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diff --git a/old/50466.txt b/old/50466.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 79d6443..0000000 --- a/old/50466.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1753 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Animal Chums, by Jean McIntosh - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Animal Chums - True Tales about Four-footed Friends - -Author: Jean McIntosh - -Release Date: November 16, 2015 [EBook #50466] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANIMAL CHUMS *** - - - - -Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jwala Kumar Sista and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - - =The Fireside Library.= - - ANIMAL - CHUMS - - True Tales about Four-footed - Friends - - BY - JEAN McINTOSH - - [Illustration] - - NEW YORK - SULLY AND KLEINTEICH - - (PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN) - - - - -CONTENTS. - - - John Willie 5 - - "Hurry Up, Jack!" 14 - - Brer Rabbit's Adventure 18 - - The Greedy Lamb 28 - - The Sparrow Hawks 38 - - Jacko 48 - - The Horse that went to Church 61 - - The Weasel and the Rabbit 68 - - The Saucy Squirrels 76 - - The Owl in the Dovecot 84 - - A True Story of a Canary 92 - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -ANIMAL CHUMS. - - - - -_John Willie._ - - -"=Have= you ever heard of any one having a real live goose for a pet?" -said Uncle John to Willie and Tommy. - -"Oh! do tell us all about it, uncle," said Tommy. - -Now these two little boys loved to hear a nice story; and whenever -their uncle came to live with them, they made him promise to come to -their nursery every evening and tell them a story. - -"Well," said Uncle John, when they had settled down, "this is a _true_ -story that I am going to tell you to-night." - -"I know it is true, because I saw the goose not very long ago, and very -funny he did look with his--" - -"But I must begin at the beginning." - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -In a country village not very far from the seaside lived a little boy -and girl with their father and mother. - -Now these people were very, very poor. - -It was drawing very near to Christmas time, and they were thinking of -all the nice presents and things that little boys like you would be -sure to get on Christmas morning. - -Said Robbie (for that was the boy's name) to his sister,-- - -"Mamie, do you think Father Christmas will bring _us_ anything this -year?" - -"I do hope so," said Mamie. "I _have_ tried to be good." - -"What would _you_ like?" said Robbie. - -"Well," said Mamie, who was thinking hard, "I think I should like -something that we could all share--father and mother as well." - -"But what could that be?" asked Robbie in surprise. - -"Well, I _have_ thought of something," said Mamie, "but I am afraid you -will laugh at me if I tell you." - -"Oh no, I won't," cried Robbie. "Do tell me what it is." - -"I shall tell you," said Mamie, "if you promise faithfully not to -laugh." - -"I promise faithfully," answered Robbie. - -[Illustration] - -"Well," Mamie went on, "I thought that I should like Father Christmas -to send me a _goose_, and then we could all have it for dinner on -Christmas day." - -[Illustration] - -"That would be jolly," said Robbie. "What a surprise father and mother -would get!" - -"Yes, that is what I thought," said Mamie, much relieved that Robbie -did not laugh. "Let us both call up the chimney now and ask Father -Christmas if he will send us one." - -So Robbie and Mamie shouted up the chimney together, and what a noise -they did make! This is what they said:-- - -"Please, Father Christmas, we should like a lovely big goose for -Christmas instead of a present for our stockings." - -[Illustration] - -"I wonder if he heard," said Robbie and Mamie together. - -But Father Christmas did hear. For there was a tiny little fairy -listening all the time, and she caught the message in one of her -wings, and flew right away there and then to give it to Santa Claus. - -The next morning Robbie and Mamie ran out into the garden, and what do -you think they saw? - -"Oh, oh!" cried Mamie. - -"Oh, oh!" cried Robbie. - -"It _has_ come," they both said together. - -And there waddling about on the grass was a large goose. - -They ran away to tell their mother, and she said,-- - -"Well, we must give it something to eat." - -So Robbie and Mamie fed it, not only that morning, but every morning. - -By-and-by this goose became very tame, and was soon the pet of the -family. - -"I am afraid we shall never have him for dinner now," said Robbie. - -"Oh no," answered Mamie; "I could not bear to eat him, he is such a -darling." - -So they kept him and gave him the name of John Willie. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -"And now," said Uncle John, "if you are good children, I will take you -to see this strange pet some fine day. - -"You will see it going for a walk with its master. It sometimes walks -along beside him for miles and miles, with a slow, stately tread. - -"Or you may see it sitting on its master's shoulder while he sits and -reads. - -"It will also feed out of your hand as dainty as--well, as a goose can." - -"What a jolly story!" said Tommy. - -"I wish _I_ had a goose," said Willie. - -[Illustration] - - - - -"_Hurry Up, Jack!_" - - -=A lady= who lived in the country had a son who was a sailor boy. - -Once when he came home from a long, long voyage he brought his mother a -parrot. - -Now this parrot was very, very wise indeed, and the lady had taught her -to say all manner of things. - -In the mornings the master of the house had to get up very early, and -the parrot used to wake him by crying out,-- - -"Hurry up, Jack! It is time to get up!" - -[Illustration] - -One day Polly got out of her cage, and, as the door was standing open, -she flew very quickly through it and out of sight. - -The lady hunted high and low for her pet, but she was not to be found. -At last, just when she had given up all hope of ever seeing Polly -again, a boy came to the door of the house. - -[Illustration] - -"Please, Mrs. Brown" (for that was the lady's name), "I think your -parrot is in Farmer Day's orchard. She is sitting in an old apple tree -screeching for all she is worth." - -"Oh, I do hope it is she," said Mrs. Brown, and off she went to seek -the bird as fast as she could. - -Sure enough, there was Polly perched high up in the tree crying out,-- - -"Oh dear me, poor Polly's lost--poor Polly's lost!" - -As soon as she saw her mistress Polly cried out,-- - -[Illustration] - -"Hullo, Sally! Poor Polly's lost. Take Polly home!" And the bird flew -down to her. - -Now, don't you wish you had a parrot so clever? - -[Illustration] - - - - -_Brer Rabbit's Adventure._ - - -=Said= Brer Rabbit to his wife one day, "Oh, how I should like to see -the world! It is very dreary living in this green field, and always -having the same thing over and over again." - -[Illustration] - -"My dear," answered his wife, "it is a dangerous world beyond the -green fields, where all manner of strange things dwell, and two-footed -animals lie in wait to gobble you up. _I_ do not want to leave my -little burrow." - -And Brer Rabbit's wife tucked herself up in her little bed and went to -sleep. - -But Brer Rabbit kept thinking and thinking, and longing and longing -to go beyond the green field in which he had his home; and one fine -morning he popped out of his hole and ran away with all his might and -main. - -[Illustration] - -Over the fields he went faster and faster. On the way he passed whole -families of rabbits, and when they called after him, "Where are you -going to, Brer Rabbit?" never a word he answered. - -At last Brer Rabbit began to feel tired. It was long since he had left -his home, and he had travelled many, many miles, and now felt very -hungry. - -"I wonder where I could get something to eat," he said to himself. - -But he looked about in vain. Not a blade of nice sweet grass could he -see anywhere, and he began to feel very sad. - -"Oh, what shall I do?" thought poor Brer Rabbit. "How I wish I had -never left my nice home!" - -But now he was too tired to go back; and even if he would, he could not -go, for, in his haste, he had not noticed by which way he had come. - -Just then he spied a nice box with a lot of straw in it. - -"Ah," said Brer Rabbit, "this looks a nice quiet bed. I will just pop -in here and have a good sleep." - -So in he popped, and curled himself up in the corner, and soon fell -fast asleep. - -Brer Rabbit must have been sleeping for a long time when he awoke with -a fearful start. - -And what do you think had happened? - -Some one had put a chair inside the box and packed it in with more -straw, and now the lid was being hammered on, and poor Brer Rabbit was -too terrified to move. There he was held fast in a prison, and no one -to let him out. - -"Oh dear, _dear_ me!" wailed Brer Rabbit. "If only I had taken my -wife's advice and never left my nice little home!" - -But Brer Rabbit wailed in vain, for never an answer was there to his -cry. - -Presently Brer Rabbit felt the box being lifted and put into a train. -Then the door was shut, the whistle blown, and away he went, far, far -across the country to a strange land. - -Brer Rabbit shivered and shook with fright, and he got so ill with -hunger that he was forced to eat the hard coarse straw. How he longed -for some green grass and a nice cool drink! - -After many hours the train stopped and the box was taken out; then it -was put into a van and taken to a big shop in a town. There, with poor -Brer Rabbit still in it, the box was put into a dark cellar. - -After a long time a man came to the box and took off the lid; then he -took out the chair. - -"I am lost now," said Brer Rabbit, "for surely this is a two-footed -animal come to gobble me up." - -So he huddled himself up in the corner, but it was so dark in the -cellar that the man never saw him, and he took the chair away, and left -Brer Rabbit all alone, and _the lid off the box_. - -"Now," said Brer Rabbit, "I am at least free of this box, but I will -just wait awhile before I pop out in case any one should come in and -see me." - -So he waited till all was quiet, and then popped out of his prison. Oh, -how weak and ill he did feel! He could scarcely hop round the floor. -He looked all over for something to eat, and found some crumbs, but no -water to drink. - -So Brer Rabbit stayed there all that night and the next day, until he -was almost dead and had lost count of time. - - * * * * * - -"O sir," said Bob, the errand boy, to his master, "there is a great big -rat in the cellar. I have never seen such a big one before, and I am -almost afraid of it." - -"I will come and see," said the master. And off he went with Bob to the -cellar. - -Bob opened the door very gently and peeped in. - -"It is still there," said he. - -"Let _me_ look," exclaimed the master, and he too peeped in at the door. - -"Why," he said, "that is not a rat; it is a _wild rabbit_." - -Bob's eyes nearly dropped out with surprise. And no wonder, for here -was poor Brer Rabbit sitting in the corner, too weak and ill to run -away. - -"Now," he thought, "I must surely die, for I am caught at last." - -[Illustration] - -But Bob's master was a kind man, and he loved animals very much. - -He took Brer Rabbit up in his arms, and gave him some milk to drink and -biscuits to eat, and then put him into a warm basket, and took him home -for his little girls and boys to look at. - -That same day they took Brer Rabbit away into the country, and put him -down in a lovely green field, and gave him his freedom. - -And this was the end of Brer Rabbit's adventure. After many long days -he found his wife and family again, and when he had told them all about -it, he said,-- - -"I shall never, never again want to see the world." - - - - -_The Greedy Lamb._ - - -"=Have= you ever seen a pet lamb?" said Bobs to his mother one day. - -Bobs was a little boy who was always asking questions; and if he could -only get his mother to tell him a story, he was quite content. He would -sit so still that he scarcely so much as winked. - -"Yes," answered his mother; "I had a pet lamb for my very own when I -was a little girl." - -"Oh, do tell me all about it," cried Bobs. "Was it very tiny?" - -[Illustration] - -So Bobs and his mother sat down in a chair by the fire, and she began,-- - -"A long, long time ago, when I was quite a little girl, I had a great -longing to have a pet lamb. - -"My father owned a farm, and although I had lots of other pets, I was -not content, and still wanted a lamb for my own. - -"'Very well,' said my father, 'you may have a pet lamb, but I am sure -you will get tired of it and never want another.' - -[Illustration] - -"But I did not believe what father said, for I thought nothing could be -so nice as a little woolly lamb. - -"One day we went for a picnic to a lovely valley where a beautiful -waterfall leaped and dimpled in the sunlight, and then fell down, down, -down hundreds of feet into the river below. - -"Father and I were standing on a rock watching this waterfall and -thinking how lovely it looked, when, all at once, I saw something that -made me jump. - -"'Look, look, father!' I cried; 'there is something lying in the pool -below. What can it be?' - -"'Why, I do believe it is a sheep,' said father. 'You stay just there, -and I will go nearer and see.' - -"'O father, it _is_ a sheep,' I cried, 'and there is its little lamb.' -And I pointed to a ledge of rock where a tiny lamb was standing -nibbling at some green leaves on a tree that grew by the water-side. - -"Every few moments it bleated most piteously, and looked all round for -its mother. - -"But never again would it hear her bleat, for there, in the deep pool -at the foot of the waterfall, she was lying drowned. - -"'O father,' I cried in great distress, 'what if the poor lamb should -fall in too?' - -"But father had gone to try to save it. - -"Down, down he went, slipping and sliding on the wet rocks. - -"At last he reached the lamb, and, putting it on his shoulder, he began -to climb up the steep rocks to a place of safety. - -"After much hard and dangerous climbing, he came back to me and said,-- - -"'Now, my little girl, you have got your wish at last, for here is a -lamb, and you must take care of it until it is old enough to look after -itself.' - -"How pleased I was, although I felt very sad when I thought of the poor -sheep that had fallen into the water and lost its life. - -"Well, we took the lamb home, and very soon it got to know me quite -well. - -"It would come running to me as soon as I called, and would drink milk -out of a bottle in a very funny way. - -[Illustration] - -"But oh, it _was_ a mischief; and Jane, the kitchen maid, used to be -very angry when it came trotting into her kitchen on wet days and -dirtied the floor with its feet. - -"One day Jane had made the chickens' food all ready, and put it in a -pail, and placed it outside the door to cool. - -"The chickens were all waiting for their meal and feeling very hungry. -Jane went to the door for the food, and to her surprise and horror she -found the pail upset and not a bit of food left. - -[Illustration] - -"'Bother that lamb!' cried Jane. 'It has gone and eaten up all the -chickens' food.' - -"And just then we saw the lamb trotting off to the field quite content. - -"At last it grew to be a very big sheep--too big to come trotting into -the farm kitchen, for it was so strong and bumped against Jane so much -that she would often chase it out with a broom. - -"Then father said it must go into the field and stay there for good. - -[Illustration] - -"'I am glad,' said Jane, when she heard about it; 'I hope we shall -never have another pet lamb.' - -"But I did not think so, for I loved it very much. - -"Long afterwards, when I went to the field, it would come running to me -when I called. - -"So that was how I got my pet lamb," said Bobs's mother. - -"How lovely it must have been!" said Bobs. "I wish _I_ lived in the -country." - -[Illustration] - - - - -_The Sparrow Hawks._ - - -"=George=, George! Where are you?" called Frank as he went through the -wood. - -"I am here," answered George. - -"Where? I can't see you," shouted Frank at the top of his voice. - -"I am here, up a tree," said George. - -"Whatever are you doing there?" said Frank as he spied George's fat -legs through the branches of a tree. - -"I shall be down in a minute," said George, "and I will tell you." - -Presently George came scrambling down so quickly that Frank thought he -would be sure to fall. - -[Illustration] - -But George was not afraid of this, for had he not been used to climbing -trees all his life? But then, you see, George lived in the country, and -Frank had only come to stay with him for his summer holiday. - -And what a surprise this holiday was to Frank, who lived in a town -where he could not see the green fields nor hear the birds sing! - -[Illustration] - -"Frank," said George in a whisper, "there is a hawk's nest up that -tree." - -"Did you see it?" asked Frank. - -"Yes," answered George, "but I could not get close to it; I must try -again to-morrow." - -The next day being fine, George and Frank hurried to the wood. They -soon came to the tree where the nest was, and George began to climb. - -Up, up, he went, higher and higher, until Frank could not see him any -more, for it was a very high tree. - -"I have found it," shouted George, "and there are young ones in it." - -"Oh! do bring one down," called Frank. "I _should_ like to see it." - -"I will try," answered George, "but they are very savage." - -However, George managed to get hold of one of the young hawks, and he -started to come down the tree once more. It was not so easy to climb -down this time, and he had many scratches and bruises before he reached -the ground again. - -"Look!" said George; "this is a young hawk." And he held it out for -Frank to see. - -It was very pretty but very angry, and it had given George some hard -pecks, so that his fingers were bleeding. - -Well, George and Frank took the young hawk home and put it into a cage. - -Now, I think these two boys were very cruel to rob the nest; but if you -read the rest of this story you will see what happened. - -The next day Frank said to George, "I wish I had another hawk to take -home to my brother Fred. He would be _so_ pleased." - -So, sad to say, George climbed the tree again, and took out of the -nest another bird, and they put it into the cage beside its mate. - -The next week Frank went back to town, for he had spent a long holiday, -and it was now time to go back to school. - -What must have been the feelings of the poor hawks when they found -themselves shut up in a cage and taken away in the train to a smoky -town? - -Fred was delighted when he saw them, although he was rather afraid to -go near them, for they ruffled their feathers and looked so angry if -any one attempted to touch them. - -[Illustration] - -So the poor birds were put in an outhouse, and given raw meat to eat, -and very miserable they looked. - -After a few days Frank began to wish that he had never asked George to -take them from their nest. You see, after Fred had seen them there was -no more fun, and Frank thought that they might die if they were shut up -for a long time in a cage. - -"Fred," said Frank, "what do _you_ think we should do with these birds?" - -"Well," said Fred, "I think we ought to take them into the country and -set them free again." - -"Hurrah!" shouted Frank; "that is just what I was thinking. Let us do -it now." - -So Frank and Fred covered up the cage, and off they went. - -I think the sparrow hawks must have been saying to each other, "Oh dear -me! What are they going to do with us now?" - -After a very, very long walk the two boys came to the green fields. -They were very tired and hot and dusty, so Frank said, "Oh, let us open -the cage now, for I cannot go any further." - -[Illustration] - -But Fred answered, "There is a wood not far away. Let us go there, and -then the birds will feel more at home." - -So they went on until they came to the wood. Frank took the cover off -the cage, and Fred opened the door. - -The hawks looked out for a few seconds, and then made one dash for -liberty. - -They mounted higher and higher, and then soared away out of sight. - -Frank looked at Fred, and Fred looked at Frank, and then both together -they said,-- - -"I am glad they are free." - -"I wonder where they will go," said Fred. - -[Illustration] - -But they never knew, for the birds were never seen again. - -Frank and Fred were two happy boys as they trudged back to town again. -Never, never again will they keep a hawk in prison, or indeed any other -free and happy bird of the woods. - - - - -_Jacko._ - - -"=Oh=, look, look!" cried Tony; "here are some real live bears." - -"Where?" said Elsie, as she came running round the corner. "Oh, what -funny-looking things they are!" - -It was a fine day in June, and Tony and Elsie had come with their -mother to see all the animals at the Zoo. - -And what a jolly time they were having! - -When they had paid their money and passed through the turnstile, the -first thing they saw was a strange-looking bird perched on a branch -beside a seat where one of the keepers was sitting. - -[Illustration] - -"_That_ is not a real bird," said Tony. "It is only put there to make -fun of people." - -Just then it turned its head right round and stared steadily at Tony. - -"Why, it _is_ real!" said Tony in surprise. "What a funny-looking -bird!" - -"It is an owl," said the keeper, "and there are a lot more in the cages -there." - -So Tony and Elsie went on and saw the rest of the owls. - -Next, they came to the parrot house. Oh! what screeching and screaming -there was! - -"Hullo!" said a voice so close to Elsie that it made her jump. - -"It is only a parrot," said Tony, laughing; "he _can_ talk." - -There were parrots outside too, swinging on perches, and they looked -very beautiful in the sunlight. - -Then Tony, Elsie, and mother went on and on and saw all kinds of -animals. They had a ride on an elephant, and when it was time to get -off, mother was standing with a bag of buns in her hand, and before she -could speak Jumbo had put out his trunk and taken one. What a surprise -she got! - -[Illustration] - -Inside the elephant house was another Jumbo, and when they told him to -dance he went round and round in his cage in the most comical manner. -Then he opened his mouth wide for Tony to throw a bun into it. - -Well, well, what heaps of things there were to see! At last Tony and -Elsie came to the bears. - -And there, sitting in a cage, was a lovely brown bear. - -"Oh, isn't he a darling?" said Elsie. - -"Yes," answered Tony. "Let us give him something to eat." - -So he threw a piece of bun to him, and he caught it in his paw. Then -mother said, "Sit up, then;" and greatly to their surprise the bear -sat up on his hind legs and begged. - -"Now," said Elsie, "I should like to see the monkeys." - -"Come on, then," cried Tony; "I'll race you." And away they ran. - -Just inside the door of the monkey house was a great big monkey sitting -all alone in his cage. - -"Ugh!" said Elsie; "isn't he ugly?" - -And what do you think happened? Up got the monkey, and picking up a -handful of gravel, threw it at Elsie. - -You see the monkey did not like being called names, and was very much -hurt. - -Well, there were all kinds of monkeys--big monkeys and little -monkeys--running and climbing about their cages. Tony gave them nuts -and pieces of carrot, and one sly old monkey took his share and hid it -in a corner under the straw. - -"I do wish I had a monkey, all for my very own," said Tony, as they -went home that day. - -"Do you?" asked Elsie. "I do not think _I_ should like one." - -The next day Tony and Elsie had been playing in the garden, and as they -were coming into the house Tony spied a queer-looking bundle in the -corner of the door-way. - -"What is this?" he said. "Look, Elsie; why, I do declare it is a -_monkey_." - -"A monkey!" exclaimed Elsie. - -"Yes," said Tony. "Poor little thing, how he does shake!" - -"Mother, mother!" they both called out, "come and see this monkey!" - -"Why, Tony," said mother, "you have got your wish. Here is a monkey -come to you. But let us take him inside." - -So Tony picked the monkey up in his arms and took him into the house. - -They found the poor little thing was suffering from a wounded foot, -and when they had bathed and dressed it they gave it some food. - -Just then father came in, and when he saw the monkey he said,-- - -"Hullo! what have you got here? A monkey!" - -"O father!" said Tony and Elsie together. - -"One at a time," said father. - -So Elsie told the story whilst father listened. - -"Well," said father, "I think I know where this poor little monkey has -come from." - -"As I came through the village I saw a man looking for a monkey. He -told me it had run away from him, and he could not afford to lose it, -as it earned a lot of money by doing tricks." - -[Illustration] - -"Well," said Tony, "the man must have been very cruel to it, for it is -very thin and tired." - -"O father, _don't_ send it back," said Elsie. - -"But I thought _you_ did not like monkeys," said father. - -"Yes, yes, I do," replied Elsie; "I like this one very much." - -"Then," said father, "I shall ask the man if we may buy him." - -The next day the man was sent for, and he willingly sold the monkey to -father. "For," he said, "Jacko will never do much good now." - -So Jacko was tenderly cared for and fed, and very soon his foot got all -better, and he began to grow fat. - -[Illustration] - -He was very kind to the children, and would play with them, but -sometimes he was very mischievous. - -One day, when the maid was washing, she went into the garden and found -the clothes all lying about on the grass. - -"Dear me," she said, "I cannot have hung them up right." So she pinned -them up again, and went into the house. Presently, out she came once -more, and what was her surprise to find the clothes all down again! - -The maid said, "I will put them up again, and this time I will watch." - -So she pinned the clothes up again, and hid behind the door. - -Presently, along the garden wall came Jacko. Away he ran along the -clothes-line, picking out all the pegs as he went, and down dropped the -clothes upon the grass. - -"Oh, you villain!" cried the maid; "take that!" And she threw a bowl of -water at Jacko. But Jacko only made a face at her as he scampered away. - -So Jacko had recovered his spirits, and was very happy. Let us hope he -will live for many, many years. - - - - -_The Horse that went to Church._ - - -=Maggie= and May had a dear old horse which was a great pet, and its -name was Bobbie. - -[Illustration] - -Now Bobbie was very, very wise, and if I were to tell you all the funny -things he did, why, I should fill this book so that there would not be -room for anything else. - -Of course, these two little girls lived in the country; for boys and -girls who live in towns very seldom have a horse to play with. - -[Illustration] - -It was harvest time, and the reapers were very busy cutting down the -golden corn and binding it into sheaves. - -Have you ever been in a harvest field on a summer afternoon? I can tell -you it is delightful, and those of you who have not been there have -missed something very nice indeed. - -Now every afternoon there was great running to and fro in the farm -kitchen, for Mollie, the cook, was putting into a basket tea, and bread -and butter, and scones, and all sorts of good things for Maggie and May -to take to the workers in the harvest field. - -At four o'clock the stable boy opened the stable door, and out trotted -Bobbie, saddled; for he, too, was going to the harvest field. - -Maggie would ride upon his back, and May would carry the basket; and -when the workers saw them coming they would all sit down in a corner of -the field waiting to have tea. - -[Illustration] - -Bobbie knew the road to the field quite well, but, sad to say, he was -very lazy, and would not hurry at all. Then Maggie would drive him -close to the hedge, and pretend she was getting a stick to whip him -with. When she did this he began to trot, and never stopped until he -came to the gate in the field. - -When tea was over, and all the things were gathered into the basket -again, these two little girls would both get on Bobbie's back, one -behind the other; and he galloped off, for he was thinking to himself, -"Now I am going back to my stable and to a good feed of hay." - -When all the corn was gathered in and sent away to be made into flour, -Maggie and May went back to school. Bobbie went with them every day, -for it was too far away for little girls to walk. - -They would both jump upon his back, and with a "Gee-up, Bobbie," off he -trotted. - -[Illustration] - -Every Sunday Bobbie went to church. I do not mean that he went into -church, for I am afraid the seat would not have held him, and he would -have looked rather funny. - -As soon as the first bell rang, the stable boy harnessed him to the -trap, and round trotted Bobbie to the door of the house. - -When the second bell began to ring Maggie and May got into the dogcart -and drove off to church. When they got there Bobbie was put into a -stable not far away until the service was over. - -Now one Sunday morning these two little girls could not go to church, -so that Bobbie was not harnessed as usual. - -When the first bell began to ring Maggie said to May, "Listen, May; I -think I hear Bobbie crying for us. Let us look out of the window." - -There, with his head looking over the stable door, was Bobbie, -whinnying as loudly as he could. - -"Look, look!" cried May; "he is trying to get out." - -Just then Bobbie gave a great jump over the door, and was trotting off -to church. - -He went straight to his stall in the stable, and remained there until -the service was over; and when the other horses backed out, Bobbie did -the same, and came home, no doubt feeling that he had done his duty. - - - - -_The Weasel and the Rabbit._ - - -=Freda= and Max were having a holiday in a lovely country town. Every -day they went for a walk, sometimes climbing hills, and at other times -going down by the river. - -One morning Uncle Jim said,-- - -"Let us all go down to Hope's Farm and see the farmer, and I may just -fish a little in the river before coming home." - -"Hurrah! hurrah!" cried Freda and Max together. "I should love to see -you catch a fish." - -So off they went. There were Freda and Max, Uncle Jim, and father and -mother--quite a jolly party. - -It was a lovely morning, and the banks at the sides of the road were -clad with all kinds of flowers. Freda and Max gathered big bunches, and -Don, the sheep-dog, kept poking his nose into every rabbit hole he came -to. Sometimes he got so far down the hole that only his hind legs were -sticking out. - -Don was very anxious to catch a rabbit, and sometimes he sat outside -poor bunny's house for quite a long time, with his ears pricked up and -his head on one side, listening. He _did_ catch a rabbit once, but I -will tell you about that some other time. - -[Illustration] - -Well, after Freda and Max and all the others had walked for some -miles, they came to the farm. It stood at the foot of a high hill, and -quite near to the river. - -Max said how jolly it would be to jump out of bed in the mornings and -fish for trout for breakfast. - -Uncle Jim saw the farmer, who gave each of them a glass of milk to -drink. It was fresh from the cow and still warm. They all sat down on -the grass before the house to drink it. - -The sun was shining, and the birds were singing, and Freda said it -would be lovely to sit there for ever and ever. - -Max said _he_ did not think so. He wanted to go fishing some day like -Uncle Jim. - -But Freda said, "Of course, Max is only a boy." - -I am afraid these two children would have begun to quarrel there and -then, had not Uncle Jim cried out,-- - -"Look! look! there are some trout jumping out of the water." - -And it was quite true. The river was sparkling in the sunshine, and the -trout were leaping out of it high into the air to catch the flies for -food. - -Suddenly, it seemed as if the whole world had stopped moving. The birds -ceased their singing, and all was silent. - -They all sat and looked, and presently, away at the other side of the -broad river, near the edge of the wood, a rabbit came hopping along as -though in great pain. They all watched until it disappeared into the -wood. - -[Illustration] - -"What is the matter with the poor rabbit?" said Max. - -"Hush!" said Uncle Jim. "See what is coming now." - -And there, creeping along swiftly and silently, in the very track of -the poor rabbit, was a large weasel. - -They all watched it with bated breath. - -Nearer and nearer the weasel got to the place where the rabbit had -fled, and presently it, too, went out of sight. - -"Oh! I do hope poor bunny is safe now," cried Freda. - -But alas, just then a loud scream rang through the wood, and they knew -then that at last the weasel had caught the rabbit. - -Uncle Jim then waded across the river, and went into the wood to see if -he could find the weasel, but he came back without being able to do so. - -"But how could a small weasel kill a large rabbit?" asked Max. - -"Well, you see," said Uncle Jim, "when a weasel hunts a rabbit, the -rabbit is so much afraid that it loses all its strength, so that it is -unable to run fast and get to a place of safety." - -"Then the weasel very soon catches the rabbit and kills it." - -"I hate weasels," said Freda. - -"So do I," said Max. - -"Oh, well, you see," said Uncle Jim, "the weasel must get food; and I -know some little people who are very fond of rabbit pie." - - - - -_The Saucy Squirrels._ - - -"=Do= tell me a true story, auntie," said Maggie one evening. - -[Illustration] - -"Very well," answered auntie. "It is just half an hour before bed-time. -Now what shall I tell you?" - -"It must be a true story," said Maggie, "because, you know, we agreed -that bed-time stories must be true. Do you know anything about -squirrels?" - -"Yes, I do," answered auntie, "and I will tell you about them. - -"One day, not very long ago, Auntie Jessie and I went for a walk in -Regent's Park. - -"Now you may remember that this park is quite near to the Zoo, and as -you walk along you can hear the roaring of the lions and the shrieking -of the different animals in their cages not far away. - -"It was a beautiful spring day, and Auntie Jessie and I were sauntering -along one of the walks, when suddenly she said,-- - -"'Look, look! there is one of the squirrels out of the Zoo! It must -have escaped.' - -"And there, sitting in the middle of the path before us was a lovely -gray squirrel, with its bushy tail curled up its back. - -"'Ah, how pretty it is,' I cried. 'See, it is not a bit afraid!' - -"Auntie Jessie threw some biscuit to it, and it came close up to us. - -[Illustration] - -"'Why,' I cried, 'I do believe there are some more coming to us.' - -"And down the trees they came, helter-skelter, along the grass as fast -as they could. - -"'Well,' said Auntie Jessie, 'I had no idea there were squirrels here.' - -"'Nor I,' I said. 'Let us go and buy some nuts and buns for them to -eat.' - -"'Yes, do,' said Auntie Jessie, and off we went. - -"We came back in a very short time, and when the squirrels saw us they -came scampering along once more. - -"I stood with my back to the railings, and one bold little squirrel -climbed up my back. Then it ran along my arm as I held it out, and took -nuts out of my hand. - -"Then some would climb up my dress, and when I looked up I saw one -saucy little squirrel sitting on Auntie Jessie's shoulder. - -[Illustration] - -"Another one who was not very hungry took a nut and ran along the -grass, scratched away some leaves with his foot, made a little hole, -dropped the nut inside, covered it all up again with the earth and -leaves, and then came back for more. - -"Oh, he was a funny little fellow! You see that was his cupboard, and -he kept all his food there until he was hungry enough to eat it." - -"How pretty they must have been!" said Maggie. - -[Illustration] - -"Yes, they were indeed," answered auntie, "and some day I shall take -you there, and you can then feed them yourself. - -"After we had fed the squirrels, it was time for us to come home. As -we were coming along the lane I found something awfully nice. Can you -guess what it was?" - -"A purse," answered Maggie. - -"Wrong," said auntie. "Try again." - -"A bracelet." - -"Wrong again," said auntie. "I will tell you. - -"Just as Auntie Jessie and I were coming past the orchard we spied a -black-looking object in the path before us. As we got nearer to it we -found it was a tiny young blackbird. It had flown down from its nest in -the tree, and now it was too afraid to move. - -[Illustration] - -"I took it in my hand, and how its little heart did beat! It was very -much afraid. Then I went into the orchard, and put it in a place of -safety, and it fluttered away. - -"We had not gone very far along the road again when Auntie Jessie gave -a squeal and jumped back. - -"Just then down dropped a young thrush from another tree. But just as I -was going to pick it up it flew across the road. So I left it there, as -it was quite able to take care of itself. - -"And now there is not time to tell you any more to-night, for it is -time to go to bed." - -[Illustration] - - - - -_The Owl in the Dovecot._ - - -"=Father=," said Jack, when he came home from school one day, "I have -had a lesson to-day about the owl." - -"Have you?" said Jack's father. "And what did the teacher tell you?" - -[Illustration] - -"Well," said Jack, "the teacher told us how it slept in the day time -and only came out after dusk. Have you ever seen an owl, father?" - -"Yes I have," answered Jack's father. "Come and I will tell you about -it." - -So Jack sat himself down on the mat before the fire, and father cleared -his throat and began,-- - -"Once upon a time, when I was a boy like you, I had a little brother, -and his name was Bob. - -"Now Bob and I used to play together, go to school together, go to bed -together--in fact, we did nearly everything together. - -"Bob said one day to his mother, 'Mother, I should _love_ to have some -real doves. Do, please, get me some.' - -"So mother said, 'Well, I will help you to get some, but you must save -up all your pennies as well.' - -"Bob and I saved up our Saturday pennies for a long time. At last, with -mother's help, we had enough to buy some doves. They _were_ pretty, all -white, with rings round their necks. - -[Illustration] - -"I can remember what fun we had putting up the dovecot. We placed it -against the wall of the house, and not far from our bed-room window. - -"Our house was in the country, and when Bob and I were in bed at night -we could hear the owls hooting and crying to one another. It was a -weird sound, and if Bob and I had not known what it was, I think we -should have been very much afraid. But then, you know, it was only the -owls' way of talking to one another. - -"Well, one night, a long time after Bob and I had gone to bed, we heard -a very strange noise. - -"'Did you hear that noise, Bob?' I said. - -"'Yes,' said Bob. 'I wonder what it is.' - -"The noise still went on, so Bob said,-- - -"'Let's get up. I believe the noise is in the dovecot.' - -"So we both jumped out of bed, and got into our clothes as fast as ever -we could. - -"Bob picked up the candle, and we ran out, and what do you think had -happened? - -"First of all, we saw the door of the dovecot wide open. Bob had -forgotten to close it for the first time. There, lying dead upon the -floor, was one of our pretty doves. - -"By this time father and mother came rushing out to see what all the -noise was about. - -"They brought a lantern, and we looked inside. The other doves were -trying to hide in the corners, or clinging to the wire-netting in a -great state of fear. - -[Illustration] - -"At last we could see a great dusky owl crouching on a box near the -roof. Its feathers were all ruffled up, and its great black eyes -staring at us as it kept rocking to and fro. Then it lay down on its -back and pretended it was dead. - -"All at once it got up in a great rage, struggling, scratching, and -flapping its wings to try to escape. - -"'Let us carry the box to the summer-house,' said Bob. - -"So we took the box out with the owl in it, and carried it to the -summer-house, and left it there for the rest of the night. You see we -wanted to see the owl in daylight. - -"Very, very early in the morning there came another owl to seek its -mate; and when it could not find it, the bird sat upon the roof of the -house and called and called again in very mournful tones for quite a -long time. - -"The next morning Bob and I went straight to the summer-house to see -our captive. - -"It was now quite quiet, and sat on Bob's hand letting him stroke it -gently. - -"'What shall we do with it?' said Bob to me. - -"'Let us take it to the old tree in the field,' I answered. - -"So Bob put it down near the hollow of the tree, and it shuffled away -into the darkness. - -"And that is the end of the story," said Jack's father. - -"But why did you let it go?" cried Jack. - -"Well, the farmer does not like people to kill owls, as they eat up the -mice that do harm to his corn-fields." - -[Illustration] - - - - -_A True Story of a Canary._ - - -=It= was the day after New Year's Day, and we had all gathered at Uncle -Jim's house to have a tea-party. When I say _we_, I mean Ethel, and -Mabel, and Godfrey, and myself. Of course, Ethel's mother was there, as -well as _her_ uncle and aunt, and altogether we had a lot of people. - -Presently, Ida came. - -Now Ida is Ethel's very dear friend, and she lives at the sea-side. She -had to come in the train to get to our party. - -Uncle Jim has two canaries, and they are such dear little things. - -One is called Dicky and the other Fluffy. - -Dicky is a beautiful singer and very proud; he is always preening his -feathers to make himself look nice. Fluffy cannot sing at all. She -sometimes tries to imitate Dicky, and all the sound she makes is a -croak. Then she looks quite ashamed of herself. - -These two little birds are so tame, they come out of their cages and -fly about the room. - -They sometimes alight on the table and pick up crumbs, and Fluffy will -even hop on to the edge of your plate and steal your dinner. They look -very tiny when they hop about the table. - -Fluffy is a very greedy bird. She is always eating, and whenever she -sees a loaf of bread on the table she cheeps and cheeps until she gets -some crumbs. - -Now when Ida saw these birds she looked very sad. - -"Why, Ida," said Godfrey, "you look quite ready to cry. Whatever is the -matter?" - -"Well," said Ida, "a most dreadful thing happened yesterday. A lady -asked me to take care of her canary while she went away to do some -shopping. I did so, and was teaching it to fly about the room like -Fluffy and Dicky. - -"It was a very valuable bird, and she prized it greatly. - -"In the afternoon I thought I would let it out of its cage. It flew -round the room a few times, and then to my horror it went straight into -the fire. There was just a little squeak, and it was gone." - -The bright fire had attracted this little bird, and now Ida did not -know how she would tell the owner when she came back for her pet. - -So this is a warning to all little boys and girls who have birds to -keep--to be sure to put a guard before the fire before letting them out -of their cages. - - -THE END. - - - - -+Transcriber's Notes+ - - 1. Typographical errors have been silently corrected. - - 2. Variations of spelling and hyphenation are as in the original. - - 3. 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