Leviticus 12: 1-13, 59
Description of purity laws concerning women who have just
given birth.
Our Island Story – The Story of St. Albans (Christian
martyr story)
Alban was a heathen living in the time of Roman control
over Britain. He hid an old Christian man in his home when Roman soldiers came
to Britain to kill the Christians. When the soldiers eventually found where the
old man was hiding Alban traded robes with the old man and sent the old man
away with his servants. Alban was taken before the governor and ordered to be
put to death when he refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods because he had
learn about Christian love from the old man.
There are a couple of fanciful “tales” about his death
and there is a church that is supposedly built on the place where he was
executed.
Fifty Famous Stories Retold – Arnold WInkelried
Switzerland was being attacked and the Swiss could not
turn the enemy back because of the shields and armor they carried. Arnold ran
into the lines of soldiers to break the lines so the others could follow him in
and defeat the enemy. Arnold dies but Switzerland was saved.
Burgess Bird Book – Ch. 6 An Old Friend in a New Home
Peter discovers that the Phoebes have returned and built
their nest under a bridge. They return earlier that their cousins the Least Flycatchers.
Peter also meets Chebec – the Least Flycatcher and learns
how they build their nest in a tree.
Just So Stories – Leopard
The Leopard and the Ethiopian hunt the Giraffe and Zebra
in the High Veldt. When the Giraffe and Zebra get tired of being frightened
they move into the forest where they get blotches and stripes. The Leopard and
Ethiopian go there looking for the other animals and can’t see them. Once they
find the animals they realized they have changed their skins and Leopard and
Ethiopian decide to change theirs as well. The Ethiopian changes to all-black
and then uses his fingertips to make spots on Leopard.
NOTE: There is a racial slur at the end of the story that
will need to be edited out so this is a read-aloud story!
Aesop – The Boys and the Frogs
The boys are skipping stones across the water and endangering
the frogs until the oldest and bravest frog asks them to stop. It’s about being
considerate of others.
Aesop – The Crow and the Pitcher
A crow who was dying of thirst found a pitcher with water
in it but he couldn’t reach the water. He dropped pebbles into the pitcher
until the water level was high enough that he could reach it. It’s about using
creative thinking to solve problems.
Blue Fairy Book – Prince Darling
Prince Darling started out being nice and good but then
he was listening to the wrong people and became mean and cruel. The fairy
turned him into a monster since that was what he truly was. He was chained and
put into a zoo. The keeper often beat him for no reason but the prince saved
his life when a tiger attacked the keeper. The fairy then turned him into a
little dog. The dog was kept in the palace but didn’t get much to eat. He took
his breakfast to a brook and found a girl there who was starving after leaving
a house where everything was poisoned and he gave her his breakfast. When the girl
he had loved was dragged into the house she threw food to him out the window
but the starving girl warned him that everything in the house was poisoned and
not to eat it. He was then turned into a dove and went searching for Celia, the
girl he loved. He found her in a cave with a hermit and sat on her shoulder. She
said she loved him and he turned back into the prince. The hermit was the Fairy
Truth and she married them and returned them to the Palace to live happily ever
after.
