Project Gutenberg 2013-07-28 Public domain in the USA. 88 Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe 1850 1943 Richards, Laura E. The Pig Brother, and Other Fables and Stories A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth School Year Reading ease score: 90.1 (5th grade). Very easy to read. The pig brother -- The golden windows -- The coming of the king -- Swing song -- The great feast -- The owl and the eel and the warming-pan -- The wheat field -- About angels -- The apron string -- The shadow -- The sailor man -- "Go" and "come" -- Child's play -- Little John Bottlejohn -- A fortune -- The stars -- Buttercup Gold -- The patient cat -- Alice's supper -- The quacky duck -- At the little boy's home -- New Year -- Jacky Frost -- The cake -- "Oh, dear!" -- The useful coal -- Song of the little winds -- The three remarks -- Hokey Pokey -- The tangled skein -- A song for Hal -- For you and me -- The burning house -- The naughty comet -- Day dreams. Produced by eagkw, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Pig Brother and Other Fables and Stories" by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards is a collection of children's stories written in the late 19th century. This illustrated book serves as a supplementary reader for young students, featuring whimsical fables and narratives that often impart moral lessons or insights about human nature. The first story, "The Pig Brother," introduces a messy child and a Tidy Angel, setting the tone for light-hearted, imaginative tales that reflect the virtues of tidiness and personal responsibility. At the start of the book, the narrative focuses on an untidy child whose messy habits have drawn the attention of the Tidy Angel. The Angel decides to take the child to meet his "brother," whom he believes will help him appreciate cleanliness. The child encounters various garden animals, all of whom reject the idea of being related to him due to his untidy appearance, reinforcing the theme of self-discovery and the consequences of one's actions. Ultimately, as the child expresses his desire to return to his angelic guide rather than follow the Pig Brother, it emphasizes the importance of choosing the right path and embracing personal growth over complacency in messy habits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43336/43336-h/images/cover.jpg en Children's stories Readers (Primary) PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Teaching & Education 181959 181882 2024-10-18T08:12:28.424637 2023-09-19T04:13:47.434130 text/html text/html 187240 2013-07-28T09:29:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 567124 2013-07-28T09:29:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 546704 2024-10-18T08:12:33.765609 application/epub+zip 546765 2024-10-18T08:12:29.796613 application/epub+zip 132073 2024-10-18T08:12:29.089623 application/epub+zip 838687 2024-10-18T08:12:36.800628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476585 2024-10-18T08:12:32.993601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181128 2022-09-19T18:19:31.702593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141814 141617 2024-10-18T08:12:27.672647 2023-09-19T04:13:46.827125 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 141699 2013-07-28T09:29:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 52179 2013-07-28T09:29:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 141691 2013-07-28T09:29:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52163 2013-07-28T09:29:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22492 2024-10-18T08:12:36.941563 application/rdf+xml 24717 2024-10-18T08:12:29.180599 image/jpeg 3845 2024-10-18T08:12:29.134621 image/jpeg 577931 2024-10-18T08:12:28.513603 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia