Project Gutenberg 2013-07-28 Public domain in the USA. 288 Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe 1850 1943 Richards, Laura E. The Pig Brother, and Other Fables and Stories A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth School Year The pig brother -- The golden windows -- The coming of the king -- Swing song -- The great feast -- The owl and the eel and the warming-pan -- The wheat field -- About angels -- The apron string -- The shadow -- The sailor man -- "Go" and "come" -- Child's play -- Little John Bottlejohn -- A fortune -- The stars -- Buttercup Gold -- The patient cat -- Alice's supper -- The quacky duck -- At the little boy's home -- New Year -- Jacky Frost -- The cake -- "Oh, dear!" -- The useful coal -- Song of the little winds -- The three remarks -- Hokey Pokey -- The tangled skein -- A song for Hal -- For you and me -- The burning house -- The naughty comet -- Day dreams. Produced by eagkw, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Pig Brother and Other Fables and Stories" by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards is a collection of children's stories written in the late 19th century. This illustrated book serves as a supplementary reader for young students, featuring whimsical fables and narratives that often impart moral lessons or insights about human nature. The first story, "The Pig Brother," introduces a messy child and a Tidy Angel, setting the tone for light-hearted, imaginative tales that reflect the virtues of tidiness and personal responsibility. At the start of the book, the narrative focuses on an untidy child whose messy habits have drawn the attention of the Tidy Angel. The Angel decides to take the child to meet his "brother," whom he believes will help him appreciate cleanliness. The child encounters various garden animals, all of whom reject the idea of being related to him due to his untidy appearance, reinforcing the theme of self-discovery and the consequences of one's actions. Ultimately, as the child expresses his desire to return to his angelic guide rather than follow the Pig Brother, it emphasizes the importance of choosing the right path and embracing personal growth over complacency in messy habits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43336/43336-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 90.1 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Children's stories Readers (Primary) PZ Text Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading 182138 2025-09-17T11:55:26.932960 text/html 167119 2024-10-23T17:23:53 text/html 546798 2025-09-17T11:55:31.687906 application/epub+zip 546754 2025-09-17T11:55:28.199927 application/epub+zip 132064 2025-09-17T11:55:27.546928 application/epub+zip 838517 2025-09-17T11:55:34.277949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476565 2025-09-17T11:55:30.998954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181128 2022-09-19T18:19:31.702593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141659 2025-09-17T11:55:26.177955 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 121738 2024-10-23T17:23:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17392 2025-09-17T11:55:34.413884 application/rdf+xml 24717 2025-09-17T11:55:27.631915 image/jpeg 3845 2025-09-17T11:55:27.589929 image/jpeg 577983 2025-09-17T11:55:27.023912 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia