The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories

Stories

• 1 Good and Bad Children
• 2 Please
• 3 Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably
• 4 Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
• 5 The Loveable Child
• 6 John, Tom, and James
• 7 There Was a Little Girl
• 8 My Own Self
• 9 To the Little Girl Who Wriggles
• 10 Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion
• 11 The Duel
• 12 Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite
• 13 The King and His Hawk
• 14 Anger
• 15 Dirty Jim
• 16 Washing
• 17 Table Rules for Little Folks
• 18 The Little Gentleman
• 19 Our Lips and Ears
• 20 Little Fred
• 21 The Story of Augustus, Who Would Not Have Any Soup
• 22 The Vulture
• 23 The Boy and the Nuts
• 24 The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
• 25 The Flies and the Honey Pot
• 26 Mr. Vinegar and His Fortune
• 27 The Frogs and the Well
• 28 The Fisherman and His Wife
• 29 The Magic Thread
• 30 The Golden Tourch
• 31 The Fox and the Crow
• 32 King Canute on the Seashore
• 33 Ozymandias
• 34 Phaeton
• 35 George Washington's Rules of Civility
• 36 Boy Wanted
• 37 The Cattle of the Sun
• 38 David and Bathsheba
• 39 Vaulting Ambition, Which O'erleaps Itself
• 40 How Much Land Does a Man Need?
• 41 Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff
• 42 Plato on Self-Discipline
• 43 Aristotle on Self-Discipline
• 44 Go Forth to Life
• 45 For Everything There Is a Season
• 46 Kindness to Animals
• 47 The Lion and the Mouse
• 48 Little Sunshine
• 49 A Child's Prayer
• 50 Diamonds and Toads
• 51 Old Mr. Rabbit's Thanksgiving Dinner
• 52 Androcles and the Lion
• 53 Little Thumbelina
• 54 The Legend of the Dipper
• 55 The Little Match Girl
• 56 Beauty and the Beast
• 57 Beautiful
• 58 As Rich as Croesus
• 59 The Sin of Omission
• 60 Moses in the Bulrushes
• 61 The Good Samaritan
• 62 Song of Life
• 63 Granmother's Table
• 64 The Angel of the Battlefield
• 65 If I Can Stoop One Heart from Breaking
• 66 The Wisdom of Solomon
• 67 A Legend of the Northland
• 68 The Quality of Mercy
• 69 Echo and Narcissus
• 70 Marley's Ghost
• 71 Where Love Is, God Is
• 72 The Gift of the Magi
• 73 Count That Day Lost
• 74 Aristotle on Pity
• 75 The Ride of Collins Graves
• 76 Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night
• 77 Abraham Lincoln Offers Consolation
• 78 O Captain! My Captain!
• 79 The New Colossus
• 80 The Influence of Democracy
• 81 The Choir Invisible
• 82 Over in the Meadow
• 83 The Three Little Kittens
• 84 Little Orphan Annie
• 85 Rebecca
• 86 St. George and the Dragon
• 87 The Boy We Want
• 88 King Alfred and the Cakes
• 89 For Want of a Horseshoe Nail
• 90 Sir Walter Raleigh
• 91 Etiquette in a Nutshell
• 92 The Chest of Broken Glass
• 93 Which Loved Best?
• 94 Cain and Abel
• 95 The Ten Commandments
• 96 If You Were
• 97 The Bell of Atri
• 98 Icarus and Daedalus
• 99 The Sword of Damocles
• 100 The Silent Couple
• 101 The Athenian
• 102 The Duties of a Scout
• 103 The American's Creed
• 104 Respecting the Flag
• 105 The Charge of the Light Brigade
• 106 The Bridge Builder
• 107 What a Baby Costs
• 108 F. Scott Fitzgerald to His Daughter
• 109 The Hiltons' Holiday
• 110 The Perfect Dinner Table
• 111 The Children's Hour
• 112 The Funeral Oration of Pericles
• 113 Plato on Responsibility
• 114 The Declaration of Independence
• 115 Federalist No. 55
• 116 The Conscience of the Nation Must Be Roused
• 117 Second Message to Congress
• 118 Letter from Birmingham City Jail
• 119 Men Without Chests
• 120 The Pasture
• 121 The Bear and the Travelers
• 122 Cat an Mouse in Partnership
• 123 The Velveteen Rabbit
• 124 Friendship
• 125 Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together
• 126 Rocking Horse Land
• 127 The Selfish Giant
• 128 Ruth and Naomi
• 129 Jonathan and David
• 130 Baucis and Philemon
• 131 The House by the Side of the Road
• 132 Damon and Pythias
• 133 How Robin Hood Met Little John
• 134 The Wayfaring Song
• 135 Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan
• 136 The Human Touch
• 137 Little Girls Wiser Than Men
• 138 The Enchanted Bluff
• 139 Keep Friendships in Constant Repair
• 140 New Friends and Old Friends
• 141 The Lover Pleads with his Friend for Old Friends
• 142 A Time to Talk
• 143 Aristotle on Friendship
• 144 Cicero on Friendship
• 145 Thinking on Friendship
• 146 Emerson on Friendship
• 147 Mending Wall
• 148 Childhood and Poetry
• 149 The Arrow and the Song
• 150 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
• 151 A Legacy
• 152 The Song of the Bee
• 153 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
• 154 The Little Red Hen
• 155 Five Little Chickens
• 156 The Ants and the Grasshopper
• 157 Work While You Work
• 158 The Sheep and the Pig Who Built a House
• 159 The Three Little Pigs
• 160 Hercules and the Wagoner
• 161 Alice's Supper
• 162 The Darning Needle
• 163 Mr. Meant-To
• 164 The Husband Who Was to Mind the House
• 165 Mother Holly
• 166 The Farmer and His Sons
• 167 The Shoemaker and the Elves
• 168 How the Camel Got His Hump
• 169 Dust Under the Rug
• 170 The Week of Sundays
• 171 What Have We Done Today?
• 172 I Meant to Do My Work Today
• 173 A Rebellion Against the Stomach
• 174 The Kingdom of the Bees
• 175 The Bundle of Sticks
• 176 Results and Roses
• 177 Hercules Cleans the Augean Stables
• 178 The Choice of Hercules
• 179 Ture Nobility
• 180 The Ballad of John Henry
• 181 Robinson Crusoe Buoids a Boat
• 182 The Village Blacksmith
• 183 Tom Sawyer Gives Up the Brush
• 184 Abraham Lincoln Denies a Loan
• 185 Up from Slavery
• 186 Opportunity
• 187 It's Plain Hard Work That Does It
• 188 Heven Is Not Reached in a Single Bound
• 189 The Praise of the Strenuous Life
• 190 Great Men
• 191 Kill Devil Hill
• 192 Success
• 193 Of Studies
• 194 Quality
• 195 The Noble Nature
• 196 Elias
• 197 A Psalm of Life
• 198 Chicken Little
• 199 The Wee Wee Woman
• 200 How the Little Kite Learned to Fly
• 201 David and Goliath
• 202 Jack and the Beanstalk
• 203 Hansel and Gretel
• 204 The Brave Mice
• 205 Chanticleer and Partlet
• 206 The Leopard's Revenge
• 207 Our Heroes
• 208 The Minotaur
• 209 Ulysses and the Cyclops
• 210 Horatius at the Bridge
• 211 The Brave Three Hundred
• 212 Compensation
• 213 A Laconic Answer
• 214 If
• 215 Crossing the Rubicon
• 216 Doors of Daring
• 217 William Tell
• 218 Dolley Madison Saves the National Pride
• 219 An Appeal from the Alamo
• 220 Susan B. Anthony
• 221 The Things That Haven't Been Done Before
• 222 Rosa Parks
• 223 It Can Be Done
• 224 Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey
• 225 The End of the Scott Expedition
• 226 The Iron Horse
• 227 A Smile
• 228 The Moses of Her People
• 229 Instant Hero
• 230 Courage
• 231 Plato on Fear
• 232 Hernry's Speech at Agincourt
• 233 Prisoner of War
• 234 Litberty or Death
• 235 The Rainy Day
• 236 Self-Reliance
• 237 The Road Not Taken
• 238 Persevere
• 239 The Tortoise and the Hare
• 240 The Little Steam Engine
• 241 Try, Try Again
• 242 The Crow and the Pitcher
• 243 The Little Hero of Holland
• 244 You Mustn't Quit
• 245 The Steadfast Tin Soldier
• 246 Carry On!
• 247 The Stars in the Sky
• 248 The Story of Scarface
• 249 Solitude
• 250 Bruce and the Spider
• 251 The Long, Hard Way Through the Wilderness
• 252 Go Down, Moses
• 253 Eureka!
• 254 Perseverance
• 255 Sail On! Sail On!
• 256 Can't
• 257 The Gettysburg Address
• 258 We Shall Fight in the Fields and in the Streets
• 259 I Have a Dream
• 260 The Donner Party
• 261 In Memory of L. H. W.
• 262 Will
• 263 I Decline to Accept the End of Man
• 264 The Boy Who Never Told a Lie
• 265 The boy Who Cried "Wolf"
• 266 The Honest Woodman
• 267 Someone Sees You
• 268 George Washington and the Cherry Tree
• 269 Matilda, who Told Lies, and Was Burned to Death
• 270 Rebecca's Afterthought
• 271 Pinocchio
• 272 The Indian Cinderella
• 273 Truth I Mighty and Will Prevail
• 274 The Story of Regulus
• 275 The Character of a Happy Life
• 276 Honest Abe
• 277 The Frog Prince
• 278 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
• 279 The Emperor's New Clothes
• 280 The Boy Who Went to the Sky
• 281 Truth and Falsehood
• 282 Truth, Falsehood, Fire, and Water
• 283 Lady Clare
• 284 Truth
• 285 The Woman Caught in Adultery
• 286 The Question
• 287 The Good Bishop
• 288 Insincere Honesty
• 289 The Injustice of Mere Suspicion
• 290 The Piece of String
• 291 Nobility
• 292 Truth in Advertising
• 293 Plato on Justice
• 294 Francis Bacon on Truth
• 295 Truth Never Dies
• 296 Little Boy Blue
• 297 The Cap That Mother Made
• 298 The Story of cincinnatus
• 299 The Devoted Friend
• 300 Yudisthira at Heaven's Gate
• 301 Thunder Falls
• 302 How Queen Esther Saved Her People
• 303 Judas and Peter
• 304 Castor and Pollux
• 305 Penelope's Web
• 306 Loyalty to a Brother
• 307 Only a Dad
• 308 Home Sweet Home
• 309 Paul Revere's Ride
• 310 Concord Hymn
• 311 Nathan Hale
• 312 Washington Rejects a Crown
• 313 America
• 314 Barbara Frietchie
• 315 America the Beautiful
• 316 In Flanders Fields
• 317 Flag Day
• 318 Ethical Loyalty
• 319 the Last Lesson
• 320 Knute Rockne
• 321 The Thousandth Man
• 322 Now I lay Me Down to Sleep
• 323 Sleep, My Babe
• 324 A Child's Prayer
• 325 Noah and the Ark
• 326 All Thngs Beautiful
• 327 Job
• 328 I never Saw a Moor
• 329 The Fiery Furnace
• 330 Daniel in the Lion's Den
• 331 The 23rd Psalm
• 332 The Healing of the Paralytic
• 333 The Captain's Daughter
• 334 The Sermon to the Birds
• 335 The Honest Disciple
• 336 St. Nicholas and the Golden Bars
• 337 Hanukkah Hymn
• 338 A Child's Dream of a Star
• 339 Nearer Home
• 340 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
• 341 Amazing Grace
• 342 Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still
• 343 We Understand So Little
• 344 Deucalion and Pyrrha
• 345 A Name in the Sand
• 346 The Kids Can't Take It If We Don't Give It
• 347 Our Lady's Juggler
• 348 Mary Wollstonecraft on Faith
• 349 L'Envoi
• 350 Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
• 351 Jefferson Urges an Examination of Faith
• 352 The Farewell Address
• 353 Second Inaugural Address
• 354 Battle Hymn of the Republic
• 355 Going to Church
• 356 The Lamb and The Tyger
• 357 The Loom of Time
• 358 The Volunteer at Auschwitz
• 359 Death, Be Not Proud
• 360 The Dying Christian to His Soul
• 361 The Path of Virtue
• 362 Man's Nature Is Good
• 363 The Way to Tao
• 364 Crossing the Bar
• 365 Last Lines