Little White Barbara


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Little White Barbara by Eleanor S. March was published in 1902.

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This book was originally published as part of a series, "The Dumpy Books for Children." Other titles include Little Yellow Wang-lo and Little Black Sambo.

Little White Barbara


This is Little White Barbara. She was called Little White Barbara because she had such a white face.


Aunt Dosy


She lived with her two aunts, Aunt Dosy and Aunt Posy.

This is Aunt Dosy.


Aunt Posy


This is Aunt Posy.


Aunts Talking


They were very kind to her. All day long they used to talk about what she ought to do to get fat and rosy.


Cod Liver Oil


Every morning Aunt Dosy gave Little White Barbara cod liver oil to make her fat.


Rough Towel


And Aunt Posy rubbed her cheeks with a rough towel to make them red.


By the Fire


If it was raining they made her sit indoors all day by the fire.


Keep Cool


And if it was hot they fanned her all day long to keep her cool.


Paler and Paler


But still she only got paler and paler,


Thinner and Thinner


And thinner and thinner.


Through a Telescope


Until at last she almost faded away, and you could only see her by looking through a telescope.


Aunts Crying


And then Aunt Dosy and Aunt Posy began to cry and say, "Oh, dear, what shall we do!" They cried so hard that their caps fell off, and then they said: "We will send for Dr. Funnyman."


Dr. Funnyman


When Dr. Funnyman came he looked at Little White Barbara through an eye-glass and a magnifying glass and an opera-glass and a telescope, and then he said to Aunt Dosy and Aunt Posy: "You must go to London and buy her some Laughing Medicine. I will send her something to do her good till you come back."


Going to London


So Aunt Dosy and Aunt Posy went to London to buy the Laughing Medicine. And the Doctor sent Barbara--what do you think?--not a bottle of medicine, but


Naughty Boy


His naughty little boy Tommy to play with her. Tommy looked very funny. He had a frog in one pocket and a guinea-pig in the other, and directly Barbara saw him


Face Fatter


She began to laugh. And she laughed and laughed, and all the time


Climbing Tree


And then Tommy showed her how to climb trees, but


Falling Down


She fell down, and then she began to laugh so much that


Getting So Fat


This time she got so fat, all the buttons came off the back of her frock.


Running Races


Then they ran races round the garden till Barbara's cheeks got quite red, and


Playing Leap-Frog


Tommy showed her how to play leap-frog, and she was so hungry at tea-time that


Eating and Drinking


She ate twenty-two pieces of bread-and-butter and seventeen pieces of bread-and-jam, and drank ten cups of milk, and


No Laughing Medicine


When Aunt Dosy and Aunt Posy came back from London,--where they could not find any Laughing Medicine in any of the shops,--


Getting Rosy and Fat


They found Little White Barbara quite rosy and fat, and they were so happy. And she was never called Little White Barbara any more. (End)