The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children


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"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, and sweeping, dusting, and arranging her great house,--the earth. And all the while, in the midst of her patient and never-ending work, she will tell us the most charming and marvellous stories of ages ago when she was young, or of the treasures that lie hidden in the most distant and secret closets of her palace; just such stories as you all like so well to hear your mother tell when you gather round her in the twilight." (Summary from Chapter One of The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children) (2 hr 24 min)

Chapters

The Story of the Amber Beads 7:22 Read by Mrs. Darcy
The New Life 5:48 Read by Christine Blachford
The Talk of the Trees That Stand in the Village Street 6:51 Read by Christine Blachford
How the Indian Corn Grows 6:48 Read by Ted Nugent
Water-Lilies 5:54 Read by Ted Nugent
The Carrying Trade 12:15 Read by Ruth Golding
Sea-Life 29:32 Read by aquielisunari
The Frost Giants 12:46 Read by Jason Mayoff
How Quercus Alba Went to Explore the Underworld 13:18 Read by the quiet fox
Treasure-Boxes 7:04 Read by the quiet fox
A Peep Into One of God's Storehouses 17:16 Read by aquielisunari
The Hidden Light 4:27 Read by Laura Caldwell
Sixty-Two Little Tadpoles 8:43 Read by Colleen Dick
Golden-Rod and Asters 6:42 Read by Sean McGaughey