Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. A printer error has been changed, and it is indicated with a mouse-hover and listed at the end of this book . DRAMATIC READER FOR LOWER GRADES BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY Copyright , 1911, By FLORENCE HOLBROOK. Entered at Stationers' Hall, London. HOLBROOK'S DRAMATIC READER. TO THE CHILDREN These little plays—well-known stories done into dialogue—were written for children who like to imagine themselves living with their favorite characters in forest, in palace, or in fairyland. It is hoped that you will enjoy these old friends in their new dress almost as well as you loved them in the old. When you read the words of bird or tree or prince or child, try to speak with the voice and manner which you think that character would use. Thus you will make the reading a joy to yourselves and a great satisfaction to your hearers. To try to put oneself in the place of another is very good training for the imagination. It also teaches us to be more kind to others and to all living creatures. We learn that most persons are striving to do better and to be better, and we grow in understanding and sympathy. May these little plays help you to the enjoyment of the great dramas which you will read when you are older. FLORENCE HOLBROOK CONTENTS PAGE Little Red Riding-Hood 7 Goldilocks, or the Three Bears 16 The Bird with the Broken Wing 26 Cornelia and her Jewels 34 Cinderella 39 The Pied Piper 56 Mother Goose's Party 65 Little Two-Eyes 83 The Days of the Week 100 Hänsel and Gretel 107 King Alfred 125 Robin Hood and the Sad Knight 139 William Tell 152 Time and the Seasons 162 The Gingerbread Man 170 The Good Fairy 178 A DRAMATIC READER LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD PERSONS IN THE PLAY— Little Red Riding-Hood , Mother , Bird , Wolf , Miller , Grandmother Mother. Would you like to go to grandmother's to-day, my child? The sun is bright and the air is warm and pleasant. Little Red Riding-Hood. Yes, mother, you know I always like to visit dear grandmamma. Mother. Then you may go. You may carry your little basket, and I'll put some honey and a jar of butter in it for grandma. Little Red Riding-Hood. Oh, that will be a nice…