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 LITTLE ANNA STORIES. 
 
 LITTLE ANNA 
 
 A STORY 
 
 FOR PLEASANT LITTLE CHILDREN 
 
 BY A. STEIN. 
 
 TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 LEE AND SHEPARD.
 
 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by 
 
 LEE AND SIIEPARD, 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 
 
 Stereotyped at tJit Bmton Stereotype Foundry, 
 It. Spring Lane.
 
 LITTLE ANNA STORIES. 
 
 Six vols. Illustrated. 
 
 COMPRISING : 
 
 1. LITTLE A-J^NT-A.. 
 3. THE CHEER-ETJL 
 
 3. A. THOUSAND 
 
 4. THE LITTLE HELPER. 
 
 5. J^LICE LEAR1MEONT. 
 
 6. STORIES J\.I3OTJT 
 
 LEE & SHEPAED, Publishers, Boston. 
 
 622674
 
 DEAR BLANCHE, 
 
 "When the pretty German story you lent me comes 
 to you in an English dress, I hope you will think me 
 excused for keeping it so long, though it may never 
 seem as pretty as it is in its own language. You may 
 discover that I have altered some words and phrases, 
 and wonder if I mistook the meaning ; but I changed 
 them in order to use words and phrases familiar to 
 American children, for those who read this will be too 
 young to know about Germany and German ways. If 
 other children grow as fond of " Little Anna " as my 
 little niece and nephew are, they will be glad, as I am, 
 that you gave me a chance to be 
 
 THE TRANSLATOR.
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 WAKING UP 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 THE WALK .......... g 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 MARM DORTY .......... 15 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 LUNCHEON .......... jg 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 PLAYING ........... 26 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 DINNER ........... 32 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 THE STORY .......... 33 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 THE DOLL ..... .44 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 THE VISIT 49
 
 VI CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 DRESSING 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 MAMMA 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 GREAT WASHING-DAY 65 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 GRANDPAPA 72 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 THE CAKES 81 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 PLAYING IN THE GARDEN 88 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 THE LOST DOLL 95 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 THE DRIVE . 102 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 TELLING ABOUT THE JOURNEY 110 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 SHELLING PEAS 115 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 SEWING 119 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 THE BIRTHDAY 126
 
 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 WAKING UP 
 
 IT was a pleasant morning; the sun 
 was shining; and little Anna, who was 
 not yet four years old, was lying in her 
 little bed asleep. Then the clock struck, 
 ding dong, ding dong, six times. It 
 was six o'clock, and little Anna woke up. 
 Her cheeks were very red, from sleeping ; 
 she opened her eyes wide, looked round, 
 and said rather wofully, " Sophy ! " 
 
 Sophy went to the bed. 
 
 " Here I am, little woman ; what makes 
 you call me as if you were going to 
 cry?" , 
 
 "Anna thought you had gone away, 
 Sophy."
 
 25 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Dearie me ! Why, I have been put- 
 ting all your things straight, and I have 
 poured out the water, and now we are 
 going to have a fine splash, splash, wash- 
 ing, and then w r e '11 get combed and 
 brushed without saying au ! and we '11 
 have a nice time. Now, jumpety, jump, 
 Anna." 
 
 Little Anna lay quite still, and asked, 
 "Where is Agnes?" and while she was 
 asking, she looked over at a pretty crib 
 which stood quite near her little bed. 
 
 " Little baby Agnes has not waked up 
 yet." 
 
 Anna laughed, got right up in bed, and 
 said, "Lazy-bones." 
 
 Now darling little Agnes waked up, too. 
 One moment she lay quite still, as little 
 bits of children always do; then she smiled, 
 and when Anna went on laughing, she 
 laughed too, and said, " Coo, coo, coo." 
 
 Sophy went to the crib. 
 
 u Are you awake, too, dear little soul ? 
 you sweetest pet ! But now keep still ;
 
 WAKING UP. 6 
 
 Sophy must dress Anna first, and then 
 she '11 dress baby." 
 
 " Agnes/' called out Anna, " say ma-ma, 
 ma-ma." * 
 
 Agnes smiled again, and said, " Pa, pa, 
 pa, pa." 
 
 " Sophy," said Anna, " Agnes can't talk 
 yet; but, Sophy, when Agnes can talk, 
 she will have meat to eat, and then Anna 
 shall take hold of her and we will run 
 together, and " 
 
 Splash, splash, came a spongeful of 
 water over Anna's bright little face, and 
 some of it ran into her mouth. She sput- 
 tered, and called out, half frightened, 
 "Sophy! Sophy!" 
 
 Sophy laughed : " Now you be quiet ; 
 it 's coming better than that " ; and splash, 
 splash, right and left, over her head and 
 over her feet, everywhere, the water came 
 dashing, and Anna opened her mouth and 
 wanted to speak or to cry, but she really 
 had not time to do either. 
 
 " There, Miss Pussie ; now you 've got
 
 4 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 your little white coat on ; now we '11 
 get combed." Sophy took the comb 
 and said, "Now the gardener is coming 
 with his rake, and he rakes down hill, and 
 down hill, and down hill again, and so, 
 and so, and now he 's done ! " 
 
 Anna laughed. " Sophy, is the comb a 
 rake?" 
 
 " To be sure. Now we '11 put on our 
 dress, and then Anna will give baby a 
 kiss, and then she '11 run to her mamma 
 and say, ' Good morning, dear mamma.' " 
 
 "Sophy," said Anna, very piteously, 
 " but my breakfast." 
 
 " Just think, that 's what you say 
 every morning. You know Sophy has 
 got to dress little sister first." 
 
 Anna ran to the crib, kissed little Ag- 
 nes, and said, " Agnes, when you can eat 
 meat, then we will run together and 
 jump." 
 
 Sophy opened the door into another 
 room, and Anna went to her mamma. 
 Mamma was still in bed, and held out her
 
 WAKING UP. O 
 
 arms to the little girl. Anna kissed and 
 hugged her ever so much. 
 
 " Mamma, I am so clean and neat ; but 
 the water came trickle, trickle, over my 
 face. Mamma, I want to tell you,' 
 mamma, I would like my breakfast." 
 
 " Have I got that little greedy girl for 
 my little daughter ? " 
 
 " Yes, mamma, I want my breakfast." 
 
 " And Agnes ? our dear little darling 
 Agnes ? Won 't you wait till she is 
 dressed ? What are you going to play 
 when you have had your breakfast ? " 
 
 " I would like to go in the garden." 
 
 " Very well ; Charlotte can go with 
 you, and by and by Agnes will come out 
 in her little wagon, and then you can 
 pick up pretty stones, and gather leaves, 
 and you can play under the big maple- 
 tree. Charlotte may put your playthings 
 in a basket and take them out, too." 
 
 "Yes, mamma; lout I want my break- 
 fast." 
 
 " Mamma can J t answer that any more, 
 and Anna must learn to wait."
 
 6 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 Pretty soon Sophy called, "Anna, break- 
 fast is all ready." 
 
 The little girl kissed her mamma, and 
 ran away very eagerly. Milk and biscuit 
 and bread were on the table, and the two 
 children ate and drank, and were very 
 happy. All at once Anna held her cup 
 in her hand without drinking; she was 
 listening ; the little birds were singing 
 so sweetly and merrily. 
 
 " Sophy, have the little birds had their 
 bread and milk breakfast?" 
 
 Sophy laughed. " Why, they don't have 
 any milk, nor any bread." 
 
 " But what then ? " 
 
 " Their mamma-bird finds them worms 
 and seeds, and puts them in their little 
 bills." 
 
 "Don't they like bread, Sophy?" 
 
 "They like it well enough, but they 
 don't get it." 
 
 Anna looked very thoughtful, she 
 drank her milk, and bit off some Ircad. 
 Then she looked at the slice very ear-
 
 WAKING UP. 7 
 
 nestly, and broke off one little crumb, 
 and then another, and at last she gave 
 a sigh, and broke off a bigger piece, and 
 said quickly, " Sophy, the birds shall have 
 all that, but the great big piece is for 
 the one that sings so nice." 
 
 Sophy looked at " the great big piece," 
 and smiled, for it was almost as big as an 
 almond, and said, "Well, we will open 
 the window and you shall throw the 
 bread out to the birds." 
 
 "Sophy, how do those ones look that 
 sing so nice ? " 
 
 " We can't tell which they are, for they 
 all have little gray coats. You throw out 
 the bread, and perhaps those that did n't 
 sing so nicely before will sing very nicely 
 now, because they will be so glad to get 
 the crumbs." 
 
 Anna threw the bread out, and waited 
 a little while in vain .for the birds to 
 come ; then Sophy dressed her to go out, 
 and she went very happily with Charlotte 
 into the garden.
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 THE WALK. 
 
 ANNA went to the garden gate, then all 
 at once turned round, "Sarlotte, Anna 
 must say good morning to gra'mamma 
 first" 
 
 "Did you forget that? But don't al- 
 ways say Sarlotte ; please say Charlotte." 
 
 "But I can't say it; Anna can't say 
 that at all." 
 
 The little girl ran back into the house, 
 and into her grandmamma's room. 
 
 " Gra'mamma, gra'mamma, want to say 
 good morning." 
 
 " Good morning, my darling, what are 
 you in such a hurry for? Give grand- 
 mamma a good kiss, and tell her some- 
 thing nice." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, I ate my bread and milk, 
 but I gave some to the little birds."
 
 THE WALK. 9 
 
 "Grandmamma is very glad of that, 
 but tell me something about mamma 
 and Agnes." 
 
 " Mamma is lying in her bed, and Ag- 
 nes was a lazy-bones." 
 
 "Was our little pink a lazy-bones? 
 But what is Anna going to do now ? " 
 
 "Yes, gra'mamma, I must go now. 
 Sarlotte is in the garden, and Agnes is 
 coming in her wagon by and by, and 
 Anna will pick up leaves and get stones, 
 and cook, and go to see Dorty." 
 
 " Then run away now, and come again 
 at ten o'clock to grandmamma, and get 
 your luncheon." 
 
 Anna went into the garden, where 
 there were so many things to see. The 
 gardener was there gathering strawber- 
 ries, which were so red and pretty ; and 
 there were other people digging and 
 weeding; and the little butterflies, the 
 white ones, the blue ones, and the bright 
 ones, flying about so merrily, and chased 
 
 by the little birds who wanted to catch 
 
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 10 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 them; but the pretty butterflies took 
 good care of themselves, and flew zig- 
 zag, zigzag, and the birds could not do 
 so. 
 
 Anna ran about very happily, she 
 picked up pretty stones and gathered 
 leaves, but she stopped near the gar- 
 dener to see him work. The gardener 
 said, "Good morning, little Anna." An- 
 na nodded, and looked straight at the 
 red, sweet strawberries. The gardener 
 held out the basket to her, in which he 
 had put them. 
 
 " Take some strawberries, Anna." 
 Anna's face grew quite red, then she 
 turned round and went away. Charlotte 
 followed her. 
 
 "Anna, why did not you take some 
 strawberries ? " 
 
 u Sarlotte, mamma says, no ! " 
 " But you might say, ' Thank you.' " 
 " Anna could not ; Anna could not 
 speak at all." 
 
 " See, there comes little sister."
 
 THE WALK. 11 
 
 Anna ran to meet the wagon, but sud- 
 denly she stood still, and looked very 
 unhappy. 
 
 " Agnes has my Alida," said she. Then 
 she sprang hastily forward and snatched 
 her favorite dolly out of the baby's arms. 
 Agnes looked very much astonished. 
 
 " Oa, Oa ! " said she ; for that was her 
 way of calling Anna. Sophy was quite 
 displeased. 
 
 " Don't be so unkind," she said. u Your 
 little sister was bringing your dolly to 
 you, and because she has it in her arms, 
 must you snatch it away from her, in- 
 stead of thanking her and giving her a 
 sweet kiss ? " 
 
 Anna looked quite ashamed. She ran 
 to Agnes, stroked her, and said, u My little 
 sweet. Come, Alida, and give Agnes a 
 kiss, so; and now Anna kiss her too." 
 
 " Good by, Anna," said Charlotte ; " I 
 must go in now." 
 
 "Sarlotte, Sarlotte, but what for?" 
 
 " I must sew, and be industrious."
 
 12 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Come Anna/* said Sophy, " now we '11 
 go to see Dorty; you go before, and I 
 will drag little Agnes." 
 
 Anna walked along, with Alida in her 
 arms ; she did not say very much, for it 
 was rather a long way, and she was a 
 little bit tired. 
 
 " Agnes," said Sophy, u now we are go- 
 ing to Dorty's." 
 
 Agnes smiled. " Bow-wow, bow-wow, 
 -^koof, koof," said she. That was her 
 way of saying that she should see a dog 
 and a pig at Dorty's. 
 
 Sophy laughed. "Here, Anna, listen 
 to what baby says. Now what does Ag- 
 nes say?" 
 
 Agnes laughed, and said again, " Bow- 
 wow, koof/koof." 
 
 " Look, look ! there is Bow-wow now, 
 there comes Prince." Prince did not look 
 one bit like a real Prince ; he was a little 
 ugly, dirty dog, who rolled in the wet 
 grass in the morning, and then rolled in 
 the dust, and was always shabby and
 
 THE WALK. 13 
 
 always forlorn, and wanted to bite every- 
 body's legs. He knew Anna, and liked 
 her ; so he ran to meet her, and pushed 
 her with his nose. 
 
 " But, Prince," said Anna, " you must n't 
 do that ! Anna has got on a clean apron." 
 
 Just then, Mrs. Dorothy, whom the 
 children called " Dorty," came to the door 
 of her house. 
 
 " Good morning, good morning," said 
 she, " are they both there, the little one 
 and the little wee one ? Good morning, 
 Anna; see how glad Prince is that you 
 have come. Now where is the little bit 
 baby ? There she is ! laughing so sweet- 
 ly and looking so lovely. you honey 
 darling ! " 
 
 " Koof, koof," said Agnes. 
 
 "Yes, so you shall see the pig, that 
 says koof. Come in Dorty's arms. So 
 there 's a dear, sweet baby ! Now we '11 
 go and open the barn-door, and then Ag- 
 nes will see the piggy-wiggy." 
 
 " And I too, Dorty."
 
 14 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " To be sure, little Anna ; both the 
 children. But Prince can't come. Piggy 
 does n't like Prince." 
 
 " Does Prince bite the pig ? " asked 
 Anna. 
 
 " Yes ; he would like to very well, but 
 I don't let him. Get away, dog ; will you 
 go home, sir ! " 
 
 Prince ran off. Then he stood still and 
 looked back ; then he ran on again, stood 
 still and looked round again, till Mrs. 
 Dorothy put a little stick into Anna's 
 hand; then he went quite away to the 
 house, and stood at the door, and snarled 
 and growled, just as naughty little chil- 
 dren fret and cry. 
 
 Anna* asked, "Shall I drive Prince 
 away, Dorty?" 
 
 " No, let him alone, he is a spoiled 
 child of a dog, and he loves you, so you 
 must n't do him any harm. But, look 
 now; here is the pig."
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 MARM DORTY. 
 
 THE little "girls looked curiously into 
 the sty, though when the pig came for- 
 ward and grunted, Anna hid herself be- 
 hind Marm Dorty. But Agnes, who was 
 in Dorty's arms, and was not frightened, 
 held out her little plump fists and said, 
 " Nium, nium, nium." 
 
 "Dorty," asked Anna, "what for does 
 pig always make that noise ? " 
 
 " He is used to have me bring him 
 stuff to eat, and he wants it now." 
 
 "Where is the stuff?" 
 
 " I have not picked it yet ; if you want 
 to go with me we will pick some. It is 
 green stuff, called pig-weed, and grows 
 out there, under the trees." 
 
 The sty was shut up again, they went 
 and gathered the pig-weed, and brovujb*
 
 16 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 it to the pig, who ate it fast, but grunted 
 all the time. 
 
 " Dorty, now he makes that noise." 
 
 " Yes, now he is very happy." 
 I " Dorty, Anna don't make a noise like 
 that when I am happy." 
 
 " But you are not a little piggy. Now 
 come, we will shut him up again." 
 ' " Dorty, where are your chickens ? " 
 
 " Dorty has n't any chickens. Once I 
 had pretty hens and chickens, yellow, 
 gray, white, black, and all colors ; but my 
 house is too near the wood, where Mr. 
 Fox lives, and he came so often, and 
 walked about, and stole my hens, that 
 by and by I had no hens left. And 
 then there was Mr. Weasel too, he crept 
 into the hen-house and sucked up the 
 eggs, and then Dorty had nothing left, 
 no hens and no eggs." 
 
 " But Anna does not know Mr. Weasel, 
 Dorty; but Mr. Fox, Anna has a story- 
 book, and there, and there are hens, and 
 a barn. And the dog and the fox, Dorty,
 
 HARM DOKTY. 17 
 
 I want to tell you something ; Mr. Fox, 
 he wants to steal the hens, Dorty, and he 
 comes creeping along, softly, softly, and 
 then he is going to spring, and then, 
 yes, Dorty." 
 
 " But, Anna, your story is n't finished, 
 what does the dog do ? " 
 
 Anna laughed out. " No, Dorty ; and 
 then comes the dog, and he " 
 
 " Well, he catches Mr. Fox by the col- 
 lar " 
 
 " No, Dorty, by the tail ! and then, 
 Dorty, and the Fox, he wants to get 
 away, Dorty, and then the dog bites 
 off a piece of his tail, Dorty." 
 
 "0, poor Fox!" 
 
 " Yes, but the poor hens ! only think ! 
 When Anna looks at her story-book she 
 always beats the old naughty fox. Poor 
 little hens ! " 
 
 " Come now, Anna," said Sophy, " little 
 Agnes is in her wagon, and we will go to 
 the maple-tree, and play there." 
 
 " Yes ; but first I want to dance with 
 Dorty so much."
 
 18 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " With me ? Well, that will be very 
 
 funny." 
 
 " But, Dorty, you must sing too." 
 
 " Sing, too ? Well, take hold here ; now 
 
 we '11 dance and sing.- 
 
 " Fallera, fallera, 
 See this happy little girl, 
 See how she can dance and twirl, 
 Right and left, left and right, 
 She can set her feet so light, 
 Fallera, fallera." 
 
 Anna laughed. u Once more, Dorty." 
 " No, no, Anna, no more now ; or else 
 you will be 'dizzly/ as you call it, and 
 tumble down. So now good by."
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 LUNCHEON. 
 
 SOPHY took little Agnes to the maple- 
 tree ; Anna trotted along behind, or ran 
 on in front, picked up pretty little stones, 
 looked at the toads that hopped along 
 the path, or watched the bees as they 
 flew about busily, visiting the flowers. 
 Anna was still standing looking about, 
 when Agnes and Sophy had been gone 
 out of sight a long time; there was so 
 much to see, little ants running up on 
 the blades of grass, black flies that buzzed 
 all round Anna's hat, and mosquitoes that 
 wanted to bite her. Then a pretty cater- 
 pillar came creeping very fast across the 
 path, and Anna must just see where it 
 was going. 
 
 At last she looked round for Agnes and 
 Sophy, and then she began to run, and
 
 20 LITTLE AXXA. 
 
 got to the maple-tree, with her face all 
 red, and her hat hanging down her back. 
 Sophy was sitting there on a bench be- 
 fore a table, and on her lap was Agnes, 
 playing with a box full of hens and ducks. 
 
 Agnes was delighted when her sister 
 came. She clapped her hands together 
 and laughed, and said, " Oa, Oa." The 
 little girls kissed each other, and then 
 Anna unpacked all her treasures, stones 
 and leaves and little flowers. Sophy had 
 already set out some little dishes and 
 plates. 
 
 " Sophy/' said Anna, " now I am going 
 to cook." 
 
 " So do, and cook something real nice." 
 
 " But what shall I cook ? " 
 
 " What you like best, ' boiled rice 
 with raisins in it." 
 
 Anna nodded. 
 
 " Yes ; and there is the rice, and there 
 is the milk, and there are the raisins." 
 
 While she said this she tore some of 
 the leaves into little pieces, and put some
 
 LUNCHEON. 21 
 
 little stones into a dish. She was still 
 very busy, indeed, when the clock struck, 
 ding dong, ding dong, ten times. Anna 
 threw the leaves and stones away, slid 
 down off the bench in a hurry, and said, 
 " Now my lunson." 
 
 " Yes," said Sophy, " but first let me put 
 your hat on properly. What would grand- 
 mamma think, if you came in looking like 
 a little wild gypsy girl ? So, and now 
 shake all the and and leaves out of your 
 apron. Little apron was so nice this 
 morning, but how it looks now ! " 
 
 Anna had no time at all to spare, and 
 ran away in a great hurry, as if she was 
 playing soldiers, and was in great danger 
 of being caught and made a prisoner. 
 
 When she ran into the room, grand- 
 mamma said, "Is my darling coming? 
 And is she so hot, and in such a hurry ? " 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma ; I want iny lunson." 
 
 " And you shall have it, little daughter ; 
 but first we will take off our little hat, 
 and make our hair smooth, and then we
 
 22 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 will take off the little gloves, and get 
 cool." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, I 'm quite cool." 
 Grandmamma laughed. " Quite cool ? 
 Now come, we will lay the table for 
 luncheon. Here we will put the dish with 
 pretty red strawberries ; there we will 
 put a big piece of bread, and there 
 there we will put the sugar, which we 
 don't like at all." 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma ; Anna loves sugar." 
 " Indeed ! Now my pet shall sit up at 
 the table, and put some strawberries on 
 her little plate, and then scatter some 
 sugar over them, nicely and sensibly, like 
 a grown-up woman. That 's right ; that 's 
 a neat little girl." 
 
 " Gra'mamma ! but I 'm a big girl. Ag- 
 nes is a little girl, and can't eat meat." 
 " What is our little pink doing ? " 
 "Agnes is playing with hens and ducks, 
 and Anna has been cooking rice pudding. 
 But, gra'mamma, Anna is eating up all 
 the lunson."
 
 LUNCHEON. 23 
 
 "So do, dearie; only don't spill and 
 make spots on your apron. "When you 
 go away again with mamma, w r ill you 
 think of grandmamma sometimes ? " 
 
 " But, gra'mamma, I will stay here." 
 
 "When mamma goes away don't you 
 think she will take her little girl with 
 her?" 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma, but you can go too. 
 Anna will take Alida in her lap, and 
 gra'mamma, you can sit in the little cor- 
 ner where Alida was. Don't you know ? 
 And I will give you some of my bread 
 and milk; and, gra'mamma, when we 
 came here, and there was a gentleman, 
 and he gave Anna a cake, and, gra'mam- 
 ma, I '11 give you some of the cake." 
 
 " Yes, but what if the gentleman with 
 the cake is not there?" 
 
 "Yes, don't you see, gra'mamma? 
 Then we take a cent and buy cake, 
 and then Anna breaks it in two, and one 
 piece for mamma, and for Agnes, and for 
 gra'mamma, and for Anna ! "
 
 24 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " And where shall we get the money." 
 
 "You, gra'mamma." 
 
 " I ? then I must save up very care- 
 fully, so that I may have a cent for the 
 cake. Grandmamma thought you would 
 give the cent." 
 
 " But Anna has n't got any. Gra'mam- 
 ma ! once there was a cent ; it was mam- 
 ma's, and Anna had her hand shut tight ; 
 but then Anna played with sand, and 
 then then the cent was gone ! " 
 
 "What did mamma say to that?" 
 
 "Mamma said Anna was too little. 
 But, gra'mamma, we don't want to talk 
 about that. I would like another piece 
 of bread." 
 
 "No, my Pussie. No more bread 
 now." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, but I am hungry." 
 
 " No matter, darling, we won't eat any 
 more bread now. Let us look, how 
 neatly the little girl has eaten ! All the 
 nice strawberries went into the little 
 mouth, and not one on the apron!"
 
 LUNCHEON. 25 
 
 " Gra'mamma, I would like another 
 piece of bread." 
 
 "Now we will put on our little hat 
 again, and our little gloves, and then we 
 will have a kiss and a hug, and then we 
 will go to our dear little Agnes, who has 
 not had any strawberries at all." 
 
 " But Agnes cannot have them ! when 
 Agnes can eat meat, gra'mamma, then 
 we will take hold of each other and run 
 very hard." 
 
 "Then grandmamma must take good 
 care not to be run over." 
 
 66 Yes gra'mamma, now Anna is go- 
 ing to cook again, and make nice cakes of 
 sand. But we cannot eat them. Let me 
 tell you, gra'mamma, the little lady-bugs 
 and the little flies shall have them."
 
 CHAPTEE V. 
 
 ANNA went under the maple-tree again 
 and played at cooking. She cooked for 
 all the people, and for the farmer, and for 
 Dorty. For the farmer she cooked meat 
 and pies ; for Dorty she made pancakes ; 
 for the housekeeper she made cake and 
 jelly, for the gardener, bacon and greens ; 
 in short, every person had a nice dish. 
 She talked over everything, how it 
 ought to be done, and who should have it, 
 and asked questions of Sophy, who gave 
 her good advice, and kept saying, u Anna, 
 Anna, don't let the pancakes get burned, 
 or Dorty won't eat them, she '11 give 
 them to piggy-wiggy." 
 
 Anna was so busy that she got quite 
 red in the face. She had a little sauce- 
 pan for her pancakes, and she filled it
 
 PLAYING. 27 
 
 with sand, put little stones on the table, 
 and said, "Those are coals, Anna saw 
 Dorty do just so." 
 
 She poured the sand out of the sauce- 
 pan again, and said, "First butter in." 
 Then she laid in a green leaf and poured 
 the sand in again, put the pan on the lit- 
 tle stones, and moved it backwards and 
 forwards, but suddenly she jerked the pan 
 up, and threw the sand high in the air. 
 She had seen Dorty do so, and it suc- 
 ceeded very well, only the sand flew into 
 the little girl's mouth and eyes, for her 
 little mouth was open because she was 
 laughing. She sputtered and said, pite- 
 ously, "Bah! Sophy." 
 
 " Yes, little tot, that 's what happens 
 when little children are stupid ; you 
 must n't throw sand up in the air. Come 
 here to me, there, now it 's all right. 
 Now make another pancake if you like, 
 only be handier about it. First stir the 
 batter properly, you forgot all about 
 that."
 
 28 LITTLE ANNA 
 
 "Sophy, but how?" 
 
 " I '11 show you. Here are three little 
 white stones. Those are eggs. We '11 
 crack one on the edge of the bowl, here ; 
 that makes a little crack in the shell ; 
 so. Now we '11 drop the egg out of the 
 shell into the bowl ; crack, crack, crack ; 
 now all the three eggs are in, and w T e '11 
 stir them ; where 's your little spoon ? 
 There it is, beat them up ; so, that 's 
 enough. Now we '11 put flour and salt to 
 them, and stir them round again, and then 
 we pour milk in, and stirabout, stirabout, 
 and then the batter is ready. Now the 
 butter goes into the pan, and set it on the 
 fire, and pour in the batter, don't you 
 see, that 's nice." 
 
 "Yes, Sophy ; but Anna can't cook 
 pancakes all my-lone, Sophy, Anna 
 can't." 
 
 " Sophy will show you ; see, we '11 take 
 a little plate, and lay it over our pancake, 
 and then we '11 hold the plate fast, and 
 turn the pan over, so ; now we '11 shake
 
 PLAYING. 29 
 
 him back again, and cook the other 
 side." 
 
 Anna laughed. "That went nice." 
 
 Happy little Agnes looked about, said 
 " Nium nium, gloo gloo," and other pretty 
 sounds. Sometimes she said, " pa, pa, pa," 
 pounded her little fists on the table, 
 looked at her hens, and threw them on 
 the ground, or dashed amongst Anna's 
 cooking things, and carried off something. 
 Then Anna would cry, " Ah ! Agnes that 's 
 mine " ; but she was so busy, she had n't 
 time to trouble herself much about it. 
 After she had played a little while, Anna 
 said, u Sophy, but what is that, that keeps 
 whistling and chirping so ? " 
 
 "Those are the dear little birds flying 
 about in the bushes, that make that noise. 
 But, look out, what 's coming there ? " 
 
 A large cat, with greenish eyes, came 
 creeping towards the bushes, putting down 
 her feet slowly and softly. 
 
 " Now, Anna, who 's that ? What does 
 mamma call her ? "
 
 30 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 That 's Madam Creep-softly ! " 
 
 " To be sure ; but who else is coming ? 
 Madam Creep-softly had better take care." 
 
 " That is Potly," said Anna. 
 
 " Potly ? Anna, is that the dog's name?" 
 
 Anna did n't answer. 
 
 " Anna, can't you say Pollux ? Try and 
 say Pollux." 
 
 Before Anna could answer, Pollux 
 sprang out, and tried to catch the cat. 
 Pussy sprang up into the nearest tree, the 
 birds flew off, and Pollux, looking very 
 much disappointed, stood at the foot of 
 the tree, barking ; while the cat sat on 
 the branch, looking down at him with her 
 green eyes. Both the children had looked 
 on, half frightened, when the coachman 
 whistled, and Pollux ran off. 
 
 u Sophy," said Anna, " now please sing 
 Rush, rush." 
 
 " Why, do you remember that ? Well, 
 now listen ; and you too, baby." 
 
 'Flutter, flutter, rush, 
 The bird flies to the bush ; 
 Flutter, flutter, rush, rush !
 
 PLAYING. 31 
 
 " The cat steals round on velvet feet, 
 And wants a bird to catch and eat. 
 Hush, hush, hush, hush ! 
 
 " Then the dog comes out so pat, 
 And all in a minute flies at the cat, 
 Bow-wow, bow-wow, 
 Bow-wow, wow ! 
 
 " The bird flies off again through the sky, 
 Up Avith the wind, to the hills so high, 
 Fal de ral, fal de ral, 
 Fal de ral la ! 
 
 " The cat she climbs to a branch of the tree, 
 Miau, miau, miau ; 
 The dog at the foot he tries to see. 
 Bow-wow, bow-wow, bow-wow ! "
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 AFTER Anna had played a good while 
 very happily, she said, " Now Sophy, An- 
 na must have my soup." 
 
 " It is not time yet, little woman. The 
 clock has not struck two yet." 
 
 "I want my soup; I want to go to 
 gra'mamma." 
 
 "Well, then, run away to grandmam- 
 ma, but she will say it is too early yet. 
 Set your hat straight and put on your 
 gloves." 
 
 Anna ran away in a great hurry to her 
 grandmamma, and her first words were, 
 "I would like my soup." 
 
 " Yes, my precious, but you have come 
 a great deal too soon. Anna has got to 
 wait half an hour longer." 
 
 "But, gra'mamma, I would like my 
 soup."
 
 DINNER. 33 
 
 "Darling, the soup is at the fire, boil- 
 ing and bubbling, but it is not ready yet. 
 Then, when it is ready, how very nice it 
 will be, nice soup, made with peas, and 
 grandmamma told the cook to put in nice 
 crumbs of toast, how many do you think ? 
 one, two, three, four." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, I should like so much to 
 have my soup ! " 
 
 "Four, five, six, seven, eight, only 
 think, eight nice bits of toast. Now 
 what shall we do till the soup is ready. 
 Will my Anna say the little song abaut 
 <My Dearest Life'?" 
 
 " No, gra'mamma, Anna can't say that, 
 not one bit." 
 
 "Not one bit? And you sang it so 
 nicely yesterday ! Now begin it ; grand- 
 mamma likes to hear it so much. Now " 
 
 "No, gra'mamma, Anna cannot sing 
 < My Dearest Life/" 
 
 " Grandmamma 's sorry ; but I think 
 the little girl will change her mind, and 
 she '11 come and lay her little fat arms 
 
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 34 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 and hands on grandmamma's lap, and 
 she '11 sing it as nicely as Mr. Lark 
 himself?" 
 
 Anna laughed, ran to her grandmamma, 
 laid her arms upon her knees, and said, 
 a Gra'mamma, how does it begin ? " 
 
 "' My dearest life.'" 
 
 " Yes ; now wait a minute." 
 
 " My dearest life, 
 Said the lark to his wife, 
 At home you can stay, 
 While I fly away 
 And get some fine seed 
 Our children to feed." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, now Anna don't want to 
 say any more." 
 
 " Well, that is quite enough, my pet." 
 " Gra'mamma, I would like my soup." 
 " It '11 come pretty soon now ; it is 
 boiling, bubble, bubble; then Charlotte 
 will pour it in our pretty little soup-bowl, 
 and then the business will be done. But 
 tell me now, my pet, what sort of little 
 prayers did you say this morning ? "
 
 DINNER. 35 
 
 " None at all, gra'mamma." 
 
 66 None at all. My little Anna has not 
 thanked the good God, that she slept so 
 sweetly in her pretty bed, and that God 
 took such good care of her and little 
 Agnes?" 
 
 " Anna forgot it." 
 
 " My Anna must n't forget it. Good 
 children are always thankful, and never 
 forget to say their thanks. What is the 
 little prayer you say every morning ? " 
 
 " Good God, I thank thee I have slept 
 so sweetly. Good God, help me to be 
 a good, pleasant child, and take care of 
 all good people." 
 
 " Now, you see, that is a lovely prayer ; 
 my Anna must n't forget to say it. But 
 here comes the soup, a delicious pea-soup, 
 with toast in it." 
 
 Anna was in a great hurry, had her 
 apron put on, climbed up in a chair, and 
 patted the table with her hands in great 
 delight. 
 
 " Gra'mamma, Anna will eat it all up."
 
 36 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 "Yes, but I must put some first on 
 your little plate, so that it may not be 
 too hot, and my child may not be burned. 
 There is the beautiful soup, now eat it 
 neatly and not too quick, do you hear, 
 my darling?" 
 
 Anna ate her soup very neatly and 
 very contentedly, but presently Ellen 
 came in with a dish of spinach, and 
 another dish with a little roasted pigeon. 
 Anna ate her soup in a great hurry, 
 and said, " There, gra'mamma, now I 'in 
 ready." 
 
 " Don't you want any more soup ? " 
 
 " No, my gra'mamma." 
 
 The good grandmamma cut off some of 
 the meat of the pigeon, as much as was 
 good for the little girl to eat, minced it 
 up, put some spinach with it, and gave it 
 to her. 
 
 Anna was very fond of pigeon, and of 
 spinach ; she thanked her grandmamma, 
 and said, "But Anna will eat it all up." 
 
 When she had eaten the pigeon and
 
 DINNER. 37 
 
 the spinach, she said, beseechingly, "I 
 should like to have some more soup." 
 
 Grandmamma laughed. "More now? 
 Well, to-day you may have it, but you 
 must n't do so again, to-morrow. First 
 my Anna must eat her soup, and then 
 her meat and vegetables. Do you under- 
 stand grandmamma, my darling ? " 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma, but I am very tired." 
 
 " Very tired ? Little, silly thing, you 
 must be very merry, and go out and play 
 with Agnes." 
 
 "Dear gra'mamma, I want to go to 
 mamma. Please, gra'mamma, Anna is 
 really very tired." 
 
 "Yes; but first we must wash our 
 hands, and the little mouth all over 
 spinach, so ; now run to mamma."
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 THE STORY. 
 
 ANNA went to her mamma, and was a 
 regular little coaxing puss. 
 
 " My mamma, my sweet mamma, my 
 darling mamma. Mamma, I don't want 
 to play with Agnes out of doors, I am 
 very tired." 
 
 " Our dear little Agnes is not out of 
 doors any longer. She has had her soup, 
 and now she is in her cradle." 
 
 " I want to give Agnes a little kiss." 
 
 " It is too late now, Anna dear ; your 
 little sister has shut her eye-peepers tight, 
 and is fast asleep." 
 
 " How is Agnes asleep, mamma ? So : 
 gloo, gloo?" 
 
 " Perhaps so ; and perhaps Agnes is 
 dreaming that by and by Anna is going 
 to be very pleasant, and play with her."
 
 THE STORY. 39 
 
 " Yes, mamma, but when Agnes can eat 
 meat and run very hard " 
 
 " She cannot do that yet, but you can, 
 and so you must be very pleasant, so that 
 your little sister may not be unhappy 
 because she is always left behind." 
 
 " Yes ; but Sophy takes Agnes and 
 drags her in her wagon. Sophy says, by 
 and by she will give us both a ride. 
 Mamma, dear mamma, take me in your 
 lap. May I, may I climb up ? " 
 
 Her mamma nodded, and Anna climbed 
 up. 
 
 " That is my precious mamma." 
 
 " And that is my darling little Anna." 
 
 " Mamma, I want a story ; please, dear 
 mamma. Don't you know? about a 
 nest, and red flowers, and a bird, and 
 big stick?" 
 
 " Always the same story ? Well ; now 
 listen : 
 
 " Once there was a little bush, and the 
 pretty little bush had red flowers and 
 green leaves. Among the red flowers and
 
 40 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 the green leaves, hid low down, low 
 down, was a lovely little nest, and the 
 litle nest was made of hay and moss and 
 feathers, and all sorts of things : and in 
 the nest were four very little bits of 
 naked birds, that had no little feathers 
 at all, but they had bright, yellow beaks, 
 that they kept opening all the time for 
 food, and their good bird papa and 
 mamma put little seeds into their beaks. 
 Then " 
 
 " Mamma, now it 's coming." 
 
 "Then there came one day, one, two, 
 three, four boys along the road, and one 
 of them said, ' Now, I don't want to play 
 any more, let 's look for nests, and the 
 eggs we find we '11 sell.' As he was 
 saying this he looked into the little red 
 bush, and there dear ! dear ! 
 there he saw the little naked birds with 
 their yellow beaks wide open. 
 
 " ' ho ! ' shouted the boy, ' come 
 here, here 's something to look at. Look 
 at the little fellows, how they keep their 
 mouths open.'
 
 THE STORY. 41 
 
 " ' 0, let them alone/ said the oldest of 
 the boys, ' what do you want to do with 
 them ? You can't feed them ; the old 
 birds must do that or they 11 die.' 
 
 ' Well, but I want the fun.' 
 
 " 4 Don't you know what father said the 
 other day? He said, Don't take nests, 
 boys ; only think how you would feel if 
 somebody took you away from your fa- 
 ther and mother, and you had to starve/ 
 
 " 4 But I meant to have such fun with 
 the nest ! What can we do ? I 'm tired 
 of playing.' 
 
 " ' I '11 tell you what. Mother wants 
 the paths in the garden nicely raked, let's 
 do that.' 
 
 " ' Well, for all I care ; but you 're al- 
 ways such a goose, you spoil all my fun ! ' 
 
 " He had hardly said this when a man 
 with a big stick came out from behind a 
 tree, and said, c And if he had n't spoiled 
 your fun, and you had n't listened to him, 
 you would have got some good hard 
 blows from this stick here ! Now go
 
 42 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 into your mother's garden and rake the 
 paths, and don't ever take it into your 
 head again to carry off little helpless 
 birds. You booby, you young rascal.' 
 
 " The boys went away without speak- 
 ing, put the paths in order, and when they 
 had done, their kind mother gave them 
 each a little piece of money, and on Sat- 
 urday, when the baker came, they all 
 stood round his basket and looked in, 
 and each bought a bun; and then the 
 oldest boy said, ' Now tell us which is 
 best, to do a bad thing and get beaten, 
 or to do something useful, and be able to 
 buy buns ? ' ' 
 
 Anna laughed. " Yes, mamma ! Once 
 more, mamma, please, dear mamma, 
 once more about the birds and the 
 boys." 
 
 "No, my darling, no more to-day. 
 Now mamma will ploy a little with her 
 daughter, then she must take her sew- 
 ing again, and Anna can play with her 
 Alida. Now give us your little hand,
 
 THE STORY. 43 
 
 so, now hold your fingers up, now we '11 
 
 see. 
 
 This is Mr. Thumb, 
 
 This knocks down the plum, 
 
 This one picks it up, 
 
 This one carries it home, and 
 
 This little stupid wee one, eats it all, all up." 
 
 Anna laughed. " Once more." 
 " Now let us play hand over hand. 
 There lies mamma's hand, and now comes 
 the little fist, now mamma, and now An- 
 na, and now mamma draws out her hand, 
 now the little one, and now Anna again, 
 and now there comes a little mouse, tick, 
 tick, tick, and wants to find a little house, 
 tick, tick, tick, tick, tick."
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 THE DOLL. 
 
 ANNA sat with Alida in her arms and 
 talked to her. "Yes, my little pecious, 
 mamma will cook you some soup, only 
 keep still, nice, beautiful soup, with 
 toast in it ! There now we '11 go to the 
 stove, and this is the kitchen, mamma 
 has the little saucepan, and in that she '11 
 cook the soup, and we say roundabout, 
 roundabout, mamma is that right?" 
 
 " No, Anna, we say stirabout, stirabout, 
 or the soup will burn." 
 
 "Yes, stirabout, stirabout, or else it 
 will burn! Now the soup is ready, and 
 there 's our bowl, and we '11 pour it in, 
 and we '11 cover it up, so, only keep 
 still, come, my Alida, eat your soup, 
 come, come ; mamma, Alida will not eat 
 her soup."
 
 THE DOLL. 45 
 
 " Then Alida is certainly not well." 
 
 "Yes, mamma, and the soup is very 
 nice." 
 
 "You must send for the doctor, for Ali- 
 da must be ill." 
 
 "Yes, my Alida, my little pecious. 
 Yes, mamma must get the doctor, and 
 he has very bitter medicine stuff. My 
 poor little Alida ! Mamma will tuck you 
 up in bed, and then Lisbeth shall go for 
 the doctor. Now lie down, and now, 
 mamma is Lisbeth, and runs for the 
 doctor." 
 
 Anna went to the door of the room 
 and knocked at it, said, " Come in," her- 
 self, and then, " Be so good as come to 
 Alida; she sick." Then she murmured 
 a few words, as if the doctor answered, 
 and ran back to her doll. 
 
 "Doctor says poor little Alida must 
 take powder, yes. Now mamma will 
 get the powder ready. Please, dear mam- 
 ma, give me a piece of paper." 
 
 Mamma gave her the paper, she tore
 
 46 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 it into little pieces, filled each piece with 
 sand, and then said : " Here is the powder ; 
 so, now open mouth very wide, that 's a 
 good little daughter ! Does it taste bit- 
 ter, yes, Doctor has n't any sweet 
 powder. Mamma, Alida has taken her 
 medicine." 
 
 " Very well ; now take her in your lap, 
 and tell her a story ; then she '11 be 
 better." 
 
 " Come, my little girl, mamma will take 
 you in her lap, and tell you a story. 
 Once there was mamma, what was 
 there once ? " 
 
 " Once there was a little girl, who was 
 always asking questions, and calling to 
 mamma." 
 
 Xo, mamma, not that, not that ; 
 please tell me what there was once." 
 
 " Once there was a man that had n't 
 any gun. So he bought him one, and 
 then he had a gun. Is that right ? " 
 
 - No, mamma, that 's not right at all ; 
 something different, mamma,"
 
 THE DOLL. 47 
 
 "Well, once there was a little girl 
 whose name was Elise " 
 
 " Yes, mamma ; now Anna knows about 
 it. Once there was a little girl, whose 
 name was Elise, who had many pretty 
 playthings; and once there was a dog, 
 and there came a little poor child, very 
 poor, and had n't any bread, and wanted 
 to pick violets and pretty flowers, and 
 the dog Bow-wow, wow, said the little 
 dog, and the little girl cried, Ow, ow, 
 ow, and Elise called out, ' Ponto, Ponto, 
 you must n't bark/ and the little poor 
 child cried, Boo, oo, oo, and Elise said, 
 ' Ponto sha'n't hurt you ; and there 's my 
 pjece of gingerbread for you, and there 's 
 a little wooden doll for you.' Yes, that 
 was a very pretty story." 
 "What does Alida say to it?" 
 " Alida has gone to sleep, mamma." 
 "There, don't you see you can tell 
 stories very nicely. Alida has gone to 
 sleep, and has n't any headache, and is n't 
 sick any more. Now sing to her, so that 
 ghe may sleep sound."
 
 48 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Rockaby, baby thy cradle is g'een, 
 Father 's a nobleman, 
 Betty 's a keen, 
 And Harry 's a drummer and drums for the king." 
 
 " That was very nice ; but don't you 
 know any more?" 
 
 " Say, say, say, where sleeps the good dog Tray ? 
 The geese are sleeping in the shed, 
 The birds are sleeping over head, 
 Say, say, say, here sleeps little May." 
 
 " But my doll's name is Alida, not May, 
 mamma. Now she is fast asleep."
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 THE VISIT. 
 
 IN the afternoon came visitors, and 
 there were some little girls with them, 
 all older and bigger than Anna, but they 
 were all very pleasant to her. One of the 
 children, whose name was Grace, took hold 
 of Anna's hand, and spoke to her very 
 pleasantly ; but Anna was very still, and 
 did not answer at all at first, and at last 
 she said, "I want to go to mamma, I 
 want to go to gra'mamma, I want to 
 go to Sophy and Agnes." 
 
 " 0, Anna, stay with me," said Grace, 
 " we will go in the garden and run about, 
 and there are birds and pretty flowers." 
 
 u I want to go to mamma." 
 
 "Anna, only see how the other girls 
 are running ; sha'n't we go run too. Won't . 
 you please come with me ? "
 
 50 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " I want to go to gra'mamma." 
 
 Grandmamma had heard it all, and she 
 came and asked, " What does Anna want 
 of grandmamma?" 
 
 "Gra'mamma, I want to stay with 
 you" 
 
 " Give one hand to grandmamma, and 
 the other to good little Grace, so, 
 now we 11 walk a little way. down to that 
 corner, but there it goes down hill, down 
 hill, and grandmamma can't go there, so 
 she will stand still and see you little girls 
 run down the bank very fast." 
 
 "Gra'mamma, let us all run together, 
 you too." 
 
 " Grandmamma can't do that, only lit- 
 tle girls like Grace and Anna have such 
 quick feet." 
 
 " And those other girls, too, gra'mam- 
 ma, that are running down there." 
 
 " To be sure ; now grandmamma will 
 let go your hand, and then the little girls 
 take tight hold of each other and run 
 right down, not too fast, so that they
 
 THE VISIT. 51 
 
 shall not tumble, Grace knows how. 
 There, now grandmamma will count, and 
 when she says three, you run off, one, 
 two, three ! " 
 
 The two little girls ran down the hill 
 very nicely, and when they were at the 
 bottom Anna said, " Once more." Grace 
 was ready, and when they came up to 
 grandmamma she kissed them both. Af- 
 ter they had run down again, the other 
 children who came along, said, "Now 
 come, Grace and Anna, let's play Fox 
 and Geese." 
 
 " Come, Anna," said Grace, " let 's play 
 with them." 
 
 The children all took hold of hands, 
 and made a circle, and one little girl 
 stayed in the middle and was Fox, and the 
 others danced round her and sang, 
 
 " There stands the great Fox lox, Fox lox, 
 Great naughty Fox lox, 
 Ho, ho, hollo ! " 
 
 The Fox broke through suddenly and 
 tried to catch one of the children, and
 
 52 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 the one he caught had to go into the 
 middle. This game amused the children 
 very much. At last Anna sang with 
 them, " There stands Fox lox," with- 
 out getting any further, but she danced 
 up and down very merrily, and laughed 
 very heartily. 
 
 After the children had played a long 
 while they went into a pretty little sum- 
 mer-house to get cool, and when they 
 were quite, cool they had bread and milk 
 and cake, with nice strawberries and su- 
 gar. 
 
 Anna got up on her tiptoes, and her 
 little nose came just above the edge of 
 the table. 
 
 " Gra'mamma, good gra'mamma, An- 
 na would like some red strawberries, they 
 would make me so nice and cool." 
 
 Grandmamma laughed. " Yes, my pet, 
 you shall have some strawberries. But 
 the other children must be helped first, 
 because they are our visitors, and my 
 Anna shall hand round the cake and
 
 THE VISIT. 53 
 
 sugar, and ask the children very pleasantly 
 to take some. How are you going to do 
 it ? What are you going to say ? " 
 
 " Gra'mamma, Anna is n't going to say 
 anything. Anna does n't know how." 
 
 " yes, my Anna says, ' Please, Grace, 
 take some cake, and you too, Fanny ; take 
 some cake, little Mary,' and so to all the 
 children; and when the sun is very 
 bright, then grandmamma will go with 
 Anna to see these little girls, and they 
 will say, ' Please, little Anna, take some 
 cake, take some sugar.'" 
 
 Anna carried about the plate of cake, 
 and afterwards the sugar, very nicely, 
 and said "Please take," and they were 
 all delighted with her.
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 WHEN Anna woke next morning, she 
 rubbed her eyes and looked round qui- 
 etly, till Sophy said, " Good morning, 
 Anna ! " 
 
 "Yes, Sophy, but Anna must say her 
 prayers first. Gra'mamma said so." 
 
 " Certainly, we forgot it yesterday, but 
 we will not forget it again. Now fold 
 your little hands and pray." 
 
 " Good God, Anna has slept nicely, and 
 thank thee too, and will be a good child, 
 and all good people." 
 
 " Take care of all good people ! " 
 
 "Yes, Sophy, and all good people." 
 
 " Anna look round here." 
 
 Anna looked round, and there was little 
 Agnes sitting up in her crib, as sweet as 
 ever, smiling at Anna, and saying *0a,
 
 DRESSING. 55 
 
 Oa, Agoo, Agoo." Anna laughed and 
 nodded. 
 
 "Sophy, Agnes cannot talk yet, but 
 when Agnes can eat meat then she will 
 talk, and run too, Sophy!" 
 
 " Yes, Anna ; but do you know what has 
 happened ? The sun has gone and hid 
 himself, so that we can't find him ; that 's 
 a miserable business. "We can't go to 
 Mann Dorty's, to-day, nor into the garden ; 
 we can't gather any flowers, nor pick up 
 any stones ; we can't see the pretty birds 
 and butterflies flying about, for it is rain- 
 ing hard." 
 
 " Yes, Sophy ; but what then ? " 
 
 66 Come now, make haste ; we '11 wash 
 and dress as quick as we can, as if we 
 were grown people, and we '11 be glad, 
 when we are quite clean. Grown people 
 are glad, too, when they are clean. Now 
 look out ! Here comes the water ; and 
 runs over head and ears, mouth and neck, 
 and down, down, and now we'll wipe 
 it off."
 
 56 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Sophy, that was defful quick." 
 
 " Yes, it must go quick. Now fly round 
 and put on your stockings ; so, that 's 
 sensible. Who would have other people 
 pull on their stockings for them ? Anna 
 is growing a great big girl. Now I '11 tell 
 you. When you 've had your breakfast, 
 and Sophy has swept the room and put 
 everything in order, then you shall come 
 in here again and play washerwoman." 
 
 "Yes, Sophy; but Anna must have 
 clothes to wash." 
 
 "To be sure; you shall have all you 
 need." 
 
 But what will Agnes play ? " 
 
 " Agnes will play with her animals, and 
 build a town, and look on, and see whether 
 you wash clean. Now kiss each other, 
 and say good morning." 
 
 "Yes, Agnes, dear! Sophy, Agnes 
 always opens her mouth when I kiss 
 her." 
 
 "Very little children always do so. 
 Now, let 's get dressed quick ; put on
 
 DRESSING. 57 
 
 clothes, and get hair combed. There, 
 now, the clothes are on, and here conies 
 the comb, he '11 scratch us a little." 
 
 " But, Sophy, not scratch ! " 
 
 " We '11 see what he '11 do ; he 's in a 
 great hurry. Now he 's coming ; down 
 hill, down hill, don't you know ? Down 
 hill, down hill, down to the bottom. 
 how softly he goes." 
 
 "Yes; but Sophy, he did hurt a lit- 
 tle." 
 
 "Did he though? Yet he went so 
 softly." 
 
 "Yes; I suppose he must scratch a 
 little. He can't help that." 
 
 " Now gown and little apron. And now 
 we look like a dear little daisy, all red and 
 white. Now go to mamma and grand- 
 mamma." 
 
 " First, I give Agnes another little kiss. 
 My little darling! my little monkey! 
 Now Anna go to mamma and gra'mamma. 
 Good by Agnes." 
 
 " There, go ; and when breakfast is 
 
 3*
 
 58 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 ready I '11 call you. Don't tease mamma 
 and grandmamma about breakfast, for it 
 won't be ready till Sophy calls you. Be 
 a good little daughter."
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 WHEN mamma had had her morning 
 kiss, she said to Anna : " Well, my pet, 
 was not yesterday a pleasant day ? so 
 many nice children, and all playing so 
 kindly with Anna." 
 
 "Yes, mamma; and there was Grace, 
 and mamma, there was a great fox- 
 lox, and Anna danced with them; yes, 
 mamma." 
 
 "And was my little daughter fox-lox 
 too ? " 
 
 " No, mamma, was n't fox-lox at all. 
 Fox-lox ran so foorious, Anna could n't 
 run so hard, mamma." 
 
 "What did the children sing?" 
 
 " ' Great Fox-lox ' they sang." 
 
 " Now mamma will tell you something ! 
 Some day when it is beautiful weather,
 
 60 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 and my Anna is a good little girl, then 
 grandpapa will say, < Thomas, put the 
 horses to the carriage/ and then Anna 
 will have on her white dress, and her little 
 jacket, and put on her hat, and grand- 
 mamma will put on her bonnet, and mam- 
 ma too ; and we will all get into the car- 
 riage, and drive to the place where little 
 Grace lives with her papa and mamma." 
 " But grandpapa is not here." 
 " Grandpapa is coming to-night, good 
 grandpapa, is n't Anna glad of that ? 
 When we get there, Grace will come to 
 the carnage, and call out, 6 Anna, Anna, 
 are you there, my dear, dear Anna ? ' and 
 then Anna will get out of the carriage 
 and kiss Grace, and be very glad to see 
 her, and then both the children will run 
 into the house." 
 
 " Yes mamma ! what else, mamma ? " 
 "When the children are in the house, 
 Anna will give her hand to Grace's mam- 
 ma and say, ' How do you do ? ' to every- 
 body, like a polite little girl.'*
 
 MAMMA. 61 
 
 "Yes, mamma; but if strange man is 
 there, then not." 
 
 " Certainly. Why not ? Good children 
 speak civilly to everybody." 
 
 " What else, mamma ? " 
 
 " Grace and Anna take hold of hands, 
 and go in the garden, and look at the 
 pretty flowers, but don't touch them ; 
 and they hear the little birds sing so 
 sweetly, and see the swans swim so pret- 
 tily on the pond ; then the other children 
 come too, and they all play hide and 
 seek. My little bit of a girl creeps under 
 a bush, and keeps as still as a mouse, and 
 then the others cry out, ' Anna cry coop ' ; 
 then Anna calls in a very small voice, 
 ' Coo, coo ! ' and the others run about, and 
 can't find the little girl anywhere. ' Where 
 is Anna, where can she be ? 0, she is 
 not here ; she must have gone home 
 again.' Then Anna will call again, ' Coo, 
 coo ! ' ' That was Anna ! that was Anna ! 
 Well, she 's here, now ; let 's look for her 
 again ; * and the children look and look
 
 62 LITTLE ASXA. 
 
 and look, and at last they come to the 
 little bush, and Grace says, ' What is that ? 
 there is something white ' ; and then 
 the children come trooping along, and 
 push through the bushes, and call out, 
 6 There she is, there she is.' " 
 
 " Yes, mamma ; but the children won't 
 tumble Anna over, will they, mamma ? " 
 
 " Dear no ! The children will laugh, 
 and be so glad to find little Anna, and 
 Anna will laugh, and say, ' You could n't 
 find me at all.' " 
 
 " Yes, dear, good mamma ; but what 
 next?" 
 
 " You want more ? When the children 
 have played long enough in the garden, 
 they will say, < Anna, would you like to 
 see the doves, and the hens, and the 
 ducks ? Come, Anna, we '11 carry some- 
 thing with us for them to eat, and you 
 shall give them some. Would you like 
 to do it ? ' My little daughter nods, and 
 looks pleased, and the children get a 
 basket full of corn and crumbs, and they 
 all run with Anna to the poultry-yard."
 
 MAMMA. 63 
 
 " Yes, mamma ; but, mamma, Sophy 
 does not come. I am very hungry; I 
 should like my breakfast." 
 
 " Yes ; but first we '11 feed the doves, 
 and the hens, and the ducks, and then 
 Anna shall be fed too. The biggest of 
 the girls opens the door of the hen-house, 
 and the children go in, and then it 's all 
 chirp, chirp, cluck, cluck, gobble, gobble, 
 snap, snap ; and Anna laughs and gets 
 a little frightened too. Then the children 
 say, ' Anna, don't be afraid ; the hens and 
 the ducks are very happy ; you throw 
 them something.' Then my little daugh- 
 ter throws some corn right and left, and 
 the nice birds snap and eat it all up. Do 
 you know who says quack, quack ? That 's 
 what the ducks say." 
 
 "Yes, but mamma, to-day the sun 
 shines so bright." 
 
 " To-day Thomas and the horses are 
 going to bring home good grandpapa; 
 and don't you see it is raining?" 
 
 " Anna, Anna, your breakfast is ready ! "
 
 G4: LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Mamma, mamma, Sophy called. Now 
 Anna must run." 
 
 "Well, little fly-away! No kiss for 
 mamma ? Yes, I thought so. Now run 
 away, and tell Sophy to bring Agnes 
 to me, when she has had her breakfast."
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 GREAT WASHING-DAT. 
 
 AFTER Anna had done her breakfast, 
 Sophy said, "There, Anna, now Sophy 
 will take away the breakfast things, and 
 meantime you can put away your play- 
 things, for they were left all about yes- 
 terday, because those little girls came. 
 When I come back, you shall play wash- 
 woman." 
 
 Anna got together all the playthings, 
 and laid them in the little cupboard, and 
 the big ones that could not go into the 
 cupboard, she put into the corner where 
 they were kept. When Sophy came 
 back it was all done, and she said: 
 "Very good; now bring your doll's 
 clothes, and here are some of Agnes's 
 little things, and there 's an apron, and 
 there's another, and a handkerchief of
 
 66 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 Sophy's ; there 's enough for a wash, 
 put them all in a heap here by the 
 bureau, here's the wash-room." 
 
 There, Sophy, it 's all there." 
 
 " Well, now we '11 count our clothes, 
 come here. One, two, you must count 
 too. Now, once more. One, two, three, 
 four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 
 eleven, twelve pieces! There, my dear 
 wash-woman, you must bring them all 
 home safe. Now the wash-woman will 
 put them all into a tub and pour water 
 over them, and soak them." 
 
 " But there is no tub." 
 
 " We '11 take the great bowl here, but 
 be a careful little wash-woman, don't spoil 
 anything." 
 
 " There, Sophy, but Anna has no 
 water." 
 
 "We don't want any water, here, 
 take the pail and run to the well, and 
 make believe draw some water, and make 
 believe pour it out. We won't have real 
 water, for then the wash-woman would 
 get all wet."
 
 GREAT WASHING-DAY. 67 
 
 Where 's the well, Sophy ? " 
 
 " Here at the window, where the flow- 
 er-pots are, here under the beautiful 
 trees. Now fetch a great deal of water, 
 and pour it over the clothes, and when 
 you have, done that call me." 
 
 " Sophy, now it 's done." 
 
 "Yes, my dear wash-woman, now* you 
 must make some fire, and put the kettle 
 on and boil some water. Here are some 
 little bits of wood to make your fire, and 
 then wash-woman must bring the kettle 
 out of the cupboard, and put it over the 
 fire, and fill it with water, and make it 
 boil nicely." 
 
 " Yes, Sophy." Anna ran' busily back- 
 ward and forward, and at last she said, 
 "Now it's quite hot." 
 
 "Very well, wash-woman. Now pour 
 the water into another tub and put 
 some soap in." 
 
 " Got no soap." 
 
 " Here 's a stone, that will do for soap, 
 stir the soap round in the water ever so
 
 68 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 much, then bring some clothes out of the 
 other tub, and wring them out and wash 
 them." 
 
 u But Anna can't wring them." 
 " Dear little wash-woman, don't be stu- 
 pid ; pick up one of the things, take hold 
 of it so, and wring the water out, not 
 so slow as that, mercy on us, you must 
 fly round like the wind." 
 
 " This way, Sophy, this way ? " 
 " First-rate, little woman, that 's right." 
 " Sophy, now there 's nothing more." 
 Very well, now we '11 begin to wash 
 them. This is the way to wash them, 
 and what you 've washed you '11 lay over 
 here." 
 
 " Sophy, now wash-woman has washed 
 everything." 
 
 66 That 's a splendid little wash-woman, 
 now let 's get some more water and put 
 the clothes into that, and then it will be 
 night, and wash-woman will go to sleep, 
 and when she wakes up she can do some 
 moTe."
 
 GREAT WASHING-DAY. 69 
 
 " Yes, Sophy, but where does wash-wo- 
 man sleep." I 
 
 " Wash- woman can sit here in her chair, 
 she does n't lie down on the floor ; she is 
 too neat for that." \ 
 
 "Sophy, now wash-woman is asleep; 
 only hear her snoring!" 
 
 " Only let her sleep sound, so that she 
 may be strong to do her work." 
 
 "Sophy, now wash-woman has waked 
 tip, and what next." 
 
 " Now we '11 go to the pond and rinse 
 out the clothes. Look here, shake it this 
 way and that, this way and that." 
 
 Anna laughed. " What next ? " 
 
 " Now we '11 wring the water out 
 again, and Sophy has a fine long string ; 
 we '11 fasten it here, and then over there, 
 and that will be our clothes-line, we '11 
 hang the clothes on the line, and then 
 the wind will blow them, and the sun 
 will shine upon them, and they will get 
 quite dry." 
 
 " But, Sophy, but it rains."
 
 70 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Not here where we are, we Ve got 
 the sunshine." 
 
 "Sophy, I want to go out. Anna 
 does n't want to play wash-woman any 
 more." 
 
 " Goodness me ! what would people say 
 if wash-woman was to run away. First 
 we must finish our work. Sophy will 
 help you hang out the clothes ; only be 
 quick." 
 
 "Now they are all hung out. But 
 Sophy, Anna does n't want to do it any 
 more. I want to go in the garden." 
 
 " Well, wait till we 've done. Then So- 
 phy will open the window, and put her 
 nose out, and say, Does it rain ? and then 
 a great drop of rain falls on her nose, and 
 she says, dear, dear, we can't go yet !" 
 
 " But it is n't raining any more ! " 
 
 " Now we '11 take in the clothes, and 
 lay them all together, so, and so, and 
 now we '11 go to the mangle, and mangle 
 them. Anna's chair is the mangle, and 
 here is a round stick of wood, that will
 
 GREAT WASHING-DAY. 71 
 
 do for the roller. Now, see, this is the 
 way, up and down, backward and for- 
 ward, don't you see how nice it is ? " 
 " I want to go in the garden." 
 " Now we have done mangling, we '11 
 do a little ironing. Go to the cupboard, 
 and get your little flat-iron. Look here ; 
 now you iron so, and make it all very 
 smooth. What do you say to that ? Is n't 
 it lovely?" 
 
 " Don't want to do it any more, Sophy." 
 
 " Now listen. You be an industrious 
 
 little girl, and presently it will strike 
 
 ding, dong, ding; and you will run to 
 
 grandmamma and get your luncheon." 
 
 " Anna is quite ready now, Sophy, and 
 it is striking ding, dong, ding ; please 
 open the door, Anna must run."
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 GBANDPAPA. 
 
 THE next morning Sophy said, " Anna, 
 Anna, wake up, little sleepy-head. Now, 
 are the little eye-peepers open ? My 
 dear little woman, do you know who came 
 last night, after Anna was asleep ? " 
 
 Anna sat up in bed. She had very rosy 
 cheeks, and could not quite remember 
 anything. "Grandpapa,'' said the little 
 girl, and laughed. 
 
 " Of course, dear good grandpapa ; and 
 he asked directly, "How are the chil- 
 dren, how does Anna do ? " 
 
 Yes, Sophy." 
 
 " Now, come, quick, we must get up ; 
 and when we are all spick and span clean, 
 then Anna will go, first to mamma and to 
 grandmamma, and then, and then, to 
 good grandpapa. What will he say when 
 Anna comes?"
 
 GKANDPAPA. 73 
 
 < My little Anna ! ' will he ? " 
 
 " Yes ; and then grandpapa will kiss 
 the little girl, and ask, 'Been a good 
 child?'" 
 
 "Sophy, but Anna has not done any- 
 thing naughty, and Anna has not cried, 
 Sophy." 
 
 " No ; you Ve been a good child. When 
 our little Agnes is dressed, and has had 
 her breakfast, then I will take her to 
 grandpapa too, and he will be pleased 
 with the dear little girl." 
 
 "Yes; but Anna can go on her feet. 
 When Agnes can eat meat, then she will 
 run too." 
 
 u There comes Jenny ; say ' good morn- 
 ing/ Anna." 
 
 " Good morning, Jenny." 
 
 "Good morning, little Anna; mamma 
 says, that when you are dressed you may 
 go first to grandpapa, and then come to 
 her and to grandmamma." 
 
 " Yes, Jenny ; Anna will run quick. 
 Why, Jenny is going away ! "
 
 74 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Jenny is helping mamma to dress. 
 Keep quite still, Anna, one minute longer. 
 What will you do when you go to grand- 
 papa's door?" 
 
 " Anna will do so, pound, pound, 
 knock, knock, 'Come in. 1 " 
 
 " Grandpapa will say, ' Come in ' ; Anna 
 needn't say that." 
 
 " But Anna must say that, Sophy, don't 
 you know?" 
 
 " There, now you 're all right. Let me 
 look a minute. Yes; all neat and trig. 
 Agnes is waking up, speak to her first." 
 
 "My Agnes, Agnes do you know, 
 grandpapa has come ? Yes, Anna is going 
 to him 'rectly. Say grandpapa, Agnes; 
 grandpapa." 
 
 "Pa, pa, pa." 
 
 " Sophy, Agnes can laugh, but she can- 
 not speak. Please, open door." 
 
 Anna ran eagerly to the door of her 
 grandpapa's room ; then she stopped, 
 knocked with her little fingers, called out 
 " Come in," and knocked again. Grand-
 
 GRANDPAPA. 75 
 
 papa opened the door, " Come in, my 
 little Anna. How do you do, my little 
 sweetheart ? " 
 
 " Yes, grandpapa." 
 
 " Grandpapa has n't seen you so long, 
 has n't seen his little Anna. Have you 
 thought of grandpapa, sometimes ? " 
 
 " Yes, grandpapa ; but Anna has played 
 in the garden, and to see Dorty, and 
 strange children, and wash-woman, 
 and grandpapa, going to see strange chil- 
 dren, with big horses, and with Thomas 
 and with gra'mamma* and rnamma, and 
 then, grandpapa." 
 
 " Bless me ! but come now, and sit 
 down by me. How does our dear little 
 Agnes do ? " 
 
 "Agnes can't say 'grandpapa'; she 
 always says Pa, pa, pa, pa, and she can- 
 not run at all." 
 
 "Agnes can be good and sweet, and 
 that she is, is n't she, my Anna ? " 
 
 "Yes, grandpapa ; and when Agnes is 
 bigger Grandpapa, but what is that ? "
 
 76 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " What do you mean Anna ? " 
 "What stands there, though?" 
 "Why, look, there stand two pretty little 
 sheep, that have real wool and eyes, and 
 little red mouths ; and they will move on 
 wheels." 
 
 Anna laughed, " Yes, grandpapa ; but 
 what then ? " 
 
 " Look here ; here is a dog, and when 
 I do so, the dog says, 'Bow-wow, bow- 
 wow ' " 
 
 " Yes, grandpapa ; but what then ? " 
 u And here is a- little goat which has 
 horns, and when Anna takes hold there, 
 the goat says, ' Baa, baa.' What do you 
 say to that ? Is n't it very pretty ? " 
 " Yes, but what then, grandpapa ? " 
 What then ? Nothing more ? " 
 " Grandpapa, hear me ; dear grandpapa 
 I want to tell you ; did you bring them 
 for Anna, grandpapa ? " 
 
 " For Anna ? Has grandpapa got only 
 one little granddaughter?" 
 
 "No, Agnes too; but, but grandpapa,
 
 GRANDPAPA. 77 
 
 can Anna have the sheep? Please, my 
 grandpapa ! " 
 
 " Do you like the sheep so very much ? " 
 
 "Yes, sheep have nice wool, and say 
 Baa. Grandpapa, dear grandpapa, Anna 
 would like to have the sheep." 
 
 " Anna shall have one little sheep, and 
 the goat beside, and Agnes will have 
 the other sheep and the dog, for goats 
 have horns and Agnes is so little she 
 might put the horns into her dear little 
 eyes." 
 
 " Yes, grandpapa ; but Anna likes the 
 dog too, very much." 
 
 " Then give both the sheep to Agnes, 
 and you can have the dog and the goat." 
 
 " But Anna wants to keep the sheep." 
 
 "Very well; then one sheep and the 
 goat are for Anna, and the other sheep 
 and the dog we will put over here for 
 little Agnes. But has n't my little girl 
 forgotten something?" 
 
 " Yes, grandpapa ; thank you, dear 
 grandpapa."
 
 78 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 "That's right, my pet; but who is 
 knocking at the door ? Say, ' Come in. ' " 
 
 Anna said, " Come in," and Sophy came 
 in with little Agnes on her arm. Grand- 
 papa went to meet the baby, who laughed, 
 clapped her hands, and said, " Pa, pa." 
 
 "Has dear little Agnes come to see 
 grandpapa? Come, here, my darling, 
 grandpapa has brought something for the 
 good child. Does Agnes want to see ? 
 Yes ? Only look, here is a sheep, that is 
 for Agnes ; and here is a dog for Agnes 
 too." 
 
 Agnes reached out for the dog, looked 
 at Sophy, and said, smiling, " Bow-wow ! " 
 
 " Yes, baby, it is a bow-wow dog." 
 
 " Agnes, Anna has a sheep and a goat. 
 Agnes, the sheep has wool, though; do 
 you see ? " 
 
 Agnes leaned down towards Anna, and 
 pounded her on the head with her dog, 
 and laughed, as if she w r as delighted. 
 Anna laughed too, and the children kissed 
 each other.
 
 GRANDPAPA. 79 
 
 " Agnes," said Sophy, " you must thank 
 grandpapa. Say Da, da 5 you can say 
 that." 
 
 Agnes put out her lips to her grand- 
 papa, and he kissed her very lovingly. 
 
 " Is that the way you say, Thank you, 
 my little girl ? Grandpapa likes it very 
 much/' 
 
 " Grandpapa, but Anna said, Thank 
 you, though." 
 
 "Yes, Anna can say so; and she will 
 give grandpapa a kiss too so. Now 
 listen, here is something curious. Grand- 
 papa has brought a box full of little sweet 
 sugar cakes. What shall we do with 
 them ? " 
 
 " But, grandpapa, but, dear grandpa- 
 pa, we will eat them up." 
 
 u Ah, hah ! but mamma does not like 
 for Anna to eat cake." 
 
 " But, grandpapa, a little bit, my 
 grandpapa ; so little, though." 
 
 " I will tell you ; there is the box, run 
 with it to mamma, and tell her grand-
 
 80 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 papa has brought cakes, and he would 
 like that Anna should have one little 
 cake if mamma is willing." 
 
 "Yes, grandpapa, Anna will run right 
 away to mamma, but Agnes? She 
 must have a cake too, though?" 
 
 "Mamma will not allow that. Agnes 
 is too small. The dear little baby is 
 playing with her animals and does not 
 care about cake. Now run away both 
 of you. Grandpapa will come and see 
 you by and by when you are playing in 
 the garden."
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 THE CAKES. 
 
 ANNA ran to her mamma, and was in 
 such a hurry that she could scarcely 
 speak. " Mamma, marnma, and there are 
 pretty animals, and mamma, and here, 
 but, dear mamma, there are cakes, and 
 grandpapa would like so much that Anna 
 should have one cake, mamma." 
 
 "Let me see, my darling, what sweet 
 little animals; and a whole box full 
 of cakes ! What can mamma say to 
 that?" 
 
 "Yes, dear mamma, grandpapa would 
 like so much for Anna to have a cake." 
 
 "We must do what kind grandpapa 
 wishes. So here is a cake, little woman ; 
 but you will not eat it now, my child ; we 
 do not eat cake so early in the morning ; 
 at luncheon, when Anna has her nice 
 
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 82 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 strawberries, then she can have the nice 
 cake too." 
 
 "Mamma, should like to eat my cake 
 now." 
 
 " Mamma says no, no ; but by and by ! 
 That will be great fun ! Then Anna will 
 say, Smack, smack! and the cake will 
 walk right in through the little mouth 
 and straight down red lane. Now go 
 to Sophy; your breakfast is all ready. 
 Shall mamma keep the cake, or is Anna 
 a sensible girl, that can keep it herself?" 
 
 "Anna can." 
 
 " Very well ; here is your little basket ; 
 we will lay the cake in that, and then we 
 will look at him once more, to see how 
 snug he lies, and then we will take this 
 piece of paper, and quick, before any- 
 body knows it we will cover up our 
 cake so that nobody can see him, and 
 there he will stay in his cubby-house till 
 these little teeth bite him up into little 
 bits. Do you understand mamma?" 
 
 " Yes, mamma."
 
 THE CAKES. 83 
 
 " Now see, the paper is laid over, and 
 now Anna will not peep in again. But 
 do you know, my darling, that mamma is 
 not at all pleased at your basket being 
 here ? It belongs with your playthings. 
 My little girl must be more orderly. 
 Now go and get your breakfast." 
 
 Anna ran away with her little basket, 
 and after she had had her breakfast, So- 
 phy took Agnes to the garden, and Anna 
 took hold of the wagon and helped to 
 drag it, talking with Sophy all the time. 
 
 They went to Marm Dorty's, looked at 
 the pig, and played with Prince, who 
 was very amiable. He wagged his tail and 
 jumped upon Anna, which she did not 
 exactly like, and always tried to defend 
 herself, and kept saying, " Prince ! down 
 Prince ! " but the more she said his name 
 the more the dog jumped upon her, and 
 Marm Dorty laughed so much she could 
 not call him oif. 
 
 At last Marm Dorty said, when she 
 had made Prince keep quiet, "Anna, you
 
 84 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 have never seen my beautiful kitchen, 
 my bright pots and pans, my cups and 
 plates, would you like to see them all?" 
 
 "Yes, Dorty, but Anna has seen that 
 once." 
 
 " Come, then." Anna gave her little 
 hand to Marm Dorty, and went with her 
 into the kitchen. Here she looked at 
 everything without speaking, till Dorty 
 said, "Well, Anna, what do you say? 
 Do you like my kitchen?" 
 
 " Yes, but what is that, Dorty ? " 
 
 "That big pot? That is what Dorty 
 boils her meat in." 
 
 "And, but that?" 
 
 "That is a pot that I cook beautiful 
 dumplings in." 
 
 "And that?" 
 
 "That is what pancakes are made in. 
 But look at this pretty little saucepan; 
 is not that a pretty thing?" 
 
 "Can Anna have that?" 
 
 "Xo, that is the pretty little thing 
 Dorty boils milk in when she drinks cof-
 
 THE CAKES. 85 
 
 fee. Now we will see what is in the 
 store-room. Do you see, there are 
 pans of nice milk, and there is butter, 
 and here is bread, and there are eggs, 
 and there hang bacon and tongue. Do 
 you see all that, my little Anna?" 
 
 " Yes, Dorty, Anna sees very well. 
 But who is going to eat that?" 
 
 " Mamma would not be willing, or else 
 Dorty would like to give you a nice piece 
 of 'bread and butter, with some bacon on 
 it, and give you some milk to drink." 
 
 " No, Dorty, Anna must not." 
 
 " No, no ; Dorty knows very well ? 
 that 's a good child, don't do anything 
 that mamma does n't allow." 
 
 " Come, Anna," called Sophy, " Agnes is 
 getting tired ; we will go to the big ma- 
 ple, and perhaps baby will have a nap." 
 
 The children bid Marm Dorty Good 
 by, and then they went away, and 
 Prince ran after them, biting at Anna's 
 frock and legs. 
 
 The wagon, with little Agnes in it, was
 
 86 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 pushed quite into the shade, then Sophy 
 put a veil over the baby's face and hands 
 so that the flies need not trouble her, 
 and Anna sat by the table under the tree 
 and played with her animals. She let 
 the sheep eat, and the goat too, and 
 brought them grass and leaves, and 
 talked to them a great deal. 
 
 Presently Anna exclaimed, "Sophy, 
 there comes grandpapa!" 
 
 " Run to meet him then, and bring him 
 here." 
 
 Anna ran off very happy, and soon 
 came back with her grandpapa. " Grand- 
 papa, you can sit here," she said. 
 
 "Grandpapa is quite tired. Are you 
 feeding your animals, my darling?" 
 
 " Yes, 'grandpapa ; but, dear grandpapa, 
 Anna would like to have a ride." 
 
 "Ah, but the horse is very tired. 
 Well, come, climb up, now look out." 
 
 " Trot, trot, trot, 
 Here come the gentlemen all, 
 To mount on their horses tall. 
 Trot, trot, trot-Ptv. trot!
 
 THE CAKES. 87 
 
 Here come their grooms behind them, 
 
 To see if they can find them. 
 
 Softly, softly, softly ! 
 
 Here come the little girls surely, 
 
 On their ponies, pacing demurely, 
 
 Gallop, a-gallop, a-gallop. 
 
 Hurray ! hurray ! hurray ! 
 
 One horse is running away, 
 
 The gentleman tumbling off, 
 
 Pop ! he 's down in the grass so soft. 
 
 Hurray ! hurray ! hurray ! 
 
 And that 's the end of the play." 
 
 Anna laughed merrily. "Once more, 
 grandpapa, please, dear grandpapa ! " 
 
 Anna had one more ride, and when 
 the little rider fell off in the grass again, 
 she said, " Once more, please, grandpapa. 
 Anna likes it so much, once more, grand- 
 papa." 
 
 "Just once more, but then the horse 
 will be tired, and the rider too. Careful 
 now ! " 
 
 When the riding was over, Arna 
 clapped her hands and said, " That is 
 nice." Then the clock struck, ding, 
 dong, and the little girl ran away to her 
 strawberries and her cake.
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 PLATING IN THE GARDEN. 
 
 THE next day, mamma said, "Anna, 
 Agnes is asleep, and Sophy has washing 
 to do ; you can play in the garden alone, 
 with your Alida, and your animals. Mam- 
 ma will show you how far you may go." 
 
 " But where is Sarlotte ? Anna would 
 like to play with Sarlotte." 
 
 " Charlotte is sewing, and must be in- 
 dustrious for grandmamma. Everybody 
 must be industrious. Anna too : Anna 
 must play very industriously, until she 
 can do something else, and to-day my 
 little girl can do some work. There are 
 a great many little white and yellow 
 flowers growing in the grass, which grand- 
 papa does not like to have there at all, 
 so my pussy will gather them all, and be 
 very industrious, and grandpapa will be
 
 PLAYING IN THE GARDEN. 89 
 
 delighted. Pull your little hat well on, 
 so that the sun may not burn. There, 
 now come ; give me your hand. Mamma 
 will carry Alida, and a little basket for 
 Anna to put the flowers in, and Anna will 
 carry the animals." 
 
 When they were in the garden, mamma 
 said, " Now, look here Anna, you may go 
 as far as this bush, not any farther ; but 
 you may go on the grass, and gather the 
 flowers. Do you see, and do you under- 
 stand, mamma ? Show me the bush where 
 you must turn round." 
 
 " Here, mamma." 
 
 " Yes ; that is right. Now mamma will 
 have a sweet kiss, and then she will go 
 away, and her little girl will play here all 
 alone, like a sensible woman." 
 
 " Yes, mamma ; but with Alida." 
 
 "To be sure ; mamma forgot that Alida 
 is a woman too." 
 
 " But Alida is Anna's daughter." 
 
 " Of course ! Now good by, Ducky- 
 lucky. Good by, Goody Two-shoes ; have 
 a nice time."
 
 90 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Mamma, not Two-soes." 
 
 "Not Goody Two-shoes? Don't you 
 like that pretty name ? What shall I call 
 you ? " 
 
 " Mamma's little Anna." 
 
 "So you are mamma's little Anna, and 
 her good little pet. There 's a good kiss. 
 Now go to work, and play." 
 
 When Anna was alone, she set Alida on 
 a bench, carried the goat and sheep to the 
 grass plat, and began to talk to them. 
 
 '- Now my little sheep, are you very 
 hungry ? dear, please keep still ! Here 
 is some nice grass, nice and green; my 
 little sheep, you can eat it, but not eat 
 too much, or else you' 11 have the stomach- 
 ache, and Doctor w r ill come. But Doctor 
 is very, very big, as big as the house ! 
 and he has bitter medicine. Yes, my 
 good little sheep, but Doctor shall not 
 come ; we will not eat so much, no. 
 Now, come my little goat, mamma will 
 put you here by this little bush ; you can 
 eat the leaves nice green leaves ! But
 
 PLAYING IN THE GARDEN. Page 90.
 
 PLAYING IN THE GARDEN. 91 
 
 you must not push sheep with your 
 great horns. no ; Billy-goat must not 
 do that. Do you hear, my goat, my 
 little Billy. There, now; mamma must 
 pick some flowers ; everybody 'dustrious, 
 and Anna too, yes." 
 
 Now Anna began to pick the flowers ; 
 she was very busy, and did not let herself 
 be disturbed, except by the birds which 
 flew over her head, and made her look 
 after them, or by the little busy bees, 
 which buzzed about, crept into the flow- 
 ers, and hummed so loud. But when a 
 toad came hopping through the grass 
 towards her, she was afraid, and cried out, 
 " No, no, toad ! don't ! " and ran away 
 until the toad was out of sight. 
 
 Anna went on very steadily until she 
 had filled her little basket, and wanted to 
 empty it. She ran towards the house, and 
 found a tin box which was set out to air. 
 The lid was open, so that the sun might 
 shine in. Anna peeped into the box, 
 whispered something to herself, and then
 
 92 LITTLE AXNA. 
 
 she poured the flowers into the box, 
 patted them all down with her little 
 hands, and said, " Now get more " ; and 
 ran. back to the flowers. 
 
 Anna ran backwards and forwards in 
 this way several times, until she began 
 to be tired. Then she shook and stirred 
 round the flowers in the box, and said, 
 " There, now ; go to sleep. Now, that 's 
 right." Then she brought Alida, and said, 
 " Come here, little Alida, mamma has 
 made your bed, all soft; there, there. 
 Now baby go to sleep ; but mamma will 
 sing something, but what sing ? Yes. 
 
 " ' Lullaby, aby, aby, 
 
 Sleep will soon be coming here, 
 Then he '11 take my baby dear, 
 Softly in his arms, and then 
 She will go to sleep again, 
 Lullaby, aby, aby, Lullaby, aby.' " 
 
 After Anna had sung this, though 
 she could not sing it quite correctly, 
 she shut down the lid of the box, and 
 came back to her animals. Presently
 
 PLAYING IN THE GARDEN. 93 
 
 came Jenny, and said, " Anna, you must 
 come into the house now; your milk is 
 ready, and mamma says, you are to be 
 quick." 
 
 " Yes, Jenny, Anna only wants to take 
 my animals with me, dear Jenny." 
 
 Anna drank her milk with Agnes, who 
 was very merry, and told a long story, 
 after her own fashion : " Coo, coor, croo, 
 croo, da, da, pa, pa, papa," and plenty 
 more such words, which made Anna laugh 
 very much, and then say, " Speak really 
 once, Agnes ; say Anna once, An-na ! " 
 Agnes laughed " Oa ! Oa ! " 
 
 " Sophy, there Agnes says ' Oa ' again ! " 
 
 "Yes dear, baby cannot say it better 
 yet, but in time she will. Some day we 
 shall have her talking and running about." 
 
 " Not running, no Sophy, no ! " 
 
 " Yes, some day or other. Here is your 
 ball, play with that a little while, and then 
 it will be bed-time. Our baby is going into 
 her nest now, is not she, my sugar-plum ? " 
 
 At night, when Anna was in her bed 
 and had said her little prayer, u Good
 
 94 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 God, I thank thee for everything nice; 
 take care of Anna, and all good people " ; 
 she said suddenly, "But, Sophy ; but 
 where is Alida ? " 
 
 "Alida? Well, to be sure, she is not 
 here by the bed. I will bring her, 
 where is Alida? I cannot find her any- 
 where. Did you put her in the drawer ? 
 No ; she is not there. Where did you 
 leave the dolly, Anna ? " 
 
 " Yes, but Anna does n't know though." 
 
 " Sophy will look in the other room, 
 and in mamma's room, and grandmam- 
 ma's; she must be somewhere about. 
 You lie still, and don't disturb little sis- 
 ter. I w r ill come right back." 
 
 Sophy came back : " Anna, mamma 
 says you took Alida into the garden. I 
 will go out and get her. Go to sleep; 
 Sophy will put her by your bed." 
 
 Anna did not wish to go to sleep, she 
 wanted to see Alida first, but Mr. Sand- 
 man came, and shut her eye-peepers, so 
 when Sophy came back, both the children 
 were sound asleep.
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 THE LOST DOLL. 
 
 THE next morning, again, Anna lay in 
 bed with big eyes, and red cheeks, and 
 said her prayer; and then she looked 
 round and said, "But, Sophy, where is 
 my Alida ? " 
 
 "Why, Anna, I could not find her. 
 Sophy looked all over the grass, and then 
 the gardener came, and Jenny, and at 
 last mamma and grandmamma came too, 
 but there was no dolly to be found. 
 Where did you leave her, Anna ? " 
 
 " But Anna does not know." 
 
 " Did you bury her in the sand ? " 
 
 "No, Sophy." 
 
 " But where did you go with her ? Did 
 you throw her a great way off in the 
 bushes ? " 
 
 " No, Sophy ; Anna loves Alida dearly."
 
 96 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 "Well, come now and get dressed 
 quick ; then you must look for her your- 
 self. Mamma is going to sleep longer, so 
 you may go to grandmamma first." 
 
 When Anna was dressed, she went to 
 her grandmamma. She looked very sober, 
 and was thinking sadly about Alida. After 
 she had said " Good morning," she began, 
 
 " But, dear gra'mamma, I want my lit- 
 tle Alida again ; Anna does want her very 
 much." 
 
 "Tell me, dearie, where did you put 
 Alida. Think a little bit, Anna, you 
 had Dolly in the garden. Where can 
 she be?" 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma." 
 
 u Come here, think a minute, did 
 you put Alida in the bushes?" 
 
 " No, gra'mamma, and not in the sand." 
 
 " But then, where is she ? You must 
 know. The Dolly cannot run away." 
 
 "Yes, gra'mamma. I want my Alida 
 very much." 
 
 " Thomas looked everywhere this morn-
 
 THE LOST DOLL. 97 
 
 ing, and Jenny, and Charlotte looked too. 
 "When Anna has had her breakfast, grand- 
 mamma will go with her into the garden 
 to look for Alicia. Now go and tell Jen- 
 ny that she can bring the biscuit-box 
 here. Grandmamma has just got some 
 fresh biscuit, and she wants to put them 
 in the bright clean box." 
 
 Anna ran away and came back with 
 Jenny, who brought the tin box. 
 
 Grandmamma had the box put upon 
 the table, and said, " Anna has just been 
 washed, and her hands are all clean, so, 
 if she is very good, she shall get up in 
 this chair and put the biscuit in the 
 box." 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamrna, dear gra'mamma." 
 
 " Grandmamma must open the lid, 
 snap ! why, Anna, what is that ? " 
 
 Anna peeped into the box, and grew 
 quite red, "There is Alida! yes, gra'- 
 mamma, Anna did do that too, but, 
 gra'mamma, Anna did forget it." 
 
 Her grandmamma laughed. " You lit-
 
 98 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 tie stupid thing ! we all hunting for your 
 dolly, when you had put her, and the 
 grass and flowers and sand and stones, all 
 into my nice biscuit-box, that was set 
 out in the sun to be aired ? Could n't 
 you remember what a stupid thing you 
 had done ? " 
 
 "No, gra'mamma; Alida was asleep 
 there in her bed, gra'mamma, }<ou 
 know." 
 
 " Yes, yes, grandmamma can guess 
 what it was all for. But now what will 
 Thomas, and the gardener, and Jenny, 
 and all of them think, when you gave 
 them so much trouble for nothing?" 
 
 " Anna will give Thomas some money." 
 
 " Have you got money ? " 
 
 " No, gra'mamma, not any." 
 
 " How can you give Thomas some mon- 
 ey, then, if you have not got any, stupid 
 little Anna ? " 
 
 "Dear good gra'mamma, give Anna 
 money, please." 
 
 "No, that won't do; but we will find
 
 THE LOST DOLL. 99 
 
 another way. You remember grandpapa 
 brought some cakes for somebody. And 
 mamma gave them to grandmamma to 
 keep ; now, what shall we do with 
 them?" 
 
 " Eat a cake, dear gra'mamma, yes ! " 
 
 "No, Anna dear. We will open our 
 box and look, and there are all the nice 
 cakes lying close together. Then we 
 will take out a cake for Thomas, one for 
 the gardener, one for Jenny, one for So- 
 phy, and my darling gives each one their 
 cake, and says, 6 Thank you for looking 
 for Alida.' Shall we do this?" 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma, but eat a cake too, 
 please." 
 
 "No, Honey, no cake for you; you 
 know mamma does not think that cakes 
 are good for you. Anna and I will not 
 eat any, but we will be very glad that 
 we have some to give away. Thomas 
 will look very much surprised when you 
 come 1 Go tell Jenny that she can bring 
 your bread and milk here ; you may have
 
 100 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 your breakfast here to-day, and after 
 breakfast you shall go to give away the 
 cakes." 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma." 
 
 Jenny brought the breakfast, and when 
 she came in grandmamma said to her, 
 " Only see where that foolish little child 
 put her Alida, in my tin box; we 
 might have looked a good while without 
 finding her. Take the box away again, 
 it is full of weeds and sand, and you will 
 have to put it in the sun once more, after 
 you have cleaned it." 
 
 Jenny laughed. " Anna, what a piece 
 of work." 
 
 Anna did not answer, but went on eat- 
 ing and drinking. When she had done 
 her breakfast she said, " There, gra'mam- 
 ma." 
 
 " Have you done ? But wipe the little 
 mouth first. Who wants a white mous- 
 tache. Now it 's clean. Come here, 
 grandmamma will lend you a little bas- 
 ket. Here is a cake for Thomas, and one
 
 THE LOST DOLL. 101 
 
 for the gardener, one for Jenny, one for 
 Sophy." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, Sarlotte, too ! " 
 
 " To be sure, Charlotte looked too. 
 Here is one for Charlotte " 
 
 " Gra'mamma, please dear gra'mamma, 
 a cake for Marm Dorty; but, gra'mam- 
 ma, not any for the pig." 
 
 " Goodness, no ! the pig eats corn, and 
 all sorts of things." 
 
 " Yes, but Anna likes the pig pretty 
 well, and Agnes laughs when he says 
 'Koof, koof,' and does so with his head, 
 but Anna don't like that ; and gra'mam- 
 ma, and Prince jumps about so wild, 
 and gra'mamma, and in my face, and 
 licks it ; but Anna don't like it, and push- 
 ing my legs, yes, gra'mamma." 
 
 " Grandmamma must go with you some 
 day to Marm Dorty's, must n't she ; and 
 hear piggy say Koof, koof, and see Prince 
 jump and lick your face ?" 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma ; but now Anna must 
 go 'way with my cakes."
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 THE DRIVE. 
 
 
 
 THE next day, mamma said, "Anna, 
 to-day Thomas will put the horses to the 
 big carriage. Mamma is going to see 
 Grace's mamma, and Anna shall go too, 
 and see dear little Grace." 
 
 Anna was greatly delighted. "Yes, 
 mamma, and Agnes too, mamma, and 
 gra'mamma." 
 
 " No, our little baby is too young ; and 
 grandmamma will stay at home with 
 Agnes." 
 
 " And mamma, may Anna have on my 
 white dress, and my new hat with red 
 ribbons ? " 
 
 " Yes ; now go to Sophy, little woman, 
 and get dressed." 
 
 Anna had on her white dress, and a 
 little white jacket, put on her new hat, 
 her gloves, and ran to her mamma.
 
 THE DRIVE. 103 
 
 " Mamma, dear mamma, Thomas is not 
 there yet with the big horses, only think." 
 
 " Thomas will come round directly. 
 Meantime, you run and bid good by to 
 grandmamma and Agnes." 
 
 " Agnes is coming to the door, mamma, 
 to see us go. Sophy said so, but Anna 
 will run to gra'mamma." 
 
 Anna knocked at her grandmamma's 
 door. "Gra'mamma, gra'mamma, open 
 door ; can't reach. Good by, gra'mamma, 
 Anna is going in the carriage." 
 
 "My Anna going away from grand- 
 mamma ? " 
 
 "But coming back again, gra'mamma. 
 Must go now." 
 
 " Thomas is not there yet ; give grand- 
 mamma a nice kiss, quick." 
 
 "Yes, gra'mamma, Anna bring some- 
 thing home for gra'mamma." 
 
 " Ah, grandmamma will be glad of that. 
 What will it be?" 
 
 "Yes; don't know, gra'mamma, per- 
 haps little stone."
 
 104 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " So do ; a little colored stone, my dar- 
 ling, and now good by." 
 
 The carriage came to the door and An- 
 na jumped up and down for joy. Sophy 
 came to the door with Agnes, who was as 
 sweet as ever, and was delighted with the 
 horses ; her mamma and Anna kissed the 
 little girl ; " Good by, my Agnes, good by 
 my sweet little daughter." Agnes nod- 
 ded, and worked with her feet and hands, 
 but she did not cry. 
 
 When the carriage drove off Anna 
 laughed with delight, and talked very 
 fast to her mamma, who showed her a 
 great many things along the road; the 
 cows in the fields, the sheep, the flowers, 
 the houses and gardens that they passed. 
 Anna looked at everything, but at last 
 she grew tired, and asked, whenever they 
 saw a house, " Mamma, are we there now ? 
 Mamma, is that where Grace lives?" 
 
 "No, dear. Grace's house is a long 
 way off yet. Would you like to have 
 mamma tell you a story?"
 
 THE DRIVE. 105 
 
 "Yes, dear mamma, please; Anna is 
 very tired!" 
 
 " Well, now listen. Once there was a 
 little girl who was going to drive with 
 her mamma, and the little girl said, 
 ' Mamma, shall I have on my white 
 dress, and my new hat with red rib- 
 bons?'" 
 
 " But, mamma, is it me ? Please, mam- 
 ma, tell me?" 
 
 " No, it is not you, only listen ; the lit- 
 tle girl's name was Emma. When little 
 Emma had got on her white dress, and a 
 little white jacket, too, " 
 
 " But Anna has on my jacket, too." 
 
 "And a little white jacket, too, and 
 her straw hat, she ran to her grandmam- 
 ma to say good by " 
 
 "Anna will bring home something for 
 gra'mamma, mamma." 
 
 "That's right, my pet. After Emma 
 and her mamma had got into the car- 
 riage they drove away " 
 
 "Mamma, we drove away too." 
 
 5*
 
 106 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 "To be sure, Anna. They drove and 
 they drove, and they saw many horses, 
 and men, and women, and creatures, and 
 after they had driven and driven so a 
 long time, they came to a large, hand- 
 some house " 
 
 "Did Grace live there, mamma?" 
 
 " No, a lady lived there who had a lit- 
 tle daughter, named Julia. Julia came 
 to the door, laughing and dancing, and 
 exclaiming, ' Emma ! Emma ! have you 
 come ? ' Emma said not a word, but stuck 
 her finger in her mouth, when Julia's 
 mother and several ladies and gentlemen 
 came out to the carriage. 
 
 "Julia wanted to take hold of Emma's 
 hand and lead her into the house, but 
 Emma still stuck her finger in her mouth 
 and held fast to her mamma's dress, and 
 was very silly. Her mamma said, 6 Go 
 now, Emma, with good, kind Julia. She 
 has got pretty playthings, and nice dolls 
 to show you.' 
 
 "'Yes, please, Emma, come/ begged
 
 THE DRIVE. 107 
 
 Julia. But Emma kept her finger in her 
 mouth, said never a word, and held her 
 mother's dress tighter than ever. 
 
 " When they found they could not per- 
 suade her to do anything, her mamma 
 took Emma in her arms and carried her 
 to Julia's nursery, and set her on the 
 floor, and said, 'You are to stay here, 
 Emma, mamma chooses you should ; and 
 now be a good, happy little girl, and 
 have a nice play.' 
 
 "Her mamma went away, and Emma 
 stayed, and cried and screamed as loud as 
 she could. Poor little Julia was dread- 
 fully distressed, and kept saying, 'But, 
 Emma, dear Emma, I am here with you ! 
 Emma, look ! here is my dolly ! don't you 
 like her ? Here 's another doll, I call her 
 the baby, Emma, here is a wagon, 
 Einma, here is a horse, would you like 
 to have it ? ' 
 
 "'I want to go to mamma, I want 
 mamma,' screamed Emma. Suddenly the 
 door opened, and a boy looked in, and 
 said, ' Who is howling so here ? '
 
 108 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 "Emma was frightened, and stopped 
 screaming, and when the boy came in, as 
 he happened to have a whip in his hand, 
 she grew quite still, and sweet little Julia 
 gave her all sorts of things to please her, 
 a little horseman with a scarlet coat, 
 and feathers in his hat, a little bright 
 plate, and a mortar. Emma took these 
 things, but she was not pleased or happy, 
 and kept saying to herself, ' Want to go 
 to mamma, want to go home.' 
 
 "By and by the children had some 
 bread and milk, and little cakes, and Em- 
 ma ate and drank, but she kept saying 
 over, 6 Want to go home, want to go to 
 mamma, want to go to grandmamma.' 
 
 "At last she and her mamma drove 
 away, and then everybody said, <I am 
 glad that silly little girl is gone ! Poor 
 Julia has had nothing but trouble with 
 her ; if I were her mamma I should cer- 
 tainly have left her at home ! How she 
 kept pulling at her mamma's dress.' 
 This is what the strange people said, but
 
 THE DRIVE. 109 
 
 Emma's mamma was grieved that her lit- 
 tle daughter had behaved so unpleas- 
 antly, and said, ' No, this will not do ; 
 Emma cannot go with me again, she 
 must stay at home.' Now, that is the 
 end of the story, and there is the house 
 where Grace lives; do you see it, little 
 woman ? " 
 
 "Yes, mamma, but Anna will not do 
 so, to cry and scream."
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 TELLING ABOUT THE JOURNEY. 
 
 THE next morning Sophy let Anna 
 sleep rather longer than usual, for when 
 she got home from her drive the evening 
 before, she was so tired that she could 
 scarcely speak to say " Good night." 
 
 When Anna woke she looked round in 
 great surprise, and said, "Sophy, Agnes 
 dressed so soon?" 
 
 " Yes, Anna, you took a long journey 
 yesterday, and got very tired ; but baby 
 Agnes stayed at home, and so she got up 
 early. Come, Agnes, Sophy w r ill put you 
 on Anna's bed, and the two children can 
 make much of each other." 
 
 The two children kissed each other, 
 and Anna said, "Sophy, Agnes keeps 
 pounding my face, little monkey!" 
 
 "Yes, she is so delighted to get you
 
 TELLING ABOUT THE JOURNEY. Ill 
 
 back again ; yesterday she kept calling, 
 <0a! Oa!' and looking for you with her 
 sweet blue eyes. There, Agnes, now So- 
 phy will put you down on the floor ; for ' 
 little sister Anna must get up now, and 
 Sophy must help her. Now, Anna, say 
 your prayer, and thank the good God 
 that you had such a pleasant time yester- 
 day, and then get up." 
 
 While she was getting dressed Anna 
 told a great deal about her drive, and as 
 soon as she was ready she ran to her 
 grandmamma, who was very glad to see 
 her. 
 
 " Good morning, Anna, love, how do 
 you do, my darling? Did you have a 
 very nice time yesterday?" 
 
 "Yes, gra'mamma, but Anna is in a 
 hurry, b'eakfast coming 'rectly, gra'mam- 
 ma." 
 
 " Well, that 's a serious matter I know ; 
 but tell me something about yesterday; 
 what did you play?" 
 
 " There was Grace and the chickens,
 
 112 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 and a very, very big dog, so big! and 
 there were the pigeons, and pigs, too, and 
 cakes, and milk, and so many things ; 
 yes, gra'mamma, that's all true." 
 
 "What did Anna play?" 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma, but the dog, the big 
 dog, and there was a man, and threw 
 a stick in water, and the big dog, 
 and splash it went, and into the water, 
 and slick in his mouth, and he came 
 out again, and shook so hard ! this way, 
 gra'mamma ! and Anna all wet, and 
 Grace." 
 
 " Then Anna laughed, I suppose ? " 
 
 "Yes, but, gra'mamma, Anna laughed, 
 but Anna was 'fraid." 
 
 "Did you scream?" 
 
 " No, but Anna ran a great way off, 
 and strange man brought Anna back, and 
 said, ' Dog will not do anything, he is a 
 good dog, and he shall go in the water 
 again,' and he threw stick, and dog 
 yes and shook hisself, such a spat- 
 ter! But Grace laughed, and Anna 
 laughed too."
 
 TELLING ABOUT THE JOURNEY. 113 
 
 "Then you were a good little girl?" 
 
 " Mamma says Anna can go with mam- 
 ma again when she goes visiting." 
 
 "If she says so, then grandmamma 
 must give you a good kiss, my pet. Now 
 where is the pretty stone you were going 
 to bring home to me ? " 
 
 " But that yes, gra'mamma yes, 
 only think, dear gra'mamma, Anna was 
 very tired." 
 
 " Anna forgot it, and did not think of 
 her grandmamma ; but when Anna drives 
 out again then she will remember better, 
 won't she ? " 
 
 "Yes, poor gra'mamma got no little 
 stone ! But, gra'mamma, you shall have 
 a piece of bread from my b'eakfast, yes, 
 gra'mamma ! " 
 
 "So do, dear child. I always like to 
 have little children think of other peo- 
 ple, and try to do something for them. 
 But run away now, your breakfast must 
 be ready." 
 
 When Anna came into the nursery the
 
 114 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 breakfast was standing on the table, and 
 little Agnes was shaking her hands and 
 feet, glad to see the milk. 
 
 Anna looked at the bread, which came 
 for her with the milk, and then she broke 
 off a piece, and said, " Sophy, please put 
 in my little basket." 
 
 "In your basket? Eat your bread 
 now, Anna," 
 
 k -Xo, Sophy, gra'ruamma have that, 
 poor gra'mamma did not have any pretty 
 stone." 
 
 " Very well ; there, I have laid it in ; 
 but now eat your breakfast, and when 
 you have done, and have been to see 
 mamma, we will take the baby to Marm 
 Dorty's. Would you like that?" 
 
 " Yes, yes, Sophy, Anna saw some pigs 
 yesterday, very big ones and very little 
 ones, and they all said, noosh, nooSh, 
 noosh ! "
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 SHELLING PEAS. 
 
 WHEN the children arrived at Mann 
 Dorty's, they found her sitting under an 
 apple-tree in her garden, shelling peas. 
 " Ah," said she, " here come the good lit- 
 tle girls to help the old woman. You 
 little love of an Agnes, there is a pod for 
 you to play with, only don't put it in 
 your mouth." 
 
 "Dorty, Anna wants to help Dorty, 
 though." 
 
 "Do you ? of course you 're growing a 
 
 fine big girl. Come sit down here on this 
 
 little bench, and here 's a little pod for 
 
 ytm, and here are the peas inside. Can 
 
 you get the peas out, Anna ? " 
 
 " No, Dorty, Anna cannot do that." 
 
 "Dorty will show you, this is what 
 the child must do, so, and then the
 
 116 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 pod says snip or snap, and then it is open, 
 and Anna takes all the little peas out." 
 
 " Dorty, but the pod will not say snip 
 or snap." 
 
 "Then I suppose Anna's little fingers 
 are not strong enough ; if that will not 
 do, then we will break the pod right in 
 halves, so, and now Anna can push 
 the peas out, so, that went splen- 
 didly." 
 
 "Anna likes better for it to go snap." 
 " Only listen to mine, they say so. 
 There, little Agnes, there is another pod 
 for you, you dear little poppet." 
 
 " Dorty, what are the peas for, though ? " 
 " Dorty will tell you a story all about 
 the peas. First, Dorty went into the gar- 
 den and dug up the ground, and raked it, 
 and then she planted some peas. By and 
 by they came up, and grew green, and 
 grew tall ; Dorty stuck some sticks in for 
 them to grow upon, and pretty soon there 
 came some flowers, and then some pods, 
 and in the pods came some peas, and
 
 SHELLING PEAS. 117 
 
 they grew till they were big enough to 
 be gathered. Then Dorty went into the 
 garden with a big basket, and crack, 
 crack, she pulled away, and gathered the 
 peas. When they are all shelled, then 
 Dorty will pour them into a pot, and put 
 in water, and set it on the fire and boil 
 them. When they have boiled awhile, 
 then salt will go in, and parsley, and but- 
 ter, and flour, and then boil some more, 
 and then the nice dinner is ready." 
 
 " Yes, Dorty, but what next ? " 
 
 " Then Dorty's husband comes home, 
 and he says, < Well, wife, is dinner ready? 
 Have you got something nice ? I 'm 
 dreadful hungry/ Then Dorty says, 
 ' Something real nice, I can tell you ! 
 Beautiful green peas, and our little Anna, 
 she helped to shell them, and sat by me 
 on the little bench/" 
 
 " Yes, Dorty, but what does Father Mar- 
 tin say then ? " 
 
 "Father Martin says, 'Why, bless my 
 heart ! did that nice little girl help shell
 
 118 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 them ? Then give me some, quick, they'll 
 taste twice as good as usual.' " 
 
 But what next, Dorty ? " 
 
 " Then Father Martin and Mother Dor- 
 ty, they eat, and they eat, and it tastes 
 delicious, and when they have had enough, 
 then the cat and dog have their turn, and 
 each of them has a bowlful ; and the 
 cat purrs, and the dog wags his tail ; but 
 they don't dare to fight, for fear Father 
 Martin should sing out, 
 
 * Cat and dog, you '11 please to be good, 
 Or else I '11 drive you into the wood.' "
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 ANNA came for her luncheon to her 
 grandmamma's room, and brought the lit- 
 tle piece of bread with her. " Look here, 
 gra' mamma, only see, Anna kept this for 
 you." 
 
 66 Thank you, little one, but do you 
 know, grandmamma has had her break- 
 fast ; suppose we give the bit of bread to 
 grandmamma's bird. Birdie is very fond 
 of roll!" 
 
 " Yes, but he always snaps, and is very 
 wild/' 
 
 " When he sees how kind you are to 
 him, he will be very pleasant. He never 
 snaps at grandmamma, because she feeds 
 him every day." 
 
 "Gra'mamma, look here, how he flies 
 round, and opens his beak."
 
 120 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 "You must speak pleasantly to him, 
 little Nan. Come, come, Cherry, come, 
 my little bird, my pretty little Cherry! 
 See how quiet he is, and how he looks at 
 grandmamma, with his bright eyes. Now 
 put the bit of bread between the bars of 
 the cage, so, Cherry, here Cherry, little 
 Anna has brought you some bread, birdie." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, Cherry is quite pleased, 
 and he keeps turning his head so. Does 
 Cherry know that it is some of my break- 
 fast?" 
 
 " Tell him about it, my daughter." 
 
 " Cherry, but Anna brought that bread 
 from my b'eakfast. Did you know it ? 
 Tell me!" 
 
 " Cherry cannot speak, he can only 
 whistle and chirp." 
 
 " Then make him chirp, gra'mamma," 
 
 "He will not always do it ; I will whis- 
 tle to him, and perhaps he will answer 
 Do you hear? Now Cherry is talking 
 sweetly, ' chirp, chirp.' " 
 
 " What does that mean, though ? "
 
 SEWING. 121 
 
 " That means yes, and thank you." 
 
 Anna was very much pleased, and ate 
 her luncheon and chatted about all sorts 
 of things. 
 
 " Gra'mamma, mamma said once, gra'- 
 mamma, when Anna went to see Grace, 
 then play hide under little bush, but the 
 children did n't at all." 
 
 " No, Anna, because Grace was alone at 
 home ; her brothers and sisters had gone 
 to their Aunt's to a birthday party. Now 
 come, and have your mouth wiped. Are 
 our little fat, handy-pandies clean ? 
 dear, no ! not a bit ; dear me, dear me ! 
 here is a little pig in the middle of this 
 hand, and there's another piggy, and 
 here's another." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, say that again, please, 
 gra'mamma, more about pigs, please ! " 
 
 " Grandmamma is going to get rid of 
 the little pigs. There is some water, and 
 here is a towel. Quick into the water, 
 little pig, we are going to dip you well in 
 and drown you ! There now they are
 
 122 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 gone, now we have got our little clean 
 hands again." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, are you going to sew ? " 
 " Yes, Anna, with bright, pretty wool." 
 " Anna would like to, with very bright. 
 Please, dear gra'marnma ! " 
 
 " I 'm very willing ; but if Anna sews 
 she must do it nicely, or else grandmam- 
 ma cannot let her go on. Here is a piece 
 of canvas, with coarse threads. Anna 
 can sew on that; now pick out the colors 
 for yourself." 
 
 " This, gra'mamma, and that, and that." 
 
 "You have got red, and green, and 
 
 blue, and that will be enough. Now we 
 
 will take a large needle, and it has got an 
 
 eye ; where is the eye, Anna, look for it." 
 
 a Here, though, gra'mamma." 
 
 " So it is ! that is the eye, and besides, 
 
 it is the door that Mr. Thread wants to 
 
 go through. Here he comes, and wants to 
 
 get in, get in, and now he pokes his 
 
 head through the door, just a little way, 
 
 and now he has really got every bit in,
 
 SEWING. 123 
 
 and here he is. Now grandmamma will 
 pull him out again, and Anna shall make 
 him walk through the door. So, honey, 
 the needle in this hand, and the thread in 
 that." 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma, now Mr. Thread is 
 coming." 
 
 "Ah, but he cant get in ! he walks round 
 this way, and he walks round that way, 
 but he can't get his head through the 
 door. 0, poor fellow, he has to stay 
 outside, when he wants so much to get 
 in!" 
 
 " He 's coming now, gra'mamma, but 
 he 's coming now ! " 
 
 " Is he ? Grandmamma can't see him 
 yet grandmamma will watch if he 
 puts his head through ever so little, we '11 
 pull him right through, quick." 
 
 " Gra'mamma, gra'mamma, there he 
 is ! " 
 
 " To be sure ! there he is ! Now Anna 
 can pull him through. Give it to me ; 
 grandmamma will begin the work."
 
 124 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " 1 want to begin, please, gra'mamma." 
 "You? stupid little thing, you could 
 not do it. I have begun; see here, 
 this is the way that grandmamma slides 
 it through, in here, out there, and then 
 draws it out." 
 
 "Now I, please, gra'mamma." 
 " Grandmamma has put in the needle, 
 so, 
 
 ' In here and out there, 
 So the bee makes honey fair.' " 
 
 Anna laughed. " Once more, once 
 more about the bee, gra'mamma." 
 
 "Yes, you are the little bee, but 
 grandmamma knows plenty more pretty 
 verses. 
 
 * Now, my busy girl so spry, 
 Make needle fly, make needle fly, 
 Never let it think of stopping, 
 Then some day you can go shopping, 
 Run about all over town, 
 Eat ice-cream and buy a gown. 
 Now, my busy girl, so spry, 
 Make needle fly, make needle fly.' 
 
 "There, little Anna, now draw the
 
 SEWING. 125 
 
 needle out, that was right, now stick 
 it in." 
 
 "Anna can't." 
 
 " Can't ? Anna can't ? Now let us see, 
 Anna must try once more, and then it 
 will be enough for to-day. Here, Anna, 
 here, no, that 's not right, be very 
 careful, the needle must come out 
 here. That 's nice ! now once more ; and 
 if that goes right then Anna shall stop ; 
 that 's it ! Here 's the needle, and there 's 
 a kiss for the little daughter." 
 
 "Gra'mamma, once more that don't 
 you know ? " 
 
 " Grandmamma knows, but here 's 
 something else, now listen. 
 
 ' Little, little daughter mine, 
 Here 's a needle, bright and fine, 
 Now sew with red and blue to-day, 
 But take no black, and take no gray.' "
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 THE BIRTHDAY. 
 
 THE next morning Sophy let Anna 
 sleep on, and when Agnes woke up she 
 said to her, " Now be very still and quiet, 
 my little Agnes, and let sister Anna sleep. 
 To-day is Anna's birthday, and when my 
 darling baby is dressed she shall beat on 
 the drum and wake up Anna." Agnes 
 laughed, patted Sophy's face with her 
 little hands, and was as still as a mouse 
 while she was getting washed and 
 dressed. 
 
 When Agnes was all ready, Sophy put 
 a pretty wreath of Forget-me-nots on her 
 head, where the silky yellow curls hung 
 down, put the drum on the floor before 
 her, and said, " Now wake Anna up, Ag- 
 nes, honey." 
 
 Agnes pounded hard on the drum, and
 
 THE BIRTHDAY. Page 127.
 
 THE BIRTHDAY. 127 
 
 laughed out loud, so that Anna woke up 
 very much astonished, and asked, "But 
 what is that, though?" 
 
 " That is Agnes, making music because 
 to-day is your birthday, Anna. Only 
 look ; baby has a pretty wreath on ! 
 Come here, Agnes, give Anna a kiss, and 
 wish her joy. Love Anna dearly, 
 there, that 's good children. Now come, 
 Agnes, you have got a birthday present 
 for Anna, too. What do you think, An- 
 na, Agnes wants to give you her little 
 wax doll." 
 
 Agnes held the doll tight, and said 
 " Nium, nium." " Come, my baby, let go, 
 and give the dolly to dear sister Anna." 
 
 " Oa ! oa ! " said Agnes, and held out 
 the dolly to Anna. 
 
 " Thank you, baby dear," said Anna ; 
 " but, Sophy, shall I have a wreath, too ? " 
 
 " To be sure, a little wreath of roses ; 
 there it is ready. Now hurry, scurry, 
 quick as lightning. Sophy will lay the 
 doll on the table until you are dressed."
 
 128 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 After Anna was dressed, Sophy put 
 on her head a little wreath of rose-buds, 
 and she ran off to her mamma. When 
 she went into the room there was nobody 
 in it. " Where mamma can be ? " she said 
 to herself; and then said, " In gra'mam- 
 ma's room, perhaps." 
 
 She ran away there, and to be sure 
 mamma and grandmamma were there 
 together. " Mamma, see here ; Anna got 
 a wreath ; but it is my birthday, mamma." 
 
 "Then mamma must wish you joy, 
 my dear, darling little Anna, Now go 
 to grandmamma." 
 
 " Look, my wreath, gra'mamma ; but 
 it's Anna's, my birthday, did you know 
 it?" 
 
 "Certainly, grandmamma knows it, 
 and she wishes you joy, my sweet love." 
 
 " Gra'mamma but Anna does not 
 know that wish joy, gra'mamma, but 
 that." 
 
 " Don't you know what joy is ? Grand- 
 mamma will tell you. Joy is being
 
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 hapjvy, having a dear mamma, a good 
 papa, a kind grandpapa, and grandmam- 
 ma, and a sweet little sister. It is joy, 
 too, to have a pleasant birthday, and get 
 nice presents, and to be a good, happy 
 <;hild. Now what do you think is here ? " 
 
 In the middle of the room stood a ta- 
 ble with flowers upon it. On the table, 
 were two large cakes, ornamented with 
 colored sugar and pretty things, and near 
 them lay a little pink dress, a white, long- 
 sleeved apron, a little red scarf, and all 
 sorts of little kitchen things made of 
 tin. 
 
 Anna jumped for joy, and when So- 
 phy brought Agnes in, the two children 
 played with the toys, until Sophy said, 
 " Now come to your breakfast ; Jenny has 
 just brought it up." 
 
 Anna ran to her mamma, " Thank you, 
 my mamma." 
 
 " Thank grandmamma, too ; she gives 
 you the little dress, and the scarf." 
 
 " Thank you, my gra'rnamma."
 
 130 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Come Anna," said Sophy. 
 
 " Yes, Sophy. Gra'mamma, want to tell 
 you something, but the cakes, my gra'- 
 mamma." 
 
 " The cakes belong to you. When An- 
 na comes to luncheon, grandmamma will 
 give her a little piece, mamma has giv- 
 en leave, and then you shall see what 
 will happen next! Now go, love, and 
 when you have drunk your milk, then go 
 to see grandpapa." 
 
 " Yes, yes, now Anna must run." 
 
 When Anna went to her grandpapa, 
 she knocked at the door, and said, " Come 
 in ! " until her grandpapa opened the door 
 for her. He kissed the little girl, and ex- 
 claimed, " Bless my heart ! Grandpapa 
 ought to have dressed himself up fine, 
 too, what a pretty wreath we 've got." 
 
 " Yes, grandpapa, but it is Anna's, my 
 birthday." 
 
 " I wish you joy, little one ; but what 
 are you going to give to grandpapa then 
 to-day?"
 
 THE BIRTHDAY. 131 
 
 "Anna, grandpapa? But Anna has 
 got nothing. But gra'mamma has given 
 Anna a pink gown and a little scarf, and 
 mamma pretty playthings, and apron, and 
 cakes and flowers." 
 
 " Why, if everybody gives you some- 
 thing, then grandpapa must too." 
 
 " Yes, my grandpapa, so you must." 
 
 " Hold out your apron, grandpapa 
 will throw in a big silver half-dollar." 
 
 Anna laughed, and thanked him, but 
 then she ran off to her mamma and grand- 
 mamma, and held the white silver piece 
 up in the air, " Grandpapa gave that ! " 
 
 After she had looked at it all over, 
 she gave it to her mamma to keep. An- 
 na ran all ove? the house so that every- 
 body might wish her joy, and then she 
 helped to drag Agnes's wagon to Marm 
 Dorty's. Both the children had their 
 wreaths on round their hats. 
 
 When Anna saw Dorty, she let go the 
 wagon, and ran to her, " Dorty, but it is 
 Anna's, my birthday ! "
 
 132 LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 " Yes, child, Dorty knows that ; Dorty 
 has thought about you a great deal this 
 morning, only look at Prince, see how 
 fine he is, in honor of you." 
 
 Poor Prince had a great thick wreath 
 round his neck, and he kept twisting him- 
 self round, and biting at it, he was so 
 impatient to get rid of it. 
 
 66 Dorty, but what is Prince about ? Is 
 Prince playing, Dorty ? " 
 
 " Well, well, he would like better to get 
 the wreath off. You have seen it now, 
 what do you say, shall we take it off?" 
 
 Anna nodded, and when the wreath 
 was taken off, he barked for joy, and ran 
 all about. 
 
 "Child," said Harm Dorty, I have a 
 present for you. You are so fond of Dor- 
 ty's pig, she has bought you a little piggy. 
 Only see ! " 
 
 "Dorty, is it alive?" 
 
 "No, my child; it cannot say, <Koof!' 
 but it is very pretty." 
 
 The children played there very happily,
 
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 until ten o'clock, and then Anna went to 
 her grandmamma. Everything was still 
 standing so prettily on the table, and by 
 the two cakes lay a knife, with which 
 grandmamma cut into one, and took out a 
 piece for Anna, who ate it up, and was 
 very much pleased. 
 
 When Anna had done her luncheon, 
 her grandmamma said to her : " Now, 
 come, Anna, grandmamma is going to 
 cut off some of this cake for everybody 
 in the house, and Anna will take it to 
 them." 
 
 " But, my cake, gra'mamma ? " 
 
 " To be sure. All the people are always 
 kind to Anna, and they ought to have 
 something good on her birthday. Now 
 attend, for the housekeeper, for Jenny, 
 for Sophy, for Charlotte, for Ellen, for the 
 gardener, for Thomas, for Peter, there 
 that 'sail." 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma, but Anna will carry 
 it." 
 
 "Certainly, but we forgot Dorty.
 
 134 * LITTLE ANNA. 
 
 There 's a piece for Dorty, and one for 
 Father Martin." 
 
 " Yes, gra'mamma, but the little boy 
 that keeps the geese ? poor little boy." 
 
 " There 's one for the boy with the 
 geese ; he will sing, 
 
 4 Long live little Anna ho ! 
 And all the little geese also ! ' " 
 
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