File:More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts (1920) (14778504851).jpg

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Title: More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Chandler, Anna Curtis
Subjects: Children's stories Storytelling
Publisher: New York : H. Holt
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ces until suddenly therecame a queer sound of something heavy falling uponthe floor with a ringing noise. Had the watchmanbeen going by, he would have been sure that someone was breaking into one of the cases and haddropped his heavy tools. Silence for a moment, andthen unmistakably the sound of a little voice: Ohdear! I just knew that some day I should drop thatbig sword and now I have! Ive wanted to, timesenough, but never did before until to-night when I wasable to move because real boys and girls were wishingfor me to change from a Picture Boy into a Real Boyagain. I must say, its rather quiet and dark here,but how good it is to step out of that frame andmove once more. I say! Is any one else alive? Mother! called a little voice from across theroom, Mother! See, I can move and so can sister,and, oh mother, the little French boy on the oppositewall whom I have been looking at for so long is alivetoo, and outside of his frame, sword and all! I won-der if he knows that we are French!
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Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. THE BOY WITH A SWORD By Edouard Manet. The sword looks almost as big as the boy, and no wonder that, in our story, hegot tired of holding it and let it drop on the floor! 142 THE PICTURE CHILDRENS PARTY The real live children of to-day have done thisfor us, answered the mothers voice as she, too, rosefrom the couch where she had been sitting, took bythe hand each little girl in her blue-frilled frock, andstepped down upon the floor. Hush! Do not waken your dog, she whispered,for that would put an end to our adventure! Theman who walks by every once in a while with a littlelight would come back and away we should go withinour frames, so let Pierre sleep. Listen, children, doyou not hear other voices? Come, Little Boy with theSword, come with us and we will go to meet the otherchildren. It is only children, and grown-ups who arewith them in their pictures, who can speak and moveto-night. Step carefully, my little ones. I am here! Let me come,

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