Harriman, Susan S., comp · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 65
utiful starflowers; and every night, listening to the talesround the camp-fire, they watch for new starflowers to fall. THE SONG OF THE FLUTE By Ellen Miller Donaldson HUNDREDS of years ago, in a land far over thesea, a land where the sky is always blue andwhere all day long beautiful flowers smile… … His father was dead. There were only thelittle boy and his mother. The mother keptthe home, the little boy kept the sheep, andthey were happy. All summer long he was out under the bigwonderful trees guarding the sheep. Day after day he listened to the beautifulmusic of the day and he learned a song…
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