Rico and Stineli, Toni, the Little Woodcarver, Moni the Goat-Boy, Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country, (4 Books)

by Johanna Spyri

Rico and Stineli,Toni, the Little Woodcarver,Moni the Goat-Boy,Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country,(4 Books)Rico and Stineli.High up in the Bernese Oberland, quite a distance above the meadow-encircled hamlet of Kandergrund, stands a little lonely hut, under the shadow of an old fir-tree. Not far away rushes down from the wooded heights of rock the Wild brook, which in times of heavy rains, has carried away so many rocks and bowlders that when the storms are ended a ragged mass of stones is left, through which flows a swift, clear stream of water. Therefore the little dwelling near by this brook is called the stone hut.Here lived the honest day-laborer Toni, who conducted himself well in every farm-house, where he went to work, for he was quiet and industrious, punctual at his tasks, and reliable in every way.Toni, the Little WoodcarverIn the Ober Engadin, on the highway up to Maloja, stands the lonely village of Sils; and back towards the mountains, across the fields, nestles a little cluster of huts known as Sils Maria. Here, in an open field, two cottages stand, facing each other.Noticeable in both are the old wooden house-doors, and the tiny windows quite imbedded in the thick walls. A bit of a garden-plot belongs to one of these poor dwellings, where the pot-herbs and the cabbages look only a trifle better than their spindling companions the flowers.Moni the Goat-BoyIt is a long, steep climb up to the Bath House at Fideris, after leaving the road leading up through the long valley of Prttigau. The horses pant so hard on their way up the mountain that you prefer to dismount and clamber up on foot to the green summit.After a long ascent, you come first to the village of Fideris, which lies on the pleasant green height, and from there you go on farther into the mountains, until the lonely buildings connected with the Baths appear, surrounded on all sides by rocky mountains. The only trees that grow up there are firs, covering the peaks and rocks, and it would all look very gloomy if the delicate mountain flowers with their brilliant coloring were not peeping forth everywhere through the low pasture grass.Uncle Titus and His Visit to the CountryThe daily promenaders who moved slowly back and forth every afternoon under the shade of the lindens on the eastern side of the pretty town of Karlsruhe were very much interested in the appearance of two persons who had lately joined their ranks. It was beyond doubt that the man was very ill. He could only move slowly and it was touching to see the care with which his little companion tried to make herself useful to him. He supported himself with his right hand on a stout stick, and rested his left upon the the shoulder of the child at his side, and one could see that he needed the assistance of both. From time to time he would lift his left hand and say gently,"Tell me, my child, if I press too heavily upon you."Instantly, however, the child would catch his hand and press it down again, assuring him,"No, no, certainly not, Papa, lean upon me still more: I do not even notice it at all."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1535386940
• ISBN13: 9781535386944
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 7.0"