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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the <a class="reference internal" href="#project-gutenberg-license">Project Gutenberg License</a> -included with this eBook or online at -<a class="reference external" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/license">http://www.gutenberg.org/license</a>.</p> -<p class="noindent pnext"></p> -<div class="noindent vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<div class="align-None container noindent white-space-pre-line" id="pg-machine-header"> -<p class="noindent pfirst white-space-pre-line"><span class="white-space-pre-line">Title: Sing a Song of Sixpence<br /> -<br /> -Author: Mary Holdsworth<br /> -<br /> -Release Date: July 07, 2012 [EBook #40154]<br /> -<br /> -Language: English<br /> -<br /> -Character set encoding: UTF-8</span></p> -</div> -<div class="noindent vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst" id="pg-start-line">*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK <span>SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE</span> ***</p> -<div class="noindent vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst" id="pg-produced-by"><span>Produced by Al Haines.</span></p> -<div class="noindent vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span></span></p> -</div> -<div class="align-None container coverpage"> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"> -</div> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 54%" id="figure-71"> -<span id="cover"></span><img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-cover.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -Cover</div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="align-None container frontispiece"> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"> -</div> -<p class="medium pfirst">[Transcriber's note: the illustrations in this book were originally -black and white line drawings. They appear to have -been colorized by a previous owner of the book.]</p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"> -</div> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 51%" id="figure-72"> -<span id="nellie"></span><img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-front.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -Nellie</div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<div class="align-None center container titlepage white-space-pre-line"> -<p class="pfirst white-space-pre-line x-large">SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE.</p> -<div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 3em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst small white-space-pre-line">BY</p> -<p class="medium pnext white-space-pre-line">MARY HOLDSWORTH.</p> -<div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="medium pfirst white-space-pre-line">EDINBURGH AND LONDON:<br /> -OLIPHANT, ANDERSON, & FERRIER.<br /> -1892</p> -<div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="align-None center container verso white-space-pre-line"> -<p class="center medium pfirst white-space-pre-line">BY THE SAME AUTHOR.</p> -<div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -</div> -<!-- --> -<blockquote> -<div> -<blockquote> -<div> -<p class="pfirst"><em class="italics">Uniform in Pretty Cloth Binding.</em></p> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<!-- --> -<blockquote> -<div> -<blockquote> -<div> -<p class="pfirst">SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE. -MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY. -WHERE THE SKY FALLS. -ADVENTURES OF KING CLO. -A PRINCESS IN DISGUISE. -A STRANGER IN THE TEA.</p> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="align-None container plainpage"> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 51%" id="figure-73"> -<span id="headpiece"></span><img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-005.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -Headpiece</div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center large pfirst">Sing a Song of Sixpence.</p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst">A brand new sixpence fresh -from the Mint! How it -sparkled and glittered in the -dancing sunlight! Such a treasure -for a small girl to possess! But -then, on the other hand, what a -heavy responsibility!</p> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 67%" id="figure-74"> -<img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-006.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -Nellie</div> -</div> -<p class="pfirst">All day long it had been burning -a hole in her pocket, and as for -learning lessons, not an idea would -enter her head. Everything went -in at one ear and out of the other, -as Miss Primmer sternly remarked -when Nellie could not say her -poetry. But, indeed, Nellie <em class="italics">did</em> try -hard to learn her lessons; she -squeezed her eyes together as tightly -as possible, though how shutting her -eyes was to prevent the lessons -from coming out of her ears was -not very clear. "But <em class="italics">I must</em> learn -them now," she sighed, "or Miss -Primmer will keep me in to-morrow, -and I shan't be able to go out with -Nursie and Reggie to spend my -sixpence. Oh dear! I wish I could -learn my poetry and keep it in, I -guess I'd better get a bit of cotton -wool to put in my ears and then it -<em class="italics">can't</em> come out. There, now!</p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line">"'Mary had a little lamb,</div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line">Its fleece was white as snow,</div> -</div> -<div class="line">And everywhere that Mary went</div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line">The lamb was sure to go.'</div> -<div class="line"> </div> -</div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="pfirst">"That's lovely! I wish I'd a -lamb. I think I'll buy one with -my sixpence. Won't it be nice? -And I can keep it in the garden, -and me and Reggie can take it out -for a walk. Oh, and have a blue -ribbon round its neck and a sash -on! He shall have my blue sash, -and I'll save it some of my milk -from breakfast. Unless it's -chocolate creams. How many should I -get for sixpence? Loads, I should -think! I <em class="italics">love</em> chocs., but I'd like -a lamb too! I'll buy them both--a -lamb and some chocs. Lemme -see now. What was I saying? Oh, -my poetry.</p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line">"'It followed her to school one day'--</div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="pfirst">Oh, and take it to school. Won't -it be fun? What will Miss Primmer -say when she sees my lamb? She -won't say nothing to a dear, darling -little lamb! I <em class="italics">love</em> lambs! Me and -Reggie will have some wool off it -to make some stockings for Pa. -I'll make them all by myself, and -Pa will think I'm dreffle clever, -won't he? And some for Ma, -and Uncle Dick. Oh, and Aunt -Euphemia shall have some for her -niggers. Where's my sixpence -gone? It was in my pocket. Oh, -here it is! What do they put -the Queen's head on it for? And -a crown. It does look funny, -as though it would tumble off. I -wish I was the Queen and wore a -crown. I'd have lots of sixpences. -I'd go to Miss Primmer's and give -all the little girls one each, and then -they could all have a lamb each and -some chocs. And I'd have lots of -chocs.--<em class="italics">loads</em> of them. I wish it was -to-morrow to spend my sixpence."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie sat gazing dreamily into the -nursery fire, with wide-open blue -eyes, "Lemme say my poetry again.</p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line">"'Mary had a little lamb'--</div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="pfirst">With a blue sash on. What shall -I call my lamb?" She went on -gazing with loving eyes at her -bright new sixpence. "I think I'll -call her the Queen. You won't -mind my calling my lamb after you, -do you?" she said to her Majesty, -who was looking very dignified -indeed; at least, as dignified as it was -possible to look when she had to -hold her head as stiff as possible -to keep the crown from toppling -off. It must have given her a crick -in her neck.</p> -<p class="pnext">Her Majesty smiled graciously.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, not at all, don't mention -it," she said politely.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Thank you so much," said -Nellie, who was sitting in front of -the fire with her hands clasped -across her knee.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Get up and make your curtsey; -I suppose you know how," said her -Majesty.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh yes, Miss Primmer always -makes us curtsey when we come in -and go out," answered Nellie, -getting up and making the best one -she could.</p> -<p class="pnext">"That is not very graceful. This -is the way," the Queen said, coming -forward and showing her how to do -it. "Only you see I have to keep -my head steady to keep the crown -on, so it's rather awkward."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie bowed as she was directed, -and the Queen returned the bow -with great dignity. Nellie was -much impressed. Fancy the Queen -bowing to her! What lovely tales -she would have to tell to-morrow!</p> -<p class="pnext">"What are you going to do with -your new sixpence?" asked her -Majesty, when she had seated -herself again.</p> -<p class="pnext">"I thought I'd buy a lamb, and -then I could make a pair of socks -for Pa with the wool."</p> -<p class="pnext">The Queen smiled. "Very -sensible indeed," she said, patting -Nellie on the head; "and you might -make me a pair too, you know."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie's eyes sparkled. "And -will you really wear them?" she -asked eagerly.</p> -<p class="pnext">"I <em class="italics">always</em> wear stockings," said -the Queen in an offended tone. -"You don't suppose I go about -barefoot, do you?"</p> -<p class="pnext">"I did not mean that!" cried -Nellie, aghast. The bare idea of -such a thing!</p> -<p class="pnext">"And don't make them too -large," went on the Queen; "I am -very particular about the fit."</p> -<p class="pnext">"I'd like to be a queen and -wear a crown," said Nellie, after -a pause.</p> -<p class="pnext">Her Majesty smiled. "Indeed! -And pray, what would you do if you -were?"</p> -<p class="pnext">"I'd buy a lamb for all the -children at Miss Primmer's. Oh, and -chocs.--such lots of chocs. And -I'd put on my best frock every day, -and have cake every time I wanted -it, and I'd have as many sixpences -as I liked, and----"</p> -<p class="pnext">"Stop, that will do," said the -Queen; "if you always wore your -best frock you'd soon want a new -one, and then where would all your -sixpences be? And as for the -cake, I always keep <em class="italics">my</em> cupboards -locked, so that no one can take a -piece without asking for it; and the -honey cupboard. I am very fond -of honey."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Yes, I know, we sing about it -in school," said Nellie.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, indeed? you do, do you? -That's very nice. But what do you -sing about me?"</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, we sing:--</p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line">"'Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye,</div> -<div class="line">Four and twenty blackbirds baking in a pie.</div> -<div class="line">When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,</div> -<div class="line">Was not that a dainty dish to set before a king?</div> -<div class="line">The king was in his counting house, counting out his money,</div> -<div class="line">The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey,</div> -<div class="line">The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes,</div> -<div class="line">There came a little blackbird and snapped off her nose.'"</div> -<div class="line"> </div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="pfirst">"That's very pretty," said her -Majesty; "I wish I could write -poetry like that."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Can't you?" asked Nellie, -looking surprised; she thought queens -could do everything.</p> -<p class="pnext">"No," said her Majesty with a -sigh; "I never could, though I've -often tried."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Try, try, try again," said Nellie. -"We sing that in school too."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Well, what shall it be about?" -asked the Queen.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, about my lamb," said Nellie -promptly.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Where is it?" asked the Queen, -putting on her spectacles. "I think -I'll write about you."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Here I am," cried a funny -squeaky little voice, and there, if -you please, was the prettiest, fleeciest -little white lamb you ever saw in -your life, with a blue ribbon round -its neck, and Nellie's best blue sash -tied in a bow round its tail.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, how sweet!" cried the -Queen, clapping her hands.</p> -<p class="pnext">The lamb tossed its head proudly.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Come near and let me look at -you, you pretty thing," said the -Queen, patting it. "Now I'll write -my poetry. Get me a bottle of -ink and a copy-book to write it in."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Would not a slate be better," -said Nelly politely, "and then you -could copy it neatly into your book -afterwards, you know. That's the -way we do at school."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Well, yes, perhaps that would -be best. I might make a blot."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie got her slate and a piece -of pencil with a nice point. The -Queen took it, and sat for about five -minutes groaning and turning up -her eyes to the ceiling, but nothing -came of it. Nellie watched her -anxiously.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Have you not 'most finished?" -she asked after a while.</p> -<p class="pnext">"<em class="italics">Could</em> you tell me how to spell -honey?" asked the Queen. "I -quite forget, it is so long since I -went to school."</p> -<p class="pnext">"I don't know," said Nellie, "I -have not learned that yet. I'll get -the dictionary.</p> -<p class="pnext">"There now," said the Queen -triumphantly, holding up the slate -for Nellie to look at. It was written -in large round letters, something -like Nellie's writing, with double -lines to keep it even.</p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line">"Oh dear, what can the matter be?</div> -<div class="line">Dear, dear, what can the matter be?</div> -<div class="line">Oh dear, what can the matter be?</div> -<div class="line">Nellie's so long making tea!</div> -<div class="line">She promised to give me some bread and some honey,</div> -<div class="line">Some cake and some jam--I gave her the money,</div> -<div class="line">What can she be doing? It <em class="italics">is</em> very funny, I <em class="italics">do</em> want</div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line">my afternoon tea."</div> -<div class="line"> </div> -</div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="pfirst">"There," said the Queen with a -deep sigh, "you can't say I never -wrote any poetry. By-the-by, don't -you think it's nearly time the pie -was done?"</p> -<p class="pnext">"Pie?" asked Nellie, looking -surprised.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Yes," said her Majesty sharply. -"You said there were four and -twenty blackbirds baking in a pie, -didn't you? Just go and see if it's -done, I'm getting hungry."</p> -<p class="pnext">"But where is the king? You -can't have it without him?"</p> -<p class="pnext">"Never mind him. Let me have -the pie."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Was it from the king's counting -house my sixpence came?"</p> -<p class="pnext">"Of course," said the Queen -testily. "Now go and see about -that pie."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie went. It was a most -delicious pie, crisp and brown. It -made her mouth water to look at it.</p> -<p class="pnext">"I do hope the Queen won't -be greedy and want to eat it all -herself," she thought, as she took it -in and put it on the table.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Present it on one knee," -commanded the Queen.</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie did so. The Queen seized -the knife and cut open the pie. -All the blackbirds began singing so -sweetly. It was the loveliest concert -you ever heard in your life.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Now that's what I call a most -dainty dish," said her Majesty, -looking much pleased.</p> -<p class="pnext">"But you are not going to eat -the dear little birds?" asked Nellie -anxiously.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Of course not," said the Queen -pettishly. "Get me a bit of bread -and honey. You know how fond -I am of it."</p> -<p class="pnext">One of the blackbirds flew out of -the window as Nellie went to the -cupboard to get out some honey for the -Queen and a piece of cake for herself.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Cookey makes such nice cakes," -she said, with her mouth full.</p> -<p class="pnext">"You should not talk with your -mouth full," said the Queen. "You -can give me one to taste."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie went down on one knee -and presented it the way she had -been shown. The Queen took it -at once and began to eat it. Such -big bites she took too, which rather -surprised Nellie, who had seen Miss -Primmer at afternoon tea daintily -mincing thin wafers of bread and -butter.</p> -<p class="pnext">"What are you staring at?" -asked the Queen. "I hate to be -stared at--it's very rude. Get me -my bread and honey at once."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie presented that too on one knee.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Have you not a drop of tea? -I'm dreadfully thirsty," asked the -Queen.</p> -<p class="pnext">"I have nothing but my doll's -tea set, and they are rather tiny," -answered Nelly doubtfully, going -to the cupboard and getting them out.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Never mind, I can drink all -the more," said her Majesty, and -indeed she <em class="italics">did</em> drink. Nellie had -never seen anything like it. There -was no time for her to drink a drop -herself, she was so busy waiting on -the Queen. After a bit she quite -lost count of the number of cups -she drank.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Don't you think you have drunk -enough cups now?" she asked at -length, thinking it about time she -had a cup of tea herself.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Drunk enough cups indeed," said -the Queen huffily, "as if I have -drunk <em class="italics">any</em> cups."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie was silent for a moment.</p> -<p class="pnext">"It's dreffel wicked to tell stories," -she said, holding up one finger -warningly. "Do you know where -you'll go if you tell stories?"</p> -<p class="pnext">"I shall go home," said the Queen, -"if you are going to be rude; -besides, I have not told any stories."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh! You said you had not -drunk any cups, and you have drunk -<em class="italics">millions</em>."</p> -<p class="pnext">The Queen drew herself up haughtily.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Pray, how many cups did you -put out?" she asked in a very -dignified manner.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Six," answered Nellie promptly.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Well, then, count them. There -they are. One, two, three, four, -five, six. How can you say I have -drunk any of them? and millions -too. It is you who are telling the -stories. I <em class="italics">never</em> drink cups. I -drink tea."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie did not know what to say -to this. "Well, you drank plenty -of tea, then," she said. "You did -not leave any for me."</p> -<p class="pnext">"I think it is about time I went -home, if that is the way you treat -your visitors," said her Majesty, -highly offended. "It is very rude -to tell people how much they eat. -I shan't come to see you again. -And after letting you have that six-pence, too."</p> -<p class="pnext">"It was Pa who gave it to me," -said Nellie, who was a very truthful -child.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Well, how did my head come -on it then if it did not come from -me in the first place?"</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie could not answer a word.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Well, I must be going," said -the Queen, recovering her good -humour now that she had silenced -Nellie.</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie was just making her a -grand curtsey when the door burst -open and in rushed the maid, -holding her handkerchief to her face.</p> -<p class="pnext">"It's the blackbird," she sobbed. -"He's snapped off my nose."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Stick it on again," said the Queen.</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie ran to get some sticking -plaster, and stuck it on as hard as -she could.</p> -<p class="pnext">It looked rather funny, she -thought, but could not exactly -understand why for a little while, -until she discovered it was stuck on -upside down.</p> -<p class="pnext">"You had better take it off again -and put it on straight," said the -Queen. But nothing would induce -it to come off, it was stuck on -so tight.</p> -<p class="pnext">"I guess she'll have to stand on -her head to blow her nose," said -Nellie, thoughtfully.</p> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 74%" id="figure-75"> -<img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-026.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -Nellie</div> -</div> -<p class="pfirst">"Of course, the very thing," -assented the Queen, cheerfully. -"Well, I really must be going. -Good-bye now, whatever, and don't -forget my stockings," she continued, -waving her hand in token of -farewell, and she vanished, banging the -door after her.</p> -<p class="pnext">Nellie woke up with a start.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Why, Miss Nellie, whatever -are you doing all in the dark? And -you have let the fire out too."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, Nursie, such lovely things -have happened. The Queen has -been here, and my lamb; oh, and -lots of things."</p> -<p class="pnext">"The Queen, indeed! Fiddle-sticks," -said Nursie, with a sniff of -disbelief.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Yes, she was. And she had -tea with me out of my doll's tea-set. -And here's my dear little lamb. -Why, wherever has it gone?" asked -Nellie, rubbing her eyes and looking around.</p> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 73%" id="figure-76"> -<img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-028.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -Nellie</div> -</div> -<p class="pfirst">"And what on earth is that wool -sticking out of your ears? Have -you the ear-ache?"</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, Nursie, I only put it there -to keep my poetry from coming out."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Well, I never did!" said Nursie, -holding up her hands in surprise. -"You are the <em class="italics">queerest</em> child!"</p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 21%" id="figure-77"> -<img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-029.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -tailpiece</div> -</div> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 48%" id="figure-78"> -<img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-031.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -headpiece</div> -</div> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center large pfirst">The Story of a Robin</p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst">She was a strange child, and led -a lonely life, shut up in the -almost deserted castle with no -one but her miserly old grandfather -and old Nanny for company. It -was no wonder that she grew up -with curious unchildlike fancies, -which were yet not altogether -unchildlike. Her mind found food for -itself in the woods with their -ever-changing tints, the sky, the clouds, -the sunset, and last, but by no -means least, the restless, never-silent -sea, which bathed the foot of the -rock where stood the picturesque -old castle.</p> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 65%" id="figure-79"> -<img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-032.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -robin</div> -</div> -<p class="pfirst">Of friends Elsie had none. The -Squire could not afford to keep -company--he was as poor as a rat, -he used to say. Old Nanny was -nearly as miserly as he--you would -have said she counted the grains -of oatmeal that she put into the -porridge; not a particle of anything -was ever wasted in that frugal -household. Report said--but I am -not responsible for the truth of this -statement--that the miser had once -had a piece of cheese which was -always brought to table, not to eat, -mind you, oh dear, no! but so that -the odour might give a relish to the -dry bread! Elsie had not even a -dog for a companion--for that would -have required, at least, some food. -She used to look out of her little -turret window and watch the clouds -floating about in the sky, and the -stars smiling down at her as they -twinkled merrily up above. The -moon was a very great friend of -hers; she loved to see his broad -cheerful face rising over the tree -tops, and peeping in at her latticed -windows.</p> -<p class="pnext">Almost the only living creatures -that she could make friends with -were the bats and owls that found -an abode in the ruined walls of the -castle, and the robins that came -hopping merrily around in search -of the crumbs that were not there. -She loved, too, to watch the spiders -that came crawling stealthily out of -their webs to catch any unwary fly -that might be so bold as to venture -into such an inhospitable mansion.</p> -<p class="pnext">She had no toys--never in her -life had she even seen a doll. -Think of that, little Dorothy, with -your collection of all kinds, from -the rag baby to the beautiful wax -and china ones with real hair and -eyes that open and shut, and with -all the dolls' clothes a child's heart -could desire. She did not miss -them--never having known the -pleasure of such possessions.</p> -<p class="pnext">But one real live pet she had--a -robin that used to come hopping -on to her window sill every morning, -and for whom she saved a few -crumbs from her scanty breakfast -unknown to "gran'fer" or old -Nanny, who you may be sure -would never have countenanced -such waste. He was a merry little -birdie, with such a knowing twinkle -in his eyes, that seemed to say -he knew all about little Elsie and -her ways, and was glad to come -and cheer her up, and to make up -to her for the lack of other friends -by singing to her every morning -his sweetest song. Fine times -they had, too, when "gran'fer" -was busy counting his money, and -old Nanny was out gathering -sticks. They never bought -anything at Castle Grim that they -could get without paying for. -"Castle Hopeful" she called it, -though why she chose such a very -inappropriate name for it, it would -be hard to say. If you come to -think of it though, there was some -sense in it, seeing that it left so -many things to be hoped -for--things that never came. As for -such a thing as a new hat or a new -frock, <em class="italics">that</em> was too great a treat -to be ever wished for. When the -frock she wore would no longer -hang on the fragile little form, -when the bony arms came out half -a yard below the sleeves, and the -long thin legs from under the short -skirt, then old Nanny grudgingly -took out of the moth-eaten old -wardrobe an old one of Elsie's -mother's, and cut it down until the -child could get inside it with -something like ease. To be sure Nanny -was no dressmaker, and the frock -was neither pretty nor elegant; -and as for fit, why, that was a -mere trifle not worthy of serious -consideration. Elsie could have -jumped into it, but it was a frock, -and that was enough. The little -fisher-children who used to come -gathering sea-weed and shells on -the beach used to look up with -wistful eyes at the lonely little -figure in the turret-window, singing -and talking to herself; but she was -never allowed to speak to them--Nanny -was very strict about that. -Elsie was one of the "quality," -and must not mix with the fisher-children.</p> -<p class="pnext">The child had learnt her letters, -no one knew how. Moreover, she -was the happy possessor of a -few ragged old books--minus the -covers and a few of the pages--which -she had found in rummaging -about in the old lumber room -amongst broken furniture that -would not sell, but was too good -for firewood.</p> -<p class="pnext">Such treasures these books were -to Elsie--strange reading for a -child, but very precious to her all -the same. No "Alice in -Wonderland," no "Little Folks," no "St -Nicholas," or "Fairy Tales"; but -the "Pilgrim's Progress," garnished -with pictures--such pictures, enough -to make your hair stand on end,--Foxe's -"Book of Martyrs," and -last, but by no means least, that -most delightful of all books, "Don -Quixote." How Elsie loved the -Don and his bony steed! She -knew all his adventures by heart--all -that were in the book, that is--for, -of course, both the beginning -and the end were lost.</p> -<p class="pnext">If you will promise not to mention -it, I will tell you a great secret. -Elsie was writing a story herself. -It was the nicest story you ever -read in your life; but it was not -very easy to read, being written in -large badly-formed childish -characters on odd leaves of old copy -books, and sometimes the story and -the copies got rather mixed; and the -spelling was, to say the least of it, -quite unique, but it was a lovely -story for all that. Perhaps some -day you will read it yourself. -Elsie used to read it aloud to -her little friend the robin, and he -listened with his pert little head on -one side as he hopped about -picking up the crumbs she had saved -with so much difficulty for him; he -was a most grateful little birdie, -and never forgot a kindness. She -always knew his tap! tap! at the -window, and used to run to open it -for him. It is very nice to have a -little bird for a friend, for it never -quarrels or sulks like some little -boys or girls do, when it cannot get -its own way.</p> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 73%" id="figure-80"> -<img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-040.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -Elsie</div> -</div> -<p class="pfirst">It was a bitterly cold day in -December. The snow had been -falling all night, and when morning -came the earth was covered with a -beautiful soft white carpet. It was -lovely to look at. Elsie sat up in -her little turret chamber watching -the happy little fisher-children -snowballing each other. She would -have liked a game with them, but -she knew that Nanny would not let -her go. It was so cold, too, for -there was no fire anywhere but in -the kitchen, and Nanny was -making what she called the dinner, and -was always very cross when Elsie -got in the way, so Elsie sat upstairs -in her little turret chamber trying to -warm her cold little hands by -wrapping them up in an old shawl which -had certainly been a good one in -its day, but unluckily there was -very little of it left. After -watching the children for a time, she -crept downstairs into the kitchen.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, Nanny, let me help you -with the dinner," she said pleadingly, -"it's so cold upstairs."</p> -<p class="pnext">The old woman was not a bad -sort, but she was rather cross; -everything had gone wrong with -her that morning. First, she could -not get any sticks on account of the -snow, and the ones she had were -damp and would not burn; then the -Squire had grumbled at her for -extravagance.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, get out of the way, you are -more of a hindrance than a help," -she answered pettishly.</p> -<p class="pnext">Elsie went back again to her -little room and looked out of the -window at the pure white snow. -How lovely it looked! She would -just run out to see what it was like -on the soft white carpet. How -happy the hardy fisher-children -looked, with their fresh glowing -faces and sturdy limbs, as they -pelted one another with the soft -powdery snow!</p> -<p class="pnext">She put on her old shawl and -her apology for a hat, and stole -quietly out to the enchanted land. -Old Nanny saw her go, but took -no notice, muttering to herself as -she went on with her household -duties. The fresh keen air made -little Elsie feel quite gay and happy -as she frisked about revelling in her -new-found liberty.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, the snow! the lovely snow! -I wonder who put it up in the sky? -I wish I could go up to see who -is making the dear little feathers. -Is it the Man in the Moon, I -wonder? I'd like to see him make -the feathers. Perhaps if I go far -enough I'll get to the end of the -world, and then I'll get up into the -clouds, it does not look very far," -she said to herself.</p> -<p class="pnext">On she went merrily, with her -eyes eagerly fixed upon the near -horizon; but the way was long, -and the poor little feet grew heavy -and tired. Her boots, much too -large for her, and very thin, were -wet through and through, but still -she struggled bravely on. The -snow was falling thickly and -silently. The large flakes filled -the air, blotting out the familiar -landscape. There was everywhere -nothing to be seen but snow! snow! snow!</p> -<p class="pnext">"I wonder if this is the right -way," thought Elsie, as she plodded -painfully along. "Perhaps gran'f'er -will be cross if I get lost."</p> -<div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 74%" id="figure-81"> -<img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-047.jpg" /> -<div class="caption figure"> -robin</div> -</div> -<p class="pfirst">She turned round to try and -retrace her steps, but the little -footmarks were covered with the fast -falling snow, she could not see -which way she had come. For a -time she wandered on wearily and -aimlessly, until she took a false step -and felt herself slipping, slipping. -Where? Was it into the middle of -the earth? or was it into Snow -Land? Only Snow Land was up -above, and she was going down, -down, down! In vain she tried to -keep her footing; she sank down -into the drift. The snow came -down blinding and choking her. -The cruel cold snow that looked -so soft and gentle and yielding. -She shut her eyes to try to keep it out.</p> -<p class="pnext">"I wonder if gran'fer will be -sorry if his little girl is lost? and -Nanny? and oh! my dear little -Robin, who'll save him the crumbs -if I have to stop down here? My -dear little Robin! I wish gran'fer -would come! I'm getting so sleepy!" -and the poor tired child lay still -with closed eyes.</p> -<p class="pnext">Tap! tap! tap! What was that -on her forehead.</p> -<p class="pnext">Elsie opened her heavy eyes and -looked around. There was her -own dear little Robin flapping his -wings and hovering around her. -Was it a dream? Elsie rubbed -her eyes. No, there he was in -reality, in his warm red and brown -coat.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh dear Robin! fly home and -tell gran'fer I'm lost in the snow!" -she cried entreatingly.</p> -<p class="pnext">Robin perched his saucy little -head on one side, and looked at -her with his bright twinkling eyes -as though he quite understood -what she said.</p> -<p class="pnext">The snow had ceased falling, and -the sky looked thick and yellow as -though it were lined with cotton -wool. Elsie felt cold and stiff, and -her limbs ached--she felt she could -not stay much longer in her snowy bed.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Fly home, Robin, and tell -gran'fer," she repeated, and Robin -flew away.</p> -<p class="pnext">Elsie sighed, and half wished she -had not sent him. He was -company, at any rate; she was tired of -being alone. But gran'f'er would -soon know, and come to fetch her home.</p> -<p class="pnext">She tried to keep her eyes open -to watch for his coming, but it was -hard work, and oh! she was so -tired! so tired! Would gran'fer -never come? Perhaps he was so -busy counting his money that he -would never think of his little girl -lying out there under the cruel snow!</p> -<p class="pnext">At Castle Grim, in the -old-fashioned kitchen, sat Nanny over -the fire, shivering, but not with the -cold, though it was cold enough.</p> -<p class="pnext">Where could the child be? The -soup was ready for the master as -soon as he should come in, but the -child, little Elsie, where was she? -Presently a shuffling step outside -was heard, and the miser came in. -He was a curious looking figure, -with scanty grey locks hanging -over his stooping shoulders. His -clothes were green with age, but -well brushed and mended. He -seated himself at the table, and -looked round for his little grand-daughter.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Where is Elsie?" he asked -with a frown.</p> -<p class="pnext">The old woman's voice trembled.</p> -<p class="pnext">"She went out into the snow, -and has not come back," she -answered, putting her apron to her -eyes; "and these old bones are not -fit to go out to look for her."</p> -<p class="pnext">The old man got up and went -to the window. The dusk was -beginning to come on in the short -December afternoon.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Which way did she go?" he -asked at length.</p> -<p class="pnext">"I don't know. I did not watch -her go," mumbled the old woman. -"I was too busy--I can't be always -watching folks."</p> -<p class="pnext">"We must track her footsteps," -said the miser, getting his -greatcoat. But in the grounds in front -of the house the snow lay in an -unbroken sheet; no signs of any -footmarks--they were all covered -by this time. Nanny and the -miser looked at each other in -consternation.</p> -<p class="pnext">"She is lost in the snow," -muttered the old woman sitting -down in front of the fire, with her -apron over her head, rocking -herself to and fro. The miser, too, -sat down, and covering his face -with his hands, groaned aloud.</p> -<p class="pnext">What was he to do? Where to -go? On one side of the castle lay -the sea, on the other the moor. It -was like looking for a needle in a -bottle of hay to search for her--and -there were no tracks to follow. -The old man was greatly distressed; -miser though he was, he had a -man's heart, and in his own way -he loved his little granddaughter, -though, to be sure, he loved money -more--or thought he did. But the -child was very dear to him--she was -all that was left to the lonely old man.</p> -<p class="pnext">The pair sat in silence for a -while, plunged in thought; suddenly -the miser arose.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Light the lantern," he said briefly.</p> -<p class="pnext">"What are you going to do with -it, master?" she asked in a shrill -quavering treble.</p> -<p class="pnext">"To search for the child. Be quick."</p> -<p class="pnext">Nanny groaned. "You'll go and -get lost too," she whined. "And -there'll be nobody left but me."</p> -<p class="pnext">Tap, tap, tap, at the window pane.</p> -<p class="pnext">"What's that?" asked the old -man sharply.</p> -<p class="pnext">Nanny hobbled to the window -and looked out; there was nobody.</p> -<p class="pnext">Tap, tap, tap again at the -window. The miser himself went this -time and opened it.</p> -<p class="pnext">In flew a robin, hopping about -with his head on one side, and his -keen twinkling eyes fixed upon the -miser.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Bless me! It's a robin! What -does it want? Crumbs? Can't -afford to keep birds," said the old -man gruffly.</p> -<p class="pnext">Robin flew to the window, and -then turned as if to say, "Follow me."</p> -<p class="pnext">The old woman watched it -curiously.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Birds are queer creatures; you -would almost say it knew where the -child was," she said.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Eh! What?" asked the old -man sharply, looking more -attentively at the bird.</p> -<p class="pnext">Robin gave a little chirp, tapped -at the window with its bill, and -then turned again as if to say -"Why don't you come?"</p> -<p class="pnext">The miser brightened up.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Dear me! I really think you -are right," he said, again taking up -the lantern.</p> -<p class="pnext">Robin flew out, stopping every -now and then to see if the miser -was following him. On, on they -went a weary way. The moon -struggled hard to pierce through -the thick clouds, and shed a pale -silvery light around to guide them -on their way.</p> -<p class="pnext">At last, with a succession of little -chirps, Robin stopped before -something that looked like a dark speck. -The miser followed cautiously, for -he well knew the treacherous -moors. He stood still while -Robin scraped away the snow from -her face with his little bill, and -there lay poor little Elsie, fast -asleep, nearly buried in the snow. -Gran'f'er very carefully lifted her -out of the drift, and wrapping her -in his great coat, wended his way -home with a great joy in his heart, -Robin hovering around all the way.</p> -<p class="pnext">Old Nanny was sitting by the -dying embers with her apron over -her head, rocking herself backwards -and forwards, and crooning a doleful -dirge; but she sprang up joyfully -when the old man entered with the -child in his arms.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Make up the fire," were the -first words he said. Nanny put on -a small stick.</p> -<p class="pnext">"A good roaring fire," added -the old man. Nanny could hardly -believe her ears, but she cautiously -put on another stick.</p> -<p class="pnext">The old man carefully laid Elsie -down on the one arm-chair the -room possessed.</p> -<p class="pnext">"More, put on more, pile it up -the chimney, let us have a bright -warm fire to bring her back to -life," he said, rubbing his hands. -Nanny nearly dropped with -surprise. Never, never before during -the fifty odd years that she had -lived at Castle Grim had such an -order been given. In a few minutes -a bright cheerful fire was blazing -on the hearth, and the kettle -singing lustily.</p> -<p class="pnext">Restoratives were applied to the -little white-faced child, and she -was well rubbed and wrapped in -blankets. Soon she opened her -eyes. The first thing they lit upon -was the robin, who had followed -them in and was hopping about -with his head on one side, looking -very proud and clever indeed, as he -had a right to be, for was it not he -who had found out where Elsie lay -buried in the snow, and had brought -gran'f'er to look for her?</p> -<p class="pnext">"Oh, Robin! dear Robin!" cried -the child in a weak voice. "Dear -gran'f'er, it was Robin who came to -tell you where I was. I sent him, -you know."</p> -<p class="pnext">Gran'f'er, who had been sitting -watching the pair, said suddenly, -with an air of great resolution--no -one knew how much it cost him to -say it--"Robin is to have some -crumbs every day. I am very poor, -and it will nearly ruin me, but he -shall have them."</p> -<p class="pnext">Elsie's eyes sparkled. "Oh -gran'f'er! My own dear little -Robin! Do you really mean it?" -she asked, clapping her weak little -hands.</p> -<p class="pnext">"Yes," said the old man firmly. -"He shall have them."</p> -<p class="pnext">"Dear little Robin, do you hear -what gran'fer says?" cried Elsie -joyfully.</p> -<p class="pnext">Robin looked very knowing -indeed, as if he understood all about -it, and with a jerk of his perky little -head, as much as to say, "Good-bye, -I must be off to my family, or -else they'll think I'm lost in the -snow too." Off he flew.</p> -<p class="pnext">Who says birds have no sense? -Not Elsie certainly, nor yet gran'fer, -for he thinks Elsie's robin the -most wonderful bird that ever lived.</p> -<p class="pnext">Elsie is all right again now; and, -indeed, she is not at all sorry she -was lost in the snow that day, for -it has shown her how much gran'fer -loves her. And gran'fer--you -would not know him--he has quite -turned over a new leaf, and is a -miser no more. He now wears a -good suit that is not more than -twenty years old, and has become -quite liberal too, for he no longer -counts the sticks, nor the peas that -are put into the soup. He has kept -his word about the crumbs; every -morning a handful is thrown out, -which Robin, with his head very -much on one side, and accompanied -by his family and a select circle of -friends, picks up with great relish, -doing the honours in his best style. -And not only that, but--believe it -or not as you will, it is certainly -true--every Christmas a sheaf of -corn is nailed to the barn door for -the birds, more particularly for the -robins, though all are welcome; -and you never in your life heard -such a chirping and chattering as -there is when this interesting -ceremony takes place. 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