEFLOWERSON A MIDSUMMER DAYTHE FRIENDLY COWSLIP BELLSFAIRY DAWNROBIN GOODFELLOW Ernest RhysA QUARREL IN FAIRYLAND (Arranged from "A Midsummer Night's Dream")Scenes123Other sectionsIN THE COOL OF THE EVENINGTranscriber's Note280◇← HATTO THE HERMIT: THE LEGEND OF A BIRD'S NEST Selma LagerlöfSONG →