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E/ - Zºº #ºvº §§ 㺺ſv2 |\/\!/ sºsºsºlº ~\- J | Nº §º §§ſº \/ FP2: º Nºſº) Jüvenile Collection ºy. t; . . . . . .2 Acrobats, º {- C. “Aint this Jolly?” Baby's Bath, - sº Baby's Supper, - Belle Feeding Bet and Tiny in the Ha eaVerS, * Birds' Concert, - Bird's Nest, - - Bird's Nest, * Blind Man and his Dog, - Bob and his Pet Lamb, - * Bruno, - sº- Building their Nest, Bunny on the Watch, By the Roadside, Can You Tell their Names 2 Cast Adrift, * Caught in the Storm, Christmas Evergreens, Christmas is Coming, Church Mouse, - Clara and the Robin, Clara Feeding the Birds, Coming Home, {E_* CONTENTS." the Chickens, sº y-field, Coming Home from the Fields, - Deer, - - * “Det up, Hossy Det up !” Doggy's Lesson, Dolly, * --- Donkey and the Thistles, - Faithful Dog, - Fast Asleep, - * Feeding Kitty, Feeding the Ducks, JFeeding the Pets, Feeding the Rabbits, Feeding the Robins, Feeding the Sparrows, Fish - Hawk, * Frank's Friends, sº Frank's New Sail-Boat, PAGE. II 5 I68 I43 I48 96 287 228 167 I7 I 263 IOO 329 3 I 5 83 I6O 3 I 264 I95 224 36 43 48 336 335 I IG 2 I 9 4O I 75 I 28 I I 235 I 23 8 267 32O I84 3 II I 2 252 I 58 3 I 6 268 Frank's Pet Mouse, - Gathering Wild Flowers, Gathering Wild Flowers, Gentle Nurse, ſº Giving Thanks, * Going to School, - Good-By, * * Good Fido, . – Good-Morning, - Good-Morning, - Gracie's Shop, * Gran'ma, - Grandma's Bible, - Grandma's Pets, – Grandma's Present, - Greedy Boy, - Having a Good Time, Having a Good Time, Hawk and the Weasel, Helping Mamma, Hide and Seek, - “Ho! Det up, Hossy, D Hold the Fort, - Homeless, * - How shall I Begin et up !” Hurrah! Get up ! Get up ! I See You ! Isn't She a Dear 2 - In the Fields, tº- In the Hayfield, - In Trouble, Jamie and Jessie, * Jeff and his Prize, Jenny and her Pets, - Johnny is Sorry, - . Kiss Me, - - Kitty in Mischief Lazy Sophy, - - Letter for Mamma, Little Blossom, * Little Lizzie's Pets, Little Lozenge-Seller, Copyright, 1882, by The American News Company. PAGE. .288 I8 183 247 I 36 2O7 I 7 232 I 57 23 I 272 I I I I 52 79 176 99 I9 I I 39 227 I 5 23 I4O 279 I 88 I8O 56 95 88 2 I I I 35 243 2 I 6 283 25 I 28 292 7 I Io 7 I64 2O 259 º ſy. . . . . . it.0/0+yrty 3 x , \ } }.} : Y " . . . . . . ( º & - - !. * * --~~, * « V S A T x * r * . . . . . . .r ... -"... *-> \J.'-'. ' "… r - ... -- S.-. ''', t i ' ' '...! - PAGF. PAGE. Little Red Riding-hood, - 256 | Pride of the Herd, - - 284 Little Runaway, - 172 | Pussy and her Little Ones, - 32 Little Shepherd, - - 131 | Pussy and Polly, - -- 55 Lost Lamb, - - 303 | Pussy and the Parrot, - - 3 I 2 Louis and Agnes, - - 208 | Pussy's Dinner, - - 298 Lucy Lee and her Ducks, - 64 | Pussy Found, - dº – 29 I Madge in the Woods, - I 32 | Queer Load, - - * 47 Magic Lantern, — - 76 | Queer Nest, - *s - 3 I 9 Mamma's Watch, - - 39 Rose-Bush, - - - 2O4. May Feeding her Pets, - - 26o Roy and his Pet, =- – 308 Meta and Fritz, - - 244 | See-Saw, * - - 275 Miff, the Donkey, sº - 187 | Shadows on the Wall, - 67 Mile-Stone, - - -> 27 | Shoo Fly, - - - 8O Mischievous Kittens, q=t U- 87 “Sit Still, Don't Move,” - IOS Mischievous May, - - 2OO | Snow Man, - - * IO3 Mister Fox and his Prize, - 223 Squirrels, - e- - 295 More Farm-yard Friends, - 192 |The Merlin and his Prey, - 2O3 Mrs. Skylark and her Family, - 215 | Thorn in the Finger, - – 24 O My Christmas Present, - 237 Torn Pants, - - I 2G) My Dog Rover, - º - 297 Training the Birds, 4- - I 99 My Pet, tº- - - 276 Traveling Showman, - I IQ My Pussy, - * - 323 Two Friends, - tº cº- 74 Nan and the Gardener, * I79 Two Kittens, - -e 33 I Native of Madagascar, - - I 51 Vic and her Family, º – 28O Natives of the Deep, º 3O4 Village Barber, - tº I 24 Native of the Desert, - - 51 Waiting for his Share, - * , 44 Naughty Pussy, - yº 73 || Walrus Fishing, - tº- IO4. Otter, - - - - 248 Watching the Boats, - – 22 O Our Christmas Presents, sº I96 || “We Praise Thee, O Lord,” 6O Our Farm-yard Friends, - 24 | What do you Want P - - 84 Our Friend Carlo, - - 3oo What is It? - - - 324 Our Musical Friends, - - 52 | What is the Matter with Dick 2 I 55 Our Pet, * ſº- t- 3oz | Which is the Tallest? * 92 Out for an Airing, tº º - 68 Which shall I Take P *- - 9 I Patient Donkey, {- º 238 || “Who'll Buy Water-cresses 2" 27 I Pet Birds, - º - 63 Who's Afraid, - - - 255 Pet Crow, - tº- tº 332 Wide Awake, - * 59 Pet Donkey, - * - - 327 | Wild Boars, - - – 2 I-2 Pet Kitten, - - t- 4|Will Joe hit the Pipe P - I47 Playing Hossy, - tº - I44 ||Wise Doctor, * * – 35 Playing Mamma, - - I63 |Young Musicians, - * II 2 “Please Give us Some,” - I 27 THE FET PSITT EN. “Please let me hold Kitty a minute," Minnie is saying. Alice has the baby pussy in Old mother Puss looks very proud; but she is a her arms. little frightened too. See how she curves her back, and looks up to see if her dear little kit- She is afraid that Minnie is going to squeeze her ten is safe baby too tight, or pull her tail. But Minnie says: “I will be ." So Alice will put pussy into Minnie's apron. very careful Then pussy will curl herself into a little ball, and put her soft nose into Minnie's hand. Alice will get a saucer from the closet. She will put this on the floor and pour some milk into it for old Madam Puss. Old puss will say: “purr, purr," which means “Thank you, my dear." Then Alice will bring out mamma's ribbon box. Mamma keeps pieces of pretty pink ribbon in one corner of this box. Alice will choose a nice piece. She will take it to kitty and say: “Now, Miss Pussy, let me tie this around your neck." Miss Kitty has never had a ribbon before. She will not know what to do with it. She will try to tear it off with her claws. But soon she will grow used to feeling it about her neck. Then she will run up to old puss to see if old puss has a ribbon too. When she sees none on old puss she will mew. She means by that: “Ah! how much finer I look than you do." But old puss will go on saying “purr, purr." She does not care about pink ribbons at all. She had many pretty ones when she was a kitten. Now she is too old and too wise to be vain. 4. 2=--~~~~ --------º&&！--， --★ →- · ~—:±±_º，;- “~~~~- WA ·→ …-- ~~~~，~~~~~~ ~~======***. ：） ---- ~~** **** • ** **- KITTEN. IPET TIII º º #| || ºilº iſ | N N WN W N §§§ *N N § R N : § º N º S º S GRAN’ MA. G F AN’MA. What a time Grandma has had She wanted to mend some clothes, so she brought her work-box, her scissors and her thimble. her spectacles? She looked on the shelf and on the table. No glasses could she find. Now she has taken Grandpa's eye- glasses. She is trying to make them do. You see she has put them way down, almost on the end of her nose. nose too! But she can not see at all. She pokes the thread first on this side, then on that. She can not put it into the needle's eye. \ I wonder what she will say when little Jennie comes in with the lost spectacles on her tiny nose. Jennie is playing with her dolls in the next room. She is trying Grand- ma's glasses on them. But where were Such a long She had seen a box on the shelf. She had opened it, and found the spectacles. “Now," she said, “I will try them on my big doll." So she took the glasses to her play-room. Jennie does not know that Grandma wants them. But Grandma does. She has to mend these clothes before She can not thread her needle unless she has her own glasses. Grandpa's glasses keep falling off her nose. Grandma is thinking: “Well, I must go and look for my glasses up stairs." It is hard for Grandma to go upstairs, be- cause she is so old. Perhaps she will call to Jennie: “Jennie, run upstairs and find my specs." Then Jennie will bring them into Grandma's room. She will say: “Grandma, how Sorry I am that I took them." night. 7 FAST ASLEEP. Here is a little boy who has fallen asleep over his supper. He has been to school, for there are his books and his school bag under the table. On his way home he met Tom and Harry. They asked him to spin tops with them. He played so hard and ran about so much that he came home tired out. Now he has been eating nice bread and butter, and drinking the milk which is on the table. “Oh! how sleepy I am!" he says, and leans back in his chair to rest a moment. Before he knows it he is fast asleep. He is dreaming about his top. He sees it spin around all alone by itself. Then it buzzes out these words, “Now, little boy, I shall spin you.” So the top winds a string about him and makes him spin round and round. How dizzy it makes him feel! “Oh! I will never spin a top again if you will only let me go," he says. But the top begins to spin him again. - I hope that he will soon wake. Then how glad he will be to find it only a dream. Besides, it will not do for him to sleep all evening. He will not know his lesson for to- morrow. If he does not wake and study it, I am afraid his teacher will scold. She will say, “John, you are a naughty boy not to know your lesson. You must study your books in the day time, and leave your sleeping until night." Ah! here comes his Papa. I can hear him asking where his little boy is. Come, little boy, wake up, wake up. --------º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-mºrmº-s-, - e. 2 º/, % ** º % * | ſ º% * f | :/r , .º. %. Nº º % Z. % | t * S º Y S S v §§ º NNNN, ºlºſſuyuu tº Bº àsº ºf . s - sº º {{ %. . . º § 2. - § -- - - ſ ------º-º- '. r 2 º' tº . . . * “”, \!. % º y FAST ASLEEP. SN-sº * §' \s- - -: ſ §§§ º/, \ºlº =>Sº/Vºssº - “. WNºſ. Sºº, ſº Nº º W.W.A" WS *MS 4\º // lºsº A sºft º | ſº £º § tº wº §AY|| sº §º, ń. º:gº º s Nº. 8. § ºf º Will % |g º'lſº §§ º º', | º ſ º º ºil º º º º | " ' ſ ſ y - ſ | } I º } tº WN W.A º Sº ºs Ž NºNYº & . > % § t WM º f sº f : º º s:/ºi, º, §ſ *NW | yº (º; ...' f ſ §§ \\\\\ – s; //ſº NY § \º º W º º Sºft'ſ | Ns º l \!. D | §ſ . § º t | "N a Lºs . * : * * , * =% Nº.2, E-'. - N | º § º ! º º º g º f ſº . . ; ſ - * , "...lºſſ/ ‘. . . .'''''' ...,' ſ g º, | ſ','º', ". . - --- - º,7' W.'ſ", a - , º 'ºZ. M Bºº. * | Už | ſ ſº º " ' "Al" wº Aº ‘º –2. gº º t "W SS *A*/2 N s SSS | W. N Nº. - º G , *S (\ ºft| FNS - . . . . . ſºlº ... --SSW ºS. ** *... . - \ . A * ſº. Tº §|| N \, , , º . . . º | º - zº l . . ." … 'ſ S. . 2 . " N N N 2 . . . ." N\, 'ſº s 2. * 2. º % 3. -§ "sº gººmsºmº-ºsmº " - , R --- *] DOLLY. Dolly has been having a fine time all this afternoon. She has come into the garden to look for flowers. Here in the field she has found a little cub- by hole. She creeps in and out of this, and says, “I am a little bird, and this is my nest." She is picking some flowers when she hears a voice call, “Dolly, Dolly.” She looks up and there is dear mamma coming to find her. Dolly thinks, “Shall I hide in my little house and then jump out at mamma? What fun that would be!" Then she says to herself, “I will pretend that I am a little mouse. Mam- ma shall be a great giant who is coming to knock my house down and eat me. But I will be brave. I will jump at her and shout Squeak—squeak— go away, you dreadful giant. If you do not run away, I shall bite you with my sharp teeth, and I shall whip you with my long tail. How frightened I hope she will kneel right down and say, “Oh dear Mr. Mouse, I will never come near you again." As mamma comes near, Dolly sees that she looks tired. Dolly feels sorry and thinks: “No | I will run and meet mamma. I will not let her hunt for me any more. Per- haps she thinks that I am lost. I remember when I ran to the mamma will feel woods one day. Poor mamma sent all the people to look for me. She was so anxious that she cried. So I will run and say: ‘Here, mamma, is your little Dolly, safe and sound.'" So Dolly picks just one more flower, a pretty little blue one for mamma's hair. Then she runs right to mamma. I I FEED ING THE FOE INS. Mary lives in a large house. It has cunning little windows, opening like doors. Every day Mary opens one of these windows, and scatters crumbs of bread on the window-sill. Then she calls: “Chip, chip, chip,” and in fly the robins for their breakfast. There they are now. Two are busy eating. Two more are swinging on the tree outside. In a minute they Then how pretty they will look. They will wink their bright eyes and turn their little heads, as if to say: “Good morning to you, Mary.” will fly to whistle and sing. While Mary clears away the breakfast dishes, the robins outside will rock to and fro on the branches, singing “No work, no work for us this lovely morning." will fly in too. Then out again they I will tell you why Mary always feeds the robins. One day she looked out of her win- dow. Something lay on the ground below. Mary ran out to see what it was. It was a poor little robin lying in the snow. He was almost dead. Mary took him into the house, and held him near the fire. By and by she felt him move a little. Then he opened two little round eyes, and said “Chirp." Mary put him into a cage for that day. Robin would not eat a crumb. He was afraid that Mary was going to keep him shut up. At noon, when the sun came out, Mary opened the door of the cage. Off flew robin to a tree, singing with delight. Since then Mary has called the robins her friends, and never forgets to feed them. I 2 % LºŽ%, ， % R()BINS. w A EI) IN ( ; "I"HI. º */ FI . º 22*. * : - º|- hºh:ill;#E-;l i|i|| - !iE.g -wº-# | y f º ºš §: ºùù §Tº. " ,w in . . . . . ſ | | º * . º*;- tlliºttlºtſ g- º FE { f : * * * * | ſ º tº U = . . ; - - - - - sº l - . . . . . ... -* s & s º E-5 - 3 - º sº E=<2% HIDE AND SEEK. | i | #!!! | º j t | l; r it ! # | | Fº º A # º } | , , ; iſ || |º “ s~ | § | | | jº, | d ºf | | ! º | in \\ s - - | º Yºº h % mamma's chair. HIDE AND SEEPC. “Cuckoo, cuckoo,” calls Nellie. She is hiding behind Baby holds mamma's apron. He is half afraid to go and look for Nellie. He is pretty sure that she is behind the chair. He can see four fat fingers around the edge, and he knows that they are Nellie's. Nellie calls “cuckoo" again, but Baby will not go. He wants mamma to get up and go too. Then he thinks that he will be very safe, holding by her dress. But mamma is busy knitting, and she has all her sewing to do. So she tells Baby not to be afraid, but to run fast around her chair. - . Nellie is just going to peek around the corner to see why Baby does not come. Here she comes moving softly along! If she would only creep around the other side of the chair, Baby could not see her. Then he would not feel frightened. Mamma has just noticed Baby's bare foot. She says: “Why, Baby, what have you done with your stocking?" Baby does not tell her. He knows where his stocking is. He has put it into mamma's basket. He has put the sors over it. Mamma says: “Well, Baby, I am going to put you into your little tub. I will not mind about the stocking." Baby claps his hands when he hears this. He likes to splash in the water. He takes the sponge and tries to throw it on the floor. He thinks: “You Old sponge' you make the water get into my eyes." Here comes his bath, so we end our “Hide and Seek.” scis- I5 º º E --º-º-º- š º .. º | || || || º | º º ºf . | º . f ſ | * # | § {\\ } : ſº | º gº § | Wº/ a : ; : * †, º * , , § º ** * |''f''}} º tº ºlhºll|'' ' ', W * …" . . . . y & ** * * * WYY \ tº ' " it tº . . . ſºft WF . - \\ \\ \,\ , x i \\, \ --- , , , - º º & d • N. N. tº . d d | & ". . . * {|t 4 - s - ſ - º || || | | : W \, \l g : *WW w N}|\!" d | § | º "ºf \ \ . . . \\º - ºil); __c > , 'I', 'ſiſt - tº " . * : " ' " * . . - \\ \º .. iſ * -- d || || | . ſ * º - - - - |, ..." º iſºft º . . . ' ' ' ' ) \\ \\ # ! & t - - º , • 'S º d till - / . ſ y \\ y | "lº'i . . ; : ; : , * \\\\\\\ * \ - '; '. ºf t g { * ‘. . | | | * \\\ N". . . . . * * * : . . . ; - - * , B . “ , - - | a { d \ \\ W W W º - º Eºs º sº-º-º-º-º: GOOD BYE. GOOD-BY. “Good-by, good-by," call Blanche and Lou. w” They stand outside the gate, and wave handkerchief and hat, at the stage. There it goes, rattling down the street. The little girls can see Harry's hat, as he waves it back, in answer to their shout. He is going away to school. He sits beside the driver, feeling glad to return to his school- Harry is their brother. mates, but very sorry to leave Blanche and Lou. “Blanche," says Lou, “I’m glad I don't have to go off in that stage. going away to school at all. Should you like it?" “Well, I am not sure," an- “Harry has ever so much fun. He has a big cake in his trunk, and a new ball, too. It must be fun to I should not like swers Lou. have a trunk all your own. Harry says that the boys have splendid times with their kites, too. If we should go to school we might have new dollies to take with us. We should have fun with the other little girls, shouldn't we?" “Yes,” “but we should have to leave Papa and Mamma. answered Blanche, I am sure we should feel lonely without them. Harry wanted to come home the first time he went to school. Don't you remember the letter he wrote to Papa? He asked please to take him home again. him So I don't want to go to school. Perhaps if we were older we might like it." Blanche. I wish that old stage was bringing Harry back to us, don't you?” “Yes, that's so, Now we must go in. 17 G ATHE FING VVILD FLOVVE FRS. Ellie went to gather flowers for her sister Grace. Grace was sick, and could not go out to play with the other little girls. She asked Ellie to get her a bouquet of wild flowers. Ellie went to the field, and began to pick daisies. As she gathered them, she wound a string around the stems. This kept the flowers from Ellie knew that Grace could not hold a very large bouquet. It would be too heavy for her little hands. So she made two small bunches, one for the vase falling apart. and the other for Grace to hold. - As Ellie stood in the field, winding a string about the stems, she saw something in It looked Ellie the grass near her. like a piece of gold. bent over to see it more close- ly. 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What do you think she found in it? Two dear little pigeons. At first they had to be shut up, for fear they would fly away from Now they are so tame that they will eat from Lizzie's hand. Lizzie calls one Pick, and the other Peck. That is because they have such a funny way of eat- their new home. ing. Pick and Peck have come Pick has spread out his wings to show for their dinner. Lizzie his beautiful feathers. He is very proud of them. He thinks that they are pret- Peck's. Peck sits quietly on the bough, watch- ing Lizzie's hand. He hopes that if he sits very still, she will give him the first grain of tier than COTIT). Which do you think will I think Peck will. He is so patient. Lizzie puts her hand into her basket. She says: “Now, Pick, you must not be greedy. get it 2 Some- times I think you a greedy little pigeon. vain, also. to be like the peacock. you watching him strut about You are too You are getting I saw the lawn this morning. He is too proud of his green feathers. You must learn to be like Peck. See how nicely he sits on that bough " Pick turns his head to look at Peck. Then he looks at the corn. “Do give me some," he says; “it looks so nice, and If my brother Peck felt as hungry as I do, he would be a greedy pigeon too. Come, little mis- tress, don't make me wait." I am so very hungry. 2O | 2 , ºft ſº tº: * , , , . ''. ºl" r A wººf" . º' . wº W § N º Aº N fºl. LITTLE LIZZIE'S I’ETS. -ass=-º-º-º- +---sº •=s*mºmºmºsº, *m sºmew as —ºr-- *-*====== sºrº *-* ====--. Tº –– * ------ --msºmºmºmºsºmsºmº- − T – — -- x-sº -esº-sº --- --- * - sºmeºmºsºmsº- * * -*. º- -------- -emºssº * -ssmsºmºsº Tºº-- - - mº-º-º-º-º- --- *º-sº- * *mºsºm- * …sºmºmºmºmºmºsºsº" smººsºº- HO ! I)ET UP HOSSY, I) ET UP. HO I DET UP, HOS.SY, DET UP. Patter, patter, goes the rain on the roof. No one can go out this afternoon. It is too But here are two little children who know how to Wet. have a nice time indoors. • Joe gets down upon his hands and knees. Little Emma climbs up on his back. With string for reins, and a flag for whip, she shouts: “Ho! Det up, Hossy, det up." Away they go round and round the nursery floor. Emma thinks Joe a better horse than the little pony on wheels. You can see the pony standing near the fireplace. It has a saddle on its back and reins in its mouth. real mane and tail too, but it will not carry Emma as Joe does. It has a So Emma stays on Joe and waves her flag for him to go around once more. Joe says, “Oh, Emma, I am so tired. Little boys are not made to run on their hands and knees. You get off, sister, and I will show you my drum." Joe has a new drum which Joe told me that he saw Santa Santa Claus gave him. Claus come down the chimney with it. Emma likes to hear Joe beat his drum. Joe says, “I will take that little elephant off the mantel and put him on the floor. Then I will beat my drum, and Emma, the flag. I will soon shoot Mister with my drumstick. Then we can tell you can wave Elephant mamma how we killed an elephant. “So, jump off, Emma." But Emma says, “I want more yide; Det up, Hossy, det up." 23 OUF FARM-YAFD FRIENDS. “Go O d m or n in g, my friends," says the horse. “I have come to see you. How are you, Madam Goose? And how are all you Chick-a-bid- dies? Ah I see you, Mas- ter Piggy, running away with that big potato. You greedy If I were Mister Rooster, I would take it away from you. In fact, if I were a little younger I would jump over the bars and take it away myself. But I am growing old. My legs are so stiff that I am afraid I could not jump high enough. . “What are those things on your seat, Mister Rooster 2 They look like cushions. Or fellow ! are they big pancakes for your breakfast 2 You are very grand indeed. I had no idea you were so rich. I have only hay and oats to eat. Still my master is very kind, so I will not say a word. “Ah Madam Goose, are you taking your children out for a walk 2 That will do them good. I hope that you take good care of them. You' must whip them if they are naughty. Send them to me. I will teach them how to say neigh. That is much finer than your queer quack, quack. Will I take them to swim 2 No ma'am, I will not. I never I should not let them go near the pond. Do they Well, then you had better keep them yourself. I know I should drown if I had to take them all into that pond. Well, I must go. I swim. like to swim 2 have made you a long visit. Do come and see me when you Good morning to you all, good morning." Can. 24 Yº } - \º \ *-ºs- §§§ º º × º º º §§N * * *~ º N §§ º w - \\ & ºss E gº-ºº: ºf 2.3 - wº - NºNN * , MyVN N. Dºy a 7.2. #Ss: *:::r. - º º gºs S. º N tº §§ º =º ޺ ~- - ºss - - ST Ri Sºs º =s* - r: - N & Yºst- ==s --- Fºs Šº | | --~ ---> Seº — — ——ºs-Elº. ºf - - - - =### sº. Tº SN Il-s- As -i-. * -- . - ºr=~" E. ——-——-, - sº - * -*. ==s=> R. Tº - Fºr : - . " - --- Esº- - OUR FARM YARD FRIENDS. -2 w Lºsº. Nº. > -ºº::=s==<º yº-º-º: #E *. ====<= : fºLIT- - ºº::-º §º - - - - - - - Fºs-E 3. - * - - > -s; m - S- - - - ----- - - •=s- - - º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: - Sºº---T º- º lºses tº - … -- §gs Hº --→=*aerºesº！！！！= 3=~~~== === =■**=… → A） ºz. Sºsae∞∞∞ºººae· *~*=`**º№！ ·º aevº e.… ！=æs） º «-º =~--~ ~ Aſº • „№Hº， （…） +------ ：=:º -º aº-ææ ææ \\}\\ }， \\ 2！！！！！！！！！ !== * * ！！！！！！！a（a）， 2：4）: ===z） STONE. N */ MILI THE THE MILE-ston E. One day these little girls and their brother went out for a walk. By and by they came to a field covered with daisies. They crept under the fence, and began to pick flowers for a wreath. Helen filled her apron full, and Edith trimmed her hat. Arthur did not care for the flowers. He took a long stick and poked it into all the holes to see if he could find a rabbit. As the children crept under the fence again they spied the mile-stone. Arthur asked what the stone was for. The little girls could not tell him. “I wonder if it is a grave-stone," said Arthur. “Perhaps somebody was bur- ied there a long while ago. It looks funny, though. It must be a very old stone." “Why, Arthur,” said his sisters, “it can't be a grave- stone. See what is marked on it. Let us see, m-i-l-e-S spells miles." “What is it for 2" asked Ar- thur, again. The girls did not They said, “Perhaps it means that the stone reaches miles down into the earth." “Pooh!" said Arthur, “How could a man hammer a stone so far ” He could not find one big enough either." Then the children ran home to ask Mamma about it. Mamma said that the stone was an old one. “Why did people put it there?" asked Arthur. Mamma then told the chil- dren this. Large stones are placed by the road side, a The traveler tells how many miles he has gone, by the marks on these stones. So they are called mile-stones. know. mile apart. 27 PQISS ME. Don't you know who this little girl is 2 Then I will tell Her name is Mollie. She is a little over seven years old. On her birthday her papa asked her what she wanted for She said, “Oh, Papa, give me a bird." So out went Papa, to a bird store. He soon came back with a dear How pleased you. a present. little canary, Mollie was Dick every day, and put fresh water into his bath. She has always been so kind to him, that now he will play with her and even kiss her. How do you suppose Mol- lie taught Dick to kiss? She put a seed on her finger. Dick soon learned to hop up and eat it. Then Mollie put her finger near her mouth. Dick said, “Chirp, chirp." He was asking, “Why do you do that? She fed little || Are you going to hurt me?" Mollie kept very still. Dick saw how kind she looked, and so came to her finger. The next day Mollie put a seed on her lips. Dick was now quite bold. He said “Chirp, chirp," and down he flew. He picked the seed from Mollie's lips. Then back he flew to his cage to sing his “Thank you." After that Mollie taught him to kiss every morning. Here she is, saying, “Kiss me, Dick, kiss me.” Mollie has another pet, too. Do you see him 2 That is Colin, her good old dog. All night long he keeps watch over the house. In the morning he follows Mollie about the house, hoping that she will take him for a run. Now he is at her side waiting for his share of the bread in her hand. 28 ĢĒ5 © . …， ºſujº". ø Z4 ，-- •zº， ... * · •■ ■• ！••• <'.w.º. . . . . . . 4. •• •- º.a. w.ſae|-„ ' . * &-• •• • º;+ ·yr · w·º ， ， ，‘A’ tí °′„º，， , ， -ſ.- -/. ME. IXISS BY THE IR() AI) SIDE. - º º W \\ S N - - N - -. | | | º º § G |, l: Yºº |Nº- - i ºf E.E. .|| § º g § §&- - | ". ſ|}|\,\ , = iº º ºlº | 2- . --→º, "M. PUSSY AND HER LITTLE ONES OUT FOR A WALR. . , \ 2 2. Y/. > & º S is $2. º NV e -wº- º Nº s º I , ſ $º £3 º sº W º ź - Y lſº N l Sº S N - ANN N N N º sº º §3.4% j %22% sº Sº %| N º& º& .* º º {-- º- ar 2. ' THE WISE DOCTOR. Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume THE VVISE DOCTOR. “Let's play dolls, Ellen. I will be the mother. You shall be the maid." “Very well, Daisy. Shall we live in the city ?" “No, the country is much We will have a big garden. Every day you are to nicer. wheel her about, in her wagon." “But then we can not have a party so well. If we lived in the city, we might invite all the dolls to a large party." “Oh, we don't want any parties. We have had so many of them for dolly. Let us pretend that she is sick. We have come into the coun- try to get her well." “That will be fun, Daisy. Let us get Mark to be the doctor. He can have Papa's hat. I saw Grandpa's cane in the hall. Perhaps he can have that, too." “Yes,” said Mark, “I’ll be the doctor. Oh, wont I give your dolly pills' I'll some big ones out of bread- make crumbs. Are you ready ?" “Wait a minute, Mark. Get your hat and cane." “Rat, tat, tat," said Mark. “Come in, Doctor. Sarah is very ill. Is she going to die P” “Ah! let me feel her pulse. No, indeed, madam. She only needs some of my pills, to make her quite well. My pills are famous. They will cure anything. Perhaps she has eaten too much candy." “No, Doctor, she has not had any." “Well, well, I can make her all right. Don't be worried. Give her this, I'll come again to-morrow. Good-morning, Sarah. Good-day, ma'am." 35 *ś. . CHFISTMAS EVERG FEEN S. “Evergreens, evergreens !” called somebody. Then came tap, tap, tap, on Aunties win- dow. Auntie looked out. It was snowing hard. She could just see a little boy out- side, with greens in his hand. Auntie put on her glasses. “Oh it is Joe. some," said she. “Come into the hall, Joe. Never mind the snow on your feet." Joe brought his load into Auntie's hall. “There, ma'am, I have nice ones I must buy Here are two big bunches. There are berries on them.” “Yes, Joe, I will take those. I must have a wreath around Grandpa's picture. Grandpa is going to have his Christmas dinner with us. Are you go- ing to have a nice Christmas dinner, Joe?" “Yes, ma'am. I am going to-day. calling, have I have sold a great many greens this year. When I have sold these, I shall go to the market." to buy a turkey. I enough money. “Did you have a good din- ner last Christmas?" “No, ma'am. My mother I had to buy med- icine for her. was sick. But now she is So we mean to have a jolly Christmas." “Well, Joe, I wish you a merry Christmas." quite well. “I wish you the same, Good-day." º Away went Joe, whistling. In a moment he was again ma'am. “Evergreens, ever- greens!" Auntie went back to her work. “Joe deserves a merry Christmas,” said she, “He is a good boy. He is always kind and thoughtful." 36 \\ \ N \ . . . • * * \\ ". ‘. . \ , , ^. \ ^ - , - ...Y \, \ \ - * : * * , , N. w \ \ \ \ \\ * \\\\ , W \ \\\\\\\ \\\ S. Nº N sº \ . A \ *N * - Nº NY s WNº. ..',\ , tº s º: \ * * º S \,\ \, \ \,, § - " , , . ’’,\º \ \ w ‘. \ \\\ N\, - - l w - *. * |º º: 'i s # * . " Plift| lº \ aſ: ºf º s S). 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There are baskets tied to her wings, and little heads peeping over the edges. Why, they look like babies. And so they are. Madam Stork is a good, kind bird, to let all these little chil- back. She carries them very gently, and watches lest they fall out. dren ride upon her One naughty baby would try to climb out of his basket. He would not obey Madam Stork when she told him to keep very still. As soon as she turned her head away, this baby stood up in his basket. For a minute this was grand He could see all about fun. him, just as if he were on a lit- tle hill. and crow with glee, and to call the other babies to look. At that moment, Madam Stork stepped into a little hole, and gave the basket quite a shake. This upset the naughty baby, who tumbled out, and fell to the ground. He began to chuckle There he is now, crying and Madam Stork is not going to ask us to put him into the basket once She will not let him ride upon her back again, be- cause he has disobeyed her. The naughty baby will soon learn that children who do not mind what grown people tell screaming. II) O1"e. them, are always punished. Now he has lost many a nice ride, and has been dreadfully frightened, too, by his fall. 47 THE CHUFCH MOUSE. Mousie lived in a church. He had a little house under one of the seats. There he lived all alone for a long time. He used to watch the peo- ple who came to church. His bright eyes saw everything. Mousie was fond of an old lady, who brought candy for her cough. She would often drop one of her candies from her pocket, Mousie would wait quietly, until this old lady was gone. Then he would dart out, and carry off the candy. - One Sunday, two little girls came to church. One of them had a cake in her pocket. She meant to carry it to a little friend, after service was over. This little girl laid the cake on the seat. “Then it will not get broken," she thought. twinkled Mousie's eyes when he saw the cake. He peeped out. The little girls were busy singing, “Oh, I They will not hurt me," he said to himself He crept softly out. Then he nibbled at the cake. How It had been a long time since Mousie tasted Church mice hardly ever find any. He sat down, and ate as fast as he could. The little girls heard a Queer beside them. They looked around, and saw Mousie. How astonished “Why, it's a mouse," said one to the other. “So it is! Let's keep very still. The poor little thing seems so hungry. I can tell Clara who had her cake." And the children never moved. Mousie finished the cake, and then ran to his hole. must have it. nice it was cake. noise they were ! 48 - - - - -t. -:：： :ș~~~~！） ±§§§ -}-~~ ~~ || | ¡№ºº ſae ſ ≡ 1 ！####|\ŅŅ！& ſ - ） ſſſ§}}%§），- |-* ， ， ， ** = v ）• o- B-g % % º "," f/ , , 'ſ '', 'ſ º Fº---------- - -- ------- w ºff/ / ''. - ... -- - - *...* --- ... " . . . ;-- - - - Hº ºf - - T _*T - d ‘f J.'ſ ºf Fº | % tº . . / º | ºs-Esº -- ºl!" / . . .2% ======ºffl ſ fº ====º || | º !!!" 2, . 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He had seen him jumping and barking, even when chained. Jack soon found, however, that Towser could not climb. Then he went on, filling his pail. Soon, it would not hold another cherry. Jack looked down at the other pail. There was Tow- it. Jack He wondered how long he would have to ser, close to W2LS frightened. stay in the tree. But Mrs. Lane soon came out of the house. “Oh, Mrs. Lane, do come and take Towser away," said Jack. Mrs. Lane hurried to the tree. “Why, Towser, you foolish dog!" said she, “your master wants this boy to be in the tree. Come away, sir." Off ran Towser. Jack fin- ished the cherries, without any trouble. Now he is enjoying his dinner, because he has worked faithfully. 59 “WE PRAISE THEE, O LORD." It is Sunday night. Lucy and Eddie have just had tea. They have spent the afternoon at Sunday-school. When they were there the teacher said, “Children, you to learn a new hymn. It begins, We praise Thee, O Lord." Then Lucy and Eddie sang it with the other children two times. Mamma is a teacher in the Sunday-school. She does not teach Lucy and Eddie's class. She has a class of big girls down stairs. Lucy and Ed- die are in the Infant School. When Mamma and the children came home, Mamma said, “After tea, let us sing the hymn you are learning at I want school. Eddie must find the hymn book." Then Eddie remembered that he had left the book un- der his seat at Sunday-school. He had put it there while he recited his lesson. Eddie was afraid that the church would be closed before he could run back. But he hurried away to see. He reached the church just as the sexton was locking the door. “Do let me run up for my book,” said Eddie. The old man waited till Eddie got the book, “Don’t forget it again, my boy. You might lose it," said he. Eddie ran home with the book under his arm. just in time for tea. He was “I am glad you have it,” said Mamma; “we could not have sung without it." * Now Mamma is playing the hymn over. What a nice time they are having. I wish that I could be with them. 6o J º sºv. § s N. Nº Ys w ſºčNN § > sº N N s s º - s S. ss*. ~, >>. ~ N lº S’ s `S N N Sº ^& s N N \ -* N \ . * º w * w }ss z Aſy Sº ~, , 4.9/~ *-\ * SJ h N. |si - \s, \. * >, > --> Sh Sº N \ - ->! P N. ~ * > * X - `s \ { * } , \'s \ \. > * \ , SSJ SS N JA ſº \ |\ , s \ , S,\, \, , is * ~ - \ -: s **, * ~ * ,' Y - \ . J. ºfs \ \ ^ ^. * ~ t } ^- | *N. § R N § §§ º Rº O * ar. Sw Nº. ". t ſ. . . . Aſ , * . cº, º “WE PRAISE THEE, O LORD." w N sº N §§ YN §§ w N Y NSN WN NY N § § §§ §NS §§ N N º § º § N. N § Sº Nº. 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He always likes to go there and see all the horses and cows. - Charlie stayed at Auntie's house two weeks. - He had a fine time riding the horses while John brought in the hay. Charlie used to help Auntie, too, with her birds. Auntie and Charlie used to feed them. There were ten birds all in one cage. Two of the birds were very tame. They would come as soon as they heard Charlie's whistle. By and by Saturday came. This was the day for Charlie to go home. He did not want to go, but he is a good boy, and he said not a word. When he was getting into the carriage Auntie brought a basket to him. “Open it when you get home, Charlie." Charlie tried to peep in. He could not see what it was moving around. When he reached home he opened the basket. There were the two tame birds! Charlie was so pleased that he asked all his schoolmates to come and see his new pets. 63 LUCY LEE AND HER DUCKS. Who are you, my little girl And what are you do- ing? - - “I am Lucy Lee, and I | take care of the ducks and the geese." Why do you think so of your geese, Lucy 2 I think much your ducks must be prettier. “Oh yes, but my geese } % o are so useful Why with geese? what can you do I suppose you have roast goose at your Christmas dinner, but I would rather have duck. “Ah! ma'am, I do not keep my geese for eating." What are they then 2 “Well, ma'am, three times a year I pluck off their feathers." What can you do with the feathers ? Surely, you cannot trim your hat with so many. used for “Oh no, I sell all that I can get. People use them for nice feather pillows." Then don't you kill any of your geese, Lucy “Yes, ma'am, we kill some at Christmas time. We pluck all the soft down from those we kill. We sell that for the finest pillows." Do the geese mind having their feathers taken 2 “No, ma'am, not very much. It does not really hurt them, if you pull the feathers at the We are kind to our geese. We give them plenty to eat, and they give us their feathers in return. New feathers grow out all the time." , - Thank you, Lucy, for tell- ing us this. Some day, I will come and buy feathers from you to make me a soft pillow. right time. 64 º º ºn * , ººl () , º $º. º \\, § §§ §§ S Nº - ſº º "...º. §§ º º § #, rººt §§§ - y - SSR Tºš SSS...Sººº... Sº sº tº ºr. * * * *-rº Sº...º.º. * º “º- sº- Š: ºzºº º Š º §§§ * … Sº * º sº & gº º § º N ; § yº tº * , ºº §§§ § § S.§§ * § I,U CY LEE AND HER 1) UCINS. ----- º a SR NNW SN. NN. s Ñ Ñº RN º &, N Ñ Ñu, Ñ º. Ñ v Ñ ,S WA N Ñ»"Ne %.S N Ñ 52% ¿? 2 ... e a º s y X Sº Sºw" y N N y N ¿AWrestºs NT S == Nº erºs-- RN Ssº, s s = -asº” y. sY -t-º- e º '), ºe-===== A2 // º yvv.//Vº, cYa" ¿ rº • º º º - as A % & "N 2.- 3 N N& N ºr: S. S X . r , º, y S. N . ÑNS / s * l l. Ñ ÑA r- , Nººººººº! 83 32 % gº. s. ¿ N ºs. -º º se - *=sensame===-sºs º - -º 3 sa-sas º se-sº |||||| N =º º s. 2 º-s-= N N - N Es N sºs. S N SILADOWS ()N THE WALL. SHADOWS ON THE WALL. “James," said Mamma, “take care of Johnnie till I come back." Mamma was shutting the door when little Johnnie began to cry. He called “Peese, Mamma, take Johnnie with oo." James pulled a big red mar- ble from his pocket. “See this, Johnnie. Let us go into the garden and roll it." Little Johnnie forgot to cry. James gave him the marble to play with while he read a book. Soon Johnnie came running up to James, saying, “Marble is gone, marble fell into pond." “Never mind,” said James. If you stop crying, I will show you my rabbits. James then took Johnnie to the rabbit hutch. James had made it from an old box. It was a nice hutch. It had two rooms, one upstairs and the other downstairs. James had made some wooden steps from one room to the other. The rab- bits were having a fine race up and down these steps. “Here Bunny, here Bun- ny," called James. Out ran the rabbits. James gave Johnnie a carrot for them. Johnnie said, “I wish I had pink eyes like the rabbits." James laughed and answered, “Come, Johnnie, I will show you a new kind of rabbit." James then took his little brother to the old stone wall. “Now, look at that wall," said he. While Johnnie looked James fixed his fingers as you see in the picture. “There," James is saying, “that is my new kind of rabbit. like him 2" How do you 67 OUT FOR AN AIRING. This is Baby Jim. He is out for a ride. Nurse takes him into the park every day. She pushes the carriage along until she comes to the pond. Then Baby Jim calls out, “Top, top." He gives Nurse a piece of bread which he holds in his chubby fingers. Nurse crumbles this up and throws it to the swans. Out come the swans, and up on the bank they go to pick up the crumbs. Baby Jim is so pleased that he tries to jump One day he jumped so hard that over the carriage went. Poor Baby lay on the ground, too fright- ened to cry. Nurse ran and took him into her arms, cry- ing, “Oh! Baby, what a bump So Jim had. His little nose was very red. Nurse put him into his out of his carriage. you gave your nose." i however, carriage, and rolled it home as fast as she could. Then she bathed the poor nose. Baby looked very funny. His nose was as strawberry. The next day, Baby was well enough to go for another ride. This time he did not fall out. When Nurse came to the pond she called a little boy who was standing on the grass. “Here, little boy, take this to the swans," she said. “I must hold the carriage." The little boy ran to the pond with the bread. He gave half to the swans, and then he ate the rest himself. Baby Jim was about to cry when he saw the boy eating the bread. Nurse said, “Nev- er mind, the poor boy is hun- gry. We will bring more for the swans another day." red as a 68 |} # ſ ºſſ. į“， Ď ·\\ſl ģpraeſ)}}}}} { #, ，(\W|\; ſae \!\， ?∞∞∞ }() öſſ.►► \，\! !tſſ į ||||||| | | } | | OUT * * * * * * º Sly | * \º º | º | § *...º. § ºlºiſ; iš. ſº º 3 * º º * | º º - º Wººl! ſº º ºğ ''', ſº st | | º: º Yºu" tº º!". ſºlº º º ſ § º ºtºut -- * t ſº ºlº §§ ºil º § § - º º ſº | º º º § st [. º w §§ d º \ t ſ W §§ ºf g º Aliº: | º §§ §: \\ g | Sº §§ gºſº Wººl! § º | º §§ º º it tº | tº: º º | º º º º W |ſtſ § wº lºſſ | § § º \\ | $º tººl º . \\ º º ºft $º º j}; º º ſº I’. º º º º Sº §§§ ". ºfriº ºf º º § tº § ſºl ſº º º ºf º! ſº º § ºff; º §§§º º §§§ ; § §§ ſº * § § º & ºft ‘. . . . . . . . . . . , , | liſh: lº"... ." --- ſº º % Zº % 2 º 2. º ºzº º ºº º % % # Đ ; 4. % º f | ſ f ſ LAZY SOPII Y. LAZY Sophy is a lazy child. She will not get up in the morn- ing. This morning she feels sorry for her fault. . Last night Sophy's mamma said: “Sophy, I will take you to the fair to-morrow. You will see a monkey and a bear and lots of rabbits there. You will see the pony, too, that can But,” said mamma, shaking her fin- jump over a fence. ger, “if you are a lazy girl again and will not get up, I shall leave you at home." Sophy promised to jump out of bed as soon as she was told. She went to sleep thinking of the nice time she was going have. By and by she heard mamma call : “Jump up, Sophy, I am ready to dress you." Sophy opened her eyes and said: “Oh! I want to sleep." SOFHY. Then she turned over and went fast asleep again. Mamma called again : “Sophy, you must get up di- Sophy only put her fingers into her ears so as not rectly." to hear. - She had forgotten all about the fair. and left the little girl fast asleep. When Sophy waked again the sun was shining in her “ Mamma,” she called, NO mamma answered. Then poor Sophy thought of the fair. Mamma had gone. What should she do 2 She saw on the shelf a cup of water and a piece of bread. 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N AUG HTY FUSSY. Two dear little birds lived in an old tree near the stone wall. They were happy all day long, singing and hopping about. They never thought of Pussy, who lived in the barn. Pussy thought of them, how- ever. Every day she looked out of her window, to see if any new neighbors had come. One morning, as she looked out, she spied the two birds in Pussy purred and purred because she was so glad. But she did this very softly so that the birds could not hear her. the tree. “Oh ' " she said to herself- “this is fine indeed. What a nice dinner I shall have. A bird will be much better than milk.” - Pussy crept quietly up to the wall, and reached the top of it, without alarming the birds. Then she crouched down until one of the birds hopped quite near. Just at this moment a black spider, who was busy at her web, saw Pussy. “Oh " to the bird, “fly, fly, somebody is be- The bird flew just as Pussy jumped. So, instead of getting the bird, she cried hind you." Pussy only caught a big leaf in her paws. How angry she felt. Both high up in the tree. birds were now NO cats could reach them there. Pussy jumped down from the wall and went home quite dis- appointed. “I’ll come again,” thought she. The black spi- der heard Pussy say this. She ran up to the birds and told them not to stay where this wicked old cat was. the birds flew. So away 73 Two FRIENDs. Rex and Ray were two lit- tle dogs who went to the dog show. They went together, for they were great friends, and belonged to the same master. They that would try and earn some rib- agreed they bons for their necks, by being very good and well-behaved. So when their master chained them to a kennel, they never They him go away, without whining grumbled. watched or making any trouble. The next day the dog show was open for visitors. Rex and Ray smoothed their coats, and shook their long ears, to make themselves as pretty as possible. Then they sat side by side, watching the people who came to the dog-show. By and by two little boys stopped to look at Rex and Ray. “See what lovely dogs these are '" said one. “Yes,” said the other, “I wish I had them. I like them better than any of the big dogs." After this, many people stopped to look at the two friends. Sometimes Rex and Ray would sit up and beg for cakes, just as they did at home for their master. This made the children clap their hands. In this way a whole week passed by. Then their master came to take them home. The two dogs had never been so glad to see him before. They jumped, and barked, and wagged their tails as if they were crazy with joy. When they reached home, their master gave each a hand- some ribbon his This was because they had been the best dogs at the show. for neck. 74 *2%rºzzº& 2 º' 2% -- … º. ºº º ºr Žº.22 2° - 2: 22 %% - ~ - غ. 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Mister Rooster pulled a feather from his tail and gave it to Jock. He said, “Mister Jock, I will wrap this up in pink pa- per for you and send it to your home, if you like." . “Oh no,” said Jock, “I will carry it myself." So he stuck it into his cap and hur- ried home. Just now Jock is showing his lantern to Miss Puss, Puss feels a little sleepy. She wishes that friend Jock would invite his guests to take a nap. Mister Jock, however, is thinking about supper. He has shown his lantern to most of the company. He thinks that it is now time for the waiter to bring in supper. After supper, all these friends will go home, and say to their families, “How nice it must be to be a monkey and have a magic lantern." * 76 { ſº :~ §§ s §º § § §. § s § § - - > § *-34 £ºſ 㺠źiſ ſº #}} tººlith, !";|. º ; Ž% 1. ſ ...ill * * W Allº . ºilº | T'll E \ſ A(; I () I.,.\N'TEIRN. º º º #| || | | : † |i | § | | |# | tº Hijº | *Tº Tºſſ || || || 1 ºr . . . . r. º ºf: }|||}|\!\!\!\! 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She fed them on meal. They were too small to eat corn as the big hens do. These chickens grew so tame that they would eat from Mary's hand. Madam Puss thought that she would like a nice chicken for dinner. One morning, she crept softly up and caught one poor little chick. Mary lives on a farm. Mary saw Puss just too late pet. frightened, and dropped the chicken and ran away. Mary tied the dead chicken around Pussy's neck, and made her Puss did not like this, and she never tried to save her Puss was carry it all day. to catch another chicken. Now these chickens are big They are as tame as When Mary hears a loud clucking she runs to the hen-house for This morning she found five big She thought of Grand- ma, who has been sick. She knew that Grandma liked a fresh egg for breakfast. So she has brought some to the old lady. Grandma will invite Mary to sit down. Grandma always has some cakes in her closet for Mary. hens. eVer. eggs. OI) CS. 79 SHOO FILY, George is having dinner out under the trees. On the oth- er side of the table is his little sister. Her name is Annie. It is George's birthday. His mamma said this morning, “George, what would you like to do to-day ?” George thought a minute. “Well, mamma, I should like to have dinner in picnic style. Let Jane set a table under the apple tree. Then Annie and I will have dinner all by our- selves." Mamma said, “Very well, George." - - At noon Jane brought out this table. You can see only one end of it. The other is close to the trunk of the apple tree. Jane placed a chair at each side of the table. Then she set the dishes out for dinner. She gave George and Annie meat, potatoes and a nice apple pie for their pic- nic. Now George and Annie have almost finished dinner. George was just eating a mouthful of potato when a big fly went “buzz, buzz," close to his ear. George almost jumped out of his chair. “Shoo fly—shoo fly," he said, and waved his fork at his little visitor. George looked so frightened that Annie almost choked with laughter. “Why, George, that fly will not hurt you.” “I am afraid he will crawl into my ear," said George. “Oh you foolish boy," said Annie. “The poor fly only wants to taste your potato." “Well," said George, “the next time I have my dinner out in the garden, I will put a net over my head. Come, fly, Shoo-shoo fly." 8o |× §§ SS-Sºº-№ |× S§S ∞ a ae <！-- *： < . |- <-№ ）^^``S```- ·· • ¶ Ņ） ~ zí z¿¿. …º £2，423 Ø/ſae€áÉ × × ×|-º. - ） aº· %źº， ••• |（962;:~ „Zºº º | _ ， •{）}{{№<<<<< ·#· * -Š×Z ſae||- . （...）;：tae≡ （x^*）?tº× × ×", ！0. ， ' ! ., , , .‘ “ ’ ” ', ',.',º ,‘ “ ’ ‚‘, , , ，■ ■ ■7 «… ，， ，-, ， ） { SHOO FILY. A. * **, * *, * *. x |BUILI) IN ( ; ſº / ſ A. tºº. It ſ #ſº º º ſ ſº * "l'ILEIR NEST isºs ſº ſº ſº II, l// / /"Z. ſ A . f / 2 º' ſ jº | º | sº º BUILDING THE NEST. John, the gardener, has a little shed near the barn. He puts his spade and hoes there. Upon a nail hangs his watering pot. John takes this down ev- ery morning to water his flow- ers. All his flowers do not grow out of doors. Some are in a greenhouse. John put a glass roof on the house so that the flowers might have sunlight. The rain cannot come in, so John has to use his watering pot to make his flowers fresh. One day John put two big brooms into the shed. He leaned them against the side and forgot to take them away. Soon after this, Lillie and Charlie came to the shed. They wanted to get the doll's carriage. They had left it near John's spade. Just as the children came in, a little bird flew down from the top of the broom. Lillie said, “ Hush, Charlie, do look " Charlie looked up and saw another little bird in a nest on the broom. “Birdie is building a nest," whispered Lillie; “wait and you can see how they do it." The children stood very still. They were so quiet that the | birds forgot their fear and went on with the nest. They flew in and out with bits of straw and pieces of cotton. What fun it was to watch them Then the children went and asked mamma for some pieces of wool. These pieces they carried to the shed and left on the ground. The next day the children found that Mr. and Mrs. Bird had carried the wool to their nest. 83 “VVHAT DO YOU WANT 2° Trip and Tan were two little dogs. They agreed to share everything. Whenever Trip had a piece of meat he saved part of it for Tan. So far they had been very hap- py. They were always to- whether asleep or Every morning their master, Frank, brought them a big pan full of bread and milk. This was the dogs' breakfast. They always ate it side by side. - One morning, however, Trip waked up as usual. He yawned and then turned to his brother Tan. Tan was fast asleep. He was even snoring. Trip sat up and said to himself, “I’ll have a good joke on Tan. I will creep out and eat up all his break- fast.” This was a bad plan, but Trip did not stop to think. gether awake. Out crept Trip, leaving Tan asleep. When he came to Master Frank he barked, “Good morning.” Frank said, “Where is Tan 2" Trip only wagged his tail. Frank supposed that meant that Tan was coming. He set down the breakfast and went away. “Now,” thought Tan, “I must hurry and eat it all up." So he gobbled up half. Then he began to eat Tan's share, when jump came something down on the edge of the pan. Trip hardly dared look for fear it should be Tan. When he did look he saw this bird. “What do you want?” growled he. But the bird said, “If you eat any more of Tan's share, I'll peck your eyes." Trip was so scared that he did not dare to touch the food. So he never had Tan's breakfast after all. 84 2% # % -...~. | | % } } * SN §§ SR ÜN - & NSN § §§ NS WHAT DO YOU WANT § R ! § §§ i : i § - ... " : ºlulº º ||| || º cº-º - º . ºil || || º º | i º º ->~ | |} º * º : º: ; m IIITIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll - º mºre...º.º. İ Tº TT | º | | º::::::::::::::::::::::: º } || Tºſſ º ". | |ll T gº . Af º | ſ THE MIS(; H [EV() U. S K IT"TENS. THE These kittens belong Annie. Grandpa gave them to her. He told Annie that she must not let the kittens play with would break. Annie prom- ised to be very careful. She made a ball for each kitten, and told her that she must play with that. Kitty only said “ Mew, mew " - When Christmas came An- nie wanted to give her kittens a present. So she asked Grandpa what would be the best thing for them. Grand- pa thought that the kittens would like a dish of cream. Annie bought some cream and gave it as a present to her cats. You don't how delighted they were. They could hardly wait to purr their thanks. Grandpa's Christmas present was a new anything which know to MISCHIEVO US KITTENS. clock. Grandpa had a man come and hang the clock “Ah !" said Grandpa, “we shall always know the time. go out for a walk, Annie, upon the wall. Now let us my dear." Soon the kittens came run- They found the room empty. First they frol- n1ng 1n. icked around playing with their Suddenly they spied the weights of the new You down the weights hang. “Ha, tails. clock. see how low ha," said the kittens, “ Now They thought that the weights must be two for some fun." new balls. Around they ran pushing and pulling the weights. There they are now. They do not know that Grandpa is coming. If they did, they would not be there so happily. 87 IN THE One afternoon these four lit- tle girls had a holiday. They had time for a nice long play, so they went to the fields. The fields were almost white with Nobody was It was a great pity that the daisies should be lovely daisies. picking them. wasted. - Jennie found a knife in the She said that she wanted to make a daisy The other little girls kitchen closet. chain. went all around the field pick- ing yellow and white daisies for Jennie. - Jennie sat on the grass and cut the stems of the flowers. By and by Minnie came and Sat Minnie said, “Jennie, are you sure that those cows are gentle?" Jennie looked across the field and there she saw her Papa's cows. near her. FIELDS. are nice quiet cows. They will even let me stroke their heads." so glad. Minnie said, “I am I have been thinking that the cows might come and toss us on their horns." “No, Jennie, “cows Minnie,” answered are always gentle unless you are cruel to them." Then Minnie jumped up, feeling happy again. She went near old Daisy to get some flowers. Old Daisy blinked her eyes and went on eating as if she had not even Jennie made four nice long chains of seen the little girls. daisies, and she hung a chain about each little girl's neck. How pretty they looked! Just like real necklaces. Then the little girls went home sing- ing, “Three Blind Mice." They reached home justin time “Yes, indeed," she said. “They for supper. 88 - il 1, 2 \ , l - p ' ' ,\ \ . ; \ |\, S \, ', - \ , ſºns - , , ! *''', i º | g - | * º: |||}|ſiſ, ; , ſº ºn f 2 // º f • * * * , | | | | ºf 'º'; ) , , , , * A 4 * ºf . Aſ a * º /* \\ iſ ſº ºf j } || || ~/. - A., , , . A ſº, ſº 2e. º, Wł ! & ...'...',ſſ/"Z (9 a 2* tº " . i 4: * º .Maº” % ºğ { w 2. ^% \\ * | Ş ºr” º * * - Q sº º t *- sº * *xº~~~~ \ ¥) ry sº & Mºs - - -- º N §§ ~ º \º s *RººsŠ S % º * ss i | º: | tº º º: , ºf . ". ." § ºğ § % ..º.º.º. gº º $º º $$$$$$. ſº S. Æ § Nº. . . . | , , y * º s º WHICII SHALL I TAKE? “VV HICH SHALL I TAPXE 2” You bad fox. What are you doing in here 2 This is not your house. This is the shed where the hens live. What would Mister Rooster say if he should catch sight of you ? Ah I see why you Poor hens, I feel There you are have come. sorry for you. sleeping quietly on your roost. Your feet are tucked under you and your hºads are down among your feathers. Your bright round eyes are tight shut. You little know who is looking up at you. Mister Rooster's beautiful tail is in danger. Mister Fox says to himself, “How nice and plump you look | Which one shall I take 2" Oh! Mr. Fox, pray don't touch these poor hens or our fine rooster. But Mister Fox He has five little foxes at home. does not care one bit. He has come a long way to find a good supper for them. He has crept through the yard, and now he has found the hens. Mister Fox means to have a good look first. He wants to pick out the largest and fattest fowl. He says that it takes a large hen to feed all his family. Now he stands with feet on that barrel. his In a min- ute up he will spring and seize poor Rooster. Oh what a noise there will be. The hens will wake suddenly and see the horrid Mister Fox running away with poor Rooster in his mouth. No use to fly and call “cluck, cluok." Foxy is off. He will never bring Mister Roos- ter back again. 9I WHICH IS THE TALLEST 2 Here is an old lady who loves children. Every one Tom and Emma have come to make her a little visit. calls her Grandma. Grandma has been knitting a stocking, but she is glad to put it away and talk little friends. Grandma is too old to play She sits in her big chair all day to her Out of doors as you do. So she is glad to have long. the children run in to see her. Emma says, “Grandma, am I not as tall as Tom 2" “Well, I will measure you, my dear," answers Grandma. “Take off your shoes and your hats." “Why must we take off our shoes 2" the Tom's boots are higher than We must measure fairly," says the “ Because heels on those on your shoes. old lady. Now Tom and Emma have taken off their Tom holds his hat in his hand. Emma has put her “We are all ready" they say. shoes. sunbonnet on a chair. “Come here, then," says Grandma. “Stand back to back, my dears, and hold up Well, Emma, I shall have to tell you that your heads. Tom is taller than you are." “Oh I am so sorry," cries Emma. “No, you need not be sorry, my dear. It is not your fault. Being taller does not make Tom any better t Tom is a little boy who runs about so much than you. that he grows faster than you do. He is a year older. He ought to be a little ahead of you. Be a good little girl. Then people will love you whether you are tall or not." 92 --№ss，!s■ -^}ſi SN , , ，→ S```` : .. 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Every morning I go to look at her when she is in her crib. How she laughs and kicks' Baby thinks it a good joke to see me. She cannot talk yet, but I am sure she knows what I say to her. always I say, “Good morning, Baby," and shake my hand at her. Baby waves her cunning little fingers in the air as if she meant “Good morning." My sisters have come to see Baby too. and mamma and does But I think Baby loves me best. I will tell you why. I always put my head down and You ought to see how she holds my curls in her little hands. Sometimes she pulls too hard. Then I say, “Oh! Baby, be gentle." let her pull my hair. But she only laughs not let go at all. Then I shake her rattle and tickle her toes until she forgets about my hair. Soon mamma is ready to dress her. Baby does not like to be washed and dressed. When she sees her little bath she Screams and tries to stay with me. I wish that mamma would let me dress Baby. Then I am sure that she would be good. Come and see our Baby, some day. You will say, I am sure, “Isn't she a dear?" 95 EE AVERS. Beavers are strange little creatures. Their houses are built in the water of streams and ponds. The beavers gnaw down little trees. They save the bark as food for the com- ing winter. Then they carry the branches in their front paws to the place where they mean to build a house. Here you see a beaver with a branch. He walks on his hind feet, using his big flat tail as a support. He is going to build his house of branches. He will weave these together. Then he will mat them closely Mister Beaver does all his plastering with his flat tail. He can make the walls of his house very firm and strong. Look carefully at this beaver's hind feet. They are somewhat like the feet of a goose. There is with mud and moss. a web between the toes. It is by means of these webbed feet that the beaver can swim so When in the water he holds his front paws close to his body, and moves along by working his hind feet. 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He fills this pan with soapy water and then sits down upon the door-step. Belle puts down her basket and brings Kitty to see the fun. John dips the pipe into the water. Now he blows very softly. Ah! isn't this nice Out comes a big bub- ble—green, red, and yellow. Away it goes, sailing into the air. Belle puffs it very gent- ly. Up, up, up, it flies. Where Why, it has melt- “John, do make is it, now * ed away. another one," said Belle. John dips the pipe into the water once more. Then he blows a cunning little bubble. Belle calls that the Baby's. HAVING A GOOD TIME. But Baby does not care about her bubble. Baby is fast asleep in her little cradle. You can see her, back of Belle. She does not know how much fun she is missing. - Down goes a big bubble b Pussy. “Oh what a fine ball I have," thinks Puss. She taps the bubble with her paw to make it roll. “Dear me," —she thinks,—“ where has my ball gone?" She looks all about, but she cannot find her lovely ball anywhere. Do look at John's cheeks' How fat they have grown | John has blown two bubbles from one pipe of water, and he has hardly any breath left. Still he puffs away. “John," says Belle, “will you let me blow one bubble 2" “Yes," answers John, “only just wait till I blow one more.” 99 THE BLIND MAN AND HIS DOG. This poor man sitting by the roadside is blind. He cannot see the fields or the flowers. He cannot see these little girls who are so close to His good dog, Foxy, however, has sharp twinkling him. eyes. Foxy sees everything Foxy knows the way to the bright and guides his master. sunny place where the blind man comes every day. The man has only to say, “Foxy, I am going out," and Foxy The blind then holds the string that is is ready. 1I] Q.I) about the dog's neck. Good Foxy takes his master to the As the little girls come from school they stop to old seat. speak to blind John. To-day Mary has brought a ten cent piece for him. She will drop this into Foxy's little basket. Foxy sits on his hind legs to master's supper. beg for the money. Then he is going to give the basket to his master. Foxy will put up his rough little head and wait for blind John to stroke it. To-night John will give Foxy the money in a little pail. shop with it. Foxy will run to the He will get his Then home the dog will go without stop- ping once. He would never dream of touching anything that has been trusted to him. John is telling the little girls about his book. He has a funny kind of book. Its let- ters are raised from the pages. Thus John can feel their shapes and spell out the words. A lady gave the book to John. She said that the blind man ought to have something pleas- ant to do. We can look at the beautiful things about us. I OO ----ĶØ!, ！№. ！！! £，£，%--*** 22.“~ ،|（ŕ）|- º|0 ģ§ ¶ ¡ ¿|§5· - Ķſº ：º-º--. ， … -- 。）; pí ||ſ' } \， ， ！•}; SS< （│ │ │}umſ}， ſ // /* ſ. * ! ſ.ſae： ĒĒĒĒ $№ș， ". ; | ''' ſ'） ---- ſ №. i| Tſūſtºl, & ºff 1)OG. BLIND MAN AND IIIS Y ‘. 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Do you know how the boys made it 2 and pushed it right in Mister face morning. They took a piece of coal Snow man's face. Johnnie asked, “What shall we get for his hat?” “Oh " said Ned, “I know." Ned ran off to an old shed near the barn. Back he came with something large and black. Ned set this on Mister Snow man's head. How the boys did laugh The black thing was the school teacher's old hat. It was all bent up and had been thrown away. Johnnie put it on the side of the soldier's head to make him look funny. Poor soldier is glad to get even such a hat. You see he has not one hair on his head. He must be very old to be so bald. Soon the finish the soldier's new arms. boys will Then they will put buttons on his coat and a pipe into his mouth. The poor old man will not have a chance to The boys will throw snow balls at him until they knock his head and arms off. He will soon be smoke his pipe. Poor old soldier, don't you pity him 2 used up. IO3 VVALF US Oh! how cold it is here. See these great icebergs. The men in the boat have had a hard time getting into clear water. These men have come walrus fishing. They have had warmly in furs, for they are to wrap themselves now in the Arctic regions. This is the coldest part of the world. The Walrus always likes a cold place for his home. The men carry hatchets and spears instead of lines and fish hooks. They could never catch any Walrus with a hook. The Walrus is much too large and strong for that. The quietly along when they saw men were rowing a big Walrus put his head up Now there are a dozen of these great ani- the men. They are trying to push close to the boat. mals crowding around FISHING. their long tusks through the boat. The men strike every Walrus in reach with big hatchets. They try to kill as They sell the skins and the long teeth of the Walrus. some oil too from the body. many as they can. They get The men must fight hard. The Walrus is as large as a When one Walrus gets into trouble cow and very strong. all the others hurry to help it. This morning the animals had been lying in the sun on an iceberg. When they saw the boat they plunged into the water. They are fighting well but they cannot drive the men away. They try to make holes in the boat by their teeth. But the men will not let them do so. Soon all that is left of the Walrus and his family will be carried to the market for sale. IO4. | \; º º | º W º | | º º i; * : W º º W º º t º: º ... ºr---> • * > *- : º % .." iſſ//jºſ, º |||||||}| - º/ º º W //º * º % * t; * * \º - ...” * a %2 ºx”, “, … -- - * S -? . . 2- ¥ * - * ~~~~. - * * * * º WALRUS FISHING. º §§ º º º º §WN tº W. W. \ \, . " |it iſ º | | * || . . . . |" § i N º # º º ºſſillº | | º * lit.: "...It'ſ "t tº it illuſt 11 tillſtlijn'ſſilſº |§ c.*".-*§ º §§ -N ºº|- || Ns- by * v-º ... \º N A lº' N d (N º N \ §§ §§ § N N s CŞ º lº 's ŠSE is N. & RN \ ^\, \ © ºf. - . - . V tº sº S tº a sº º, ºs a -- . w ºśNS SS Ns *2% ºss ºš Š •- . // * 'º Nº §. Jº SN §§§ tº º SN - N ºss §§ §§ § º %iº". zºd º º ºf ſ ~ ºl. § * † º Šs ºil . º S- º Sºlº :- º § \# . |||||||||||||| º: f g ſº A is. - A zººs Đ # H % W. § | ſ' | º'ſ £º ºff. H º N N | | A. #/.../ 2: ºº:: Z% º .2%2. º = “ -s ºs as - * * * * = - -- aſ “... = * ºss. “ | NºS . d Nº St. tº S . N NºS = <== a- A LETTER FOR MAMMA, Dear Mamma: I am going to write you a letter while you are so far away. I will tell you what I do here in Auntie's Every morning Uncle takes house. me for a walk in the garden. We go to see his tame crow Jack. see Jack. Uncle says, “Jack, won't you I wish that you could He is so funny. dance for us?" Jack hops up and down and screams “Caw, Uncle then gives him Jack hides the meat in the ground. I suppose that is the way crows caw." a piece of meat. put things into a closet for dinner. - Every afternoon Thomas lets me ride the pony along the road. Such a dear little pony as Dot is! She is jet black and she has a long tail. She is quite gentle, and yet she can go very fast. whole letter full. A LETTEF FOF MAMMA. You need not be afraid of my fall- ing off. Thomas always walks After the ride I watch Thomas bring the cow from the field. He stands by the gate and calls, “Cush, cush." Old Daisy comes right to Thomas just as soon as she hears him call. Daisy is not a bit frisky. She walks so slowly and whisks her tail so lazily that I sometimes wonder if she will reach us. When she is close by, we can see the white star on her fore- head. Daisy is brown all over, except the star and one white foot. Now, dear Mamma, I send you a great heap of love, this by my side. eVer Please write me an answer, and come as Soon as you can to see your little daughter LILLIE. Io7 “SIT STILL, DON'T MOVE.” Willie was spinning his top in the Annie in the garden when he saw creep through a hole Willie thinks is a nice little girl be- He ran across the lawn calling fence. Annie cause she is so full of fun. “Annie, come to the barn.” Annie pattered along the walk in her little bare feet, saying, “Willie, I have a secret to tell you." Willie was very curious to hear the secret. He prom- ised not to say a word about it. old seat in the garden while So the children sat on the Annie whispered the secret. The secret was this. sister had just had her picture taken as a present to mamma. The picture was to be given this afternoon. Annie's sister was to bring the picture home at noon. Annie said that she could Annie's her hardly wait. So she had come to play with Willie and make the time pass quickly. Willie jumped up suddenly, saying, “I know how we can spend the time. minute, Annie." Just wait a He ran into the barn and soon brought out boxes and Then Willie placed Annie on the small He two stools. stool close to the barn. said, “Annie, we will play taking pictures." Annie's pict- Willie picked her a bunch of flowers. Then he fixed his boxes and looking through a paper tube called, “Sit still, don't move.” When Annie's picture was ure was the first one. finished Willie had his turn. They had great fun until they heard the dinner bell. Then they put away the boxes and stools and ran in-doors. Io8 Miº ſº. Illu º "t , , .." iſ #1,2) ſ' 'º, º." A ſº. - * 2%% - ſ º W W. º º SIT STILL–DON'T MOVE, sº W | \\ N. º- Wºë \º % ºs. #|s % 24 W º § * f § § * s * s º * * Jº iſ, sº & i i § º * * * '', tº \ºt \º l \\ \. |\\ ** \\ º §§ * * Š -f t ſº Ş $º ***'.' **** **** **** 1. *** *****", hºº! Wºº, t tº (lū 1. * * wº (; R \NI)MA'S IX I BLE. G F ANDMA'S BIBLE. “Mamma, I wish you would tell me who this old lady is." “So I will, Minnie. She is a dear old Grandma. last winter. Do you see the little girl sitting beside her? That is her little granddaugh- ter, Nellie. Nellie is the only little girl that Grandma has." I saw her “What is that book, mam- ma?” “That is Grandma's Bible It was given to Grandma when she was a little girl. Her mother her told that she should have a Bible of her own when she could read." “Grandma tried hard to learn. She was soon able to read to her mother. One day Grandma waked parcel on the chair by her bed. Grandma opened it and found a beautiful Bible. She has kept the book all these years to find a and also the little book mark which came with it. When Grandma got the book her hair was as brown as yours is. Now it is quite white." “Does she read it mamma 2" nCW, “Yes, my dear, she reads it every day. She teaches Nellie to read it too. Nellie's teacher told her to learn three verses every week. Every morning Nellie comes to Grandma's room. Grandma takes her Bible and sits by the Nellie gets her little chair and sits down beside Grandma. Then Grandma repeats a verse slowly. Nellie says this after her. After that Grandma shows Nellie where window. the verses are in the Bible. She explains their meaning to Nellie. So Nellie always has a good lesson for her teacher.” I I I THE YOUNG MUSICIANS. My Papa is a musician. He belongs to a band. He plays on what people call a violoncello. Perhaps you would call it a big fiddle. It is something like one, but very I suppose that Papa must have a big one because large. he is so big himself. In sum- mer Papa lets me go to the beach with him. There he plays with the band in front of the hotel. little house built for the musi- He sits in a I like to go with him, for I can dig in the sand and cians. watch the waves roll up on the shore while he is playing. One day I asked Papa if I could not go into the little house with him and play on the triangle. All you have to do is to hit the triangle with a stick. I am sure that I could do it. Papa said “No." He was afraid that I should not strike it at the right time. I thought, “Never mind; some day I'll have a good time. I will have a concert of my own. I'll get Nettie and Jane to help me." - - To-day I saw through a crack in the door of Papa's room his violoncello. I ran upstairs and called Nettie, Jane and Jip. Jip is our dog, you know. Then we all formed a line just as the men in the band do, and in we marched to have a concert. I gave Jane the flute. She is * |too little to have anything else. Then I climbed into the arm- chair so as to reach Papa's I held it and violoncello. touched the strings. Nettie drew the bow across it. But Jip only howled at our music. It did not seem to please him. II 2 | ¿-? ź ſae; ſae ſae ź）?（?：%%2%éźíŽ（?：%; ' ____\ \ ）3€/h ）， （ų, ¿\\//\\（）'） } º ） Ź） ∞º， MUSICIANS. YOUNG THE wº lºº. º, º |#|| |*||ººl º | ºff a "" ; "|| || º ºilº *ºllº º ! I 4 } | | | | | | || || º | | N. | i | i º | | | * | |ºliºſ º tº ºùlúliº | º #| || º º º * | || || }} || || || || || }}| l º º º t | | 㺠\|\! 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Often the people were so poor that they would say “Yes.” boys to his home. had a little room, with ropes and rings and ladders in it. Every morning he took the Here he how to stand boys to this room. showed them on their heads, walk on their hands, and to do many other tricks. Sometimes Pedro was cross. He had a big stick. He shook this fiercely when the boys made a mistake. Pe- dro did not mean to be unkind, but he was poor. He want- ed the boys to learn quickly. Then they could earn money for him. Pedro's wife used to sit in the back of the room, and By and by she and Pedro thought watch the boys' tricks. that the boys knew enough. Then Pedro took the boys to the circus. The manager of y the circus was glad to have Pedro then took the There he the little acrobats to perform tricks in the ring. He paid Pedro a great deal the At first these boys had a fine time. of money for training boys. Every night they saw the horses dash around the circle, with their But the boys soon grew tired of this, gayly dressed riders. and wished they could change places with the farmer boys who came to see the circus. I I5 COMIN G. HOME. “Come Bess' come Bec | come Bonny" Who g, do you know 2 Let us go and look. Ah! here is Tim. He is the one who has been calling. is calling He is talking to his cows. This one in front is Bec. You can tell her by her white fore- head. She has a black patch Tim has been to call the cows home. on her back too. Every night he drives them in from the fields. There he stands now by the gate. He knows each cow. Each cow knows him, too. When they lift their heads, and an- he calls the cows swer, “Moo, moo!" Then Tim opens the gate and waits while Bec Bec leads the rest down. is always in front. She likes to be ahead of the rest. She has been made a great pet. Tim feeds her every day with salt. You would not think that she would like salt so well But she does. She her head against Tim's shoulder until he gives her the lump he has in his hand. One of the cows be- hind has a crooked horn. When she comes along Tim sings, “This is the cow with the crumpled horn!" Tim asked his father one day if this cow came from the “House that Jack built.” His father said that thought not. This cow was very gentle. as Sugar. will rub he Jack's cow was You remember that Jack's cow tossed the dog. “Come Bess! come Bec' quite fierce. come Bonny " calls Tim again. There! the cows are almost through the gate. Good night, Tim I 16 | }||}||||||| ſt",d. ！ -N ‘. . HOME COMING | | | " . . . ." & " - ... liº | | - s * | § s º W i i § ºº º s § &% § º $ § -: Eº THE TRAVELING SHOWMAN. THE TRAVELING SHOWMAN. This picture will tell us all about a showman. Here is his big camel. This camel carries all his master's things on his back. He has benches, baskets, a drum, some clothes, and a monkey cage. All these he carries on his back. He is When he gets there his master will going into the town. unload him. Camel will kneel down while his master takes off the load. will be ready to carry the chil- To-morrow he dren who come to ride on his back. He never complains of any He is a patient beast. work that he has to do. Jake, the monkey, is a very He is full of mischief. There he different kind of animal. sits looking out at the view. He has a nice time riding up He never All in the air all day. has to carry anything. he can do is to run about his cage and eat the pea-nuts which children give him. Jake's brother is in the basket. His head is just above its edge. Jake and his brother had a quarrel this morning. So Jake drove his brother out The little mon- key climbed down the camel's of the cage. back, and sat in the basket. Shag is the showman's dog. He has been leading the cam- el. Just now he is resting un- til his master comes along. He al- He and the camel are good friends. Shag is very clever. ways leads the camel. The showman and his son come walking along behind. The man blows a big whistle. That is to let people know that ( he is coming. To-morrow, i every one will go and see this show. I wish we could go too. I IQ THE TO RN This is too bad. Howard has torn his pants so badly that they hardly be mended. Mamma is very She tells Howard that he must stay in bed all after- C2.1] angry. noon. He has disobeyed her and torn his clothes. Mamma is not sure that she will give supper. She says, “Howard, tell me just Howard any how this happened." Howard hangs his head. Then he tells his mother all about it. He knows that he must tell the truth. “Mam- ma," he is saying, “I was play- ing in the garden. Tom over the fence and looked called me." “But, Howard, did I not tell you that you must not play with Tom 2" “Yes, but I forgot. I ran to the fence and found Tom FANTS. with a big apple in his hand. Tom said, ‘Let's go to the orchard. I can get you some splendid apples. So we went to the orchard. We found the apples too high to reach. Tom pushed me up one tree and then climbed another himself. I shook down some apples. Then I heard John coming. I was afraid of his dog, so I tried to get down. My clothes caught on a branch, and got torn. I'm so sorry, Mamma, I will not do so again." “Howard, I will mend your clothes for you," said Mamma. “Then you must carry these apples back to John. Tell him that you are 'sorry you touched them. Don't you see you did wrong to take them " “Yes, Mamma, I promise not to do so again," and How- ard kept his promise. + Tºo THE TORN PANTS. º i * • *, *. --- --- &§ § § s º iº-º º i s º § s J/ ſ / t |ſ ſ % º :^, Yºs º ~ NN * tº WN"|Aſ § - RNS, NS lit. Nº §§ §§ \ | º Sºs Něšº NA † SN & N i N & | \ \ y i I * is...}\}ll i–º - . * 5 | | tº ; s - al .*, *, / R$º- SS - * THE FAITH FUL DOG. Last year Don went to the seaside with the boys. Don did not like being put into the baggage car. He wanted to go with his master. William had to chain him to one side You see, he was afraid Don might jump out and kill himself. When they reached the shore William let Don barked and of the car. Don out. jumped about as if he had not seen his master for a year. Then he dashed into the water. Round and round he swam, astonished to find the pond so big, and the waves so high. He thought the ocean was a pond like the one at home. After supper the boys went for a walk. Don trotted be- hind them, wondering where they were going. Soon they came to a rocky place. Here William found a cave close to the water. It was too small for the boys to stand up in unless they took their hats off So William and Max threw their hats to Don. They said, “Hold them, old fellow." Don took them into his mouth and sat down quietly. He waited a long time, but he never let go of the hats. By and by he heard a noise. Up he jumped, and looked to see what the matter was. He saw the boys come running out of the cave. The tide was com- ing in very fast, and they had found it so wet that they were glad to get out on the beach again. They called Don to bring the hats. lighted to find his master Don was de- again, and glad to get rid of the hats. picture kind face 2 Here he is in the Hasn't he a good I 23 THE VILLAGE BARBER. Bob lived in a village. His father was a carpenter, and had a shop near the house. used to play there. He had all the blocks which the men left on the floor. - Bob began to think himself When his mother said, “Bob, you may almost a man. go with me to buy some bread,” Bob answered, “Pooh! I can go alone." His mother knew that Bob was too little to do things as But Bob He thought that he knew best. j grown people can. W2LS V ºll I). One day Bob was to have his hair cut. His mother was ready to take him to the bar- ber's. Bob wanted to go alone. His mother said, “Very well, I will leave you there.” So when they reached the shop, Bob's mother opened the Bob door for him, and then went away. Bob walked in boldly. He had never been in a bar- ber's shop before, but he strut- ted about as if he knew all about it. Soon he saw a razor. He picked it up to see what it was. Just then a big hand grasped his shoulder. A voice said, “You naughty boy, don't you dare touch my things." Poor Bob began to cry. How he wished for his mother | The barber pushed the little boy into the mid- dle of the room. Then he cut his hair as fast as he could. Bob was too frightened to say a word. Then the barber opened the door and said, “Go right home. Never come here again without your father or mother." Home ran Bob as fast as he could, and after this he was not so vain. I 24 Ē§··-->| ！Wì ±\ Ķ… * '', 'ſi i № № : * Ņ§SS====2！ …，a）∈=====№ }22， W \ ŠĒā §§§§\\ N *--> <--<--- T " Te=…=&-«=•-，-，-，-，-~s-æ- VEIALAGE BARBER. "I"EIE “ PLEASE GIVE US SOME 3’ FLEASE: G IV E U S SOME, “Do give us some," said Mrs. Duck. “Give my child- ren a few crumbs." She said this to little Fred as he stood He had brought his bread and butter on the door step. out with him. He was in such a hurry for his play that he could not wait to eat it at the table. Fred had a fine helmet and a sword. He meant to be a soldier. “Come, Mrs. Duck," said he, “don’t ask for my bread. I want it myself. You may come and see me fight So Fred showed Mrs. Duck and her children where to stand. Then instead." he set an old broken chair on the lawn. “This is my enemy," said he, “watch while I knock him down with my big sword." But Fred found that needed both hands for his sword. He laid his slice of he one behind me. bread on the grass so that he could fight better. Then he began to hit the chair. Mrs. Duck said to her child- ren, “We can have a fine feast while Fred is fighting. Hurry So all the ducks gobbled up the bread. As - crumb and eat the bread." they finished the last Fred looked “Oh! my bread, where can it around. be 2" he cried. Mrs. Duck with her little ones were running to the pond. “Ah," Fred, “while I have been fighting one enemy said in front, there's been another I'll catch that old duck." Fred ran after her, but splash—all the ducks were They looked in the pond. said, “Quack! Quack! bring more bread to-morrow, and we will back at Fred and come and see you fight again." I 27 DOG-G-Y’S Theo had a new slate for his birthday present. - He wanted one so that he could draw pictures. His cousin Fred had a nice slate. to buy a slate just like Fred's. This morning Theo's sisters Theo wants his Papa made a great knocking at Theo's door. “Hurry," said they, “get up quickly! There is a parcel out here for you." Theo soon ran into the hall. So there was a parcel. It was wrapped up. in it!" said the little girls. “I know,” answered Theo, “Guess what is “it is a new slate. It is my birthday present." The child- ren ran down stairs with the After breakfast Theo Lizzie drew a slate. drew a horse. little bird sitting on a tree. “Bow, wow!" said some one outside the front door. LESSON. “Oh! there is Rover. Do |let him in," said Theo. Soon Rover came bounding in. He put his face up to the slate and snuffed it. “Come, Rover, I'll teach you your name," said Theo. Then Theo wrote three big letters on the They were D O G. “Now, Rover, what is this letter?" asked Theo. - - Rover looked very wise. He put his paws on Theo's knee, and said, “Bow, wow !" slate. “Poor fellow, he has never been to school," said Lizzie. “Well,” answered Theo, “I Now, Rover, you may come to me every day. Perhaps by Christmas you will be able to Then I will give you a new collar." Rover barked, “Bow, wow!" will be his teacher. spell your name. 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He takes care of a flock of sheep. While the sheep eat grass, he lies on the grass or sits on the fence. All day he is out in the fields. He does not go home even for dinner. His little pail is hidden in the grass. It has his dinner in it. It has somebody else's dinner, too. Whose can it be? Not the sheeps, for they have grass to eat. Ah! there is the boy's dog. The dinner is for him. Why does the little boy take his dog, I wonder? Oh I The dog helps the boy take care of the sheep. He is a sheep dog. trained to watch the sheep. know. He will keep away any wolf. He is looking at the sheep now. They are on the hill. He sees that they are safe. What has the little boy in He is SHE FHE FR D. his hands? See, he is putting it to his mouth. Now I know. It is a long pipe or whistle. The boy cut it himself. He has bored three little holes in its side. Now he is blowing into the end. “Too, too, too! he blows. Now he has the There, how nicely it The sheep on the hill look up. They wonder if their tune. goes! little master is calling them. They see Mac, the dog, sitting quietly on the ground. Then they know that it is not time Mac always runs to them and barks when yet to go home. the boy is ready. This little boy is glad that - Then his sheep will stay in their sheep- The little boy is tired of staying in the winter is coming. fold near the barn. fields. He will be happy when he can go to school. I 3 I MADG E IN THE VVO ODS. Madge went into the woods after flowers. She knew a nice spot where violets grew. As it was a bright morning she thought that she would stay in the woods till noon. After she had her basket full of violets, Madge sat on a stone to rest. She threw them splash. saw something on the ground. It looked so funny. yellow spots on it. watched this thing a minute. Then she saw a queer little head peep out. Then out came four black legs. “Oh " said Madge, “I I will / have found a tortoise. take him home." Madge made a place in her basket. She put some leaves about it to make a little bed. Then she picked up the tor- placed a dish of water. It had she called the pond. She put Madge toise and put him very gently into her basket. - The tortoise lay very still. He did not move, but he was saying to himself, “Ha! haſ little girl, you can't keep me!" Madge took her basket into the garden. There she made a nice yard for her new pet. stones into the brook to hear Suddenly she She built a little wall of sticks and sand. On one side she This the tortoise into his new home. Then she went to the house. The tortoise stayed in the yard But at dark he put out his head and claws. “Good-bye, little girl," he He said it too softly Out he crawled slowly, but surely. until night came. said. for Madge to hear. Away he went to the woods. When Madge came next day her pet had run away. I 32 ſae} }}|}}};};}; #ffff; !', 'ſ：' . §§ wº S SS N: , , , , , NSS N S N sº º W ķāſ ��ſ.ſ.º ſae | 2 .22 ： º ae º 22 2. THE WOODS. MADGE IN IN TROUBLE. IN TRO UELE. Gerty is crying. She has covered her face with her hands. May tries to comfort her. She is saying, “Never mind, Gerty!" But Gerty does mind. She is ashamed to go home and tell her mother what has hap- pened. It is all her fault, too. This morning Gerty ran out to play. She knew that she ought to learn her lesson. Still she tried not to think about it. the garden. “Perhaps I can say that les- son without studying." The bell rang for school. Gerty ran in for her books. Then off she went to school. She felt sorry that she had not studied her spelling. Gerty has been at the head of a large spelling class a whole week. She was very proud. It was so lovely in Gerty thought, Soon the teacher called the class. Gerty stood up to spell the first word. The first word was “having." Gerty said “h-a-v-e-i-n-g.” “Wrong," said the teacher. The next girl spelled the word correctly. Then Gerty lost her place. This happened three times. When Gerty was through she was number four. She was no longer at the head of the Poor Gerty could not help crying. the hall. the floor crying. out for her hat. Gerty crying. class. She ran out into There she sat on May came She May sat down She told Gerty to study hard this afternoon. S2.W beside her. Then she might get to the But Gerty feels so ashamed. Now she makes head again. up her mind to learn her les- sons before she goes to play. I 35 G IVING THAN KS. “Tell me about this little girl, please, Mamma. Why does she hold her hands so What does tell her 2" “This little girl is going to her sister have her breakfast. Her name is Ida. She is only three years old. “Her sister is teaching her to give thanks for her nice breakfast. She tells say these words, ‘Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts! her to The sister wants her little Ida to be grateful for all the good things she has. God makes the wheat grow. He sends the sun and the rain to This wheat is made Little Ida has ripen it. into bread. some bread and warm milk for her breakfast. So her sister tells her that she ought to give thanks for it before she begins." “Is Ida a nice little girl, Mamma 2" “Yes, my dear. Ida has a dear mother who teaches her to be good and kind. , “One day Ida pinched her kitty. Her mother said, ‘Ida, suppose you were a little kitty. Would you like some little girl to come and pinch you? Do you think that you would stay with that little girl? “Ida felt ashamed. Though she is only three years old, she knew what her mother meant. She put her arms around her mother's neck. She said that she would not pinch kitty again. Then her mother called poor kitty, Ida petted kitty, and told her how sorry she was. . g “Now Ida wants her break- fast. We will leave her until another day. 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He has his sharp claws fastened in the hawk's neck. Down, down they go. The weasel will cling fast to the hawk until the two fall to the ground. Then there is an end of the hawk. The weasel's sharp teeth and claws will soon kill him. Did you ever see a weasel ? Perhaps, when you are on your way to school you have seen two round eyes looking out from a hole. These eyes belong to a weasel. weasel often looks out from his hole to see people go by. You cannot touch him, even with a stick. He is too quick for you. You would not want to catch him. His sharp teeth would bite you terribly. The weasel has a long thin The body. The color is brown above and white under the neck. His tail is hardly three He eats birds, If a weasel gets into your garden | soon find the hens. He will take one every night. inches long. rats, mice and chickens. he will He is so sly and so quick that you will find it hard to catch him. His little ears will hear you coming. Away he will run. He runs so fast that we say, “Pop goes the weasel!" People are often glad to have a weasel come into their barns. The weasel hunts the rats bet- Soon The weasel may leave the rats and Then he would kill all the chickens. ter than Miss Puss can. not one rat will be left. go to the hen house. So, after all, people would rather have a cat. The weasel had better stay in the woods. I 39 “HOLD THE FORT I” “Now, boys, take this fort if you can," cries Dick. Dick's fort is the hay-cart. It is standing in the fields waiting until John brings the horse to draw the load home. Dick has helped the girls to the top. Now he has tied his handker- chief to the pitchfork. He has pushed the pitchfork into the hay so that only the han- dle shows. The handkerchief is the flag of the fort. As it waves in the wind, Dick takes off his hat and shouts to the boys. The boys are coming across the field. They are shouting, “We are coming; we'll take your fort." Dick is all ready for them. He tells Laura to watch one side and Janet the other. Ja- net has to hold the baby, so she cannot help much. When the boys reach the cart they will try to climb up on the hay. Then the grand Dick will push the boys down as fast as they climb up. The hay slips, and it is hard to climb into the cart. around the cart from one side to the other, to find an easy What fun it is Dick knows that down his flag must go if the boys get up on the But he thinks that he can keep them away. Laura will help him against the ene- “Hold the fort 1" he shouts to her. Laura tries hard, but one boy climbs up. “ Hurrah!" he cries, “I’ve tak- en the fort." Dick gets laugh- ing, and almost rolls off the “Well, I don't care,” he says, “we have had a good battle will begin. The boys will run place. hay. my. Cart. time, and here is John with the horse to draw the hay home.” I4O Ņſą：? \\!\,} ：ſae^ *… ！'.| . ' （ſººſ | | �� 22 （2，Z） æ： : ; : % ; %º : \ & N §§ & º N - §º & * , § N Nº. § Y. S. 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Black rab- bits and white rabbits. rabbits with black eyes, and Some some with pink ones. Then the pigeons!—how pretty they were. - But now they have come to the nicest thing of all. An old man kept calling to them: “Here's the fun, fun." º The children went over to here's the see what he meant. “Come, my dears, only five cents for a shot," said he. “Ah he has a target. Isn't that jolly ” cried Will. “I’ve got five cents," said Joe. see me shoot." “Just wait and you can {} The old man gave Joe the Then while the man held up the pipe Joe took little gun. 2.11]]. - “That isn't straight, it's too low," shouted Will. “No, it's just right. see the bull's eye,” answered Joe. . “Hold it higher, my little I am afraid you will shoot one of my fingers off." I can II]. 2.1]. The old man put on so fright- ened a look that all the child- “Ah ! that is much better," said he. Will called “Hurry, Joe," and Joe fired. Crash away flew the bowl The children The man then gave Joe a prize. ren laughed. of the pipe. clapped their hands. I47 EAEY'S “Frank, can you give Baby his supper?" This is what "Mamma said. Mamma had a bad head-ache. ing on the sofa. Baby was playing with his rocking horse. But now he had begun to get tired. him. She was ly- It was supper-time for He ran to Mamma, and tried to open her eyes with his fingers. Then he opened his mouth as wide as he could. That meant he was hungry. Mamma saw Frank read- ing his book. She asked him if he could not be Baby's wait- er. Frank said, “Yes, mam- ma, I am sure that I can." So here is Frank, feeding the baby. He has been to the kitchen for bread. And he has been to the barn-yard, too. Wasn't that a funny place to go to for Baby's supper ? Yes, Frank really found it SU FPE F. there. He took a big cup and went to the barn. There he found Jonas, milking. “Jonas, I want a cup of milk for Baby," said Frank. Jonas gave him the cup full of warm, fresh milk. Frank car- ried it to the house without spilling a drop. He wanted to try carrying it on his head. He had seen a woman carry a pitcher that way. But he said to himself: “Some other day I will try that. It would be too bad to spill any of Ba- by's supper." He was soon ready to feed Baby. He tied a bib on the little boy, and placed him in a chair. - Then Frank kneeled down on a cushion. He found this the easiest way to hold the cup. The baby liked this supper so well, that he wanted Frank for waiter every night. 148 BABY'S SUPPER. №ºng ·| | 1 \} \ įº * -- i. *…ºyf A NATIVE OF MADAGASCAR. A NATIVE OF Uncle John has been to Madagascar. He went in a big ship with many other sail- ors. He lived in Madagascar a whole month. When he came home he had many strange things to tell us. He says that Madagascar is an island. It is in the sea near the coast of Africa. The island has a great many people living Most of these people are brown. on it. like negroes. There are some negroes; but the brown peo- ple are different. They have long straight hair. The negro, of course, has curly hair. Uncle says that the men are tall and large. are homely. Some tribes are fierce and wild. Others are quiet and friendly. - It is so warm that the peo- The women ple wear very few clothes. They are not just necklace. MADAG ASCAR. Uncle says that some wear long cloaks or wraps hung over their shoulders. This one in the picture seems to have a shawl fastened about the neck. These people love ornaments. tC) They like wear chains and earrings. Once Uncle gave a man some pennies. The hole in each one and strung The next day he brought some birds to Uncle. man bored a them around his neck. He pointed to his birds and then to his He meant that Uncle should give him more coins, and that he would give Uncle the birds. friendly with Uncle. He became When the ship came to leave he al- most cried. Uncle asked him to go in the ship too, but the He not leave his home. man shook his head. would I5 I G F AND MA’S FETS, Grandma has three pets. Their names are Susie, Ellen, and Hattie. No | ber now that Grandma has one more pet. I remem- There she is, on the back of Grandma's chair. That pet is fast asleep. The other three are wide awake. They always like to come into Grandma's room. To-night, Grandma has given Ellen a picture of a little girl about four years old. The little girl has blue eyes and brown hair. She has on a little “Now, Ellen, you may have three pink dress. guesses. Can you tell me who that little girl is?" This what Grandma said, as she Ellen has had two guesses already. “No, it is not the little girl is gave Ellen the picture. across the street," says Grand- ma. Hattie has been looking at the picture, too. Now, she whispers something to Ellen. “Oh it can't be,” says Ellen. “It does not look one bit like her. Why! she has white hair." Then Ellen holds up the picture, and says: “Grandma, Hattie thinks this is a picture of you, when a little girl. Is that guess right?" “Yes," answers Grandma. “ Hattie has guessed it. I was that little girl. I that very pink dress, upstairs in a drawer. have Come with me, and you shall see it." Grandma opens a drawer, and there, sure enough, is the very dress that she wore when she was a little girl. - locked She thinks a great deal of her little pink dress. I don't wonder, do you? Now, Grandma has it away. I52 § º: §§ * * * * * * º # $'; * * § \\ lº". | º Tº sº. w t". º * º : º -ſºº %t -..- ||-º - ;--%|- º#-º| -. tſº: ...-.ºº -º*-s.- i- -- -ºw--. i:S. - #il- ºt i- |'t- º.ltº § i :: : g; i ; t | i M : º \ º §§ y *. §º GRANDMA'S PETS. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH DICK ? Çs. N º º * §: ſ “S.W. sº * * §§§: §§§ sº §§ Ş º * * | N Nº. \' S f § - º B º ſ/. º ſº - tº. : ".. §2. º | º . W º: . \"\\\?\\\\S º 6 * º gº- * tºº "Wºº ſ' º d º º tºº º º * * º §§ º º '. ' § ſ º: BUNNY ON THE WATCH. * | º i. l | t P _ ($ W.A.T.; ºf \\' | | % º & A. y: * & - º, !!!!!\ , ſ \ }'', 2', i. * . . . ºff A, | § - ſº it. (' , . sº t * . . . . d t 4 º' : ºº *... . ...” ſº - ... º. º ſº fº w º/ 2: * * * Sº \\ , sº • * S- * -. ºf * 3:2 º º E---> - * ɺl/jºll|}}} illiºl Šºšº'ſ ſº ſºlºš Ill] ſ 2. \ } § i • *-**** -- *-ºº: º 5 § 㺠VA ſ \ººl lſº º:#5: ... . ºl 4. 5. Zº = , =sº: * ºr Yº: º y)=|| 2 - WTTTY: Nº Nº. imº | % ſ Wºl. ſiliº/ſº ºft M W º |f|| m r |\ \ | ſ ſ ſ ſt PLAYING MAMMA. WHAT IS THE MATTER VVITH DICK? “What is the matter with Dick? He looks so sad. His face is swelled too. On one side it seems almost like a puff ball. Dick, what is the matter? Why do you tie your face up like that? You don't look at all pretty. Please take the handkerchief off. What! do you want it on ?" “Oh Oh! Oh! Such a toothache, such a toothache," groans Dick. “It has ached all night, and it is worse than ever. Oh what shall I do?” “I will tell you, Dick. Hold something warm against your face. Dip your hand- kerchief into hot water." “I’ve tried that,” says Dick. “I have tried everything." “No, Master Dick, there is one thing that I am sure you have not tried. You have not been to the dentist. Go and ask him about your tooth- ache." “No, no, he might hurt me. I am afraid to go." “Oh! you foolish little boy. Would you rather have the tooth hurt you than the den- tist? For shame, Dick. Do not be a coward. What will you do when you become a soldier? You told me that you meant to fight battles. What will you do if you get your arm cut off? I am afraid you will never do for a soldier. You will be hiding under a fence instead of fighting." “Well! I will go after all. I do not mean to be a coward." “That's a brave boy, Dick. Come with me now. Then we can go coasting this after- noon. You will soon for- get about that old tooth. It will never trouble you again.” I 55 º', S. º * . . ; º - A º º d º \\ Tº % 4, %;" ‘. º , - ~ º %, ºft'. ſ # ſhifth , */ ºf . ſ - | º s &T. - ..." sº º N * º ſºs º , ,\,\\ º º A \ \, \, § W sº º º º º Aºt S-T. Yºº A \,\! |Wł, º s * Sº ſ/N * x & … wº A R. º 32 * ... º. N. º § § N \\ N . º: g ºr A * ºrs &º sº º §º º tº N WNº & * T . - * - NN º º SNJ N JNNN ^: -. * , \ \\ ". : - 2%22 2: … S §§ ... ? . . . . . . . • ... & - s : ºf ºš º %: º % º % º º ". N % :* ºlſº , - 2 :* % A. º d º N N º A N NWA \"\\\\ |||ſºlº" ANNA, º \ N \\ , tº º * º | : § ſº º \\ º w º ºğl-A Fº \", \ is º. º "/ ' ' " . | _* * |- t & º ~ º is . . *. tº . º & S. 2. - - ~ - & º Wºw" G . . . . . S. With Sºſ. GOOD MORNING. GOOD-MO FN IN G. “Why, Ella, is this you? How bright and early you are out to-day. Good-morn- ing to you, my dear." “Good-morning, Cousin Lou. Yes, it is early, but I am going away. Can you guess where 2" “No, I am afraid that I can not guess, Ella." “Then I will tell Cousin I am going to see my friend Lottie. She is the little girl who lives on the hill." “Why do you start so early, Ella. You may get you, tired of playing with Lottie, before the day is over." “Oh, I could not do that, Cousin. We are going to have a jolly time. This morn- ing we shall take our sleds out. There is splendid coast- ing down the hill. We can slide down to the road." used to go coasting. “Then what do you mean to do this afternoon, Ella 2" “Ah ! that will be more fun still. dolls' house. Lottie has a new It is a beauty. Lottie says that it has four rooms. There is a little stove in the kitchen, and tin pans, too. The parlor has a tiny piano. It has four arm-chairs also. Then Lottie has a doll's bird's cage. We are going to hang that in the parlor window. I have not seen this dolls' house yet, but Lot- tie has told me about it." “Why, Ella, I almost wish that I were a little girl again. Then I should want to go with you and see Lottie. I I once had a dolls' house, too. It was a little one. I suppose you are in a hurry to see Lot- tie, so good-by, Ella." I57 THE FISH-HAWK. High up in an old tree live Mr. and Mrs. Fish-hawk. They have a big strong nest, built of twigs. It is placed in a snug fork of the tree, be- tween two branches. Even when the wind is so rough as to shake the tree, it does not hurt the nest. It only helps to rock the Fish-hawk family to sleep. The nest swings to and fro like a cradle. The little hawks shut their eyes and go to sleep as quickly as a baby does in its crib. Mr. and Mrs. Fish-hawk laugh at Robin Red-breast, who hops about our lawns. They make fun of the twitter- ing sparrows, too, who fly in and out of trees in the city. They often tell the pigeons to leave their houses near the farm-yards and come and live by the sea. Mr. Fish-hawk thinks him. self very grand, because he The robins and the sparrows and the pig- eons can not do that. Mr. Fish-hawk thinks them very stupid birds. He forgets how many things they do which can catch fish. he can not. The pigeons serve us as food. The spar- rows destroy hurtful insects. The robins delight all by their Mr. Fish- hawk does not know this. merry whistling. He is clever only at fishing. He circles high in the air over the water, watching for some fish to swim by. Then he swoops down upon his prey and carries it off in his claws. The fish is sometimes large and struggles hard. But Mr. Fisk-hawk works his wings still faster, and soon carries it home to his family. 158 * # ： ; ） » №ſ sº-sº-ºsmº- == --------------- SS | |||||||||||| % ） º , ºg % | Ķīķ 7 K. THE FISH HAW E UN NY ON THE VVATCH. Bunny had a nice little home in the woods. Perhaps it would not suit you, but it It It was in a quiet place, in among the bushes near the foot of that large tree. No big dog had ever found it out. Poor Bunny One big He did not catch her, however. No, indeed ' Mrs. Bunny was too quick for him. She jumped suited Bunny very well, was a hole in the ground. was afraid of dogs. dog had chased her once. up on a stone wall and away she flew. The dog scrambled up too. But he was large and clumsy. When he reached the top he could not find any rab- bit. He snuffed all around. No rabbit was in sight. Mrs. Bunny was close to him in a hole. How she laughed as she heard the dog growl. She heard him say, “Dear Mrs. Bunny, I only want to talk to you." Bunny only laughed the more." No, Mister Dog," she thought, “I shall not stir out of this hole until you are gone. Talk to you? No, sir, I know your wicked tricks." So she stayed in the hole until the dog ran home to his mas- ter. Then she ran home to her own house. “Come, my dears, come out of doors," she said to her two little ones. So the family came out into the sunshine for a walk. “Never go far away from home," said Mrs. Bunny. “That dog may some day come back and try to find me. He might see Mrs. Bunny kept her ears open all the time you, my dears." she stayed out. She was so watchful that the big dog never found her. all 16o Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume FLAYING Little Alice was left alone in the house. Her big sister Mamma had was at school. gone out for the afternoon. Alice knew Bridget would be back in a few minutes, and was not at all afraid. It was Tuesday. That was ironing day. Bridget always ironed the clothes on Tuesday. So Alice made up her mind seen Bridget do this to make “I will be “Dolly Dolly's to play house. Mamma," she said. shall be my little girl. name shall be Agnes. Come, Agnes, I shall have to iron your dresses." Agnes let her little mother carry her into the kitchen. She was a good quiet doll, and she never said a word. Alice placed Dolly on the table. “Sit up straight, my dear. Don't touch anything. You might burn your little fingers." MAMMA. Then Alice spread one of Miss Dolly's dresses on the table. She took an iron from the fire and began to smooth the dress Dolly looked on with wide open eyes. Perhaps she had never seen her little mother iron before. Alice then took some water. This she sprinkled over a doll's skirt. She had often the clothes look nice. How did Alice thought that she needed a hot- the iron hiss ter iron. She took a big one off the fire and tried that on the skirt. Alas! the iron was too hot. It gave one hiss and burned a big hole “Oh “This will never do. Alice. I must dear," said Come, my dear, I will take you upstairs while stop ironing. I mend your skirt." I63 LITTLE BLOSSOM. calls me Little He says that Dor- othea is too big a name for “Papa Blossom. such a little girl. Would you like to know where I have been? I have been out in the boat with Papa. boat with It is a big green four oars. Papa pulled two of the oars and brother Phil took the oth- er pair. We went across the lake. I sat in the front of the boat. still. Papa was afraid I might fall my hand along in the water. I had to sit very out. I wanted to drag Don't you know how nice that feels? Papa would not let me. We passed a man in another boat. He was fishing. Just as we reached him he pulled up a big fish. Oh! how big it was Just as the man was drawing it into the boat, it got off the hook. they are now. until I ask her first. Splash it went right into the water. I don't believe it will come near that man again. “When we came ashore I went along the bank for flow- ers. Some lovely white ones I pick- Here I am going to grew near the water. ed a bunch of them. give them to Mamma. “When I was picking flowers a lady came up to She asked me what my I told her Blos- Then she gave me a It sugar candy, I think. Mamma 1The. name was. som. piece of pink candy. is will not let me eat any candy So I put It's I do hope Mam- ma will let me eat it. Mamma the piece into my pocket. there now. is home now, so I must run and ask her. I do so hope she will say, ‘Yes, Blossom." 164 - zzf 25 et Z ºf 3.44 'ſŽ %. e- z" * ,” 22. z , Z <> - * %2 2” - * * * - • * -: * * § º º w (Z ſº / \ ſ º |...,’ ‘, ‘’ >Sºlº */ sº | | | 'ſ | | | | | º | § Njºr Wºº § sº S$ | º, º | \\ Nº. \ N s º \\ \º LITTLE BLO S S SOM. - *- ~s _rn, * g= & * f \ON-N, Zº T2.É. Tºzºs ..T 3.5 Tº T ~-sco-, - ºf D C), -\ * s!!N' - - - - (AJ . ~ 8, s º §§ a § § § §§ * * Sº & º §§ º M EºN\, *N ſº $ sº º º §. Nº. §§§ º § §§§. § ~ * ~ , v3"T Ss. - & S. º.º.º. s …-- ~ *s-- a gº ſ" (TTC 3 THE BIRD'S CONCERT. } THE EIF DS” One lovely morning, the birds had a concert. Mister Parrot was the leader. The was given in the Listen, and you shall hear about it. Mister Parrot used to live in a cage. He often heard people talk about concerts. So he knew all about them. One fine day, Mister Parrot flew away from his master. Then he made a He the COn Cert woods. nice home in the woods. was master there. All birds admired his green and red wings, and his yellow head. No other bird was so gay. So all the birds minded him, as if he were a king. One day, Mister Parrot thought that he would have a concert. He sent word to each bird to come next morning at five o'clock, ready to sing. All the birds came. Even Mrs. CONCE FT. Crow hopped in, though she sings miserably. Mister Par- rot sat on a branch. He used his claw as a stick to mark the “Now begin," said he. All the birds began to sing. “Mister Robin, you whistle “Miss Blue Jay, you are out of tune," said the time. too loudly." Parrot. So all tried again. “Now," the “we will have a song from Mrs. Mocking Bird." But Mocking Bird was not there. “Well, I will sing S > said the Parrot. So he began. “Hey diddle, diddle, The Cat— - But the word “Cat" fright- ened all the birds. “Oh!” they cried, “is there a cat?" said Parrot, myself," and off they all flew, leaving poor Parrot alone. This was the end of the concert. Mr. Parrot never gave one again. 167 “AIN'T THIS JOLLY.” It was a cold winter's day. When the children started for school their mother gave them a big umbrella. She was sure a storm was coming. At recess Maggie ran in to tell the girls that it was begin- ning to snow. “What fun!" cried all the children. “Let's bring out our sleds as soon 2S After recess the snow came thick and fast. The children found it hard work to study. “See " whispered Gus; “don’t I wish I was out there? we get home." I would make a ball as big as your head in a minute." Rap went the teacher's ruler desk. “No whis- pering in school," said he, “In on his go half an hour you may home." teacher struck his bell. books. In half an hour the “Put Girls, away your first.” Then the children marched into the hall. What “Where's my cap?" screamed Gus. - “You've got my mittens,” march out a hurry there was. said Jane. “Oh I've dropped my books. Do wait till I pick them up," said Tom. Away ran the children out into the snow. Grace put up the big umbrella. “Ho!" said Tom, “I don't use an um- brella." But a minute after Tom wished that he had not said this. Some snow blew right down his neck. Ugh ! how cold it was. Pelt went a snow-ball on Gus's back. Then the snow fight began. Grace and her sister hurried home under the umbrella. “We will wait for our fun till to-morrow," said they. 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I thought that if I leaned over the bridge I might perhaps touch the tiny fish with my fingers. I lay down on the bridge, and bent over the water. I bent farther and farther—then over I went. Oh! how dreadful it was. I sank into the cold water, and felt sure that I was drowning. I should have done so had Carlo He dashed into the water, and not Carlo seen me. was Uncle's big dog. dragged me out by my dress. I ran to the house as fast as I could. Then I all wet and muddy. Uncle and W ºlS Auntie were badly frightened. You went near the pond again." may be sure I never I75 THE GREEDY BOY. Johnnie was a very greedy boy. He wanted everything himself. At dinner, he tried to get the largest piece of bread. If he saw that some one else had it, he would cry He was selfish about his playthings, too. He and kick. would take every one away from his sister. Jeff, the dog, and Jo, the cat, saw how greedy Johnnie They made up their minds to punish him. One day, Johnnie waked from his nap, feeling very cross. Mamma gave him a big bun to eat. “Part of it is for Jo," she said, “and give Jeff a was. piece, too." Johnnie thought, “No, in- deed. I shall not give Jo or Jeff one bit. I will have some fun teasing them." Then he crept to the foot of his bed, and looked over it at Jo and Jeff, on the floor. º: “Here, Puss, here, Jeff" said Johnnie. - He held the bun over the bed, as if he meant to give the cat some. When she tried to take a bit, Johnnie pulled it away. Then he took a big bite himself. This made Jeff angry. He growled, as if to say, “You bad child." - Johnnie held the bun down again. This time, Jeff jumped up, and knocked it out of his hand. Then Puss began to eat the bun, and play with it. Johnnie screamed and cried, but nobody came to him. Jó and Jeff ate all the bun. They did not leave even one crumb. 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I am taking them out of the pots." “Yes, Mr. Gardener," said Nan. “I want to look at your pansies. Have some very pretty ones 2" “Are they for your own garden, Miss Nan 2" “Yes, Mr. Gardener, they are. Papa has given me a little plot of ground, close to the house." “Very well, Miss Nan, you shall have some of the prettiest pansies I have. My little girl has a garden, too." “What has she in it, Mr. Gardener? Has she any pansies 2" “No, Miss Nan, she has a rose-bush and three sweet violets. She has one other thing, too, which I suppose you you will think very queer. Do you think you could guess it 2." “Dandelions, perhaps, or daisies, or tulips." “No, you can not guess it, Miss Nan. these. It is chick-weed, just It is none of plain chick-weed." “Why, Mr. Gardener, I thought We and throw it away." “Yes, Miss Nan, so do most people. My little girl keeps it for her bird. She has a yellow bird that she calls Dick. He is very fond of chick-weed. That is why she has some in her garden.” “Thank you for telling me. I shall a weed. up, that was always pull ours Save some for my birdie, too. Oh, are these my flowers? Then good- by, sir." I 79 H U R RAH I Lottie and Jim are off for a ride. Jim's horse will carry both the children at once. He What is more funny still, he never Neither hay oats could tempt him. never kicks or bites. eats anything. In O IT Jim says that he is the nicest horse on the farm. Jim knows that his horse will never run He and his sister Lot- tie are as safe on the horse as away. on the ground. Do you want to know what kind of a horse Jim and Lottie ride? is not a Shetland pony, nor a Canadian one. It horse. But Jim wants me to tell you his horse's name. It is Captain. “Hurrãh ! Get up, Captain," calls Jim. The pig, who lives near by, hears the noise. “What can that be?" he wonders. He trots across his yard, and is a saw- G. ET UP I Lottie. No ; it GET UP I pokes his long nose between At first he can only see two little feet. One is bare. The other has “Oh '" he grunts, “I must look over my gate." the bars of his gate. a shoe on. Poor piggy is very fat and clumsy. So he finds it hard to climb. Up he gets, with much grunting. He peeps over the gate and sees Jim and “They are out rid- “I think that they might take me." | ſº 5 * ing," he grunts. But piggy finds it tiresome to stand up so long. So he jumps down, and looks through Jim and Lot- tie never think of the pig, at all. Jim says, “Hold tight, Lottie. Captain is going to jump over a ditch. Hurrah! the bars again. now we are over it in fine style. Now we are on our way to Boston. Good-by." 18o Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume G ATHE FING VVILD FLOVVE FRS. Fred and Annie are pick- ing wild flowers. Annie has a big bouquet already. She thinks that it must be time to go home. The men are cross- ing the fields, on their way to dinner. That shows it must Fred wants to get just a few more flowers. He can reach some lovely ones. He has been picking flowers for Annie all this morning. Why does Annie want so be noon. many 2 I will tell you. Annie's doll is to have a party. All the little girls are to bring their dolls to it. The party is to be in the garden this afternoon. Annie's doll is waiting at home, for Annie to bring the flowers. The flowers are to be tied in cun- ning dollies bouquets. A bouquet is to be given to each young lady doll who comes. She is to wear it in her dress. As there are twenty dolls, Annie thinks that she must gather a great many flowers. If Annie has any flowers left, she will put them into her blue vase. This vase is to stand in the middle of the tea-table. It will help to make the table look pretty. Annie asked her brother Fred to help her. He is so much taller that he can reach the flowers on the bank. Now they will go home to dinner. Their house is not very far away. It is just be- yond the next field. They will find Mamma busy cook- ing little cakes for the party. Mamma promised to make some tiny ones for the dolls. We can not wonder that Annie looks so pleased. Let us all wish her a merry time. 183 FEEDING THE PETs. What a dear little boy this He has two pets, a dog and a cat. is! He always re- members to feed them. Some- half of his breakfast and gives it to his faithful Rover. . How do you suppose he times he takes came to have this big pussy % One day he found a poor He brought it home and asked little kitten in the street. Papa if he might keep it. So Puss Papa said “Yes." has found a home. Now she has grown into a big cat. She catches all the rats about the house and brings them to her little mas- ter. This morning Puss was in the barn. Pet, the horse, said to her last night: “Puss, do come and catch a big rat for me. He comes into my box every day and eats my meal. So Puss went to spend the night in hunting the rat. She sat near Pet's stall. When it was dark she heard scratch, scratch. She pricked up her ears. There came the rat. He was on his way to Pet's meal. Puss waited until the rat was near. Then with a spring she caught Mister Rat in her claws. - Puss said to Pet: “Now, my friend, eat your supper in peace. The rat shall not rob you again." * { Now Puss has brought the rat to her master. º He is pleased to think that she has been helping the horse. He says, “Come, Puss and Doggie. I will give you both some breakfast. You are both good. 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Afterward little Emma will come for a ride on Miff's back. Miff is fond of her because she is kind to him. He will carry her very quietly, and you too, if you ask him. - Miff never hurt any one in his life, except one little boy. What do you think that boy did 2 He came to Miff, one day, and said: “Miff, your ears are very big. You Ought to wear earrings." Miff did not know what the little boy The boy then got a He climbed up on a chair and tried to meant. pair of Scissors. pierce a hole in Miff’s ear. Miff shook his head. The lit- tle boy did not stop. So Miff opened his mouth and took hold of the boy's jacket. Then Miff shook him just as a cat Oh how the little boy did scream | He screamed so loudly that Miff's master came to see what the matter was. Master called “Miff," and Mifflet go. The boy said, “You have a bad donkey." Miff’s master said, “What have you been doing 2" ~ When the boy told him the master said, “You are the naughty one and not Miff. shakes a rat. y 87 HOW SFHALL I BEGIN ? Susy has invited me to her party. A note came this morning. Susy had written it herself. She says that she WantS me to COnne to-morrow, There will be ten little girls and ten little boys at her party. Susy told me so in schóol. at five o'clock. It is to be a birthday party. Susy will be eight years old to-morrow. She is going to have a big birthday cake. Her mamma has bought eight candles for the top of it. That one for each year. makes Susy is going to have some- thing else, too. Her auntie showed it to me, She told me not to say a word to Susy. But I can tell you. It is a big doll. real hair. It is wax, and it has It can walk, too. Turn a little screw, and it can walk across the table. Wont Susy be surprised ? Nobody has told her anything about it. Mamma says that I am to give Susy a birthday card. 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The boys sat down on the bank, and fished a long while without getting even a bite. Then Eddie said, “I’ll That looks like a good place. Then we will see who'll catch the most." “We can O'O go GOOD TIME. So Eddie came to this place which you see in the picture. He had just sat down when Tom called : “Ed, I have Eddie shouted, “All . right, but I shall stay here. I one !" can see a fish now, in this deep place." Then both the boys kept still. Eddie soon had five fish. He had no basket | - o e for them. His hat was lying on the grass, so he took that. ! i He thought more of the fish than of his hat. - | Tom shouted, “How many have you caught, Ed?" Eddie held up five fingers. “Oh " said Tom, “I have Wait till I get one more, and then we will have only four. dinner." - In the picture you see Ed. die is busy trying to catch one more, too. He means to keep ahead of Tom if he can. I9 I M OF E FARM-YAF D FRIENDS. “Fanny, I'll tell you what Do you see There are three of them picking up I mean to do. those little chickens? crumbs near that old hen." “Yes, Hattie, I see them. How pretty they are. Do they belong to you ?" “Yes, Mamma gave She hen, too. will do. away, those chickens will be their they are mine. them to me. me the mother Now this is what I By the time you go gave old enough to leave mother. Then I will give you one to take home with you." “Oh how kind that is of you. Thank you, Fanny. I should so much like to have Are you sure you can spare me one *" “Yes, indeed. Now choose which you like the best. You see, one is white, one is black, O]] C. and one is speckled. Which do you think is the prettiest?" “Well, I like the speckled one, Fanny. But, if you want that one yourself, you must tell y) 1I] e. “Oh! I'm so glad. I was afraid you were going to say the white one. That is my favorite." - “Children, what are you do- ing out here?" “Oh, Auntie, do see what Fanny has to me. She says that I may have that little chicken, to take home given when I go. I can carry it in a basket, you know." “That will be very nice, in- deed. I am glad that Fanny is not a selfish little girl. She thinks so much of her pets, that it is hard for her to give OI) C Now, come children, dinner is ready." away. . in I92 º . A | |º º g | | | f | | | | | g | ini --- º |; º §§ º §§§ ** * * º º * * º º º | tiº ºf º º | | | * , º MI () RE FARM Y AR1) I'RIENDS. | ------------=====================-- ~=~=- →→→→→→→→→→ · || | | ---as-mºssºs-ºmsº | | | | | | | | | | | ==E *º-º-º-º-º-º- | |; d ∞ √°.', (） （Z ± º ſ=s.s. º. ：） ） *E* （№. IFT. R AI)] AST t ( CAST A D FIFT. Who are these children in the boat? Where are they going? They have no oars, and they can not steer. They are two careless children. They are drifting far, far off on the sea. bling with fright. How they wish themselves home again. They keep looking around, but there is no ship in sight. That afternoon, they were playing about the They jumped into a row-boat, boats. and began to rock to and fro. They saw that the boat was not tied, but they Were too careless to mind that. They rocked harder harder. Suddenly, out floated the boat. Before dren could jump from it, they were in the Then, they did not dare to get Out. the chil- They could not swim at They are trem- and deep water. all. Farther and farther the boat went. The children called and called, but no one heard them. They were quite alone. Now the sun is setting. There it is, sinking down in the west, like a big, red ball of fire. Soon it will be dark. The wind is rising. Perhaps it may bring a storm. Ah! away off, there is a The boy watches it as it grows larger. Yes, it is a ship, but it is far away yet. It will be a long time before it reaches the boat. The boy means to wave his cap and shout for help. He hopes the sailors may see his boat drifting about. The children must wait long for the ship. They will be cold and hungry before they are safe on board. tiny white speck. I95 OU F CH FRISTMAS PRESENTS. “Merry Christmas," shouted Nell, as she sprang out of bed. “Come, Ida, don't you know that this is Christmas day” Let us see what Santa Claus has brought." Rap, rap, rap came some one at the door. “Girls," called Ned, “are you up I've found a drum already. You ought to see your stockings. They are just crammed full. You had bet- ter hurry up." * Ida and Nell almost jumped into their clothes. In their hurry they quite forgot to wash their faces, or to comb No one had time to think of such things on Christmas morning. Soon, all the children were in Mamma's There was Grandma, lacing sleepy Will's shoes. Will was rub- bing his eyes still, but he was their hair. 1 OO11). awake enough to see his new sword. He held this in his hand, for fear Santa Claus might come and take it away. Ned sat on the bed, looking at his whistle and top. He was so busy opening parcels, that he forgot his new drum, which lay on the floor. Mamma held Baby in her Will Baby his new doll. 21 [I] S. was showing It was a funny one, dressed in a big fur coat. Baby wonder- ed what it all meant. He was astonished to see the pre- sents. He knew nothing about Santa Claus, and Christ- mas day was all new to him. Nobody forgotten. Mamma had a work-box, and Grandma a new cap. What a happy time they had. “Merry, Merry Christmas,” was heard everywhere. W2LS 196 2 - （ t - Tºaº, ae º | ºr " SENTS, * 4. -d IPRI HRISTMAS N } () U R ( ºf ºr "Tº sº- == A R \\ y § § ſº -- a * * * = ... s. * ~ § Sº, ºr =#. º ºsº º º Rºs, “ º º | sº § \º sº i. 2. ſº | sº "ºsſ]; . tº #, º | º i º | i: § | | | ſit #. º . ºt . . . . . * ºr ſºft º - ----> - - º-ºw y § Nº. ſº zz?. %2% - iſ] . - & " % /? % - - º % ſ 74%.7%/". … . /////f : ºr a tº , ſ º º º y i W ſ . f | "I"HA IN IN (; "I"HE BIRI). T FAINING THE EIFDS. “Now, Peter, you may take this bird to old Tom, for him to train it. A little girl came into the store this morning. She said that she would buy this bird if it were only tame. She did not want a bird that fluttered against the cage when she tried to feed it. I told her I would have the bird tame for her in two weeks. So you must take him to-day to old Tom." The sales-man put the bird into a tiny cage. Then Peter started off to old Tom's house. Old Tom knew all about birds. He had lived in the woods most of his life. He could whistle like a robin, and call like a cat-bird. Lit- tle birds would fly into his house, and some would perch on his shoulder. They knew that he was their friend. Old Tom used to train birds for the store-keepers. They would send the most timid little canaries to him, and he would them and tame them. Peter gave this little bird to old Tom. He went a few days later, to see how Tom soon teach was training it. There was Tom with the bird on his finger, whistling to it and feeding it. The bird was chirping and trying to answer Tom's whistle. Peter watching the old man. Some time Then you sat for he said, “Tom, I wish would teach me how to train birds. Can't you tell me how you do it?" “No, Peter, I am afraid that I can not teach you. Still, you may try. You must learn to be very gentle with them." I99 MISCHIEVO U S MAY. May's mother told May to peel some apples for a pud- There May stood, too ashamed to look into her mother's face. ding. Then she left May in Her mother said: “May, the kitchen and went into the you have been listening again. next room. She shut the door. May did not like this at all. May is a mischievous little girl. She always wants to know of what people are May knew that her mother was talking to some talking. one. So she got up softly and went to listen at the door. She listened and listened. Not There she is now, with her ear close a word could she hear. to the hole. In a few minutes her mother wanted to get a pitcher for her visitor. She opened the kitchen door suddenly. What a bump May's head did get! The apples rolled out of her apron. The knife fell on the floor. How ashamed she felt I shall have to punish you. Mrs. Brown has come to ask you to her little girl's party to-morrow. I told her you might go, but now I shall keep you at home. Parties are only for good girls." Then the mother shut the door again. Poor May sat down and cried. She knew that all the little girls would hear why she was not at the party. She thought: “They will call me eaves-dropper." When May's mother came back, May was ready to prom- ise never to listen at a door again. She always remem- bered this hard punishment when she wanted to hear what other people were saying. 2OO | | º mºll º | § \\ | ~ ºr ºr mºm." - Mº º SS Willſ|l\|| º M. W. § § º | º º tº . § $ º #| || | § §/ tº B, ſº | º | ſ \\ | . . 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MERLIN N */ THI THE MERLIN AND HIS PREY. “Mamma, is a merlin a great big bird like an eagle?" “No, Harry, it is much smaller than an eagle and of a different color. It has a bluish back and a yellowish breast. On its breast are dark spots. These spots look like big freckles." “Does it live up very high, so often that people call him stone falcon." “Does he sing, mamma 2" “No, my dear, he is not at all like your little Dick. The merlin gives a harsh scream. It would frighten you." “Would he let me pet him?” “No, I do not think he would, unless he were tamed. where nobody can reach its; He would fly away from you. nest?" home on the ground. It is a funny bird, too. You know that when papa buys a field he does not like a stony one. The merlin would think your papa very foolish. Mister Merlin always chooses a spot where there are plenty of stones. He wants big stones, too. He thinks these stones as nice as papa thinks our armchairs are. He perches on top of a stone |But he is not a coward. He “No, Harry, it makes its is quite bold and fierce among other birds. He can drive away his enemies. England the merlin used to be taught to catch other birds. A trained merlin sits upon his master's wrist until a lark flies by. Then his mas- ter lets him go, and the merlin brings the lark to the ground. The merlin you see in this picture has a small rabbit in his sharp claws." In 2O3 THE ROSE-BUSH. How happy Nellie is. She has a rose-bush all her own. I will tell you why it is hers. One day Nellie ran into the house, calling, “Mamma, do come out here." I went out on the porch and there I found an old man with a basket of He had a cart in the His poor horse looked thin and bony. My good man, said I, flowers. road loaded with roses. you ought to give your horse He can hardly Then the old man told me he had very little He said if I would buy some flowers he could more to eat. draw your cart. money. give his horse a good dinner. Nellie said, “Mamma, do let me buy that rose-bush." Where is your money? I asked. Nellie hung her head, saying, “I spent it all for candy.” Then if I buy the “Now, mamma," rose-bush, you must earn back If you do not, then it is I who help the poor man. “I will," Nellie said; so we the money from me. agreed she must practice her music half an hour each day for two weeks. Then she was to own the rose-bush. I thought that Miss Nellie would tire of her bargain, Every morning Nellie worked faith- She meant to own the rose-bush, and so she does. This morn- ing the time was finished. but I was mistaken. fully over her scales. Nellie came from the piano, with a hop, skip and jump. she said, “may I have my rose-bush 2" I was glad to say, yes. Nellie had worked patiently. She has just picked a rose. Who is to have it? 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Nº Nº N sº \ N º t Y .* W - g \ tº WN * * * * f s t; * * w \! ~~~ sºws N w WN yy \ | // t Yº -- \\ \ W ill-K!,!. * * * ºf Y \\ 1 \r- sº j%./. — ” \\1 * * NN T^2--- —- sº \\ s - & %, . ~5. e- \ N \\ N -- . - *~ * ..ºr-l <-- - - - --- *** THE ROSE BU. S.H. ſº ſº. s º i ( ; () IN ( : 'I'() S("H ()() L. GOING TO SCHOOL. John and Willie are two They do not like They sometimes lazy boys. to study. cry because they have to go to school. You would not do that, would you? No, indeed, I am sure that you would not. This morning Mamma is sick. So she has told Maggie, the cook, to send the boys to school. Maggie is always kind to John and Willie. She has just put some gingerbread and two boiled eggs into the lunch bag. ing from Willie's shoulder. The bag is hang- The boys are glad to have the lunch, but they do not They tell Maggie that they want to want to go to school. have a little picnic under the trees. It seems so pleasant The school-room looks so warm. There is another reason, too. out in the green woods. Willie was naughty in school yesterday. He pinched a little girl. The teacher was so angry that he sent Willie home. Willie was so frightened that he left his hat behind. Maggie says that Willie must tell the teacher how sorry he is for behaving badly. Willie says: “I don't want to go to school." Maggie only laughs and calls out, “Why, boys, I wish I had gone to school when I was young. Then, perhaps, I should now be a teacher. I might be holding a birch rod for my lazy boys, instead of this birch broom. Hurry," she says; “the one who first gets to school shall have a hot cooky this afternoon." John looks at Willie to see if he I think the boys will soon be off. will run. 2 o'7 LOUIS AND AGNES. “Good day, sir." “Good day to you, Louis. I am glad to see you," said Grandpa. “I see you have your little sister." “Yes, sir, I found her in the woods," said Louis. “Grandpa, who are they?" whispered Minnie. “Are they beggars ” Grandpa looked at her surprised. “Why, Minnie, don't you He is not a He is the man who know Louis’ beggar. cuts my wood. He lives in that little house where you saw the goat. He goes into the woods every morning. He cuts down trees for fire- wood. I don't know how you would keep warm in winter if To-day little sister Louis were away. Louis took his Agnes to the woods. ran off to look for flowers. When dinner time came she Agnes could not be found. Louis was afraid that Agnes was lost. I met him when he was look- I told him that I had seen little Agnes over in the woods behind the house. So Louis has been there, and he has found his sister quite safe. Perhaps he has scolded her. 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Here comes John, look- ing for his rake; I'll ask him where Baby is.” So Jessie tosses the hay and covers Baby. “John,” she calls, “where is Baby?" John's big straw hat appears from behind the Now John himself is He looks around, but he can see only mounds of hay. He can guess by her smiling face wagon. here. He then turns to Jessie. that she is playing a trick upon him. Suddenly the hay begins to move. John jumps back. He pretends to be “Oh, dear, is my hay going to run away from me?" he says. The hay moves a little Now the heap of hay frightened. 1T) Ore. begins to laugh. Jessie claps her hands. Up comes Baby's head and out fly her feet. Oh, how Baby does laugh! She says “More, more," and tries to make Jessie cover her again. 2 II WILD BOARs. Where do you think you must go to see these queer ani- mals You must sail across the sea to India. There you will find them. Are they in a big sty? No, indeed; they are running wild in the woods. They look somewhat like our pigs. They are larger and fiercer. Two of their teeth These tusks help the boars to root up grow into long tusks. food and to keep off enemies. See how this boar watches and listens while he is drinking. If he hears a noise he will tell the others. Then, in a minute, all will run through the long grass into the wood. afraid of When the wolves are Wild boars are wolves. hungry they try to find some boars to eat. The boars run away as fast as they can. Sometimes the hungry wolves run faster. When the boars see the wolves coming near, they say to the little boars: “Get behind us. Keep very still while we drive away these dreadful wolves.” The little boars creep behind. Then the big ones form a line in front, and fight off the wolves. What a time there is Such growls and such grunts! The wolves are very hungry. The boars say to them : “You shall not have our children for your dinner." Soon the wolves find that they can not get at the little boars. the woods, hoping to find something else to eat. The boars are safe once more. They say, “Let us find a nice home So here they come through the woods in search of a quiet place. So away they go to and a stream." 2 I 2 |||ſº º \º º º, { "...º, N. \ | | \ w t º § tº º \ ºf . W Nº. º Yº | \ \\\ W ſº - º W.Y Wº \\ º º W | WW II,1) l{() ARS. := === \ \\\\\\ , T \\\\ \\\\\ º, \\ \ \\ º ^ § º \ N XX. NY - Sº §§ --> --> MIRS. * *-* - SKY IARIC AW/23/4% ..º. º.º. º. º. § () . . NºSS' }\\\\\\\\!//4 SSN,\\ §§§ \\ WWW º sº 2-’ - 22/ SSS-s-s--> s ~~~~ SS Tissºsses jº-º tºº--º - S$s. == s SS > S S. S. Sºs -->, >~ .ANI) HER FAMILY MRs. SKYLARK AND HER FAMILY. Oh, dear! how frightened poor Mrs. Skylark is. Just as she was feeding the baby, she heard a voice say, “Thom- as, you must cut all this grain to-day." through the grain. There she saw Mr. Jones and Thomas. Thomas had a big scythe. Oh how Mrs. Skylark trem- bled. “They will kill us all," she thought. Up she jumped, and called “Come, children, get all you can and follow me. Two great men are coming to cut our house to pieces." So here are all the family Mrs. Sky- Tom is hurrying away. lark has one baby. carrying the other on his back. Piper has the big umbrella. Ben is calling to the little ones to hurry. Poor little Min is There she She is too scared to stir. sits with her bib on. Mrs. Skylark peeked crying and spreading her wings for help. Tim and Tip are only half dressed. They are lazy little birds. They were in their cribs while the other children were at break- fast. When Mamma Skylark called “Come, children," Tip was half asleep. She has just jumped out of bed. Poor mamma flaps her wings, and says, “Do hurry, Tip. Thom- as will be here. You and Tim must help little Min." Farmer Jones hears a funny He points his finger at Mrs. Sky- lark's nest. noise behind his grain. “Thomas," he says, “go and see who is there." Thomas comes marching in with his scythe. Hurry, Mrs. Skylark. Run, little birdies. You can find a home in the next field. Don't be frighten- ed! You will get there safely. 2 I 5 JEFF AND “Mamma, what a naughty dog this Jeff must be. He has a poor little rabbit in his mouth." “No, my dear, Jeff is not naughty. He only does what he has been taught to do. He is a hunting dog. His mas- ter wants him to catch all the rabbits he can. This morn- ing Jeff has been working| hard to please his master. He has found a rabbit. Now he is bringing it home. Jeff feels proud because he has He knows that when he reaches the house been so clever. his master will praise him. He will say: “‘Good dog, Jeff, you have brought me my dinner. Now I will get you yours.'" “Is it a tame rabbit, mam- ma, like those at the barn ?" “No, it is a wild one. It did HIS FRIZE. not live in a hutch. It lived in the woods." “Does it look like my rab- bits, mamma 2 They are white. They have long ears and pink eyes." “No, my dear, this rabbit is not white. It is a dark brown. Its eyes, too, are dark. They are big and bright." “Would this rabbit have eaten from my hand?" “No, indeed. It is so wild that it runs away when it hears any one coming. Jeff had to run very fast in order to catch him." - “But, mamma, would Jeff kill my rabbits, too " - “Not as long as you keep them in their house. Jeff goes to the woods for rabbits. You must not let your rabbits run about when Jeff is here. It is Jeff's nature to catch rabbits.” 216 1, 'te,~0 ſ, ºſºff. （„ºff)%ſ', ºu, ºſ ſ)%"|'t! | º ſºff , /ſ/, %：ſ）/, ||×} //% ſý, . % ſºſ;ſ ， º pº | 1||ffaelſ , º paeſi （ ） | ſº,ºr | | | + | { | | } ،：：ſºrrae,, ，,,,, , Zºzº " 4' ' º , ZZ , ， ,ffffffffffff;" ? } ſº ‘...º º "Â"， "", },}）（） , %% , , ， /, '|：|, ，' .• … 4 • S PRIZI ANI) IIIS .4. JEFF *º º =zºº º "... 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All the rest must go into the barn. Then I shall ask mam- ma if I may go for more. I think that mamma will say “yes.” Then I shall get my cart. Papa bought it for me her the driver. to play with. It is painted yellow. It has four wheels. I am the horse. I shall draw my wagon to the field. John will help me fill it with grain. I shall pile it way up, just as John loads our big hay wagon. Somebody must ride on top as John rides. I think that I will take my doll and make I shall take my doll not Jane. Mary can sit up straight, but Jane is not strong enough; she would surely fall off. I think she is too old to take rides. She is so old that sometimes her head comes off. It would never do for me to have a driver with no head. So by and by, I shall be here again. Instead of carrying my bundle, I shall have it in my cart. Will you wait and see me go past? Mary, 2 I 9 VVATCHING THE BOATS. The fishermen live in lit- tle houses close to the shore. Every morning they carry the nets and the fish lines down to the beach. All the boats are high on the sand. The men take these boats and push them into the water. As they push they shout “Away she goes." And away the boats do go, rocking up and down among the big waves. -- At evening the women and children come to the shore. They like to watch the boats come in. This little boy has two bas- kets. One is for the fish. The other will hold the big lobsters. His mother is looking for the boat in which her husband is. She is afraid that the boat may upset and the waves drown her husband. But the boat is com- ing in safely. How glad the men will be to reach land after the day's work. . . Down on the beach are two They are sit- ting on the sand. One of them holds a basket in her lap. This basket has two handles. In Ore WOIOleI). It is made for two persons to carry. The woman is watch- ing that little boat far off on Soon the boat will come in. The men will push it far up on the beach. That will be hard work, for the boat is full of fish. The woman will fill her basket with nice big fish. Then she will take one handle and her son will take the other. They will carry the fish home. By the time the men have unloaded the boat the fish will be cook- ed. No one will be so glad to hear the supper bell as the lit- tle boy who is tired of waiting. the water. 22O WATCHING THE BOATS. & & & 2 ſi| !\### sº Sº º :S ∞）. }';'）; $2'; PRIZE. R FOX ANI) HIS w Aſ MISTE MISTER Fox AND HIs PRIZE. Once upon a time there SOII) e They lived in a nice yard and had a pond to swim in. But they would run into the woods. The hens told them that a big fox lived there. The ducks only flapped their wings and laughed. “Well," cluck. ed the hens, “you will be naughty ducks. were sorry some day." Still the ducks kept going to the woods. Now Mister Fox had been away on a visit. One day he came home again. He felt very hungry. He had had nothing to eat for some time. He thought of that stream in the woods, where he had once seen some ducks. Said Foxy, “There ! I know where I can get a fine dinner. I feel just like eating a good fat duck." He crept softly along, hardly daring to breathe. Soon he came to the pond. Sure enough, there were the ducks. They were these very ducks, who ought to have been in the yard. They were having a nice time paddling about and pushing their heads under the water. One came up on the Down crouched Jump-Jump Ducky was in bank to rest. Mister Fox. —and poor his mouth. It was no use to Mister Fox held Then away he went, just turning his head Cry out. her tightly. as if to say, “I’ll come for the rest of you another day." How the other ducks did run They hurried home cry- ing and screaming, “Quack." Into the yard they flew. “Oh, Hens, Hens,” they cried, “nev- er again will we be so naugh- ty." And they never were. 223 CAU G HT IN “Uncle John, who is this little girl? Why is she out on this snowy day ? Her feet will be quite wet before she gets home. The snow grows deeper every moment." “Yes, Mabel, I am afraid her feet will be very wet. This little girl is a long way from home. Her name is Carrie. “Do you see the little bag on her arm 2 purse is in that bag. Carrie has been to the town to buy some buttons for her mother." “Where are the buttons, Uncle 2 “No, Carrie has put the Has she lost them?” buttons into her pocket." “Why is she out so late, Uncle John ” “I will tell you, Mabel. Carrie is a careless child. She often forgets what she is told. Her mother sent her, early this when Her mother's THE STOF M. afternoon, to buy some buttons. She said, ‘Now, Carrie, bring me a dozen of these buttons.' “Carrie was almost in the town when she found that she could not think how many buttons her mother wanted. So she began to walk back. She was half way home again she remembered that Mamma had said one dozen. Carrie had to turn once more. By the time she had the but- tons it had begun to snow. Now Carrie has a long walk before her." - “Will her mother be anx- ious?" “Yes, I am afraid that she I hope, Mabel, that you will always try hard to re- member what your mother will. tells you to do. Then you will not get into any trouble as this little Carrie does." 224. "Yº , , § ' ' 'Y ilā . ſº º W . ºlº : | | |}}} \\ | º º | - Mº ſ § º º º, w sº º ſ !, º t | | | | º ; : | : | | 'ſ fºliº º | QFº º CAUGHT IN THE STORM. | º Y § tºº §§ $ º § sº & | N § SN N § Ş º i #$$$$ §§ gººm pºllutiliºttlulutiliſillºlºlliſtillllllllllllll | IIIllutiliullſ fºllutilitill º =s ". . a s : * * * * * * * * * * lºlºlilill 2: --> § º S d šs. !) & iº x --- - - - v 23 º º, \|| L- - ~ * * * 2. - g - ſ º º | º º Aº ‘S 2: $ !:}} | Gº º & *# = §º § Eº & 5: MAMMA. II ELIPIN ( ; HELPING MAMMA. “Can't I help you, Mamma?" This is what Nettie says to Mamma, on Saturday morn- ing. On that day Mamma Net- tie always likes to go into the kitchen and find something to do, too. Mamma says, “Net- tie, there is one thing I want done. I wonder if you can do it for me. Would you like to try 2" “Yes, Mamma," an- swers Nettie. “Then run up stairs and get my big apron. Put that on first of all. Then get a pan from the closet and a sharp knife.” Nettie does this quickly. “Now," says Mamma, “here are some beets. Cut the out- side off them. Be careful and do not cut those little fingers of yours. That knife is sharp." Nettie begins to peel very slowly. She means to show has a great deal to do. Mamma how nicely she can help. She works away until almost all the beets are cut. Mamma comes into the kitchen to see how her little girl is getting on. She looks at the beets. Then she says, “Why, Nettie, I shall have to make you my little cook. You have done those nicely “What shall I do next?" asks Nettie. “When you have finished the beets you may come and beat some eggs for me." Nettie feels very proud of She thinks, “How nice it is to help such a Mamma! I wish I could help Mamma's praise. her every day. But I know that I must go to school. I cannot grow up and be a dunce." I hope all my little friends will help their Mam- mas as Nettie helps hers. 227 BET AND TINY IN THE HAYFIELD. Bet and Tiny are in the hayfield. What a nice time they are having! They are Tiny is the He is standing Bet is Tiny's Her name is Betsey, but every one calls her Bet. “Come, Tiny," says Bet, “Let us play Hide and Seek. I am going to hide." . Tiny looks a little afraid to have his sister go away from him. playing games. little boy. behind Bet. sister. He thinks she may get Then who would take care of him 2 lost. “Hide your Count three." Little Tiny cannot count. He does not know what three Still he hides his curly head. eyes, Tiny. II) (22.1].S. Bet creeps into the long grass. Then Tiny comes to look for her. He sees her dress peeping out. Then he laughs and runs out again. “Come and play house in here," says Bet. Tiny creeps into the grass. There Bet has made a nice little She stones for seats. house. has two “It is time for you to go to bed, Tiny," she says. So she puts Tiny down on a little bed of grass. Now she sings, “Rock-a-by, Baby!" But Tiny soon gets tired of this. He wants to go home and get his supper. He does not like lying on the grass. “Peese, Bet, me go home," he says. . - Bet would like to stay in the field longer. She wants to wait till the wagon is loaded. But she sees that her little brother is tired, so she takes him up in her arms, and then carries him home again. 228 Y. BET AND TINY IN THE HAY FIELD º: --- ~. º % * º ;ſºg iŽ|& sº-; ! ;| | : § º: Sº J . Z “. . . . . º. • -- ~~... • ‘J’ s * * * : *-*-- - "--, * . º % % \ . . . ) A= ===sm. == <======º:=== --~~~~ º º | J}}}} ºff ſº º º,'t |º W. §§ t | * º º ºãi § TR-7:º;#: \}\},'º º | t §º * * - !) 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He takes milk to all the houses on this street. Wait a You will hear him is? You can't see him. I am up here so high. minute! ring his bell. He always rings it to make Ann hurry She has a pail in her hand. Now up. There goes Ann' Mister. Brown is pouring milk into it. I wonder if Mister Brown can see me. Halloo, Mister Brown! No, he can't hear a word for he is driving Oh Ann is spilling I do hope there will be enough left for break- fast. Ann, Ann, did you mend my top 2 Oh! she has gone into the house. I am afraid she forgot all about my top. Oh! here is that big Here CO II) (2S across the grass. What a gobble' gobble' gobble' he does Ah he dropped one of his feathers. What a long feather it is, too ! There is Thomas. He is going to drive Mister Turkey into the yard. Suppose the turkey should fly at him. What fun it would be “Yes, Mamma, I'm coming. away. some milk. dear, he turkey. make. has Isn't that nice. Are you waiting for me?" 23 I GOOD This is Papa's big dog Fido. He has just brought the morn- ing paper. watching for Fido from her window. When she saw him Mamma has been coming along the walk she went out to get the paper from him. Fido goes for the paper every morning. Papa gives him the money wrapped up in paper. Fido carries this in his mouth to the news stand. The man there knows Fido well. He takes the money and then gives Fido the paper. Fido runs home with it and brings it to Mamma. Mam- ma says, “Good Fido!" and Fido drops the paper at her feet. - - - What do you suppose Fido did one day? He was out walking with It was a cold day and Mamma carried her purse in her muff. Mamma. FIDO. The purse slipped out of the muff and fell on the pavement. Fido saw it fall. He picked it up in his mouth and carried it behind Mamma. Mamma was buying some along oranges when she found her purse gone. She thought that she had lost it. She felt very sorry, for she had a good deal of money in the purse. She said to the man, “I cannot buy these Oranges." 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Zº/ºſſ/A%%ſá„... ſº%ź%¿??¿-?）（?:%//W#ffffffffffy, ¿Zāſae：¿?| /ſºſ/W： ��¿2. №ſſºlſ||||| #=|#ï%áĒ' ', ： „ ' ’ |||||}}\'|||%%%ſae=-（ \||\|\Á|| - =====ºº::= -->>=º-ºº: *=º-º-º: º ==#==== -*- F- -*. JAMIE AND JESSIE. J AMIE AND JESSIE. Jamie and Jessie live in Scotland. You can guess this from Jamie's funny clothes. He has a Scotch dress and a Scotch cap. Jessie his playmate. Jessie tC) school with Jamie. Every day the two children walk across the fields to the school house. Jamie carries the slates and Jessie's bag. In the bag is Jessie's sewing. Jessie learns to sew as well as to read and spell. Jamie tells her that he is so glad boys do not have to sew. He is sure that he could never wear a thimble. Jessie laughs when she hears this. - To-day it was very warm. The sun brightly. There was not any breeze. As the children started across the fields Jessie said: “Jamie, I wish I did not have to wear is goes. shone my hat. I have my old hat at the school. I must bring it home. I shall have two hats coming back." Jamie said, “Run and put your hat away. I will get something to keep the sun off." Jessie ran into the house and left her hat there. When she returned Jamie had this great leaf in his hand. “Here, Jessie, is an um- brella for you,” he cried. Then Jamie held the big leaf over Jessie's head. It was so much cooler than the hat that Jessie wished she could always have one. It kept the sun off nicely, at least Jessie thought so. Perhaps, if the school house had been far away Jessie might not have liked her umbrella so well. Jamie might have grown tired of holding up the big leaf 243 META AND FRITZ. Listen, sister, and I will tell you about Fritz and Meta. Fritz was a little German boy. He was lame, and so could not play with the other child- ren. He had to use crutches to walk with. Most of the time he stayed in the house. He went out only in summer. In winter he was afraid of slip- Fritz used He had no little sisters or brothers. Now this little girl, Meta, Meta was not lame like poor Fritz. All day long she played out of ping on the ice. to be lonely sometimes. lived across the street. She was strong and well. Sometimes she ran Meta used to see Fritz sitting at his She wondered why doors. errands for her mother. window. he did not come out to play. One day Meta asked her mother who the little boy in the window was. Then her mother told her about Fritz Meta felt so sorry that she wanted to and his lameness. give Fritz something nice. Her mother came in with a She said, “Meta, these are for you, red apple and a cake. because you have done my errands so well." Meta thought, “I will give these to Fritz," and away she ran across the street. Fritz was at the window, and saw the little girl coming. He wondered who she was and what she wanted. Meta tapped on the win- When Fritz opened it she gave him the apple and the cake. After this Fritz and Meta were great friends. Meta talked to Fritz every day at the window. dow with her cake. 244. žºgae“， }）; į d>Ř |%/{|} Ķ%% №ſº §§ ſiſ// ± // ±ſae % % ſ. º ſºº }  ſ. º % %ſ. META AND FRITZ. y NN Ѻ Rº NSN N N NS N Ñ. SS s N y N, N » N NN N N. N. N. N N \\ x. A v, Y, \ \ , , , , , y N \N \ \ v, \\, ==º: - --- \ S SN * = N f, S - Est=5 %/// Ar x \ - A 4 a N\S MAN . s Sº l Y C s NS A N y \ S Ñ NN \\ SS Ñs \ º. # A. W Ñs s l Y , v, 2 # " / 2 = -z 5 W ¿ 2 4% 2 y TN/ //% 2% éNS NS ¿ é %2 % n 2. - // A vWS º y. -3 Ñ SSN)) Ñ º- &y s:= -2 , , Z (2 .. º 2 // /\ y U/ TIIE GENTLE NURSE. THE GENTLE NU FS E. What a kind little girl Bes- sie Here she is with Papa's tray. Papa is sick and is can not come down to tea. He calls Bessie “Little nurse." Bessie takes good care of her Papa. She shakes up the pil- lows nicely. Then she sits down with the newspaper and reads to him. She spells out the long words. Then Papa tells her what they mean. Bessie's dog Fido wants her to run out for a play. Fido does not know why Bessie stays in the house. He thinks she must be a very lazy little girl. When five o'clock strikes Bessie runs down for Papa's tea. Mary gives Bessie the tray with a nice cup of tea on it. Bessie always likes to see Papa's cup. It is a big white cup with pink roses painted on it. Bessie thinks that it must be the prettiest cup in the world. Mary gives Bessie Some grapes, too. the purple grapes that grow in the garden. Papa likes them better than anything else. Then Bessie takes the tray Fido They are upstairs. runs and jumps beside her all the way up. He is hoping that Bessie will have something nice on the tray for him. Bessie has to be very careful about fall- ing. Fido jumps so quickly that he almost upsets the tray. Bessie has to say, “ Down, Fido, down, good dog." Papa is glad to hear his little girl coming up the stairs. He knows that the little nurse is going to bring him a cup of tea. He thinks that he will soon get well, because his nurse is so faithful. Here she comes now. 247 THE OTTER. This strange animal is call- He lives in a hole on the bank of this stream. His eyes and ears are very small, and his legs are short and have webbed toes. He has whiskers ed an otter. like those of a cat. Otters are found in Europe, in Asia and in America. They live along streams or near the shore of the sea. They choose a place where they can find plenty of fish. They live upon the fish which they catch. When they cannot catch any fish, they will eat frogs, snails or any little worm they come across. That is why the frog you see is hurry- ing away in a great fright. He thinks that the otter may catch sight of him. In some countries men keep tame otters. They send these otters to drive fish into Sometimes the otter will bring to his master a fine fish. He will catch it in his mouth when he is out for a swim. Men do not kill otters for their flesh. Meat from an otter has a queer, fishy taste. But men do kill many of these animals to get their fur. It is a beautiful soft brown fur. the nets. The long hairs rather coarse, but the shorter ones are nice and Otter skin makes a good warm cloak for winter. Mister Otter thinks so too. He is never afraid of the cold when he has his warm fur. He knows that neither rain nor He dives into the icy water and plays about as if he were taking a summer bath. Some day you must go to the museum and see the otters there. 2. Te fine. snow can hurt him. 248 {ºtº § XX\}, *— Kºżº-. " 2% º\\ * . sº iº J isº ==f//?= =#%? N SSSSS NN * J// sº Šsº } - Sºs NSSSs: =ºss % § ? * ſº & Fº wº- E - rººt--sº sº --- FE-º Ex- g S:-º º º-º: º sº ºf Tºrs * * * THE OTTER, º * { } | { ---------ms-sm *-*- | : | | º | ||||||||||| #|| i º | º i. º º | º $º º . : º | º | a- ſº ſ/ º $: | ºš | | | | | º | : SSQ - º- ºrº º == s—-º-º: *= - J() HNNY IS | ..yº- º §§s | | | | SORRY. JOHNNY Is so RFY. Mamma made a pudding for dinner. When the pud- ding was cooked she put it on the table to cool. Johnny had a string tied around the puppy's neck, and he was having a jolly time, running about the room. Soon Johnny spied the pud- ding. He climbed up to look at it. sins in it. He thought that was a great pity. Then he re- membered the pebbles in the yard. He trotted to the closet and took the big wooden spoon. Soon he had a spoonful of peb- bles. He carried these to the table and dropped them into the pudding one by one. Mamma wondered why Johnny was so quiet. She said, “John, don't touch my pudding!" * * Johnny only ran out for He carried these in very softly. He knew that his mother would not like him to touch her pudding. Mamma saw Johnny climb- more pebbles. ing up to the table again. She wondered what he was doing. She went see, and caught the naughty little fel- OVer to low putting in another pebble. He saw it had no rai-l “Johnny," said Mamma, “you are a bad little boy. You did not mind what I told you. Now you must stand on that chair until I say you may go." Poor Johnny stood on the chair a long time. Then Mamma came and said, “Is Johnny sorry?" Johnny folded his hands and said, “Yes, Mamma, Johnny is very sorry." Then Mamma forgave him, but there was no pudding for din- ner. 25 I FEED ING THE SPAFFROVVS. Come, children, let us read about this little girl. Here she stands, on the door-step. She has a round hat with a wing in it. She has her little red cloak on, and her rubbers, too. That shows what a care- ful girl she is. forget to wrap up warmly in this cold weather. Do you see her white apron 2 I think that her mother made it. The little girl is not old enough, yet, to make aprons for herself. Some day, perhaps, she will learn to sew on her mother's machine. Perhaps she can make her doll's clothes, even 1] O.W. * . - What is that in her hand 2 It looks like an old tin cup. It must be the one that is kept on the kitchen shelf. It is too old and bent to be used as a drinking cup for the little girl. She does not She has soft crumbs of bread in the cup. There go some, down on the ground. Do look at the birds who have come to pick up those bits of bread. They are sparrows. No other little birds would be so bold. They are not at all afraid. Hop, hop, hop, they come, close to the steps. They know who are their friends. Every day the little girl feeds them with crumbs from her cup. Now they are quite tame. If she is late in feeding them, what a noise there is The sparrows sit on the tree and say, “Twitter, twitter," un- til their little friend opens the door. - Here she stands, in the snow-storm. How kind she is to all the birds. Are you as kind as she is 2 I hope so, indeed. 252 i i § N N § ; i i i º* º & t t§- N : º º º º º # º | % | . º º | | * . . ." | | º |*|||||||}|\ . |ºils §§§'º'; sº sº, º Nº N Sºx'... 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Sister, shall I bite Fanny's toes?" “Who's afraid of you," an- swers Fanny. “You can't hurt me. You are only a goose. I'm not afraid of your sister, either." “Hs-s-s-s! Yes, you are afraid, too. I would just like to see you jump down. Where did you put my little gosling? I shall keep you on the fence until you tell me." - “I did not hurt yourgosling. I only put it into my old rab- bit-house. I want to keep it as a pet. You have plenty left. Go away, you two old geese." “No, Miss Fanny, not un- til you promise to give me back my gosling. You will Did you forget to feed him. feed him this morning 2" “No, I forgot." “Hs-s-s-s! Hr-r-r-r! Now I will bite your toes." “Oh Mrs. Goose, don't touch me. I will never take one of your goslings again." “Hs-s-s! I knew that you would be sorry. Sister, shall I let this naughty child jump down 2 Well! I will let you go, if you will run now and let my gosling out of your rabbit- house. Will you go?" “Oh, yes, indeed, dear Mrs. Goose. Oh, how sorry I am. I will go this minute." 255 LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD. “I know this story, Mam- ma; it's about Little Red Riding-hood." “What do you know about her, Fanny ?" “Little Red Riding-hood went to her grandma's house. On her way, she met Mister Wolf. Mister Wolf asked her where she was going. ‘To Grandma's, Then the wolf ran on ahead He pulled the latch of Grandma's door, and went in. There he found the old lady, in bed. Mister Wolf gobbled up poor Grandma. Then he put on her night-cap, and waited for Little Red Riding-hood. But she told the wood-choppers what a said she. of her. growling she had heard in Grandma's cottage. went with her, and found Mis- ter Wolf in bed. Then they The men killed the wolf. He never ate Little Red Riding-hood." “Yes, Fanny, that is one story. There are many sto- ries told about this wonderful Why do we think so much of her." little girl. “Because she was so good, and so pretty, in her red hood and cloak. Did she wear. those slippers when she went to her grandma's 2" “I don't know, my dear. I think she did. Perhaps there was a little path from her mother's cottage to her grandma's." “Was it winter-time when she went, Mamma 2" “No ; because the story says she picked flowers on the This shows that it must You know that flowers grow out of doors only in warm weather." way. have been summer-time. 256 º º | | || - t º \ | WºW º |\. i. t | \, , , " . . " ' ". . . ; A | * * | º u * * * NJ \\\\\\\ S º † - # § ºf:{{{ſº tººl, W. d § #. t ; º U C LITTLE REI) RIDING W \\ w, W 1. a '', W *A º ... .", \\\\\\ . \ \ \\ \. \º W H()() I). º ! | 2 ºù li . # ; º ºg ſº iłł 3. º º § S { º ſ § ill § i § \\ º § º º ji º | º #. * || º ſ | ||{} r | t itſ. '. | | i. º §ſ. #######: # ====#: -*wº - gº-ºº--~ * --> ºrºgº a-s ==== - --~~~~ E=== *sº º Fºº-ºº: THE LI'I"I"LE L()ZEN (; E SELLER. THE LITTLE LOZ E N G E – SELLE FR, “Stop a minute, Sally, and let us see what you have in your basket. What are you selling to-day ?" “Lozenges, ma'am, nice łozenges. Please buy some." “I will take two boxes, Sally. Now tell me where you live." “Up those stairs, ma'am. My mother and sister and I live together. I am out all day, selling my candies." “Where is your father, Sal- ly? I thought that he was at home." - - “No, ma'am. My father has gone away in a ship. He is a sailor. He will not be home for a long time. He is trying to earn money for us." “Do you make these loz-| enges yourself?" “No, ma'am, my mother makes them. She says that I at all. |Sally. shall make them when I am older.” “Do you sell many loz- enges, Sally ” - “Sometimes I do, ma'am, and sometimes I can't sell any Yesterday, I tripped over a stone. I fell and up- They rolled away in the dirt, or fell into When I picked up lozenge-boxes, I found set my lozenges. cracks. my most of them empty." “What did you do then 2" “I ran home to my mother, ma'am. She did not scold me when she heard what had happened. I did not sell any that day. big boxes sold to-day, for my mother needs the money." “You are a kind little girl, I am glad that you help your mother. Here is money for two more boxes.” I want to get two 259 MAY, FEEDING HER PETS. What a lovely morning this is The birds have been sing- ing near May's window. They have been chirping and calling for her. saying: “It is so beautiful, out here. Wake up, May, we are all ready for our break- fast." - One little bird was bold enough to fly up on May's window sill. He pecked at the glass, as if to say, “Do hurry, my little mistress; I am so hungry." May has come, at last. Here she is, looking from the old tower. She knows that this is the nicest place for the birds' dining-room. The ledge is so broad that a dozen birds May scatters the crumbs here and there, for the timid birds. The bolder ones eat from her hand. can hop on it at once. They keep Every year, these birds build their nests close to the old tower. No one ever touches the nests, or takes away the little blue eggs. Sometimes May's cat will look up at the nests, as if she longed to have a little bird for breakfast. May shakes her finger at puss when she does this. But May knows that puss can never reach her pet birds. The trees are too high for that. The birds know it, too. They look at puss, and say, “Chirp, chirp," as boldly as ever. They feel quite safe up there. They are happy birds. May feeds them every day. Some- times she puts a pan of water on the ledge. This is for warm weather, when the streams are dry. May will always have many pet birds, for she is kind and gentle. 26o Aſºº º ſ § i º i º º º º B Hº º * §§ §§§ º Nº " " ' ". º º | - ºf 1. Hiš # sº-g §§ º , AS º sº rºw." §§ \\y\\\\", *** **-*** NN §§ º ºś scº-Tº & ºl. º \ \º * - - **º- - § } º ſ :* § §º º ºš §§ § ºf sº Nii §§§ ſ ſº º: º W. § º º W § 3 º - jºš. Sº - § §§ º, - Žººrſ. ºf: tº sº º º S. s. 5 Nº ſº ſº, WA sº tº ſº PºW Nºw'. º "...s %. MAY FEEDING HER PETS. 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Mrs. Bird felt proud of her home and of her four children. Three of her children were quiet and obe- dient. The other one was too curious and eager. his mother much trouble. One day Mr. and Mrs. Bird went to find food for the chil- “Be very quiet until He gave dren. we come back," said they. “Don't move about in the nest." When they had gone, the naughty bird began to hop up and down. “Isn't this fine P” he cried. “Tim, you must be still,” said the others. - - But Tim had made up his mind to peep over the edge of the nest. So he climbed up. Just then a breeze came, It was a pretty and moved the nest a lit- tle. Down, down, fell poor Tim! He fell on the soft grass, or he would have been killed. Oh, how frightened he felt! How he wished he had not been disobedient! He heard a loud voice say, “Why, here's a bird out of that nest. SO I'll put him up there again." Tim did not know what these words meant. He felt a big hand grasp him tight. “Oh!” thought Tim, “I am going to be killed." He felt himself being carried farther and farther. Suddenly the big hand opened. Tim shut his eyes in fright. “Chirp,” he He opened his eyes and saw his three brothers. “Oh, oh, oh!" he cried, “I’ll never be naughty again." And he kept his word. heard in his ear. 263 ‘‘ CAN YOU TELL “Children, let us see how much you know about these fish. Charley, can you tell me. what the very little ones at the top of the picture are 2" “I think they are minnows, Mamma. They look so very small." “Yes, Charley, I thought you might guess. You must have seen many of them when you were out in the boat. “Now Agnes, who is that great fellow in the middle He is quite near us, so he looks very big." “Is it a shark, Mamma 2" “Oh no, my dear. This is a pickerel, like those. Papa often catches when he goes out fish- ing with cousin Fred on the lake. A shark is much larger. He is not like the pickerel. “It's your turn now, Janet. Who is this just above our THEIR NAMES 2 ” pickerel ? I mean the one with stripes on his side." “I know, Mamma; just wait a minute. Ah! now I re- member. Isn't that a perch? It looks like those that John He calls his fish caught. perch.” That is a perch, quite a big one, too. “Now, Charley, try once Who is that funny fel- low down in this corner? See how flat he is.” “Oh we all know that, Mamma. It's a flounder. We see them in the market every day." “Then the fish between the pickerel and the flounder is a bass. He is swimming near the ground, and the snaky looking fish is an eel. We must leave the rest for another “Right, my dear. 1I] Ore. time, for it is growing late." 264 { §§ º. SSNSS R ķ· $ ſae §§§ § ſº wº º |%، ||||||||||||||| ſºſ | } | } ſae | Zºº · ſiji \, | CAN YOU TELL THEIR NAMES : | | ; § | | | | . NS ºt. º º | | l º: * | | º º | | | | | ill | . iſ: | §3 sº | s sº s | |Tºº iºi=ºff. º ". . . . º ... "...º. | $º º 2s W Y. 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She put her head into the bowl and ate as fast as she could. Gus thought this great fun. He stroked the cat's back and tried to feed her from his Puss liked to use her little pink tongue much better. In a few minutes Mary was Spoon. heard in the hall. Then she began to open the door. When Puss heard her take hold of the door knob, Puss said, “ Mew." Then down jumped Puss. She crept un- der the chair and seemed fast asleep as Mary came in. Mary said “How good Gus has been here all alone!" She never thought of mis- chievous Puss. 267 FRANK's NEW SAIL-BOAT. Do you see the new sail- boat? There it goes, with all its sails spread. It is Frank's boat. Frank is sitting close to the water on an old stump. He is watching his little ship. He is afraid it may tip over. Here come Carrie and Philip, along the path by the pond. They are hurrying to see the boat make its first trip. Frank's new boat came all the way from the city. Cous- in James promised to bring Frank and Edith each a pres- ent. Frank told him that he wanted a boat. “A real boat with white sails," said he. Edith wanted a wax doll with eyes that would shut. Her old doll fell down stairs, and broke her nose, and one Edith had to put her into the hospital. of her arms. Cousin James was away a | Frank. week. Frank and Edith be. gan to wonder if he were ever coming back. One night there was a ring at the door. Out rushed the two children. There was Cousin James, in the hall. “Did you bring my boat?” “Have you got my doll 2" Cousin James sank into a chair. “What a pity if I for- got them!" said he. But the children saw two big parcels behind the chair. Cousin James tried to hide them, but they peeped out. “Here they are!" shouted “Couins is joking. I can see that, by his face." Yes, there were the new boat and the new doll. What beauties they were! Frank and Edith danced for joy. Here they are now ! 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"Ssº *** * * - Sº ºs º [. & § § & Saºs º, sº ; °, & * * * * , ſt º # | # #|| É ºf , º § | } -- §ſſil ºft º fººl'ſ º | º : w º #| || º º º º: º | | || ". . . | * -- * * * * “WHO'LL BUY MY WATER CRESSES.” “WHO'LL BUY VVATEF-CRESSES2’” There was once a little girl who was called Water-cress Ann. That was not her real name, of course. Her real name was Ann. People called her Water-cress Ann, because she was always selling cresses. Water-cress Ann lived in a country town. mother's house, was a stream in which grew lots of cresses. Ann's mother was poor, and needed money. Ann thought of a plan to help her good mother. She knew how glad the neighbors were to get cresses. She said to herself, “The people in the big town would be more glad still." So one morning, Ann filled a big basket with fresh cresses. She carried these in- to the town. When she came to a big house, she knocked, and called It was quite far. Near her i “Water-cresses!" By noon, she had sold all that she had. When Ann reached home, she gave the money to her mother. Her mother surprised and glad too, for she wanted the money. After that, W2LS Ann sold cresses every morn- She went early to the Her mother put a strap on a big basket, and fastened this about the little girl's neck. Then Ann walked into the town with her load. 1ng. stream for fresh ones. It was not a Ann said mind heavy load at all. that she did not weight. Soon people began They found her So kind and pleasant that they always bought her cresses. Ann helped her mother so Now she is grown up. But people still call her “Water-cress Ann.” its to know her. for a long time. 271 GRACIE’s SHOP. “What shall we play?" said Eddie. doors. “It is so wet out of Mamma wont even let me put my head out of the window." “I know what to do. We It will be much nicer than looking out can have such fun. of the window." So saying, Gracie ran up- She brought down a “Now I'll stairs. basket of things. have a store," said she. ma helped her make a table, or “counter," as Gracie called it. Then, all the children gave her their playthings to sell. There were apples, cakes, two or- anges, and some pea-nuts, on one side. On the other, were dolls and horses. Then she had pails and dish-pans, besides. Gracie, with a big sun-bon- net on, and a pair of scales be- fore her, was the store-keeper. Mam- The other children came to buy her good things. Even the kittens wanted to come into the store. Gracie put one of the kittens under her table. “She is my big dog, to keep away thieves," said Gracie. Puss did not make a very good watch-dog. She wanted to play with the cloth, and pulled it so hard that she almost upset the store. The children bought a great many things. . They had to pay with buttons. A pink button was ten cents. A blue button was only five. Little Jim paid with big black but- Gracie called these The time flew so tons. pennies. fast, that soon the afternoon Suddenly, Out Then, away ran the children, leaving the shop till another day. shone the sun. was gone. 272 |H= * ~ * J2EE } | % y |||||||| ãº. X///; A. -- - %) • * f * . . . A * * * * } | . }}}} { *** * | | T – ' | Sº § f, ' , , , \ ‘i X. ñi \ # , . 2...ſººn- * Fi 1 - tº ºf 1 s: * I WA), #º -- - -- *-* -º -- . . . -- , , ; * 2 * :----. : -. * == º: *y 'a * * * &: Sº, - \. IIOP. ~4 S (#RACIE'S ſºft\ |t ! ; , ; l , , \ /. }l § \!/ ' , wn.// “4// | | | 1 , , * = 2’ / ?/ , .* W !/ G \\\\ z 2 Aſſiſ, "Y %, J ſy, SEE-SAW. f// "ſºº" } % ( sº * {\'ſ *SN { s WNº. Nº º º º N ºr , §§ \\ \ \ º SEE-SAVV. “See-saw, Marjory Daw,” sings Lucy. up goes Dick, and down goes Lucy. Off flies Dick's hat. “Let me down, Lucy; I shall fall.” “No, you Hold on tight. your apple, rolling down. Bounce Dick. There comes It's WOnt, mine, now." “ See-saw, Marjory Daw,” the children sing again. Dick and Lucy are in the orchard. Yesterday, Farmer Bark cut There it Dick and Lucy down a big tree. lies, now. have placed a board across it. It makes a fine see-saw. Farmer Bark is in the back of the orchard. He and his man John are making a fire. They have piled up all the dead branches and brush. Dick wanted to light the fire. Farmer Bark said “No." He was afraid that Dick might Dick was cross at first. He thought Farmer Bark was unkind. Then the farmer told Dick about a little boy who was burned. This boy lighted a bonfire. Some sparks fell on his jacket. His arm and hand were badly burned before any one could put out the fire. “You run over to the apple- trees," said Farmer Bark. “I set fire to Lucy's dress. will make a fine see-saw for When the fire is lighted, you may come to see it." So Dick and Lucy have been playing while Farmer Bark got the fire ready. you and Lucy. “Come, Dick, come, Lucy,” he is now calling. “Hurry, let me down," cries Dick. “Let's go and see the bonfire." So off they go. 275 MY FET. Yes, this is my pet. can have a good look at her. She is just like a baby tiger. She has black stripes all over her. Even her tail is striped. We called her Tiny when she That is her name yet, though she is a She is the dear- est cat you ever saw, and is What do you was a little kitten. big cat now. very clever. think she did last night? You | could never guess, I know. So I will tell you. Last night, an old man came to call on Papa. He wore eye-glasses. They were fun- ny glasses—big ones, with a black cord tied to them. The old man sat in Papa's arm- chair. in it. He was leaning back Puss was in the room. By and by, she crept softly along behind the chair, and climbed up, on its back. You The old man never noticed her. He was busy talking. You should have seen him. He put on his glasses, and then kept bobbing his head up and down. Puss saw the glasses. She watched them a few minutes, and then just took her paw and knocked them off the Oh, how the man did jump! He jumped right out of his chair. You see, he did not know that anybody was behind him. Puss just flew. man's nose. In a min- ute she was out of the room. She ran upstairs and crept under my bed. We could not find her anywhere. She thought that somebody might punish her. Of course, we all laughed. Wasn't she clever? The old man did not think so. But I do. Don't you? 276 {{!}} №- Sº ` &4-2/A2; _ _ _ __________. _. _ - >>>：）！！！ — --- - ---------、、 - ---- ~ ſaei= - \,--№ſſae=====ï=~}*** - MY PET, º | | | | | | | | º | * , || | | | | | | | | | | | #. : &:r :d £º º º º | | º º | c. º º | | #illſ|| | ſ | º º º º | º º | | | | º | | | º : *W* sº º,"; º ºr . ." tºº isiſ l ; | ſ § | lº. º {{Iſºli, | | º | sº | iſºlº | tº ſºlº º º V Nº. 4: | ſ 2. ſ: ſ ſ ‘.... ºr ſ | | > || . S ſº a rº ** º HOMELESS What a sad sight this is Little Carl is without a home. He is lying on the steps of a church. He is hungry and cold, but he has nowhere to go. His fingers are numbed by the sharp wind. He has no gloves, and his clothes are thin and ragged. Carl has been trying to sell that bunch | of greens, which is on the ground, near him. He has been to many houses. No- body wanted to buy his greens. It is just Christmas- time. Carl has seen people hurry past him, loaded with presents for their children. They were too busy to look at this poor little boy. Now Carl has fallen asleep on these steps. It is a hard bed for any little boy. But Carl is too tired to go farther. Will he die from cold and hunger ? No, some one is coming now, to help him. A lady will come out of the church door in a moment. She is a rich lady. She is good, too. She loves all little children, even if they are poor and ragged. She will see poor Carl lying on the steps. “Little boy," she will say, “wake up." º - Then Carl will open his eyes. He will feel surprised to find himself on the steps. The lady will take him to a children's home. There, kind people will give the little boy food and clothes. They will try and get some work for Carl to do. Then, every night Carl will go to the Home to sleep. He will no longer be without a home. How grateful he will be to the good people who took pity on him. 279 VIC AND HER FAMILY. We have come to see you and Ah! let me see. You have one-two-three-four- five, children. busy and very happy with Good morning, Vic. your family. You seem very them. They are cunning lit- tle creatures, but they look sleepy. ing that black fellow's face. I see you are wash- That is right, Vic, make him look neat and nice. - Do you know what we saw I don't think that you do, though you look yesterday, Vic so very wise. We saw an organ man, with a monkey and three dancing dogs. Do you dance, Vic? No, you do not know how. You must let your children learn to dance. Wait until they are a little older, and not quite so round and fat. Now they can only roll over and over. It would be great fun to see all five dancing at once. You don't want them to learn to dance 2 Why not, Vic P Oh! I see. You would have to send them away to be taught. Yes, you would be very lonely without your So, perhaps, they had better not learn, after all. The little dogs we saw, had to wear caps. Your children would not like that, at all. They had no nice house with children. hay in it, as you have. They had to go through the streets, and dance before people's houses. That must be hard work. No doubt they often wish for a happy home like yours. - Well, Vic, good-bye. We shall often come to see you, and your five little ones, 28o lº . ZººZºº, 3% ºft % ºº:: "| : º A * Z \\ W. \\ % *. ãº, % º % º º A * - %. - Tºš % % , * : * ~ *º ZŽº º ... " sº Fº }, ' ' '. - ºff/º ----- Z/ | º %. t_-_* * % A. º º D ºf º * ' ' ', 24, 2 * * A ſº a - Zºº \ § § º § \ N º \\ § § | "W \\\ º º a wº Nº. , , , , , | º º \ º . w - . º S Š º * ºš SS M | º \ | ſº G-º- Wºlº ºğ º Ss º Niš = { § § S | §§ R. | Q * Ş º § º Wº | t s : tº ---> º §§ \\ º VIC AND HER FAMILY. £ºil Mºº ſ: º º *ś º N l lº hiº 㺠||||||| º: |\| ?||||||| N Ş - N * º — f : ... ift º mº ići º §§ ºullin i\iº ſº | sº jº § § ſº Mºſ | | sº º sº | . 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By night, Jennie was at her She went to bed early, and so was up early the next morning. After break- fast, she went over the farm with her papa. He showed her the cows, and the horses, and then the barn-yard. Jennie was delighted with the Papa told her that she new home. hens. HE F PETS. might call the three speckled ones, her own. So Jennie hens her pets. made these She wanted to let them into the gar- den, but papa told her that. they would scratch up the He said, that until the fall, Jennie must keep them in the yard. Then she might Jennie had most fun when the grapes Her hens used to jump at those which hung down. This made the hens look very funny, for they could hardly help tumbling OVer. seeds. let them out. were ripe. low One day Jennie gave her pets a feast of grapes. She took a whole bunch to them. Papa said that she might do it this one time. Jennie thought that hens as well as people, deserved a share of grapes. 283 THE PRIDE OF THE HERD. There were a great many Mr. Mark's farm. There must have been thirty, at COWS O1] least. Some were big, brown ones, with white faces; others were black, with white Mr. Mark was fond of them all, but he liked Juno the best. Juno was the color of a Her hair was soft and sleek. Her horns were long and shiny. Everybody called her the Pride of the Herd. When Juno first came to patches on them. fawn. the farm, she was shaggy and homely. Her master had not fed her enough. She looked thin and bony. The big, sleek cows looked at Juno and said to each other: “How ugly she is. her. So, for a time, Juno was left almost alone. She said Let us go away from She can stay alone." maSter. to herself. “Never mind, I have plenty of food, and a kind master. Perhaps, some day they will like me better." Every day Juno grew more sleek and handsome. By and by, the other cows saw how pretty she was. Then they said: “How nice she looks. Let us make friends with her." So the cows began to take more notice of poor Juno. favorite with them. She was always gentle and kind, and not at all vain of her beauty. At last she became the pretti- est cow in the herd, and was petted by all the children. If she had been proud or ill- Soon she was a great tempered, she would have been sent back to her old But she is so good that Mr. Mark will never part with her. 284 g ſº %|A|lſº . . 9. : '' / - º º 'J', 'ſ/ . ' ' ' || ſº - \ \ \\} , 2, -- - NN. \ º %% -- § 4% ºs - * A,% ſ x < x. * --~~~~ * , , | || (- sº e $ ==% ſº * \º TSNYºº ==#" ſº * Nº ==#%.7% º # !%% ºf Zºº % ſº ... • ſº º % # | º º § § §§ \ º * §§/\ºji j} º: .)\! {{ ŠNTN º !!!, }} º º \|\ - w * N §§§ § lººk ls % º - ----> à \ | ––– - -º-º: = \\\ N \ \s N NN * † º N. º; * N. \ , | ºf y 4. W \ N " º ". % % àº. º º, === "ſº - zº º ºg . =-ºm-- - ------ W. W. . . \ N § N º * I'm º \ & y N *NS N N \ * . & . J w "/. | § Nº. §§ tº | N \\ N N \ \ N . N § º º % º W. & S 's ... 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Mamma called af. ter me: “Belle, don't tease the chickens. from the yard when you have done feeding them." I had soon fed them all. Then I thought what fun it would be, to drive a little chick I took a piece of bread, and coaxed one of the tiny ones away. Then I took a stick and began to play horse. Chick spread its little wings and ran along, crying, “Peep, peep, peep." I Come away around the yard. when the mother hen flew af. ter me. What a noise she made She puffed out her feathers, and rushed right at me. I dropped the stick and tried to run away. The big gobbler saw me running. Up he came, too. Oh, I was so frightened The hen was behind me, and the gobbler in front of me. I ran into the shed, and shut the door. In a few minutes I thought that I could go out again. I tried to reach the latch. It stuck fast. There I was, locked in. No- body could hear me call. Perhaps I might have starved to death, had not Mamma come to look for me. How glad I was to get out! Mamma said that I must always expect to get into trouble if I disobeyed her. 287 FRAN PO’S FET MOUSE. “Papa, has Frank really a pet mouse 2 I should think it would bite him.” “Yes, Frank has a mouse. Here it is now ! It is eating from his hand. This is the way he always feeds it." “Why, papa, what a queer mouse it is It looks to me as if it were white. I thought mice were grey." “This mouse is white, my dear. It is not the kind of mouse we find in our houses. It is a tame mouse. It has lived in a cage all its life.” “Are there many kinds of mice, Papa?” “Yes, there are several. One kind is called the singing He is said to be a cunning little fellow." “Does he really sing 2" “People say that he does. When music is played, he In OUISC . comes out and makes a little singing noise. He is very fond of music. Some people tell me that he does not really They think that S1ng. his throat is diseased. No one We must wait until some one can show us a singing mouse. Then we will watch him and find out." “Where did Frank find his mouse, Papa 2" “Frank did not find it. It was bought for him by his cousin. Frank has been sick Now he is get- can tell yet. a long time. ting better. “Does it never bite him 2" “No, my dear. It is tame and gentle. It is different from any mouse which has never lived in a cage. Some day I will take you to a store, where we can See a dozen white mice." 288 ‘’’’;///////////» Z » ºza za ;- |Żº/ZZZZZÁ!!! ;º） ！! ！！！/ ZZZZZZZZZZZZ-------~--~~~~- - - ~~~~ - - - ----~--~~~~）; „ſ, ſº%غØ{Ä� '^%ſ%%Z^^^^%+ ~ * /%%%， Z)， Ø· { Ź % Z % → ~. 2% S }) . 22:44: - > .*-*.*. º ~~~ --> - .* --~ , º, e-ºr--> --- ---- - ***... 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There seemed to be no one in the garden but Prince, the dog. “Prince,” said Puss, “have you seen Kitty anywhere 2" Prince laid his head down on his paws, shut his eyes, and pretended to be asleep. “Come, Prince, I know that you are awake." “Well, Madam Puss,” said Prince, stretching himself, “you should take care of your kitten. Yes, I do know where she is. What will you give me if I tell you ?" “Oh, I'll give you half my dinner. Do tell me, Prince.” “No, you must give me all of it,” said the sly dog. He knew Puss could not refuse. “Very well, I'll give you all. Now, Prince, where is she 2" Prince blinked his eyes very slowly. “Don’t be in a hurry, Madam Puss. You have not far to go. Just walk to that barrel. There you will find your kitty, fast asleep." Prince told the truth. There, in the barrel lay Kitty. Madam Puss took her by the home. She was so glad to find her kitten that she for- got to scold. But Puss felt angry with Prince. “What a greedy old fellow he is," thought she. neck, and carried her have a sur- prise, however. Prince came slowly up to her, and said, “Puss, I was only joking about the dinner." So Puss Puss was to did not lose it after all. 29I P& ITTY IN . Oh! Miss Kitty, what are you about 2 Up on the table? Fie, fiel That is no place for you. There! you have bro- ken the pitcher. How will you get your head out? It is held fast. You will have to wait until your mistress comes. What will she do to you? This is the second time that you have been a thief. Yes- terday, you took the meat from the kitchen. Mary saw you carry it the table. Don't you remember what she did 2 She took her broom- stick and pushed it at you, under the table. Ah, Miss Puss, you were sorry then. under How you did scamper away. You knew that you were doing wrong. You tried to hide in the closet. too, with her broomstick. You the shelf so Mary came there, jumped from MISCHIEF quickly that you broke a dish. It is true that the dish was on the edge, still you had no right to climb up on the shelf. The shelf was made to hold dishes, not pussies. Now you have been steal- ing again. You saw your mistress put the tray on the table. Oh, you sly puss! You waited until she had gone; you did not dare to touch the cream while she was here. You knew that it was not for you. Now you have broken the pitcher and spilled the cream. It is running over the cloth. Here comes your mistress. That is her footstep in the hall. Yes, you naughty puss, you will be punished. You must be taught not to touch other people's things. 292 sºlº/"Ilºkº || || K- - TÉ'ſ Niği'ſ]]|| || || || Š §: {{ { | | \ Ni ºilº H | S &T || "Nº | ! |\ººlſ | | | - ſ N % * s ...sºm- -º-º-º-º" ... --> * ---"º. H---- ~. - . *--------~~~~. - —- l—s-ST- ==> ---sº F--- --- RITTY IN | - * s\ |\SY \l" -A-W- *= m --- l ſiſ. *. S. ~ †Sºtº i NYS SS . . 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That would save them so much trou- ble. - One fine day two boys came into the woods for nuts. They climbed the trees and shook the branches. Down fell the nuts by hundreds. The boys had two big bags, which they filled. “Will," said one, “we will come for the rest to-morrow." “No, Hal, we have plenty. Let us leave them for the squirrels." “ Not a bit of it,” answered Will. “I shall pile them in a heap, and come back to- morrow. I shall not give one to those lazy squirrels." “But, Will, the nuts belong to the squirrels as much as they do to us. The woods are not ours." “Never mind, Hal, I shall take them all." So Will made a big pile of the nuts. Then the boys went home. “Ha, ha," said the squirrels. “Master Will is a selfish boy. We shall take his nuts to punish him." So the squirrels ran to the pile of nuts. One by one they carried them up to their hole. Soon there was not a nut left. Will came the next day. He looked in vain for his pile of nuts. 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A boy called “Kitty, Kitty, here, Kitty." Puss ran up to him, think- ing that he would pet her. Instead of that, the cruel boy took her to the pond. He wanted to see a kitten swim. So he told me afterward. He threw poor Kitty into the wa- Rover happened to be playing near the pond. I was throwing a ball, and teaching him to run and bring it back. When I saw the boy throw Kitty into the water, I ran to the bank. Rover came, too. “Here, Rover, fetch her,” I called. - Rover saw the kitten strug- gling to get out. Into the water he dashed. He took Kitty by the neck and brought He did not bite or shake her at all, but carried her very gently in his mouth. I wrapped the poor kitten in my coat. Then Rover and I ran up to the house as fast as we could. her right to me. Of course, Rover was all wet, too, but he was too big to be wrapped up. There, Rover, you need not sit still any longer. You are a good dog to wait so long, and hold my whip. 297 PUss Y's This is Annie, with Pussy's dinner. Annie is watching Pussy, and she forgets to watch the milk. It is spilling over the side of the dish. Some has dropped on that kitten's back. Old Puss sees the dish tipping, and looks at it very anxiously. She is hop- ing that Annie will not spill any more. Puss and her four kitttens want a good dinner. They all feel quite hungry. Pussy's home is that big round basket. It will hold the four kittens The blanket it keeps them warm, even on Puss and nicely. in cold winter nights. Besides, each one has a fine warm coat. coat like yours, with buttons it. No, Pussy's coat is made of fur, soft, warm fur. There is not even It is not a OI) one but- DIN NE F. ton on it. In fact, Pussy never takes off her coat ei- ther by night or day. Puss can see in the without any trouble. never takes a dark She candle with her when she goes rat hunt- Her big yellow eyes can see even the tip of a rat's tail on the darkest night. Annie once heard George say that he had found a cat's- eye. Annie ran to see it. She thought that Pussy could not have been so careless as to drop one out of her head. When she saw the cat's- eye, she found that it was only a marble. George told her that it was the name of one kind of marble. Annie felt glad that it did not really belong to her Puss. It would be dreadful for her to have only one eye. ing. 298 |iº'ſ tº º º | | | 'lift||| |. i * | º | | i. ſº ºf | | ſº ºf # W | . Aſ |º º * º º | º ºt; º ºff, " "ºl | º § º º lºſſ º º § - | | | : *"...i |†. º # | º º, lit. i | º º Sºº- | **t º \ . - - 7, - Ø7, - . º S. ſ º § S \ NNº. \S º º w § º - * º * . ºf a ºn tº * ... ſºlº I’USSY'S I).INNER, * | * OUR FRIEND CARLO. One night Papa brought something home in the pocket of his coat. When he took it out, Gus thought it must be a baby bear. It was round and black and curly haired. At first Gus was almost afraid to touch it. Papa laughed at him and said, “Why, Gus, that is a dog. I have brought it for you." Then he picked up the little dog and showed it to Gus. “How cunning he is," said Gus. “Yes," said Papa, “but he will soon be bigger than you are. He will be as high as the table when he is grown. He will be a fine watch dog." Gus named the dog Carlo. He had the name engraved on the collar which Papa brought. Carlo soon grew to be a large dog. As Papa had said, he stood as high as the table. When Gus went away to school he left Carlo with Jacob. Jacob was a fireman. He had charge of a fire engine. Carlo soon knew all about fires. When the alarm bell struck he would jump and bark with excitement. Jacob would often give him a rope or a lantern to carry. Then Carlo was proud indeed. As the engine rattled along the street Carlo was always beside it. He was called by every- body, Carlo the fireman. When Gus school he went to get Carlo. Carlo knew him and was glad to see him, but he could not persuade the dog to go home came from with him. Carlo always ran back. So Gus said that he should be the fireman's dog. 3oo > § W.sº * NS.Nº*_<, - . º- NS.- S ~. S ^ § s § N §§ SN N WN - N §§§ - §§§ Nºż §§§N §§ §§ N §N * §- º § NS § § § § § § -* º| : º.”* NY. º º Nº.7//*2. N § º N : N § N § § § s N º N § §N §º NSN N §§ §§ §§ §§§ º §§§ NN SS SS S N N SSN N §§ §§ º N * º º * . ºv : º s *s & º º ºg &^ . N * * * , t * . 'ſ, gº 2 / #" % - | 2 ſ "º // , ; /*/ // ''}; “º. '% º “ ſ º W % ºft| . . . . % #!" ºft li, iſ ſº 'ſ'; W: º, . º § hº ºfº". f . . . . . . " .. ", , , % *ś 5. º' º ſº '? º § tº A}}/{! # º, % ºfe' Z! #! ºflá; ºf wºº Yº Zºº. % & S. RNA Nº. ... .". . º, "...ºf tº ſilºilº | º {\ % º [. { ºf Is t c. Af º Af / - 24 Z A ſ #" // . ſ ! 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Margaret was gathering the sheep together, when she heard a little noise on her right. She hurried to the place, and there was the lamb. Its mother stood beside it. The lamb was too feeble to walk any further. Margaret picked it up in her arms. Then she wrapped her warm cloak about it. The old sheep watched everything that Margaret did. She was quite willing to let her little lamb go. She seemed to know that Mar- garet would take care of it. Now Margaret is on her way home. All the sheep fol- low her obediently. They can feel the storm coming. They are glad to be taken in- to some shelter. The old peddler who is crossing the bridge, has a stick in his hand. He told Mar- garet that he would keep the sheep which were behind in order. They fear his big stick, and do not try to stray. Walk fast, Margaret. The storm will soon be upon you. 3O3 NATIVES OF THE DEEP. Far down in the water, live many fish. There are differ- ent kinds. Big fish, little fish, speckled, striped, and mottled ones. We see a great many in the markets, but by no means all the kinds that live in the sea. We could not name one half that there are. In old times, fish were not At first, men used to shoot them with arrows. These fishers, instead of being in boats, would lie on the rocks. As the fish passed along near the rocks, the men shot them, or hurled spears at them. Even now, in some coun- tries, fish are taken in blankets or in sheep-skins. caught as they now are. As men learn more, they use lines, hooks, and nets. There is another way, too, to catch fish. Fish called suckers, are caught by a loop of wire. The fisher lets this wire slowly into the water, and puts it around the fish's body. He must be very skillful or else the fish will escape. Often, on a summer night, you can see boats on the riv- er, a bright light fastened to each. These lights attract and dazzle eels. The men in the boats spear the eels. Beautiful ornaments are made from the scales of some fish. There are breastpins and ear-rings which look as if they were silver. They are light, too; as light as feathers. Perhaps some of my little readers have been fishing, and know what fun it is. The next time you catch a fish, look. at it carefully. You will be surprised to see what a won- derful creature it is. 3O4 N ‘, įſ. ſå ſºſi și { � §|| } - ?! í Ø * /, Agri- ſº". º ſ ºft. ºf: # R % % º, º º h ſº - h. ae Źź ???? %: ∞ ¿? % %% 22）%%%%ſº %% ºs º-3 sº Sºe NATIVES OF THE DEEP. ºº | | ". A ſ! - % % Z % % !? Gº ; % :| ę 2:ºº |º ſ º º ſ # % §4% % ſ % ºf . º | %| /º N - % %% - ſ % º/ % §sº º ſº ºft a tº § A. | ſºliº ū W º º - f # ºf | ºffſ, º'A * ſº f & Af º ///\!// º //lih/ſº º | º # , " , - º § 'W' " . / " º ſ | º: ', º . ſ ,” - & % º tº { ºf wº }\ſº ''}}" | | º [. º %| º %| º | | º # % º | fift % % | % º Ú ſ | |||||||||| | | % ſ */ ſº º º g | Ø ſ ...) º | | ſ ſº | || ſº .." W / § º ſ % * | % | '''" W !) # ; % N " §§ º ſº ū i W * , , § 7 * "ſº | Nº 2. º. I ºf sº º tº . º º º & t ſ º % A, ſº d º nºw A* \ \\\\\ NW º \\ MW, W \\ º º t \ * \ § N t W \, *..." N *44%ºº º a - Zºº, a Cº. MAZ, - ...-- * º 22 ºzºWZZ zº, º Eº." -- tº ####| º l º Nº.2% Z sºft % % OUR PET. OUIF Our pet came from Vir- ginia. Here he is, looking at us now. Isn't he a fine, hand- some fellow - He was sent to us by Grandpa Grandpa put him on the cars, and told the man to feed him well. Grandpa was sorry to let him go. He had always been such a pet of Grandma's. Grandpa sent us a note which said that the horse's name was Harry. So we have always called him that. Harry was frightened when he came off the cars. He danced about and we were afraid at first, that he would run away. That shows that we knew nothing about him. gentle horse we ever He only acted so, because he found himself in a strange Harry is the most S2.W. FET. place. When Harry came to the house, we all went out to see him. How beautiful he looked John had brushed his coat until it was like satin. His mane and tail were long and wavy. He tossed his head, up and down, as if he felt proud of his beauty. The next day, Papa took us out in the carriage. Harry went so fast that he almost took my breath away. I thought that I must be flying. Perhaps that is how the birds feel, when they go through the air quickly. Now, Harry knows us all. He will eat sugar from our hands, and let us pet him. He neighs every time we go into the barn. We often take him bunches of clover or Some big carrots. He is as fond of us as we are of him. 3O7 FOY AND Roy was learning to be a carpenter. He could ham- mer in nails nicely. He knew how to saw wood for boxes. Now he was learning to make Mr. He showed Roy how to put the wood into a vise. The vise held the wood firmly. Then Roy learned to plane it, until it Roy was alone in the workshop most of the day. Mr. Law came in only for a few min- the wood very smooth. Law was Roy's master. was smooth and even. uteS. $ Roy had no other boys to talk to ; but he was never lonely. He had his pet with him in the shop. This pet was a rabbit. It was a big It All day long, Bunny played about the shop. Roy gave him white one, with pink eyes. was very fond of Roy. HIs PET, grass and apples to eat. At night, Bunny slept on a bed of shavings. tº Roy had bought the rabbit a poor woman. He thought that it would be nice from to have some pet, for company. At first, Bunny would not run about the shop. He would crouch in one corner. One day, however, he ventured to go around the room. He found that nothing in it would hurt him, so, after that, he became more and more tame. If Roy did not notice him, he would nibble at Roy's shoes. Then Roy would pick him up, and put him on the table. Bunny liked to watch his mas- He Soon grew used to the noise. ter hammer and plane. 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She wanted to know what that funny noise W21S. Julia told her it was the guinea-hen calling “Come back, come back.” “That is what they say when we go away. They want us to come again," she said. May liked the rabbits best of all. She wanted to feed them every She trotted CarrotS few minutes. and leaves all the morning. Julia had to hold her up. The hutch was too high for May. around with This morning Julia is again showing her pets to May. “When you are older, May, I will give you a rabbit for your own." She is saying, 3 II PUSSY AND THE PARROT. Puss is a great friend of the Parrot's. She and Poll have many a frolic together. Pus- sy's is Bess. In the morning, Poll screams, “Bess, 11211]] e Bess!" Then Poll hides un- der a chair. Puss comes in and looks around for her friend. Out dashes Poll, flap- ping her wings and screaming, “I have you ! I have you !” Puss is not at all afraid. She rolls on the ground, and Poll tries to seize Pussy's tail. When she does not catch it, she says, “Oh, dear, dear, dear!" Rollo, the dog, does not like to hear the noise. He gives a deep growl. Off flies Poll, to her cage. 4 the sofa. Poll sits on her bar and says, “Bad dog, bad dog." Still, she is afraid of Rollo. She often wishes that she taps Poll with her paw. Puss runs under might ride on his back. She is afraid to try it. Rollo might bite off some of her fine feathers. Poll is proud of her long tail and green wings, and her red and yellow feathers. To-day, Poll has a great se- cret. She will not let Puss know anything about it. Poll has hidden something in the wall-pocket. Puss climbs up on the chair to see what it is. When she tries to peek in, Poll bites her nose. Puss then tries to put one of her paws in. Poll gives the paw a sharp nip. Poor Puss can not find out Poll's secret. Poll has only a spool of thread in the wall-pocket. She stole it from the work- basket. She thinks it fine fun to tease Puss. But here comes Rollo. 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They are ran round and round. He natural in that kind of a dog. was so quick that the bull Bruno once saved a man's life. could not catch him. This There was a fierce bull in algave the man time to climb field. One day, Bruno was over the fence. Then Bruno crossing this field. A man ran to the fence, too. The bull was crossing it at the same time. The man had a big red handkerchief about his neck. This seemed to make the bull angry. He put down his horns, and rushed at the man. The man ran, but he could not run fast enough; he was in great danger. The bull came nearer and nearer. Bruno saw this happen. He did not hesitate a minute; if he had, the man might have been killed. Bruno dashed ran after him. Bruno jumped through a hole, and was safe on the other side. He turned and barked at the bull, as if to say, “You can't catch me, my friend.” The man was so grateful that he gave Bruno a new col- lar. It was a red collar. On its plate was the word Bruno. Bruno wears the collar now. Perhaps it does not show. That is only because his thick hair hides it. 3IS FFANP& 'S Frank has two good friends. Their names are Rover and Madge. Rover is the dog, and Madge is the cat. Madge is tapping Frank's knee, to let him know that she is waiting for a share of his supper. Rover has come softly up be- hind Frank. He puts out his big tongue, and tries to lick Frank's cheek. He seems to say, “I love you so much, dear But all the time, he keeps one eye on Frank's bread and milk. Rover means to have some if Madge does. Frank says, “Have patience, my friends. Your own supper will soon be here. I must have mine first.” Frank has worked hard for his sup- per. Rover and Madge have not worked at all. Frank has been taking weeds from the garden. He wants his garden master." FRIENDS. to look nice and neat when his father comes home. He promised his father that he would pull all the ugly weeds from the ground. Puss has been lazy all day. This morning she found a nice sunny spot on the porch. There she curled herself down for a long nap. No dreams of rats or mice disturbed her. Rover found it too warm, in the garden. He wanted a swim in the cool water. So he went to the pond and had a good bath. That made his hair more curly than ever. Rover never thought of that. He is not vain of his shining COat. Both the pets are hungry. They are ready to promise to work hard to-morrow. “Only give us our supper right away, dear master," they say. 316 !" | " !" s N \ º * º §§ Nº ºf * | º º: lºº '" . . §i | N N º º: tºll g | Nº. \\ WR t sº N §§§ N º ~ * §º * 4. º FRANK’S FRIENI)S. º * 2. º § Nºva * - \ W Yºlº \\ N NA aſ A\ , , , WN \\ * - º N.Y.) N W N * Nº. º § SN * A º § N, s \\ Ns, " N \ N º N §§§ N WN s NN5 : -ºº \ , \\ N S. N N. WN N sº Wº N N N NS JN S N ºr N § Nº. § N N N N \ Ns. *, * * NNN N N. S. w N N N N \s º, ºr N N s & N NY. Sº S § NS A.Y. w sº N § \ §§ N N * S Nº SN & º ſº s 72%. , , . . . W ſºlº º, , , . S'''f'ſ . . . § \), i. º' Tº i º º a. º s 'ſ * * * Q W ſº §§ Şs º * * §§§ g §" | W Sº W ºs s , | W \ § º § Aş \ - \º § \\\\ SN A QUEER NEST. º N , a \ R º º "... | \ t V ( t º, | º º | | ſº.") ſ/ º | lſº º 2 ſ \ § | * º % \º | \ | | & 'A - º•; t k & º º ºn.” sº sº º ſ ſ / º \\ W º º º § \ . º \\ \ º º º N NS W,\\ \ W W W \ º t A f 22 Ž --- → 277.jzºº - A QUEER NEST. “Uncle, what a queer nest this is! Come and look at it. Why, it is an old shoe See there are four baby birds in it. What does it mean 2 Whose shoe can it be 2 The bird could not have made it." “No, Mamie; but some one has thrown away an old shoe, and Mrs. Bird has taken it for her nest.” “Are the little birds safe, Uncle? Couldn't a cat jump into the shoe, and eat them up 2" “Yes, Mamie, she could if she knew where the shoe was. But the grass has grown all around the shoe. Puss is not fond of walking through long grass. She will not come this way. The little birds are quite safe. They are hidden away from any cat." “Where did the old bird find that worm? She has one in her beak." “Mrs. Bird knew that a worm lived in a little hole This afternoon, she hopped near the hole. Then she chirped, ‘Come out, Mis- ter Worm, I want to speak to near by. y you. “Mr. Worm did not answer. He did not know whether to “Do come, Mis- I'll show you my It is made in a Mrs. Bird spoke go or not. ter Worm. new house. big shoe.' very gently. “‘Well, Mrs. Bird, I think that I will,' said poor Mr. Worm. Mrs. Bird picked him up in a mo- ment. He came out. He can see her new house now, but he wishes he could not. Those four mouths will soon eat him up." 3IQ FEEDING THE DUCKS. Grandma took Elsie and Nat to feed the ducks. The children always liked to do this when they came to Grandma's house. The ducks were so queer, with their big beaks and webbed feet. “Children,” said Grandma, “this is the last summer that you can feed Mrs. Duck." “Why so, Grandma?" asked Elsie. “Are you going away from here, and Mrs. Duck with you?" “No, Elsie, I am not going away. Still, Mrs. Duck will never be fed next year." “Please tell what you mean, Grandma, dear. I don't un- derstand," said Nat. “Then I shall have to tell you, Nat. Perhaps you will feel sorry to hear it, for you seem to like Mrs. Duck. Next Thanksgiving I shall roast her for your dinner. How will you like that ?” “Oh " cried Elsie, “please don't. We don't want her killed. We would rather go without our dinner.” “Yes,” said Nat, “Elsie is right. Please don't kill her, Grandma. Take some other duck that we do not know. Please do, Grandma." “Well, well,” said Grand- ma, smiling, “I did not know how much you thought of Mrs. Duck. I shall have to ask Grandpa to spare her. You see, she may get old and tough, if we let her live another year. Then we could not eat her.” “But we do not want to eat her," said the children. “Let us keep her for ever. We shall never find so nice a duck again." So Mrs. Duck was not killed that winter. 32O g i * ſº | \ t W W W t N W N º º |. y | º | | ," ſ W.W º §§ \ \ º º N § º N --~~ | S-S-S-S- j %. $ ſ - *A. “º W & ºx. wº • NY *W “ , ” * * SS At w &\ . S \ - Sºğ AºS | § NA's NºSM A - º • SNAğ W \ S.S.V. º N.Y.S. &LE ; : }}|N s 1 tº - | th | | | |% ! | { º 'º'ſ - | º º | t ſ º º \|| º: Fº . º º º : w t º | sº : 3. º \ | . *}. º ſ ! | : i. ! ... \;..." º º } | * sº * jº. º ſº : f : ) j º º º s § t§N º \ : | § º lºſiº ºf ||| || º e ºf | | | f | { |ffl|| | | : fº * ſ - ſ º gº º º º | Sis - - - | ſ º - | ~ | | . * “ . Tº º º -- . …" r s: º º Wºº. ...º º º t | | | º | º Ns ' '. sº § º S * X- * x § ºr=s Fº |NW." t sº º ! 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There is Jessie, sitting on the steps. She has her pussy in her arms. Jessie is a very happy little girl. She is hug- ging Pussy, and whispering to her all about the picnic, This is what she says: “My dear Pussy, what do you think is going to hap- pen? Sister Lucy and I are to go on a picnic to-morrow. We are going with all the other children in the Sunday- school. Oh, Pussy, Pussy, wont it be fun?" Pussy's neck is squeezed so tightly that she is almost chok- ing. Still, she wants to hear about the picnic. her paws a little, and says, “Mew, mew.” “Yes, Pussy, and we are to have a lunch basket. It will be full of nice things. We shall have our dinner in the woods. She moves Would you like to go with me, Pussy " Pussy only blinks her eyes. She does not want to go. She would have to leave her three kittens all alone. Who knows what might happen to them while she is away. can't guess where I shall sit in the wagon. “Puss, you I am going to sit between sis- ter Lucy, and Mollie Doane. Do you know Mollie She is the little girl who wears She is to bring her dolly, not her big one, of course, but her little tiny dolly, that moves its head. Isn't that lovely, Pussy?" By this time, Puss is tired. She loves her little mistress, but she wants to go and see the kittens. a pink dress. So “Mew," she says, and jumps down, without hear- ing any more of the picnic. 323 “what Is IT?” Tuff, Buff, and Tag had a visitor, one day. - Tuff, Buff, and Tag were three puppies. They lived in a big kennel. Their home was pleasant, but it was very quiet. They were playful little dogs, and often wished somebody would come and have a frolic with them. One day, Tuff ran out into the yard. He saw something coming slowly to the house. Back he rushed to the other puppies. “Hurry!" he cried. “Come and see this strange creature.” When the little dogs ran out, they found their visitor almost at the door. “Who are you? How queer you do look," said all three dogs at O1) Ce. The visitor put her head up. “You impolite dogs," said she, “I am not queer at all. I have a fine shell on my back. I am Mrs. Tortoise.” “Oh!” said Tuff. - “Perhaps you will come in and see us,” said Tag. “No, stay out here, and play," said Buff. “Thank you," said Mrs. Tortoise. “I can not stay long. I will just rest here a little while. I never play. I think it is much nicer to sit still." The three puppies looked at each other. It was so hard for them to sit still. They were always jumping about. They wished their visitor would go away. After one hour, Mrs. Tor- toise crept slowly away. Then Tuff jumped for joy. Tag said, “My head aches from sitting still so long." “So does mine,” said Buff. * running and 324 N § N N N N º Sº, ºr sºº NºN SS & N. S. Nº §§ § §§§ N º RNºN sº N & % 5. º Ns º § WHAT IS IT * W º N § R § i \ N l º Nºujº On hº §§§ \\ \º % A. ºz º.º. & º º º º 4% % º º | `-- , \! N - \\ N º \\ §§§ Nº/ - º º," . . . . . . . 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When Jack hears them calling, he pricks up his ears. Then he runs across the fields, bray- ing his delight. He holds down his head until Lizzie puts on the bridle. Then he stands quite still, while the children get on his back. He carries them safely, round and round the garden. Once in a while he stops to eat a this- tle, or pick up an apple. The children can not ride fast. When they grow older, they will make Jack trot. Lizzie has just come in from a ride in Jack's little wagon. She has been to the village and back. Jack has gone so nicely that he is to have a carrot. There Jack stands. He is thinking, “How nice it is to be a pet donkey!" 327 BOB AND HIs PET LAMB. Yes, my name is Bob. I am the little boy who has a pet lamb. Here, Pearly, come out and see my friends. Ah! here is Pearly. You see how tame she is. I can put my arms about her neck, and she will not move. I have had her ever since she was a little tiny lamb. Farmer Ryde gave her to 1T). C. Farmer Ryde lost some money. It was a big roll of bills. He said to me, “Bob, if you find that money for me, I will tell you why. I will make you a present." I hunted in his garden and in his barn. Then I looked in the wood-shed. I was just giving up trying to find the money, when I saw it, lying in a corner of the shed. Farmer Ryde had dropped it out of his pocket. Perhaps he was chopping wood, and the money rolled out. I ran up to the house. “Here it is, all safe,” I said. You don't know how pleased Farmer Ryde was. “Now, little lad,” said he, “I will show you your pres- ent." Then he took me to the meadow. There were all his sheep and lambs. There must have been a hundred, I think. Then he picked out Pearly, and gave her to me. He said I might take her home in a week. Then she would be big enough. So the next week I went for Pearly. She has been my pet ever since. I think that she is nicer than a dog. . If you ever want a pet, you ought to get a lamb. . Just try. 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Little Carrie was sitting in the doorway, laughing. .* Bridget just peeped over Mary's shoulder. Oh, now she knows what they were laughing at. Miss Pussy sat up on her hind feet, playing with the stick. As Mary swung the stick, Pussy would still keep hold of it. Now and then she would tap the stick with her paws, as if she were angry with it. It was so funny that Bridget began to laugh, too. The other kitten also was watching the stick. She lay the floor with her head down, and her tail curled about her. OI). She was getting ready for a spring. Mary was too busy with the other kitten to notice her. Bridget and Carrie did not see her, either. Closer and closer Puss crouched to the floor. Her eyes seemed to grow bigger and bigger. Then she gave one spring at the stick. She hit it so hard as to knock it out of Mary's hand. The noise startled even the kittens. Away they ran, and SO ended the fun. 33 I THE FET CROVV. Here is a very different pet. Listen while I tell you about him. One day, Mary found a crow in the woods. He had hurt his wing so badly that he could not fly. He looked so sad that Mary felt sorry for him. She caught him in her apron, and took him home. The crow was very young, then. He soon forgot his old home, and grew tame. His wing got well and strong again. Some- times he would fly away for a day. He always came back before night. Mary taught him many funny tricks. She would say to him, “Leo, show Then Leo would shake one of his feet at her. When Mary laughed at this, Leo would open his mouth, too. You would have said that he was laughing. me your claws." Leo watched every day for the butcher. He knew that the butcher would bring his dinner. He would hop on the cart, and wait for his piece of meat. If the butcher were not careful, Leo would hop into the cart. Leo never thought it wrong to steal meat. He would take it whenever he could find it. Leo would steal buttons too, if he could find Mary's button-box. Leo had a little store-house. He dug a hole in the ground. Here he put his meat, his buttons, and everything he could get. When Mary lost anything, she would feel sure that Leo had taken it away. Still, Mary was very fond of her crow. He was so cun- ning. He would often sit on her arm, as you see him do- ing in the picture. 332 "THE PET ("R()W . º, l" i. tº: $$. §§ vºlunt § | º t t ſº | lſº }{ º jº | ſ º w intº º lºtſº ſil | Jºl l | [. sº | ºffſ º §§ º º § g ſº l | ſ | lºš º; \!!! iſ s{ | | - |Ni | | º ; § | : i º ! j|| | 4. º § jū º º * I li º º : | # ; : º i \, . . #ff \|\, . e. § | # º sº º § | # º St. N # * |||}; § Nº. |||}|º sº |ºilſ;|";º ſº | Q º |. º º'ſſ" º " º: | º º: #!" tº tº §§ º º & ! º tº a ſº... . . . ("I, ARA FEEI) ING THE BIRI)S. CLARA FEEDING THE BIRDS. Clara waked very late one morning. She ran to her window to see if it was a fine day. Yes, there was the sun, shining brightly, but how strange everything looked The ground and the trees and hedges all had grown white in the night. snow !" cried Clara, clapping her hands. Clara had not seen any snow for almost a year. She could hardly keep her eyes off the lovely sight. The branches of the trees were loaded so heavily that they bent. The big icicles hung from the roof of the barn. How they glistened in the sunlight ! Clara was soon through her breakfast. Then she ran to the window once more. There on the cherry- tree sat some little birds. They looked very cold and “Snow, Two big pigeons They sat on a branch of the tree, hungry. flew across the road turning their heads this way and that. ing the little girl at the win- dow. Clara thought, “Poor birds! you are not glad to see the snow. How cold you must bel Perhaps you can't find any food, now that the ground is covered." She went to the table and brought back some bread. Then she opened the window, and scattered the crumbs all about. The pigeons came at her call but the little birds were timid at first. They would not come until Clara shut the window. But soon they had no fear. Clara fed them every morning, until they were as tame as the pigeons. They were watch- 335 CLARA AND THE ROBIN. (SEE FRONTISPIECE.) Clara stood at the window, watching the snow. The ground was white already. The big flakes came floating down like white feathers. “Perhaps some of them are little bits of feathers,” thought Clara. “I'll just open the window and see." She opened the window, and caught a big flake. “No, it isn't a feather, after all. It has melted away in my hand. I'll try one more," she said. Just then, she saw a bird hopping along the fence. “Oh, that must be a robin,” she thought. “How cunning he does look. He must be very cold and hungry in all this snow. I will put on my big boots, and run down to feed him.” Off ran Clara to the closet. 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