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remained。 But I began�察�with as funny a tale as I knew�察�following the safe 

plan   of   not   speaking   very   loudly�察  �and   aiming   my   effort   at   the   nearest 

children。 As   I   went   on�察  �a   very   few   faces   held   intelligently   to   mine�察  �the 

majority  answered   only  fitfully�察  �and   not   a   few   of   my  hearers   conversed 

with their neighbours as if I were non´ existent。 The sense of bafflement�察�

the    futile   effort�察  �forced    the   perspiration     to   my    hands     and   faceyet 

something in the faces before me told me that it was no ill´will that fought 

against   me�察  �it   was   the   apathy   of   minds   without   the   power   or   habit   of 

concentration�察  �unable   to   follow   a   sequence   of   ideas   any   distance�察  �and 

rendered   more   restless   by   bodies   which   were   probably   uncomfortable�察�

certainly undisciplined。 



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     The first story took ten minutes。 When I began a second�察�a very short 

one�察   �the   initial   work    had    to  be   done    all  over    again�察  �for   the   slight 

comparative        quiet   I  had    won    had    been    totally   lost  in   the   resulting 

manifestation of approval。 

     At   the   end   of   the   second   story�察  �the   room   was   really   orderly   to   the 

superficial     view�察   �but   where     I  stood   I  could    see   the   small    boy   who 

deliberately made a hideous face at me each time my eyes met his�察�the two 

girls who talked with their backs turned�察�the squirms of a figure here and 

there。 It seemed so disheartening a record of failure that I hesitated much 

to yield to the uproarious request for a third story�察�but finally I did begin 

again�察�on a very long story which for its own sake I wanted them to hear。 

     This time the little audience settled to attention almost at the opening 

words。 After  about   five  minutes   I   was suddenly  conscious   of   a sense  of 

ease and   relief�察�a   familiar restful   feeling   in the   atmosphere�察�and then�察 �at 

last�察  �I  knew    that   my    audience     was   ;with    me�察─   �that  they    and   I  were 

interacting without obstruction。 Absolutely quiet�察�entirely unconscious of 

themselves�察      �the  boys    and   girls   were    responding      to  every    turn   of  the 

narrative   as   easily   and   readily   as   any   group   of   story´bred   kindergarten 

children。 From then on we had a good time together。 

     The process which took place in that small audience was a condensed 

example   of   what   one   may   expect   in   habitual   story´telling   to   a   group   of 

children。 Once having had the attention chained by crude force of interest�察�

the children begin to expect something interesting from the teacher�察�and to 

wait for it。 And having been led step by step from one grade of a logical 

sequence to   another�察 �their   minds   at   first beguiled by  the   fascination   of 

the steps glide into the habit of following any logical sequence。 My club 

formed its habit�察�as far as I was concerned�察�all in one session�察�the ordinary 

demands of school procedure lengthen the process�察�but the result is equally 

sure。 By the end of a week in which the children have listened happily to a 

story every day�察�the habit of listening and deducing has been formed�察�and 

the    expectation     of  pleasantness      is  connected      with   the   opening     of  the 

teacher's lips。 

     These two benefits are well worth the trouble they cost�察�and for these 

two�察�at least�察�any teacher who tells a story well may confidently look the 



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quick gaining of a confidential relation with the children�察�and the gradual 

development of concentration and interested attention in them。 

     These are direct and somewhat clearly discernible results�察�comfortably 

placed in a near future。 There are other aims�察�reaching on into the far�察�slow 

modes of psychological growth�察�which must equally determine the choice 

of the story´teller's material and inform the spirit of her work。 These other�察�

less immediately attainable ends�察�I wish now to consider in relation to the 

different types of story by which they are severally best served。 

     First�察�unbidden claimant of attention�察�comes 

     THE FAIRY STORY 

       No one can think of a child and a story�察�without thinking of the fairy 

tale。 Is this�察�as some would have us believe�察�a bad habit of an ignorant old 

world�拭�Or can the Fairy Tale justify her popularity with truly edifying and 

educational results�拭�Is she a proper person to introduce here�察�and what are 

her titles to merit�拭�

     Oh   dear�察  �yes�   �Dame   Fairy  Tale   comes   bearing   a   magic   wand   in   her 

wrinkled old fingers�察�with one wave of which she summons up that very 

spirit of joy which it is our chief effort to invoke。 She raps smartly on the 

door�察�and open sesames echo to every imagination。 Her red´ heeled shoes 

twinkle     down     an   endless   lane   of   adventures�察    �and   every    real  child's 

footsteps   quicken   after。   She   is   the   natural�察  �own   great´   grandmother   of 

every child in the world�察�and her pocketfuls of treasures are his by right of 

inheritance。   Shut   her   out�察  �and   you   truly   rob   the   children   of   something 

which is   theirs�察  �something   marking   their   constant   kinship   with the   race´ 

children of the past�察�and adapted to their needs as it was to those of the 

generation of long ago� �If there were no other criterion at all�察�it would be 

enough that the children love the fairy tale�察�we give them fairy stories�察�first�察�

because they like them。 But that by no means lessens the importance of the 

fact that fairy tales are also good for them。 

     How good�拭�In various ways。 First�察�perhaps�察�in their supreme power of 

presenting truth through the guise of images。 This is the way the race´child 

took toward wisdom�察�and it is the way each child's individual instinct takes�察�

after   him。   Elemental   truths   of   moral   law   and   general   types   of   human 

experience are presented in the fairy tale�察�in the poetry of their images�察�and 



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although the child is aware only of the image at the time�察�the truth enters 

with it and becomes a part of his individual experience�察�to be recognised in 

its relations at a later stage。 Every truth and type so given broadens and 

deepens the capacity of the child's inner life�察�and adds an element to the 

store from which he draws his moral inferences。 

     The   most   familiar   instance   of   a   moral   truth   conveyed   under   a   fairy´ 

story image is probably the story of the pure´hearted and loving girl whose 

lips were touched with the wonderful power of dropping jewels with every 

spoken word�察�while her stepsister�察�whose heart was infested with malice 

and evil desires�察�let ugly toads fall from her mouth whenever she spoke。 I 

mention the old tale because there is probably no one of my readers who 

has not heard it in childhood�察�and because there are undoubtedly many to 

whose      mind     it  has   often   recurred     in  later   life  as   a  sadly    perfect 

presentment of the fact that ;out of the abundance of the heart the mouth 

speaketh。; That story has entered into the forming consciousness of many 

of us�察�with its implications of the inevitable result of visible evil from evil 

in the heart�察�and its revelation of the loathsomeness of evil itself。 

     And no less truly than this story has served to many as an embodiment 

of   moral   law   has   another   household   

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