Jack and Jill went up the hill
To coast with fun and laughter;
Jack fell down and bust his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Chapter 1 The Catastrophe

"Clear the lulla!" was the general cry on a bright Dec afternoon, once all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the 1st nice snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they went as fast as legs and sleds could carry them. One smooth path led into the meadow, and here the little people congregated; one sweptback across the pond, wherever skaters were darting just about like water-bugs; and the third, from the really top of the steep hill, complete suddenly at a rail fence on the high bank above the road. There was a group of lads and lasses sitting or lea