Mary Martha's Really Truly Stories

Book excerpt: "Is it a true story?" is the perennial query of children at their mother or father's knee. These well-told thrilling tales about real children by Mrs. Hayden will fascinate both young and old through the practical lesson of life they teach. The virtues of obedience, trust, diligence, unselfishness, and high idealism are reflected in the lives of people who march across the pages of this book. Full of stirring and hair-raising adventures, these exciting stories will often be read and reread. The following stories are featured in this book: The House of a Thousand Rocks Peril River Panic The Boom Stick Bear Wolf on the Water Bear Bait and Devil's-Club Storm on the Sound Princess Peg Leg Christmas The Angels of Chortiza