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Rollo at Play; Or, Safe Amusements

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A collection of short, child-focused tales follows a little boy named Rollo as he learns practical tasks, encounters minor dangers, and reflects on right conduct through outdoor play. Episodes range from simple carpentry and bridge-building to attempts at trapping squirrels, observing a halo around the moon, navigating a spring freshet, blueberrying, and a mountain mishap, each framed to stimulate reasoning, encourage reading, and cultivate gentle virtues. Practical instructions and parental guidance are interwoven with moral tests and resolutions that model contrition and improved behavior.

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Title: Rollo at Play; Or, Safe Amusements

Author: Jacob Abbott

Release date: February 1, 2004 [eBook #11140]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Rosanna Yuen and PG Distributed Proofreaders

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROLLO AT PLAY; OR, SAFE AMUSEMENTS ***

Rollo at Play;

OR,

SAFE AMUSEMENTS.

by Jacob Abbott

Contents

NOTICE TO PARENTS.
STORY 1. ROLLO AT PLAY IN THE WOODS.
The Setting out.
Bridge-Building.
A Visitor.
Difficulty.
Hearts wrong.
Hearts right again.
STORY 2. THE STEEPLE-TRAP.
The Way to catch a Squirrel.
The Way to lose a Squirrel.
How to keep a Squirrel.
Fires in the Woods.
STORY 3. THE HALO ROUND THE MOON; OR, LUCY’S VISIT.
A Round Rainbow.
Who knows best, a Little Boy or his Father!
Repentance.
STORY 4. THE FRESHET.
Maria and the Caravan.
Small Craft.
The Principles of Order.
Clearing up.
STORY 5. BLUEBERRYING.
Old Trumpeter.
Deviation.
Little Mosette.
Going up.
The Secret out.
STORY 6. TROUBLE ON THE MOUNTAIN.
Boasting.
Getting in Trouble.
A Test of Penitence.

ROLLO AT PLAY.

THE ROLLO SERIES
IS COMPOSED OF FOURTEEN VOLUMES. VIZ.

Rollo Learning to Talk.
Rollo Learning to Read.
Rollo at Work.
Rollo at Play.
Rollo at School.
Rollo’s Vacation.
Rollo’s Experiments.

Rollo’s Museum.
Rollo’s Travels.
Rollo’s Correspondence.
Rollo’s Philosophy—Water.
Rollo’s Philosophy—Air.
Rollo’s Philosophy—Fire.
Rollo’s Philosophy—Sky.

A NEW EDITION, REVISED BY THE AUTHOR.

BOSTON:
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, AND COMPANY.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1855, by
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, & CO.,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of
the District of Massachusetts.