The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children


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"You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous "old woman who lived in the shoe," has so many children that she doesn't know what to do. But you will know better when you become acquainted with her, and learn how strong she is, and how active; how she can really be in fifty places at once, taking care of a sick tree, or a baby flower just born; and, at the same time, building underground palaces, guiding the steps of little travellers setting out on long journeys, and sweeping, dusting, and arranging her great house,--the earth. And all the while, in the midst of her patient and never-ending work, she will tell us the most charming and marvellous stories of ages ago when she was young, or of the treasures that lie hidden in the most distant and secret closets of her palace; just such stories as you all like so well to hear your mother tell when you gather round her in the twilight." (Summary from Chapter One of The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children) (2 hr 24 min)

Chapitres

The Story of the Amber Beads 7:22 Lu par Mrs. Darcy
The New Life 5:48 Lu par Christine Blachford
The Talk of the Trees That Stand in the Village Street 6:51 Lu par Christine Blachford
How the Indian Corn Grows 6:48 Lu par Ted Nugent
Water-Lilies 5:54 Lu par Ted Nugent
The Carrying Trade 12:15 Lu par Ruth Golding
Sea-Life 29:32 Lu par aquielisunari
The Frost Giants 12:46 Lu par Jason Mayoff
How Quercus Alba Went to Explore the Underworld 13:18 Lu par the quiet fox
Treasure-Boxes 7:04 Lu par the quiet fox
A Peep Into One of God's Storehouses 17:16 Lu par aquielisunari
The Hidden Light 4:27 Lu par Laura Caldwell
Sixty-Two Little Tadpoles 8:43 Lu par Colleen Dick
Golden-Rod and Asters 6:42 Lu par Sean McGaughey