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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: All about Little Boy Blue - -Author: Emma Gelders Sterne - -Illustrator: Thelma Gooch - -Release Date: February 7, 2023 [eBook #69976] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Bob Taylor, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALL ABOUT LITTLE BOY -BLUE *** - - - - - - Transcriber’s Note - Italic text displayed as: _italic_ - - - - - :: DEDICATED TO :: - THE NICEST CHILD IN - THE WHOLE WORLD - - - Printed in U. S. A. - -[Illustration: Boy sleeping] - - - - - ALL ABOUT - LITTLE BOY BLUE - - [Illustration: Boy blowing horn with fairy] - - WRITTEN BY - EMMA GELDERS STERNE - - PICTURED BY - THELMA GOOCH - - NEW YORK - CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY - - - - -The All About Series - -_Price per volume, 40 Cents_ - - - “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.” By Beatrix Potter. Pictured by Dick - Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish. - - “ALL ABOUT THE THREE BEARS.” Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. - Kirby-Parrish. - - “ALL ABOUT THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.” Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. - Kirby-Parrish. - - “ALL ABOUT MOTHER GOOSE.” Pictured by John B. Gruelle. - - “ALL ABOUT CINDERELLA.” Pictured by John B. Gruelle. - - “ALL ABOUT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.” Pictured by John B. Gruelle. - - “ALL ABOUT THE LITTLE SMALL RED HEN.” Pictured by John B. Gruelle. - - “ALL ABOUT LITTLE BLACK SAMBO.” Pictured by John B. Gruelle. - - “ALL ABOUT HANSEL AND GRETHEL.” Pictured by John B. Gruelle. - - “ALL ABOUT THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.” Pictured by Gladys Hall. - - “ALL ABOUT LITTLE BOY BLUE.” Pictured by Thelma Gooch. - - - CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY New York - -Copyright, 1924, by Cupples & Leon Company - -_All About Little Boy Blue_ - - - - -[Illustration: All about Little Boy Blue.] - - -Once upon a time there was a Little Boy called “Little Boy Blue,” -because that wasn’t his name. He lived on a farm with his mother and -daddie, - - And three cows, - And ten woolly sheep, - And a little white lamb, - And a flower garden. - -[Illustration: Lamb] - -[Illustration: Lambs in pen] - -Little Boy Blue loved the three cows, and the ten woolly sheep, and -the little white lamb; but most ’specially did he love the flower -garden and all the flowers in it. - -[Illustration: Flowers] - -One day his daddie brought him a blue horn with golden stars painted -on it. And when the Little Boy blew the horn it sounded mighty sweet -to him, like bread and honey; - -[Illustration: Horn] - -[Illustration: Boy on cow] - -And it sounded mighty sweet to the cows in the meadow, like wavy -yellow corn; - -[Illustration: Horn with stars] - -And it sounded mighty sweet to the woolly sheep, like grass and -singing brooks; and it sounded mighty sweet to the white lamb, like -his mother calling him. - -[Illustration: Lamb in stream] - -[Illustration: Moon and fairy] - -But to the fairies who lived in the garden it sounded sweetest of -all, like dancing in the moonlight. - -Little Boy Blue played all day in the garden. - -[Illustration: Bird on branch] - -Until, when the shadows had put the sun to bed and the birds were -singing lullabies, the night wind came to the garden bearing a -message from his mother: - - “Come home, Little Boy Blue, - Supper time, and bed time, too. - Little Boy Blue, I’m calling you.” - -[Illustration: Small boy] - -The Little Boy tucked his blue horn with the golden stars under his -arm and waved “Good Night” to the flowers in the garden. - -The roses bowed good-night, and the forget-me-nots courtesied -good-night, and the merry columbine nodded good-night, but one little -purple pansy was nowhere to be seen. I will tell you why: - -[Illustration: Flower] - -[Illustration: Boy blowing horn] - -The pansy had crept into the horn, and when Little Boy Blue went home -the pansy went too, and when he was tucked into bed, with his blue -horn with golden stars beside him, the little purple pansy lay quiet -until - -The moon looked in the window. - -Then an exciting thing happened! You know, when the moon shines -the fairies leave their flower homes and dance in the meadow until -daylight. So when the first ray of moonlight climbed down the sky, up -jumped the purple pansy fairy and sang: - - “Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, - The fairies will dance on the meadow till morn.” - -[Illustration: Boy in bed] - -Little Boy Blue sat up and rubbed one eye, but before he could rub -the other eye the pansy fairy had whisked him out of the room and -down the stairs and into the meadow below the garden gate. He didn’t -forget the blue horn with the golden stars—the pansy fairy saw to -that. - -The moonlight followed them into the meadow, and as the Little Boy -blew his horn all the fairy music came pouring out, like stars -playing tag with each other, and the fairy sang: - -[Illustration: Boy in bed with fairy] - - “Under the greenwood tree - Who loves to dance with me, - Come hither, come hither, come hither.” - -The fairies that lived in the flowers in the garden jumped up when -they heard the sound. - -[Illustration: Fairy and flower] - -Out of the tulip came a young lady fairy in a bright red skirt; - -[Illustration: Fairy sitting in flower] - -Out of the daisy a fat little boy in white; - -Out of the forget-me-not a wee baby in blue; - -[Illustration: Flower] - -Out of the violet a darling little girl in palest purple; - -[Illustration: Fairies in flowers] - -Out of the roses lovely fairies, all in pink; - -[Illustration: Fairy in pond] - -And out of the water-lily nearest the fountain, - -The queen of the fairies, in a white satin dress and golden crown. - -She could open the gate by herself and she led the fairies out on the -green grass and they danced while Little Boy Blue played sweet music. - -[Illustration: Fairy with wings spread] - -[Illustration: Fairy dancing] - -All night long they danced and danced, until first thing you know -they heard a sound. It was the cock telling them that morning was on -the way. - - “Cock-a-doodle-doo - The sun is after you. - The fairies all must go to sleep, - And so must Little Boy Blue. - Cock-a-doodle-doo.” - -[Illustration: Chicken] - -[Illustration: Boy playing horn to fairies] - -[Illustration: Fairy flying] - -The little purple pansy fairy was the last to go and just before she -left she threw some fairy dust into the Little Boy’s eyes. - -And he rubbed his eyes and he rubbed his eyes, but the sleepy feel -wouldn’t go away. He dropped down by the hay-stack in the meadow and -before the morning sun could creep through the grasses he was fast -asleep. - -The fairies hurried to the garden and cuddled in the flowers, for if -they don’t get in their beds in time the sun will change them into -butterflies and they must fly all day from flower to flower with -nowhere to rest. And they get so sleepy. - -[Illustration: Fairy flying into flower] - -And the sun woke the three cows and the ten woolly sheep and the -little white lamb, but it couldn’t wake Little Boy Blue because of -the fairy dust in his eyes. - -[Illustration: Bird standing in water] - -[Illustration: Boy standing with fairy above] - -His daddie looked for him, and said: - - “Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn. - The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn. - Where is the little boy that tends the sheep? - Under the hay-stack, fast asleep!” - -Bye and bye he awoke and ran home to tell his mother all about his -remarkable adventure. - -[Illustration: The End.] - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALL ABOUT LITTLE BOY BLUE *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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