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1、HOWTOTELLSTORIESTOCHILDRENANDSOMESTORIESTOTELLHOWTOTELLSTORIESTOCHILDRENANDSOMESTORIESTOTELLBYSARACONEBRYANT1HOWTOTELLSTORIESTOCHILDRENANDSOMESTORIESTOTELLToMyMotherTHEFIRST,BESTSTORY-TELLERTHISLITTLEBOOKISDEDICATED2HOWTOTELLSTORIESTOCHILDRENANDSOMESTORIE
2、STOTELLPREFACEThestorieswhicharegiveninthefollowingpagesareforthemostpartthosewhichIhavefoundtobebestlikedbythechildrentowhomIhavetoldtheseandothers.IhavetriedtoreproducetheforminwhichIactuallytellthem,--althoughthatinevitablyvarieswitheveryrepetition,--f
3、eelingthatitwouldbeofgreatervaluetoanotherstory-tellerthanamorecloselyliteraryform.Forthesamereason,Ihaveconfinedmystatementsoftheoryastomethod,tothosewhichreflectmyownexperience;my"rules"weredrawnfromintrospectionandretrospection,attheurgingofothers,long
4、aftertheinstinctivemethodtheyexemplifyhadbecomehabitual.Thesefactsarethebasisofmyhopethatthebookmaybeofusetothosewhohavemuchtodowithchildren.Itwouldbeimpossible,inthespaceofanypardonablepreface,tonametheteachers,mothers,andlibrarianswhohavegivenmehintsand
5、helpsduringthepastfewyearsofstory-telling.ButIcannotletthesepagesgotopresswithoutrecordingmyespecialindebtednesstothefewpersonswithoutwhoseinterestedaidthelittlebookwouldscarcelyhavecometobe.Theyare:MrsElizabethYoungRutan,atwhosegenerousinstanceIfirstenla
6、rgedmyownfieldofentertainingstory-tellingtoincludehers,ofeducationalnarrative,andfromwhomIhadmanyvaluablesuggestionsatthattime;MissEllaL.Sweeney,assistantsuperintendentofschools,Providence,R.I.,towhomIoweexceptionalopportunitiesforinvestigationandexperime
7、nt;MrsRoot,children'slibrarianofProvidencePublicLibrary,andMissAliceM.Jordan,BostonPublicLibrary,children'sroom,towhomIamindebtedformuchgraciousandefficientaid.MythanksareduealsotoMrDavidNuttforpermissiontomakeuseofthreestoriesfromEnglishFairyTales,byMrJo
8、sephJacobs,andRaggylug,fromWildAnimalsIhaveKnown,byMrErnestThompsonSeton;toMessrsFrederickA.StokesCompanyforFiveLittleWhite3HOWTOTELLSTORIESTOCHILDRENANDSOMESTORIESTOTELLHeads,byWalterLearned,andforBirdThoughts;toMe