{"product_id":"2940148777694","title":"Father Thrift and His Animal Friends (Illustrated)","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Page\u003cbr\u003eTHE QUEER LITTLE OLD MAN 11\u003cbr\u003eTHE LITTLE OLD MAN DECIDES 17\u003cbr\u003eHIS FIRST DAY IN THE FOREST 23\u003cbr\u003eGREAT GRAY OWL 29\u003cbr\u003eTHE ANIMALS OF THE FOREST 35\u003cbr\u003eWHAT MADE THE BEAR SICK 41\u003cbr\u003eHOW THE WOODPECKERS HELPED 47\u003cbr\u003eTHE BUSY BEAVERS 53\u003cbr\u003eTHE GRAY FOXES AND THE RED FOXES 59\u003cbr\u003eRED SQUIRREL AND BUNNY COTTONTAIL 65\u003cbr\u003eSHAGGY BEAR’S MISTAKE 71\u003cbr\u003eTHE SWEETEST THING IN THE FOREST 77\u003cbr\u003eROBINS, CROWS, AND BLACKBIRDS 85\u003cbr\u003eTHE LITTLE RAINDROPS 91\u003cbr\u003eTROUBLE IN THE FOREST 97\u003cbr\u003eTWO BAD BOYS 103\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOYS AND THE BIRDS 109\u003cbr\u003eINSECTS AND WORMS 115\u003cbr\u003eAFTER MANY DAYS 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs from the days your father’s father knew,\u003cbr\u003eThis little story book now comes to you.\u003cbr\u003eSo when you turn its pages, heed them well:\u003cbr\u003eThough strange the stories, many truths they tell.\u003cbr\u003eThey tell of animals and birds and trees,\u003cbr\u003eOf children, flowers, and honeybees;\u003cbr\u003eOf a queer old man, and a quaint old town\u003cbr\u003eWith crooked streets that ran up and down.\u003cbr\u003eThey tell of these and many, many more.\u003cbr\u003eStill, this I’d add to what has gone before:\u003cbr\u003eIn the wood there grows a tree—the thrifty tree—\u003cbr\u003eAs wonderful as anything can be!\u003cbr\u003eIts trunk is copper; silver are its leaves;\u003cbr\u003eIts blossoms from bright golden threads it weaves;\u003cbr\u003eIts fruit is health and wealth and honest joy—\u003cbr\u003eSo seek this goodly tree, wise girl and boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE QUEER LITTLE OLD MAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce upon a time, in a quaint old town, there lived a queer little old man. His name was Thrift—Father Thrift people called him, although he really was no father at all.\u003cbr\u003eAs I said before, he was just a queer little old man. He had no wife, no children, no home of his own.\u003cbr\u003eBut he had a kind heart within his queer little body. Also, he had willing hands and feet, and these brought him many friends.\u003cbr\u003eHow old the queer little man was, or how long he had lived in the quaint old town, no one seemed to know.\u003cbr\u003eThe present grandfathers and grandmothers remembered how the queer little man used to take them, as children, on his lap and tell them stories.\u003cbr\u003eHe had told the same stories to their children and to their children’s children. Yet to none of them did he look any different to-day than he did when they first saw him.\u003cbr\u003eYou must not think that telling stories was all the queer little old man had to do. He was a sort of all-round village helper. He helped everybody who needed help.\u003cbr\u003eBut it was for his good advice that the queer little old man was most sought. He always thought well for everybody, and the people profited by following his teaching.\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, the whole town grew prosperous, extremely prosperous, by heeding Father Thrift’s advice.\u003cbr\u003eYou would suppose that the queer little old man would be well rewarded.\u003cbr\u003eNot so! For when these people became very, very prosperous, they felt that the queer little old man was only in their way.\u003cbr\u003eWhat further need had they of his advice?\u003cbr\u003eHe had taught them to live simply, to spend wisely, and to waste nothing. He had taught them to enjoy simple pleasures and to form simple habits.\u003cbr\u003e“Of what good is time or money, body or brain, if we do not know how to use any of them?” he would say.\u003cbr\u003e“What will become of good health if we do not take care of it?\u003cbr\u003e“Of what good is study-time or play-time unless we get the most we can out of it?","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079275888880,"sku":"2940148777694","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148777694_p0.jpg?v=1765232592","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148777694","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}