THE STORY HOUR A BOOK FOR THE HOME AND THE KINDERGARTEN By Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith Therefore ear and heart open to the genuine story teller, as flowers open to the spring sun and the May rain. FRIEDRICH FROEBEL CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. PREFACE. THE ORIOLE'S NEST. DICKY SMILEY'S BIRTHDAY. AQUA; OR, THE WATER BABAY. MOUFFLOU. BENJY IN BEASTLAND. THE PORCELAIN STOVE. THE BABES IN THE WOOD THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS,