E-text prepared by Al Haines Sandman's Goodnight Stories By Abbie Phillips Walker Illustrated by Rhoda C. Chase Harper & Brothers, Publishers SANDMAN'S GOOD-NIGHT STORIES Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers To My Sister MARY P. BABCOCK I Lovingly Dedicate These Little Stories CONTENTS THE EATYOUP THE TELL-TALE GOBLIN DAME CRICKET'S STORY THE PLAYROOM WEDDING MORNING-GLORY THE PEACOCK BUTTERFLIES THE REVENGE OF THE GNOMES THE LITTLE CHINA SHEPHERDESS HOW THE BUTTERCUP GREW YELLOW WAS IT THE FIELD FAIRY? THE FROGS AND THE FAIRIES JACK THE PREACHER MR. CROW GOES AND TELLS DISCONTENTED DEWDROP INQUISITIVE MR. POSSUM WHAT THE FLOWERS TOLD MARTHA WHEN JACK FROST WAS YOUNG THE REVENGE OF THE FIREFLIES SALLIE HICKS'S FOREFINGER THE RAIN ELVES MR. FOX'S HOUSEWARMING LITTLE PITCHER-MAN THE WIND-FLOWER'S STORY PUSSY WILLOW'S