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The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book

by Albert Bigelow PAINE (1861 - 1937)

The First Pig Story

"In the House of Many Windows which stands in a large city and is sometimes called a "flat" by people who, because they are grown up, do not know any better, live the Little Lady and the Story Teller. The Little Lady is four years old, going on five, and is fond of stories. This makes her and the Story Teller good friends. They mostly sit in the firelight after supper, and while the Little Lady is being undressed they tell each other all that has happened since morning. Then the Little Lady looks into the fire and says:— "Now, tell me a story." Sometimes she wants a new story. Sometimes one of the old ones, which must be told always the same, because the Little Lady, like a good many grown up people, does not care for new and revised editions, but wants the old stories in the old words, that sound real and true. Sometimes the Story Teller forgets or improves on his plots, but the Little Lady never forgets and never fails to set the Story Teller right." - Summary by the author

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Listen next episodes of The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book:
A Deep Woods Fishing Party , A Rain in the Night , Around the World and Back Again , Christmas At the Hollow Tree Inn - Good by to the Little Lady , How Mr. Dog Got Even, part 1 , How Mr. Dog Got Even, part 2 , Mr. Dog Takes Lessons in Dancing , Mr. 'Possum Explains , Mr. Rabbit Explains , Mr Rabbit's Unwelcome Company , Mr. Turtle's Thunder Story, part 1 , Mr. Turtle's Thunder Story, part 2 , The Hollow Tree Inn, part 1 , The Hollow Tree Inn, part 2 , The Hollow Tree Poetry Club , The Little Lady's Vacation and Her Return , The Second Pig Story , The Story of the C.X. Pie, part 1 , The Story of the C.X. Pie, part 2 , The Story of the C.X. Pie, part 3