Tag: children’s history book
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 36 and 37
MASSASOIT AND THE MEDICINE MEN audio ONE cold March day another Indian messenger appeared at the gate of Plymouth. He had been running many miles, and his body was wet and his veins were swollen. “English friends come quick!” he cried. “Chief Massasoit much sick! Soon die!” This was sad news to the Pilgrims, for…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 34 and 35
FRIENDS OR FOES? audio ONE day late in November, Governor Bradford and his friend Edward Winslow walked along the top of the hill toward Plymouth. They carried guns on their shoulders and their game bags were heavy with the wild ducks they were bringing home. “They turned and saw an Indian running toward them” Suddenly they…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 33
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING audio THE summer days were full for the busy Pilgrims. In the fields there were only twenty men and a few boys to do all the work. There was corn to hoe, and there were gardens to weed and care for. When time could be spared from this work, there were barns…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 31 and 32
SQUANTO audio WHEN Massasoit and his people returned to their camp in the forest, Squanto did not go with them. “Many, many moons ago wigwams of Squanto’s people stand here, and here,” he said, pointing to the shore and the brookside. “Many canoes on shore. Many camp fires on hillside.” “Did your tribe move to…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 29 and 30
SAMOSET audio AT last spring came bringing health and hope to the Pilgrims. Again the axes rang out in the forest, and the half-built cottages were soon finished. The snow melted from the sunny hillsides, and the ice in the streams broke away and floated into the sea. One morning the men of Plymouth met…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 27 and 28
PLYMOUTH BAY audio A STORM of wind and snow came up as the Pilgrims sailed along near the shore. The sea was very rough, and the boat seemed in danger of being upset by the waves which tossed it from side to side. The rudder was broken, and the mast was split in three pieces by…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 25 and 26
A NARROW ESCAPE audio WHILE the men were away with the boat, the children could not go to the shore to play. They had to amuse themselves on the ship as well as they could. This was not hard for little Francis Billington to do, but his amusements never seemed to please the older people. If…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 23 and 24
THE FIRST WASHING DAY IN NEW ENGLAND audio IT was Monday morning, and the sun was brighter and the weather more mild than in weeks before. The children gazed eagerly toward the shore and thought what fun it would be to have a long run on that smooth, sandy beach, or to hunt for nuts in…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 21 and 22
WATER BABIES audio ON and on the ship sailed. How wide the water seemed. Some days were full of sunshine: then the little children could play upon the deck. They loved to watch the sunset across the wide ocean. Then the sky was bright with purple and gold. Each wave caught the colors from the clouds…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapters 19 and 20
THE “SPEEDWELL” audio FOUR days of good wind and fair weather brought the “Speedwell” to England. There the Pilgrims found about forty friends who wished to go with them to America. They had hired a little ship called the “Mayflower,” which now lay in the harbor ready to sail. It, too, was loaded with provisions…