Chapter I: Foreword

Oh, little ones, with your pink cheeks and shining eyes, come clamber on my knee, put your arms about my neck, and listen with all your ears while I tell you a tale of

ONCE UPON A TIME.

Illustrations in Color

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Waiting for the Queen _Frontispiece_

She Could See Castles in the Coals 4

When One is Sailing a Flying Machine 24

He Walked Deliberately into the Wall 76

In the Cake of Ice 114

They Laughed and Laughed 190

Illustrations in Black and White

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Aunt Mary Wore Fluffy Dresses 5

Growly Voice Eats Snowballs 11

Aunt Mary Gets a Sealskin Coat 12

Maida Crept out of Bed 16

The Letter 20

The Birds Came to the Rescue 28

The Wolf Swallows a Tablet of Climate 36

Maida Meets Santa Claus 44

Out Popped Jack-in-the-Box 49

A Duel with Icicles 71

The Walrus Mends the Street 76

“How Do You Do?” in Eskimo 101

The Explorer Turns on the Tropical Climate 115

Maida was Carted away in a Box 139

Fido Flew 142

The Queen Sees Her Face 145

The Gates of the Prison Flew Open 161

Maida 194

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