THE
TIDDLY WINKS

EASY READING
LIBRARY OF “JUST
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• The Tiddly Winks
• Open Air Stories
• Surprise Stories
• Gingerbread Boy
• The Party Twins
• Doll Land Stories
• The Treasure Twins
• Tale of Curly Tail
• Washington’s Boyhood
• Reading Time Stories
• Comical Circus Stories
• Knowledge Primer Games
• Real Out-of-Door Stories
• Jolly Polly and Curly Tail
• Fifty Funny Animal Tales
• The Flower and Berry Babies
• In and Out-Door Playgames
• A Child’s Garden of Verses
• Busy Fingers Drawing Primer
• Happy Manikin in Manners Town
• The Vegetable and Fruit Children
• The Dinner That Was Always There
• Six Tiddly Winks and The A to Zees

Published by
ALBERT WHITMAN & CO.
Chicago, U. S. A.

They Danced in a Ring at the Picnic

The
TIDDLY WINKS

Text by
LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH

Pictures by HAIDEE ZACK WALSH

A JUST RIGHT BOOK
Published by
ALBERT WHITMAN
COMPANY
CHICAGO

THE TIDDLY WINKS
Copyright, 1923, By Albert Whitman & Co.
Chicago, U.S.A.

A JUST RIGHT BOOK
MADE IN THE U.S.A.

©Cl A 752716

INTRODUCTION

Tiddly Winks is a little fairy,

And he sings like a canary.

Another fairy is Tiddly Wee,

He is just as cunning as can be.

Tiddly Thrift is a saving mite,

He wears a jacket snug and bright.

Tiddly Cheer-Up with smiling face,

Is always welcome any place.

Tiddly Scowl looks at you and me,

He is just as cross as he can be.

Tiddly Why will make you sigh,

He asks questions, My! Oh My!

A child can read if he stops and thinks,

So say the little Tiddly Winks;

If you will learn your A, B, C’s,

You soon can read good books like these.

The Tiddly Winks cry, “Ho, ho,”

How many words do you REALLY know?

One hundred or more, can you answer “Yes”?

Or do you read your books BY GUESS?

FOREWORD

The Tiddly Winks are good natured little fairies who teach lessons of thrift and good cheer. Here we meet Tiddly Winks, Tiddly Wee, Tiddly Thrift, Tiddly Cheer-Up, Tiddly Scowl, and Tiddly Why, all having the characteristics of real children.

Who would not take delight in learning their A, B, C’s with the Tiddly Winks?

A story of the Wee People—for Wee People, written in charming and simple style, to be used in school and home as a first reader, carefully graded with repetition of simple words and phrases.

Objects in the school room take a lively interest in the Tiddly Winks, find voices, and even the School Bell outside remarks,

“Hear my song, hear my rhyme,

Hurry children, be on time.”

If you still inquire, “Who are the Tiddly Winks?” we will let them reply in their own fashion,

“Who are we? Who are we?

Tiddly Winks as all can see;

We are a very merry band,

And we come from Fairyland.”

CONTENTS

• [Counting]
• [Good Morning]
• [The School Bell]
• [A-B-C’s]
• [What Day]
• [Hurry]
• [Ding-Dong]
• [Smiling Face]
• [Fun]
• [The Books]
• [The Fairy]
• [Monday]
• [The Chimes]
• [Clothes Line]
• [Fairy Wind]
• [The Calendar]
• [Games]
• [Hide and Seek]
• [The Blue Sky]
• [The Noise]
• [The Rain]
• [Little Busy Bee]
• [Tiddly Wee]
• [The Helpers]
• [Count By Two’s]
• [Little Fairy Men]
• [On Time]
• [Late]
• [Tiddly Thrift]
• [To Save]
• [Sweet Cookies]
• [Jolly Cooks]
• [The Picnic]
• [Tiddly Cheer-Up]

• [Tiddly Scowl]
• [Laugh and Play]
• [To Tell Time]
• [The Hours]
• [Wake Up]
• [The Breakfast]
• [Tiddly Why]
• [The New Song]
• [That Way]
• [Bread and Cheese]
• [Valentines]
• [Spring]
• [A House]
• [The Seeds]
• [The Garden]
• [The Sun]
• [The Ride]
• [To Fish]
• [Catching Fish]
• [The Maypole]
• [The Rag Doll]
• [To Write]
• [The Letter]
• [The Visit]
• [The Top]
• [The Airship]
• [Flying Home]
• [The Owl]
• [Rest Day]
• [Merry June]
• [Peeping]
• [To Remember]
• [Good-Bye]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

He Wheeled Him in a Wheelbarrow

THE TIDDLY WINKS

COUNTING

Tiddly Winks says,

One, two,

How do you do?

Tiddly Wee says,

Three, four,

Here comes one more.

Tiddly Thrift says,

Five, six,

I have saving tricks.

The Tiddly Winks.

Tiddly Cheer-Up says,

Seven, eight

Laugh at any rate.

Tiddly Scowl says,

Nine, ten,

I scowl again.

Tiddly Why says,

Eleven, twelve,

Why not count like elves?

We Can Count As Well As Think,

Says Every Little Tiddly Wink!

GOOD MORNING

“Good morning,” said Tiddly Winks.

“Good morning,” sang the School Bell.

“Who are you?” asked Tiddly Winks.

“Who are you?” asked the School Bell.

Tiddly Winks said,

“I am a fairy, light and airy,

And I sing like a canary.”

The School Bell was busy ringing.

The School Bell was busy singing,

“I am the School Bell, ding dong,

I am the School Bell, hear my song.”

THE SCHOOL BELL

Tiddly Winks heard the song.

Tiddly Winks heard the School Bell sing.

He said, “I am a cousin of the Brownies.”

The School Bell said, “I am a cousin of the Church Bell.”

Tiddly Winks said, “See the children!”

The children were coming to school.

The School Bell sang,

“They come to school at half past eight,

I hope that no one will be late.”

Tiddly Winks curled up in the School Bell.

He curled up and went to sleep.

A. B. C.

Tiddly Winks reads “A-B-C.”

Can you read “A-B-C?”

The School Bell cannot read at all.

The School Bell can only sing.

Tiddly Winks come read to me.

Can you read like a fairy?

Tiddly Winks, if you please

I know all my A, B, C’s.

WHAT DAY?

“Good morning again,” said Tiddly Winks.

“Good morning to you,” sang the School Bell.

“What day is it?” asked Tiddly Winks.

The School Bell sang, “It is Monday morning.”

He said, “I must ring on Monday morning.”

Tiddly Winks said, “The children are coming.”

He said, “They are carrying dinner-pails.”

The School Bell sang,

“Hear my song, hear my rhyme

Hurry children, be on time.”

HURRY

The children came hurrying to school.

The children came to school on time.

Tiddly Winks said, “I will go to school, too.”

He said, “I will go to school on time.”

He said, “I will go to school on Monday.”

Tiddly Winks peeped into the window.

He peeped into the school room.

He called to the children, “Good morning!”

They said, “Good morning, Tiddly Winks.”

DING DONG

“Ding, dong,” sang the School Bell.

“Good morning,” said Tiddly Winks.

Tiddly Winks said, “I have been gone a week.”

The School Bell said, “It is Monday morning.”

Tiddly Winks said, “Are you tired ringing?”

The School Bell said, “Are you tired singing?”

They sang together on Monday morning,

“Hurry, hurry, take your place,

Take your seat, with smiling face.”

SMILING FACE

Tiddly Winks said, “Can I take a seat?”

He had a very smiling face.

Tiddly Winks met the School Room Clock.

He said, to the clock, “Good morning.”

Tiddly Winks Bowed to the Waste Basket

The School Room Clock said, “Tick, tock.”

Tiddly Winks bowed to the Waste Basket.

The Waste Basket was empty.

He sang,

“Once in a while, once in a while,

They carry me up, and down, the aisle.”

FUN

Sure enough bye and bye the Waste Basket went up and down.

He was carried in the aisle.

He was carried between the seats.

Tiddly Winks came early to school.

Tiddly Winks was full of fun.

Tiddly Winks Jumped Into the Ink Well

He saw the children’s copy books.

The copy books were open on the desks.

Tiddly Winks jumped into an ink-well.

He jumped from desk to desk.

He jumped on the copy books.

You could see the marks of his feet!

The School Bell did not know what was going on.

He was outside ringing and singing.

THE BOOKS

The School Room Clock saw the copy books.

He saw the marks of little feet on them.

He put his hands over his face.

The School Room Clock wanted to hide!

He tried to hide his face with his hands!

The Waste Basket said, “I will get the books.”

He said, “I will get all the copy books!”

The School Room Clock ticked away, saying,

“Rub out the marks this Monday morning,

The teacher is coming, do take warning.”

THE FAIRY

Tiddly Winks was a real fairy.

He blew on the copy books.

He blew away all the marks.

The marks of his feet were gone!

The Waste Basket said, “I am sad.”

He said, “I won’t get the copy books now.”

The School Room Clock said,

“Come and help me run a race,

See my hands go round my face.”

MONDAY

Tiddly Winks said, “I will come.”

He said to the School Room Clock, “Here I come.”

He jumped inside of the clock.

He Began to Swing on the Pendulum

The children were coming to school.

They came to school on Monday.

They looked at the School Room Clock.

Tiddly Winks had stopped the Clock!

He began to swing on the pendulum.

He smiled at the children.

He said, “I always smile on Monday morning.”

THE CHIMES

Tiddly Winks slept a week in the Clock.

He woke up next Monday morning.

He said, “I will go and talk to the School Bell.”

The School Bell was singing, “ding, dong.”

“Good bye,” ticked the School Room Clock.

“Good bye,” whispered the Waste Basket.

Tiddly Winks called, “Good bye, good bye.”

He heard the School Bell singing,

“Monday morning, be on time,

Ding, dong, hear my chime.”

CLOTHES LINE

One Monday morning Tiddly Winks ran away.

He ran away from school one Monday morning.

He saw washing on a line.

He blew inside a white skirt.

The skirt looked like a balloon.

He said, “It looks like a balloon.”

He blew inside all the clothes.

He made the clothes look funny.

He called to the funny clothes on the line.

Tiddly Winks called, “Good bye.”

Tiddly Winks Made the Clothes Look Funny

FAIRY WIND

Tiddly Winks did not run far away.

He curled up to sleep.

He went to sleep in the clothes basket.

He woke and said, “What day is it?”

The Sun said, “Ask Fairy Wind.”

Tiddly Winks asked again about the day.

Fairy Wind said,

“Ask that question now in school,

You’ll learn something, as a rule.”

Tiddly Winks ran back to school.

THE CALENDAR

“Good morning,” sang the School Bell.

“Good morning,” ticked the Clock.

He Went to Sleep in a Clothes Basket

“Good morning,” whispered the Waste Basket.

The School Room Mouse came out.

Tiddly Winks danced with him.

Tiddly Winks said, “What day is it?”

The Mouse said, “Ask the Calendar.”

The Calendar hung on the wall.

The Calendar had names on it.

It had names of days on it.

It had numbers on it, too.

The Calendar nodded to Tiddly Winks.

It said, “It is Tuesday morning.”

GAMES

Tiddly Winks said, “It is Tuesday morning.”

Tiddly Winks Danced with the Mouse

He said, “Let us play a game.”