The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

Do you know Mother Nature? She it is to whom God

has given the care of the earth, and all that grows in or

upon it, just as he has given to your mother the care of

her family of boys and girls.



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,