Tag: Pilgrim Stories
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Pilgrim Stories: chapter 43
HOLIDAYS AND HOLY DAYS It was Saturday morning. Little Elizabeth Brown sat by a window in the big kitchen, hemming a tiny pink dress for a doll she was making for her little sister Hope. On the chair beside her lay the doll, though you might not have thought of calling it a doll. It…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 42
COLONIAL SCHOOLS IN a very few years after the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, there were many children in the colonies. Of course these children went to school, but their school was not at all like ours. For the first few years there was not a schoolhouse in New England. The children went to the home…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 41
TWO BRASS KETTLES IN a little town not far from Boston stood an old brick house. It did not look like a brick house, for it had been covered on the outside with boards. It was the safest house in the village, and during King Philip’s War the neighbors often used to come to this…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 40
THE CHRISTMAS CANDLE IN the little village of Swansea, lived a widow with her two children, Mary and Benjamin. The mother was a very good woman, always ready to nurse the sick, feed the hungry, or do anything she could to help those who needed her. Indians lived in the forest about Swansea, and this…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 39
TWO LITTLE CAPTIVES audio ON a sunny hillside, near the river, a boy was cutting corn. It was late in September, but the day was warm. “This is just the day for a row on the river,” said Isaac Bradley to himself. As he looked over the bright, smoothly-flowing water, he saw a little boat…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 38
THE INDIANS AND THE JACK-O’-LANTERNS audio ON a little farm several miles from any village, lived two little girls, Prudence and Endurance. There were no other children near, but they were never lonely, for they had Whitefoot and Fluff, two of the prettiest kittens you ever saw. They had old Speckle and her little brood…
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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…