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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: Our Story Book - Jingles, Stories and Rhymes for Little Folks - -Author: Various - -Release Date: August 20, 2016 [EBook #52860] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUR STORY BOOK *** - - - - -Produced by Richard Tonsing, Juliet Sutherland and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class='tnotes covernote'> - -<p class='c000'><strong>Transcriber's Note:</strong></p> - -<p class='c000'>The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.</p> - -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/illus001.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>LITTLE DROPS OF WATER, LITTLE GRAINS OF SAND.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div> - <h1 class='c001'>Our Story Book<br /> <br /> <span class='xlarge'>JINGLES, STORIES <em>and</em> RHYMES</span><br /> <span class='large'><em>for</em><br /> LITTLE FOLKS</span></h1> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus002.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><em>Profusely Illustrated</em></div> - <div class='c002'><span class='small'>NEW YORK</span></div> - <div>CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c003'> - <div><span class='sc'>Copyright, 1916, by</span></div> - <div><span class='sc'>Cupples & Leon Company</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c004'>CONTENTS</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a href='#Wideawake'>Wideawake Willy.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Little'>The Little Old Woman.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Quite'>Quite an Adventure.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Funny'>Funny Toys</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Froggies'>There Were Seven Froggies of Lee</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Tinklebell'>Tinklebell Tales.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Holiday'>Holiday Time.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Twins'>The Twins.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Five'>The Five Little Frogs.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Doings'>The Doings of Dickie and Daisy</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Follow'>Follow My Leader.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Bunny'>Bunny and Chick, Or Sulky Sammy.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Doggie'>Doggie and Puss.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Tittle'>Tittle-tattle Tales, Or Fireside Stories.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Kitkin'>The Kitkin Family</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Wooden'>Wooden Toys.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Tick'>Tick Tock</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Neddy'>Neddy</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Silly'>Silly Billy and the Kittens.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Tony'>Tony</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Cats'>The Cats and the Cheese, Or, Better Agree Than Go to Law.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Doll'>The Doll's House to Let.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Fox'>The Fox That Lost His Tail, Or, Do Not Follow Every Fashion You See.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Mrs'>Mrs. Gamp and Mrs. Puss-cat</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Conceited'>The Conceited Golliwog.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Dolly'>Dolly's Name.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Call'>The Call to Arms.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#To'>To London Town.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Home'>A Home in the Wainscot.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#We'>We Three</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Under'>Under the Big Hat, Or, Jackie and Me.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Naughty'>The Naughty Kitten.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Goose'>The Goose Girl.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Girl'>Goose-girl.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Waiting'>Waiting For Tea.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Boy'>The Boy and the Bogie.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Baby'>Baby's Bunnie.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#My'>My First Visit.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Ten'>Ten Raw Recruits.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Dog'>The Dog and the Wolf; Or, Be Content With Your Lot.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Castles'>Castles in the Air.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Day'>A Day at the Farm.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Woes'>Doggie's Woes.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Off'>Off to the Front.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Tommy'>Tommy's First Day at School.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Mister'>Mister Jack-in-the-box.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Hector'>Hector Protector.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Muzzle'>The Muzzle That Fitted Too Much.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#In'>In the Farmyard.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Fir'>Fir Tree Farm.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Pity'>Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Little Dog.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Too'>Too Sure.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Firefly'>Firefly.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#What'>What a Mistake.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Charlie'>Charlie's Playthings.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#How'>How Pussy Caught Her First Bird.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Rat'>A Rat Hunt.</a></div> - <div class='line'><a href='#Nip'>Nip and the Pigeons.</a></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Wideawake' class='c004'>Wideawake Willy.</h2> -</div> -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus004a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>His real name was Willy. But because -he was always on the look-out for any fun -or mischief, Father and Mother called -him “Wideawake” as well.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One sunny day he and his little -friends went out to play cricket.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I'm going to make a hundred runs!” -cried Willy, as he took up the bat. But -when he had made ten, Freddy bowled -him out, and the other boys were glad -it was their turn to go in.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus004b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>In the -winter, father -made a big -slide, and -Willy and the boys went -down it as fast as they -could go. When he fell -half way down, Willy -thought it great fun, and -called to -his snowman -as he -glided past, -“Look at -me old -fellow! -Don't <em>you</em> -wish you -could -slide?”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<img src='images/illus005.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>On his birthday he had a party. It <em>was</em> -a merry time. They played “Blind Man's -Buff,” and “Puss in the Corner,” and -Willy always managed to catch the little -girls by their long curls.</p> - -<p class='c000'>It was spring when Wideawake -Willy went exploring. He shot his Teddy -Bear, and tied it up in a scarlet handkerchief, -for he knew explorers ate bears. -Then he stuck a long feather in his hat, -and strode gaily down the road. Presently -he came to a big house. The door was -open, and a lady asked him to go in. She -showed him all sorts of wonderful things. -What he liked best was Chin Chan, the -Chinese boy, whose long pig-tail touched -the floor. The lady told Willy that in -China he lived in a boat, and helped his -mother look after the chickens.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus006.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>After seeing other Chinese people, -he went home and told his mother what -strange things he had seen.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Little' class='c004'>The Little Old Woman.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id004'> -<img src='images/illus007.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>There was an old Woman,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And what do you think?</div> - <div class='line'>She lived upon nothing but</div> - <div class='line in2'>Victuals and drink;</div> - <div class='line'>And though victuals and drink</div> - <div class='line in2'>Were the chief of her diet,</div> - <div class='line'>This little Old Woman could never be quiet.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>This little Old Woman (the story so goes)</div> - <div class='line'>Had nothing to wear but</div> - <div class='line in2'>Abundance of clothes.</div> - <div class='line'>And, oh, let me weep</div> - <div class='line in2'>At the dismal news,</div> - <div class='line'>She would have been barefooted, but for her shoes.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>This Little Old Woman,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Twas always the case,</div> - <div class='line'>Never looked in the glass</div> - <div class='line in2'>But she saw her own face;</div> - <div class='line'>And what was still worse,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Yet, we vouch for its truth,</div> - <div class='line'>By growing so old, she had lost all her youth.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id005'> -<img src='images/illus008.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus009.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>This Little Old Woman,</div> - <div class='line in2'>The tale too declares,</div> - <div class='line'>Had nothing to sit on</div> - <div class='line in2'>But sofas and chairs.</div> - <div class='line'>No place to repose in</div> - <div class='line in2'>At night but her bed;</div> - <div class='line'>No pillows, but those made of down, for her head.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>This Little Old Woman,</div> - <div class='line in2'>We here may remark,</div> - <div class='line'>Had no house to live in,</div> - <div class='line in2'>But one in the park,</div> - <div class='line'>And none to wait on her,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Poor soul, but her maids,</div> - <div class='line'>With some livery servants of different grades.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>This Little Old Woman,</div> - <div class='line in4'>I'm sorry to tell,</div> - <div class='line'>Had always bad health,</div> - <div class='line in4'>When she was not quite well.</div> - <div class='line'>And hard was her lot,</div> - <div class='line in4'>For they tell me that she</div> - <div class='line'>Was ever in want</div> - <div class='line in4'>When she wanted her tea.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>This Little Old Woman,</div> - <div class='line in4'>On dying, we find,</div> - <div class='line'>Left nothing—except</div> - <div class='line in4'>A large fortune, behind.</div> - <div class='line'>So pity her fate,</div> - <div class='line in4'>Gentle reader, and say,</div> - <div class='line'>Such women are not to be found every day.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/illus010.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id007'> -<img src='images/illus011.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id008'> -<img src='images/illus012.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Quite' class='c004'><span class='under'>Quite an Adventure.</span></h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Mrs. Hen, one sunny day,</div> - <div class='line'>Took her chickens for a walk,</div> - <div class='line'>Dick, the youngest, strayed away</div> - <div class='line'>While his mother stopped to talk.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Then he saw the strangest sight,</div> - <div class='line'>'Twas a monster aeroplane,</div> - <div class='line'>But it gave him such a fright</div> - <div class='line'>That he scurried home again!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus013.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Funny' class='c004'>Funny Toys</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c005'> - <div>❀ ❀ ❀</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Here's a number of funny toys</div> - <div class='line'>For good little girls and good little boys,</div> - <div class='line'>First comes Jackie all ready for fun,</div> - <div class='line'>After the animals see him run.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Next is a bird of colours gay,</div> - <div class='line'>If he spreads his wings he will fly away.</div> - <div class='line'>Poor Master Duckie cries “Quack, quack, quack!</div> - <div class='line'>To my farmyard pond please take me back.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus014.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>What a dear little doggie Bunty his name,</div> - <div class='line'>I am sure that he looks quite friendly and tame.</div> - <div class='line'>His bright eyes are gazing up in the air,</div> - <div class='line'>I wonder what ever he sees up there!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Croak, croak, croak!” cries Mr. Green Frog,</div> - <div class='line'>“I really am quite afraid of that dog!”</div> - <div class='line'>And that dear little clockwork mouse on wheels—</div> - <div class='line'>I know if you pinch him hard he squeals!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in24'><span class='small'><span class='sc'>C.M. Rutley.</span></span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div id='Froggies' class='figcenter id009'> -<img src='images/illus015.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b c003'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>There were seven froggies of Lee</div> - <div class='line'>Who were happy as happy could be,</div> - <div class='line'>Till a duck close by</div> - <div class='line'>Just winked his eye,</div> - <div class='line'>As he thought of his afternoon tea.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus016.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>With a hop, and a skip, and a run,</div> - <div class='line in2'>He soon put an end to their fun,</div> - <div class='line'>For as they went past</div> - <div class='line in2'>He snapped up the last,</div> - <div class='line'>And that tells you my story is done.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id010'> -<img src='images/illus017.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p><span class='sc'>Mr. and Mrs. Ostrich and their Children.</span></p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Tinklebell' class='c004'>Tinklebell Tales.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus018.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Frisk was a dear little dog. He belonged to -Mistress Molly.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One morning Molly said, “Now Frisk, I am -going to the town, and you must stay and look after -the house, for Mother is going out too.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>Frisk sat down in his little chair, and held his -walking stick between his paws.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“No one shall steal the dinner while <em>I</em> am here,” -he said. “Bow, wow!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>On her way to the town, Molly saw her cousin -Tommy leaning over a gate.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id011'> -<img src='images/illus019.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“Oh, Tommy!” she -said, “If you are passing -our house, please look in -and see how Frisk is getting -on.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>And Tommy ran off at -once.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Frisk <em>was</em> glad to see -Tommy, who gave him a -good drink of water from a -tub.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When Molly reached -the town she went into -the baker's shop to buy a -loaf of bread.</p> - -<p class='c000'>But when she put her -hand in her pocket she -found her purse had gone!</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Don't cry, my dear,” said the baker.</p> - -<p class='c000'>And he left his shop, and went with Molly down -the road.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Very soon they found the purse with all the -money quite safe inside.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Then Molly saw a shop with “SALE” printed -in the window, and went in.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Good morning, -ma'am!” said the shopman. -“What can I get for -you?”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I want some stockings, -please,” said Molly.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id012'> -<img src='images/illus020.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“How do you like -these?” said the shopman. -“They are <em>only</em> one shilling -the pair, because it is sale -time!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“They <em>are</em> lovely!” said -Molly, “And the scarlet -stripes just match my dress! -Please make them into a tiny -parcel, and I will put them in -my pocket.” Then she paid her money, and set -off home.</p> - -<p class='c000'>And what had Frisk been doing all this time?</p> - -<div class='figcenter id013'> -<img src='images/illus021.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>He soon grew tired of looking after the dinner, -and spied his master's hat.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Bow wow!” he said. “What fun!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>He poked his head into the hat, and though it -came right down on to his shoulders he didn't mind a -bit.</p> - -<p class='c000'>He hopped into the garden on his hind legs, and -when the birds saw him they thought it was a -scarecrow come to frighten them away!</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Bow wow!” said Frisk. “I'm hungry!” He -went back indoors, pushed the lid off the pot, and -dragged out a bone. How good it was!</p> - -<p class='c000'>Then a tiny mouse scampered past, and Frisk -pounced on it and killed it.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id014'> -<img src='images/illus022.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“Oh, Frisk, Frisk!” -cried Molly, when she -came home. “You -<em>naughty</em> dog! I shall -never be able to leave -you in charge again!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Bow, wow!” cried -Frisk. “Bow, wow! -I'm <em>very</em> glad. For I'd -much rather go to the -town with you!”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id015'> -<img src='images/illus023.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Holiday' class='c004'>Holiday Time.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus024b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Jack always said he should be a -sailor when he grew up.</p> - -<p class='c000'>No toy ever pleased him so much -as a boat, and he was constantly -imitating the ways of sailors, from dancing a hornpipe, -down to floating -about in a big round -tub on the little -stream which ran at -the end of the -garden.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id016'> -<img src='images/illus024a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“Wouldn't it be -too lovely for words,” -he said on one -occasion when he -was taking his sisters -for a voyage in his -tub-ship, “if we could -go in a <em>real</em> big boat, and sail away across the sea?”</p> - -<p class='c000'>And that is exactly what they did do! For one -summer day, Father and Mother and the children, -Elsie, Doris and Jack, all went on board a big boat -and steamed across the channel to France for a long -holiday.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus025.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Oh! what a glorious time they had! What fun -the bathing was, undressing -in the little -rocky caves and running -down the firm -sand, and then tumbling -into the water -with shouts of joy. -Then afterwards they -paddled and dug in the -sands, and searched -for shells and seaweed, -and thoroughly enjoyed -themselves the whole -day long.</p> - -<p class='c000'>There was so -much to interest them, -too, in the little French -village, and they were -delighted with the quaint -dresses of the peasants.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id017'> -<img src='images/illus026.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>One girl came to -bring them fruit and -vegetables, and the -children thought how -pretty she looked in her -snowy cap, coloured -skirt and wooden shoes, -as she lifted her little -sister to look for father's -boat.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Jack, of course, was just in his glory, and never -tired of watching the fishing boats sailing out to sea.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Sometimes he went on the water himself, and -soon learned to row, tho' the first time he tried, his -oar swung round and knocked him head over heels -into the bottom of the boat.</p> - -<p class='c000'>This, Father explained, was called “catching -a crab!”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id018'> -<img src='images/illus027.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Afterwards they -made a huge sandcastle, -and Jackie sat -at the top of it, singing: -“I'm the King -of the Castle!” at -the top of his voice.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Presently he began -to examine some -shells and treasures -which he had been -collecting in his pail, -and was so intent on this, that he did not notice -how quickly the tide had come in.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When he looked up he found, somewhat to -his horror, that he was quite surrounded by -water.</p> - -<p class='c000'>The castle was soon washed away; but not -before the “King” was rescued from his perilous -position.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Father waded out, and pick-a-backed him -safely ashore.</p> - -<p class='c000'>That was the little sailor's first adventure -at sea!</p> - -<p class='c000'>The last time for Jackie to sail his boat -came all too soon for him, and the next day -the children found themselves -back in old England -once more.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id019'> -<img src='images/illus028a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>But they hope -some day to return for -another delightful holiday -to the dear little -French fishing village -where they spent such -a pleasant time.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Constance M. Lowe.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id020'> -<img src='images/illus028b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus029.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Twins' class='c004'>The Twins.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>There lived some twins named Joan and Jack,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And they were eight years old;</div> - <div class='line'>Jack's curly hair was black as black,</div> - <div class='line in6'>While Joan's was fair like gold.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Their mother said to them one day—</div> - <div class='line in6'>“Dears, walk to Russett Hall</div> - <div class='line'>And take these eggs to Mrs. Gray,</div> - <div class='line in6'>Mind, don't you let them fall.”—</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id021'> -<img src='images/illus030.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id022'> -<img src='images/illus031.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The children started off with pride,</div> - <div class='line'>The basket was so big,</div> - <div class='line'>That carefully each held a side,</div> - <div class='line'>Until they met a pig.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Why, he's escaped from Farmer Brown,”</div> - <div class='line in6'>Cried Jack, “that's very wrong!”</div> - <div class='line'>And so they put the basket down,</div> - <div class='line in16'>To chase the pig along.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>And when they'd sent him back again,</div> - <div class='line in6'>Joan found a pretty flow'r,</div> - <div class='line'>Then off they wandered down a lane,</div> - <div class='line in12'>And played for half an hour.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>On, on they walked, and looked around.</div> - <div class='line in4'>An orchard was near by,</div> - <div class='line'>With apples lying on the ground,</div> - <div class='line in16'>And others hanging high.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>They scrambled through the fence, alas!</div> - <div class='line in6'>T'was very wrong 'tis true,</div> - <div class='line'>But Farmer Brown soon chanced to pass,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And roared “Be off, you two!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>They rushed away, just like the wind,</div> - <div class='line in6'>Then Joan exclaimed “Oh, dear,</div> - <div class='line'>We've left the basket far behind,</div> - <div class='line in16'>It will be gone, I fear!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>They hurried back with all their might,</div> - <div class='line'>“Hurrah! it's here,” Jack cried,</div> - <div class='line'>Yes, it was safe, to their delight,</div> - <div class='line'>With all the eggs inside!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id023'> -<img src='images/illus032.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Five' class='c004'>The Five Little Frogs.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus033a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Five little frogs were sent to school</div> - <div class='line in2'>Upon a winter day,</div> - <div class='line'>Their shoes were light and their pinafores white,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And their hearts were bright and gay;</div> - <div class='line'>And their mother stood by the door to watch,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And said, “Don't stop to play.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>So the five little frogs ran merrily off,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Till they had gone far from home;</div> - <div class='line'>When one said, “Brothers, do as you like,</div> - <div class='line in2'>But I do not mean to come;</div> - <div class='line'>I don't want to sit in school and croak,</div> - <div class='line in2'>When in sunshine I can roam.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>So the four little frogs ran off to school,</div> - <div class='line in2'>They would not stay to play;</div> - <div class='line'>But their naughty brother turned his head</div> - <div class='line in2'>And went another way;</div> - <div class='line'>But he knew all the time he was doing wrong,</div> - <div class='line in2'>So could not feel bright and gay.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He almost wished he had gone to school,</div> - <div class='line in2'>When a fat white duck came by,</div> - <div class='line'>And as she was sailing down the brook,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Little froggy caught her eye;</div> - <div class='line'>So she swallowed him up with a joyful quack,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And that froggy had to die.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Still many a mother-frog tells the tale</div> - <div class='line in2'>Of the sad, sad fate he met,</div> - <div class='line'>As she gathers her little ones by her side,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And the warning they'll never forget.</div> - <div class='line'>And the four little brothers are all grown up,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And living in frog-land yet.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in36'><span class='sc'>Lucy Hyatt.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus034.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id024'> -<img src='images/illus035.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus036.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Doings' class='c004'><span class='sc'>The Doings of Dickie and Daisy</span></h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Dickie and Daisy sat on the grass -reading. They had been gardening, -and were rather hot.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Let's go to the pond,” said Dickie. -“Nurse isn't here to say 'don't.'”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Let's,” agreed Daisy. She always -agreed with Dickie.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“We'll get father's rod and line, and -catch some fish,” said Dickie. So when -no one was looking they got the things -and ran to the water.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“You have the rod,” said Dickie, -“and I'll have the hook. Don't make a -noise or the fish won't come.” They sat -quite quiet till there came a big tug at -Daisy's rod, so big that it dragged her to -the edge of the pond.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id025'> -<img src='images/illus037.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“Oh, Dickie,” she cried, “help me! -I b'lieve I've caught a whale!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>But before Dickie could catch hold of -her, in she went. The water ran into her -eyes and mouth, and washed her curls -quite straight.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Dickie was dreadfully frightened. He -made a grab at her, and she made a grab -at him. By the time she was safely on -land both were nearly as wet as the -other. Father's rod had disappeared.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I think we'd better go home,” -sobbed Daisy.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus038.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Mother didn't wait to ask questions. -She hurried them into nice warm nighties, -and popped them into bed. Dickie was -soon all right, but Daisy caught a cold. -When Dickie got up he put on his -spectacles and brought out his watch. He -put his fingers on the little thumper in -her wrist.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“You must stay in bed” he said, “and -take Lemon Squash. Lemon is good for -coughs, so you won't get one, and Squash -will squash all the other poorliness out of -you.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>When Father heard he was very cross. -He said, “If you go near the pond again I -shall buy <em>another kind of rod</em>, and use -it too.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id026'> -<img src='images/illus039.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>But they -had had enough -of water, and -didn't enjoy -their Saturday -tub for a long -time.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus040.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Follow' class='c004'>Follow my Leader.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id027'> -<img src='images/illus041a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Come, follow me</div> - <div class='line'>The whole pack;</div> - <div class='line'>Right, left; right, left;</div> - <div class='line'>Quack! Quack!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>If you make</div> - <div class='line'>Such a clack,</div> - <div class='line'>You'll not hear me say</div> - <div class='line'>Quack! Quack!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus041b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus042a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figright id028'> -<img src='images/illus042b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>How many are there</div> - <div class='line'>At my back?</div> - <div class='line'>Nineteen, eh?</div> - <div class='line'>Quack! Quack!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Come, follow me,</div> - <div class='line'>No fun you'll lack;</div> - <div class='line'>Mind what I say,</div> - <div class='line'>Quack! Quack!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus042c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id029'> -<img src='images/illus043.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus044.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Bunny' class='c004'>Bunny and Chick,<br /> <span class='large'><em>or<br /> Sulky Sammy</em>.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>“Sulky Sammy,”—that's what they -called me. I live in a stable, in a -big farmyard, and everybody used to say I -was the most disagreeable little puppy -dog they knew!</p> - -<p class='c000'>One morning I was having a drink of -water when two other little pups came -along.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Will you come and have a game?” -they said.</p> - -<p class='c000'>But I had a fit of the sulks on, and -didn't want to play with anyone, so I -frowned, and said nothing. Close by -Chick was having breakfast with her -sisters, and I -heard her say, -“There's Sulky -Sammy—disagreeable -again!”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus045a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>I don't like -Chick. Mother -often says to me, “Oh, Sammy! How I -wish you were as sweet and gentle as -Chick!” And Master Mousie tells his -friends Mrs. Puss, and her three little -kittens, long stories of Chick's goodness, -and my naughtiness and sulks.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One day I chased Chick out of the -farmyard, -and left -her all -alone in -a big field.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus045b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>I hoped -she would -never -come back any more, but Mr. Tortoise -found her, and asked Bunny and his -brother to take her home. That nasty -Bunny told everybody what I had done. -So Mr. Turkey chased <em>me</em> out of the farmyard. -In a field I met such a funny man. -Two birds sat on his arms, and one said, -“Everyone would be quite fond of Sammy -if he only left off being disagreeable!” I -trotted home, and began to try at once. -Nobody ever calls me “Sulky Sammy” now.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>C. M. R.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus046.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id030'> -<img src='images/illus047.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>Mountain Goats.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Doggie' class='c004'>DOGGIE AND PUSS.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in2'>A doggie lay upon a mat,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And as on it he lay,</div> - <div class='line in2'>A little puss came up to him</div> - <div class='line in6'>And said, “Oh! come away.</div> - <div class='line in2'>The sun is shining brightly</div> - <div class='line in6'>And everything looks gay.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in2'>Said Doggie, “Yes, I'll come with you</div> - <div class='line in6'>And take a holiday.”</div> - <div class='line in2'>Then said he, as they strolled about,</div> - <div class='line in6'>“It is the first of May.”</div> - <div class='line in2'>Said Puss, “Of that I knew before,</div> - <div class='line in6'>Have you nothing else to say?”</div> - <div class='line'>Poor Doggie then offended was,</div> - <div class='line in4'>He wished her a good day,</div> - <div class='line'>He turned upon his heel and went</div> - <div class='line in12'>And walked another way.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in27'><span class='small'>DAISY GRACE.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus048.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id031'> -<img src='images/illus049.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>Squirrels</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Tittle' class='c004'>Tittle-Tattle Tales,<br /> <span class='large'>Or Fireside Stories.</span></h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>Before we go to bed at night,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And Nursie takes away the light,</div> - <div class='line'>Aunt Grace tells tales to Ted and me,</div> - <div class='line in8'>Such lovely stories, you'll agree,</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>About a sweet Princess named May,</div> - <div class='line'>Who gathered flow'rs one summer day;</div> - <div class='line'>Her peacock followed close behind,</div> - <div class='line'>He loved her, for she <em>was</em> so kind.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id032'> -<img src='images/illus050.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus051.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>But when she reached the palace door,</div> - <div class='line in6'>She heard a sudden, dreadful roar,</div> - <div class='line'>There stood the dragon, fierce and grim!</div> - <div class='line in4'>Poor May had often heard of him;</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>And as he roared and lashed his tail,</div> - <div class='line in6'>She shook with fear and grew quite pale,</div> - <div class='line'>But then her peacock came in sight,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And rushing up with all his might,</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus052.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He pecked the dragon hard and long,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Though small, he was both brave and strong.</div> - <div class='line'>And soon, I'm very glad to say,</div> - <div class='line in6'>That horrid dragon went away!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Aunt tells another story then,—</div> - <div class='line in2'>Some nigger boys, there were just ten,</div> - <div class='line'>Kept disappearing, one by one,</div> - <div class='line in4'>Until one morning there were none</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>So then we beg her to be quick,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And tell us of a boy named Dick,</div> - <div class='line'>Who was so very, very poor,</div> - <div class='line'>Such patched and ragged clothes he wore.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>But still he tried to do his best,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And didn't <em>mean</em> to feel distressed,</div> - <div class='line'>So went to London town one day,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And had adventures on the way.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>A shopman gave him work to do,</div> - <div class='line'>He worked so hard, and nicely too,</div> - <div class='line'>That he got rich, grew strong and tall,</div> - <div class='line'>And was Lord Mayor after all.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus053.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Then Father Christmas, as you know,</div> - <div class='line in6'>On Christmas Eve has far to go,</div> - <div class='line'>And once he got in <em>such</em> a state,</div> - <div class='line in6'>For fear that he should be too late,</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>But Auntie tells how he drove fast,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And filled the stockings up at last,—</div> - <div class='line'>And then she kisses me and Ted,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And says—“Now, darlings, go to bed!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus054.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus055.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus056.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Kitkin' class='c004'>THE KITKIN FAMILY</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>My name is Snowball—Miss Snowball -Kitkin.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I was called Snowball because I am -quite white all over, and very soft and -fluffy.</p> - -<p class='c000'>There are four of us altogether—Kitty, -Tabby, Fluffy, and me.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When we were very little we used to -live up in the stable loft with our Mother, -and she used to teach us all the things a -cat should know.</p> - -<p class='c000'>We did not like learning very much, -but I don't believe anyone ever does.</p> - -<p class='c000'>It was horrid having to wash our faces -every morning, and I used to wish I was -black like Kitty, then I need not have been -so particular, but Mother said that was all -nonsense.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When we were clean and tidy, we had -breakfast out of the brown saucer; we -liked that, especially when Cook remembered -to sweeten the milk with lumps of -sugar.</p> - -<p class='c000'>As soon as we were old enough to go -out by ourselves, we had fine fun.</p> - -<p class='c000'>But one day Tabby very nearly got -himself into trouble.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Tabby, you see, was rather a bold, bad -kitten; he was always wanting to fight -people, and one day he thought it would be -splendid to have a quarrel with Mike.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Mike was the black and white fox terrier, -who thought no end of himself; but -Tabby did not care a bit what he thought, -so he just stood in front of him, stuck up -his tail, and—spat as hard as he could.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus057.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>This was not at all what Mike was -accustomed to, and he got stiff all over, and -then—he growled and showed his teeth. -In another minute I think he would have -gone for Tabby, had not Miss Daisy picked -him up and carried him off. Tabby never -told me, but I believe -he was very -glad to find himself out of -Mike's reach.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id033'> -<img src='images/illus058.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>As this story is told by -me, I thought you would -like to have a picture of -me, taken all by myself, so -what do you think I did?</p> - -<p class='c000'>I knew Miss Daisy had -been given a dear little -camera on her birthday, -and that she was making -pictures with it all day -long, so one morning I -went and sat on the -wooden chair in the hall, -just where the sun was -shining very brightly. I -sat quite still, and then -Miss Daisy and her camera came along, as -I felt sure they would, and I had my likeness -taken, and—here it is.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Oh how proud I was of myself after -that, and Miss Daisy was so pleased with -me for sitting so still that she gave me a -beautiful blue ribbon to wear round my -neck.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Alas! that blue ribbon was the cause of -great trouble to me.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I just jumped on the kitchen table to -look at myself in the glass, and—I upset a -bowl of milk that Cook had put ready for a -pudding.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus059.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>I jumped after it, and—oh what a lovely -feast I had; but my ribbon got all splashed -and wet—I was in such a hurry—and that -was how Cook found out it was I who had -upset the milk. She would not let me go -into the kitchen for three whole days afterwards.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I was very dull for those three days. -You see, there were mice and all kinds of -nice things in the kitchen, and my whiskers -were growing fast, and that makes you feel -that you want mice more than anything -else almost.</p> - -<p class='c000'>On the third day I went and explored -in Cook's bedroom.</p> - -<p class='c000'>All kinds of funny things I found in it, -and oh! such lovely slippers to play with.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I took one of these slippers, one with a -big bow on the toe. I took it and hid it in -the garden, to punish Cook for being so -angry with me. It was a very difficult -thing for a kitten to do, I can tell you, and -I had to rest many times on the way, but I -did it, and then I went and sat in the sun -and watched, and what do you think I saw? -Why, that horrid person, Mike, must have -seen all I did, for he went straight to where -I had hidden it, and carried it off to Cook. -She gives him bones; that is why he chums -up to her. Oh, how I should have liked to -have—scratched him.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I must not forget to tell you about -Tabby and Fluffy and their “night out.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>It was in the summer time, and they -had been playing all the evening on the -lawn, and then they disappeared.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus060.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>They never came in to supper, and they -never came in to bed. We never saw a sign -of them till the next morning, when they -came back looking as proud as you please.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus061.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Then they told us what they had been -doing. They had been having a mouse -hunt in the kitchen.</p> - -<p class='c000'>They had hidden under the big armchair -in which Cook sits on Sundays, and -then, when it was all quite dark and quiet, -they had watched the big hole by the store -cupboard.</p> - -<p class='c000'>In a little while, two fat mice had -popped out, and then—the hunt began.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“We caught them both,” said Fluffy. -“We had one each. Oh, what a lovely time -we had!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>Next time they go hunting, I am going, -too.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One day Kitty and I had a most tremendous -adventure. We went to the grand -Show up in London.</p> - -<p class='c000'>The journey was not a bit nice, but we -kept very close to each other, and shut our -eyes up tight, and tried to pretend we were -not shut up in a hamper, but under Cook's -chair, waiting for the mice to come out.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When we got to the Show we felt a -little strange, but we soon got used to the -noise and all the people.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“We must look our best, Kitty, Miss -Daisy said so,” I whispered. “We are -much handsomer than the other cats here; -let us show ourselves off.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>And we did.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Presently a lady came and pinned a big -white card, with “First Prize” on it, right -in front of us. We showed ourselves off -more than ever after that.</p> - -<p class='c000'>This is our picture. Don't you think -we deserved the First Prize?</p> - -<p class='c000'>I do!</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Nora Pitt-Taylor.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus062.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id034'> -<img src='images/illus063.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus064a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Wooden' class='c004'>Wooden Toys.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id035'> -<img src='images/illus064c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>I have a little cartie, and</div> - <div class='line in4'>I have a little horse,</div> - <div class='line'>And I have a little dolly;</div> - <div class='line in4'>All are made of wood, of course.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>I have a wooden farmyard,</div> - <div class='line in4'>With wooden sheep and cows,</div> - <div class='line'>With wooden trees and houses,</div> - <div class='line in4'>Wooden pigs, cats and bow-wows.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus064b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Then I have a wooden bucket,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And a little wooden spade;</div> - <div class='line'>Of wooden bricks a lovely</div> - <div class='line in4'>Little doll's house I have made.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in14'>Now mamma says, when I grow up</div> - <div class='line in18'>Things different will be;</div> - <div class='line in14'>My horses, if I have any,</div> - <div class='line in18'>Will real horses be.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>That sheep will not be made of wood,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And no more wooden cows</div> - <div class='line'>Or pigs; that dogs will bark and bite,</div> - <div class='line in4'>Unlike good wood bow-wows.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus065.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus066a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Just fancy, dogs that bark and bite;</div> - <div class='line in4'>And other creatures real;</div> - <div class='line'>How very funny I at first</div> - <div class='line in4'>Shall, when I'm with them, feel.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>So let me love you very much,</div> - <div class='line in4'>You pretty wooden toys;</div> - <div class='line'>How kind they are to make such things</div> - <div class='line in4'>For little girls and boys.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus066b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus067.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Tick' class='c004'>Tick Tock</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>I'm a tall old-fashioned clock,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - <div class='line'>Though I chatter all the day,</div> - <div class='line'>Two words only do I say,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>I'm a curious old clock,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - <div class='line'>And a carved old oaken case,</div> - <div class='line'>Both my hands are on my face,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Once Miss Bessie tore her frock,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - <div class='line'>Nurse then put her into bed,</div> - <div class='line'>She was cross—I only said</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Master Bertie did me mock,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - <div class='line'>Then he shook me till I stopped,</div> - <div class='line'>I cried when he to bed was popped,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Once his head got such a knock,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - <div class='line'>That they thought he'd surely die,</div> - <div class='line'>While he screamed I made reply,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! Tick-tock!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Nurse will oft the cradle rock,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - <div class='line'>Near to me it stands, and I</div> - <div class='line'>Sing the baby's lullaby,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tick-tock! tick-tock!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id036'> -<img src='images/illus068.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus069.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id037'> -<img src='images/illus070.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Neddy' class='c004'>Neddy</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>On Monday morn when I went out,</div> - <div class='line in4'>I had a big surprise;</div> - <div class='line'>There was a baby donkey,</div> - <div class='line in6'>With the beautif'llest brown eyes!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>His coat was grey and very soft,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And his legs were long as long;</div> - <div class='line'>He wasn't near so tall as me,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And just 'bout half as strong.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>When I carry him a bowl of milk</div> - <div class='line in4'>I say out loud and plain;</div> - <div class='line'>“If you drink it up so quickly, Ned,</div> - <div class='line in10'>You'll surely have a pain!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>My Daddy says I must not ride</div> - <div class='line in4'>Him round the field just yet,</div> - <div class='line'>For my legs must grow longer first,</div> - <div class='line in10'>And his must stouter get.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>His mummy's name is Bunny Brown,</div> - <div class='line in10'>She has a comfy shed</div> - <div class='line'>Upon a hillock in the field,</div> - <div class='line in10'>Where Neddy's put to bed.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Poor Trust is lying in the shed,</div> - <div class='line in10'>His foot is tied up tight,</div> - <div class='line'>'Cause Father put some stuff on it,</div> - <div class='line in10'>To make it feel all right.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Trust went too near the naughty cow,</div> - <div class='line in10'>That's always rather cross;</div> - <div class='line'>She ran at him and knocked him down,</div> - <div class='line in10'>Then gave him such a toss.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id022'> -<img src='images/illus071.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>I hope my darling little Ned</div> - <div class='line in10'>Will take the greatest care</div> - <div class='line'>To keep alongside Bunny Brown</div> - <div class='line in10'>If Jenny should be near.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>If she should hurt my pretty Ned,</div> - <div class='line in6'>I don't know what I'd do!</div> - <div class='line'>I think I'd hit her <em>very</em> hard,</div> - <div class='line in16'>Until she simply flew.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>I'll give my Neddy lots of milk,</div> - <div class='line in10'>Until he's quite, quite grown,</div> - <div class='line'>For Father's given him to me,</div> - <div class='line in14'>For my very, very own.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus072.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus073.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus074.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Silly' class='c004'>Silly Billy and the Kittens.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>“I want some milk,” said Kitten Number -One.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“So do we,” said his brothers, and away -they pattered to the yard, where they found -a lovely saucer full.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Saucers are too babyish for me,” said -Kitten Number One, “I shall drink out of -the jug.” And up on the table he jumped.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Along came Silly Billy, the kid.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“You will never do it like that,” he said. -“Bite a hole in the jug, like this.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>What happened then, you can plainly -see by the picture, -and it is the -kind of thing -that does happen -when Silly -Billy comes -along.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus075a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>When the -Kittens and Silly -Billy were safely out of the way, Mr. and -Mrs. Whiskers popped out of their front -door.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Milk, milk, I sniff milk,” squeaked -Mrs. Whiskers, and she began to drink up -every drop she could find, while poor Mr. -Whiskers sat and cried because he could -not find any.</p> - -<p class='c000'>But he soon dried his tears when they -got to the scrap heap, where they ate till -they were like little round barrels.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus075b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Meanwhile, Silly Billy had told the kittens -of a lovely plate of food, outside the -kennel where Jack lived.</p> - -<p class='c000'>And the foolish kittens hurried to it, -and began to eat as fast as they could.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Out of his kennel came Jack, with a -mighty shout, which sent the kittens rolling -over with fright. They never tried to eat -Jack's dinner again, and it was a long time -before they quite forgave Silly -Billy for being so silly.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Nora Pitt-Taylor.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus076.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus077a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Tony' class='c004'>Tony</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Tony is a little dog,</div> - <div class='line'>That lives just up our street.</div> - <div class='line'>He really is the sweetest dog</div> - <div class='line'>That ever you could meet.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>When I go out he runs to me,</div> - <div class='line'>And says, “What shall we play?</div> - <div class='line'>At hide-and-seek, or fox and goose?”</div> - <div class='line'>That's what he seems to say—</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id038'> -<img src='images/illus077b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus078a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Sometimes we play at motor-cars,</div> - <div class='line'>My! how I have to run!</div> - <div class='line'>But Tony thinks That chasing cats</div> - <div class='line'>Is quite the bestest fun!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>But if he bites poor Pussy's Tail,</div> - <div class='line'>Then I am very strict;</div> - <div class='line'>I make him sit up straight and beg</div> - <div class='line'>Until his conscience's pricked.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus078b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id007'> -<img src='images/illus079.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Cats' class='c004'>THE CATS AND THE CHEESE,<br /> <span class='large'>Or, Better Agree than Go to Law.</span></h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id039'> -<img src='images/illus080a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Two cats took some -stolen cheese to a -monkey to divide for -them, as they could -not agree about it. -The monkey put a -piece of cheese into -each side of the scales. -One piece weighed -down the other, and -from this the monkey took a large bite; this made the other -side heavier, so he bit a -great piece off that.</p> - -<p class='c000'>The cats tried to stop -him, but he only laughed -and went on biting first -one piece and then the -other, until both had disappeared, -and the cats -were left with nothing at -all.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id040'> -<img src='images/illus080b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus081.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Doll' class='c004'>The Doll's House To Let.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>This dear little house you can see is “To Let,”</div> - <div class='line in4'>For our dollies are moving away;</div> - <div class='line'>Will you run round to-morrow and see if it suits?</div> - <div class='line in4'>For we shall be busy to-day.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id041'> -<img src='images/illus082b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id019'> -<img src='images/illus082a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Now Jackie and Mollie pretended they were</div> - <div class='line in4'>The man on the furniture van,</div> - <div class='line'>They loaded the truck as full as they could,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And off down the garden they ran.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id035'> -<img src='images/illus082c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id014'> -<img src='images/illus083.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>We took out the dollies, and sat them all down,</div> - <div class='line in4'>While we packed up each table and chair,</div> - <div class='line'>We all worked so hard, that when tea-time came round</div> - <div class='line in4'>We were ready the good things to share.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>We got some nice paper, and pen, and some ink,</div> - <div class='line in4'>We printed “To Let” on the bill;</div> - <div class='line'>And we wrote on a card which we sent to friends,</div> - <div class='line in4'>“Pray live in this house, if you will.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The postman soon brought a reply to our note,</div> - <div class='line in4'>Which asked if a stranger might call,</div> - <div class='line'>We told him to come as soon as he could,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And we waited for him in the hall.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The visitor came and looked over the house,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And promised to take it next June;</div> - <div class='line'>They liked all the rooms, and the garden as well,</div> - <div class='line in4'>So our house will be full again soon.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in36'><span class='small'><span class='sc'>P. S. Bruff.</span></span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id042'> -<img src='images/illus084.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Fox' class='c004'>The Fox that Lost his Tail,<br /> <em><span class='large'>Or, Do not Follow every Fashion you see.</span></em></h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c005'> - <div>From ÆSOP'S FABLES.</div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c000'>A young fox who went to steal chickens in a -farmyard, got his beautiful bushy tail caught -in a trap.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Finding it impossible to get away, he bit off his -tail and ran home, feeling very much ashamed of his -appearance when the other foxes -laughed.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Tails are quite out of fashion,” he -said, as they went on laughing.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“They are no use, and dangerous, -too. You can run -faster without them. -Why not cut them off -as I have done?”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id043'> -<img src='images/illus085.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Some of the smart -young foxes were -eager to be in the -fashion; but a wise -old one slyly said, -“We will wait till -we are caught in -traps before we bite -off our tails.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id044'> -<img src='images/illus086.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>The Early Bird that Catches the Worm</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Mrs' class='c004'>Mrs. Gamp and Mrs. Puss-Cat</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus087a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Mrs. Gamp and Mrs. Puss-Cat lived all by -themselves in a wee wee house. Mrs. Gamp was -a dear old soul with snowy white hair, and rosy -red cheeks, and such a smiling face and kind soft heart.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Mrs. Puss-Cat had a lovely tabby coat, as smooth as -velvet, and a beautiful fluffy tail. Her eyes were bright -and twinkly, and she would sit in front of the fire -for hours and hours thinking of nothing but mischief.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One day Mrs. Gamp was invited out to tea. She -put on her very best gown, and her new mob-cap -trimmed with ribbons and -flowers.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When she looked at herself -in the glass she felt -pleased!</p> - -<div class='figcenter id045'> -<img src='images/illus087b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>As soon as Mrs. Gamp -had gone, Mrs. Puss-Cat gave -three loud purrs of joy, and all -the mischief she had been -thinking came out at once.</p> - -<p class='c000'>She trotted into the -garden and got her feet -all covered with mud.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus088.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Then she scampered -upstairs, and danced a cat -dance all over the clean -white counterpane on -Mrs. Gamp's bed. She -climbed on the washstand, and upset the water jug, then -she squeezed into the wardrobe, and pulled Mrs. Gamp's -dresses out on to the floor. And some of them she tore -to teeny tiny shreds!</p> - -<p class='c000'>When she had finished she darted out of the room.</p> - -<p class='c000'>But alack-a-day! At the top of the stairs she -slipped, and fell—bumpetty, bumpetty, bump, all the way -to the bottom.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Presently Mrs. Gamp came home. And the first -thing she heard was a strange noise in the kitchen. First -a miaou. Then a sob. Then more miaous. Then—sob, -sob, sob! She opened the door, and there, perched -upon a stool in front of the dresser sat Mrs. Puss-Cat.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Her head was swollen very, <em>very</em> big. Round her -neck was tied some of the ribbon off Mrs. Gamp's best -bonnet, and another piece was twisted round one fat paw. -And from her big round eyes great tear-drops were falling—splash, -splash upon the floor.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Mrs. Gamp threw up her arms. “Oh! dearie me!” -she cried. “What ever is the matter? Oh! dearie, -dearie me!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Miaou, miaou!” sobbed Mrs. Puss-Cat. “Oh! -my poor paw! My poor, poor paw!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>Mrs. Gamp's tender heart was touched. She rushed -upstairs to fetch some ointment. But when she opened -her bedroom door—well! <em>you</em> know what she saw!</p> - -<div class='figcenter id046'> -<img src='images/illus089.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Her tender heart -grew cold as stone, and -oh! she was <em>so</em> angry! She -raced downstairs, and -gave Mrs. Puss-Cat the -biggest whipping she -had ever given her -before.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Then she took off -her best ribbon, and -opened the front door -wide.</p> - -<p class='c000'>And Mrs. Puss-Cat -went slinking out -with her tail between -her legs, and a terribly vicious look in her big round -eyes.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus090.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>But Mrs. Gamp's heart soon grew tender again.</p> - -<p class='c000'>She opened the front door, and called Mrs. Puss-Cat -back. And Mrs. Puss-Cat came at once, looking -very penitent and sad.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Mrs. Gamp gave her some nice hot milk, and put -her in a comfy basket in front of the fire.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Then she sat by her side, and stroked her smooth -velvety head.</p> - -<p class='c000'>And slowly all the naughty mischief slipped out of -Mrs. Puss-Cat's head, and nice, kind thoughts came in.</p> - -<p class='c000'>And now she is really and truly the nicest Mrs. -Puss-Cat in the world.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id047'> -<img src='images/illus091.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Conceited' class='c004'>The Conceited Golliwog.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Said a conceited Golliwog,</div> - <div class='line in4'>Whose name was Billy Brown,</div> - <div class='line'>“I can play the banjo better</div> - <div class='line in4'>Than any man in town.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>When Billy Brown a concert gave,</div> - <div class='line in4'>He'd scarce begun to play,</div> - <div class='line'>When half the audience stopped their ears,</div> - <div class='line in4'>And half ran fast away!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>O Billy Brown, O Boys and Girls,</div> - <div class='line in4'>Who to be famous thirst,</div> - <div class='line'>Remember, if you would succeed,</div> - <div class='line in4'>You're bound to <em>practise</em> first.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id048'> -<img src='images/illus092b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus093.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus094a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id018'> -<img src='images/illus094b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Dolly' class='c004'>Dolly's Name.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>I knew a charming little girl!</div> - <div class='line in2'>They call her “Darling May,”</div> - <div class='line'>She was so glad when mother bought</div> - <div class='line in2'>For her a doll, one day.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>She skipped and jumped and ran about,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And clapped her hands with glee,</div> - <div class='line'>“Oh dear!” she said, “I'm sure mamma</div> - <div class='line in2'>This cannot be for me?</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Just see what lovely eyes it has,</div> - <div class='line in2'>What lovely golden hair;</div> - <div class='line'>It's feet and hands are made of wax,</div> - <div class='line in2'>“'Tis perfect everywhere.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I'll set to work and make its clothes,</div> - <div class='line in2'>A hat, too, with the rest,</div> - <div class='line'>And it must have a pretty name,</div> - <div class='line in2'>I wonder which is best!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“'Alice' and 'Bess' and 'Mary Annie'</div> - <div class='line in2'>Are not so very new;</div> - <div class='line'>No, dolly, dear, I'll try to find</div> - <div class='line in2'>A better name for you.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“'Priscilla Prue' sounds rather nice,</div> - <div class='line in2'>So does 'Belinda Jane,'</div> - <div class='line'>But they're so long—dear me, how hard</div> - <div class='line in2'>It is to choose a name!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id007'> -<img src='images/illus095.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id021'> -<img src='images/illus096.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I wonder how mamma chose mine,</div> - <div class='line in2'>It's 'Alice Evelyn May;'</div> - <div class='line'>I'm sure it must have taken her</div> - <div class='line in2'>Much longer than a day.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Perhaps, she asked me which I'd like,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Tho' it's so long ago—</div> - <div class='line'>Six great long years—that if she did</div> - <div class='line in2'>I've quite forgot you know.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I think, dear dolly, quite new names</div> - <div class='line in2'>Are rather hard to find,</div> - <div class='line'>So if I cannot think of one,</div> - <div class='line in2'>I hope you will not mind.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I'd like to find you one that's grand,</div> - <div class='line in2'>But nice and pretty too—</div> - <div class='line'>Oh! now I know, 'Victoria Rose,'</div> - <div class='line in2'>Is just the name for you.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in30'><span class='small'>AUNTIE.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus097.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Call' class='c004'>The Call to Arms.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>The gallant soldiers, here they come!</div> - <div class='line in8'>A crowd of girls and boys,</div> - <div class='line'>Dot walks in front, and beats the drum,</div> - <div class='line in8'>It makes a splendid noise!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Sue has a flag, and Rose a gun,</div> - <div class='line in8'>So very fierce is she,</div> - <div class='line'>She <em>will</em> take aim at ev'ryone,</div> - <div class='line in8'>And nearly shoots a tree!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>But “Who goes there?” shouts little Jack,</div> - <div class='line in10'>“Speak, is it friend or foe?</div> - <div class='line'>I've got my gun—they're going back,</div> - <div class='line in10'>I heard a cart, I know!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“<em>My</em> cart,” says Sergeant Tom, with pride,</div> - <div class='line in10'>“Take care, you musn't shake,</div> - <div class='line'>I've got six wounded men inside,</div> - <div class='line in10'>Who badly need some cake!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I'm 'fraid this one is rather bad,</div> - <div class='line in8'>He's lost a lot of paint.”</div> - <div class='line'>“Poor fellow,” Rosie cries, “how sad,</div> - <div class='line in8'>I hope that he won't faint!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus098.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Some tea will quickly cure his pain,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And here's a currant bun.”</div> - <div class='line'>So soon, they're all quite well again,</div> - <div class='line in20'>And joining in the fun.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Now back to war!” shouts Captain Jim,</div> - <div class='line in4'>“Come on to do or die!”</div> - <div class='line'>His soldiers bravely follow him,</div> - <div class='line in12'>And wave their flags on high.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Hurrah! Hurrah! they've seized the fort,</div> - <div class='line in6'>As Captain Jimmy said!—</div> - <div class='line'>“Oh dear, why <em>are</em> the days so short?</div> - <div class='line in12'>Nurse says it's time for bed!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id049'> -<img src='images/illus099.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Lieutenant Sue's the best I've found,</div> - <div class='line in10'>I noticed in the fight,</div> - <div class='line'>With bullets flying all around,</div> - <div class='line in10'>She kept our flag upright.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He sighs, for, though the bugle blows,</div> - <div class='line in10'>The soldiers want their tea,</div> - <div class='line'>“My tea set's new, do come,” cries Rose,</div> - <div class='line in10'>“And have a cup with me!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Then Captain Jimmy with a smile</div> - <div class='line in10'>Says “Yes, my men, all right,</div> - <div class='line'>You're all “off duty” for a while,</div> - <div class='line in10'>The rest will help you fight.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus100.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id050'> -<img src='images/illus101.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Jim rides a chair—I mean a horse—</div> - <div class='line in10'>And reads the paper too,</div> - <div class='line'>For captains have to learn, of course,</div> - <div class='line in10'>What other armies do;</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The way to rout the enemy,</div> - <div class='line in10'>And bring the wounded in.</div> - <div class='line'>“My fellows are so brave,” says he,</div> - <div class='line in10'>“I'm certain they will win!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus102.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id051'> -<img src='images/illus103.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='To' class='c004'>To London Town.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>To London town, to London town,</div> - <div class='line'>Which is the way to London Town?</div> - <div class='line'>One foot up, and one foot down,</div> - <div class='line'>That is the way to London town.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus104.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Home' class='c004'>A Home in the Wainscot.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>One day two little mice entered an old house -where they hoped to settle down and make -their home, Mr. and Mrs. Mousey by name.</p> - -<p class='c000'>After looking about for some time they decided on -a corner close to the kitchen wainscot, and not far from -the larder.</p> - -<p class='c000'>They made a cosy little nest of string and paper, -working hard all day, hardly resting till late at night. -As to food, Mr. Mousey soon found where that was to -be got. Many were the visits he paid to the larder, -and delicious were the biscuits and cheese that he found -there. It almost seemed as if things were left for them, -for the biscuits were in bags and the cheese uncovered.</p> - -<p class='c000'>At last the nest was finished and they lay down to -rest.</p> - -<p class='c000'>The very next morning six very tiny pinkish-looking -things were to be seen in the nest. They had -bright eyes and long tails, and would soon grow into -brown little animals like their father and mother. Oh, -how proud the latter were! Mr. Mousey could hardly -keep his eyes off them, and -Mrs. Mousey danced round -squeaking with delight. “They -are beautiful, my dear,” said -Mr. Mousey, “just like you.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus105a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“Pardon me, my love,” -said his wife, with a proud look -at their darlings, “they are likely -to be as handsome as you.” -The parents embraced each -other tenderly, and then Mr. Mousey started off to -find food for the little family.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Every day the children grew bigger and stronger, -and merry games they had, as they chased each other -round the nest.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id052'> -<img src='images/illus105b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>But, alas! their happiness was not to continue. -One sad day a terrible disappointment -awaited Mr. Mousey. He had started -off on his usual visit to the larder. He -returned almost at once, saying,</p> - -<p class='c000'>“My dear, we must move. I heard -the Cook say everything was to be put in -tins, so we shall starve if we stay, and,” with a shudder, -“worse still, she has got a cat. I fear she will hear the -children's voices, and we shall be caught.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>So gathering their family around them they told -the sad news, and -glancing tearfully at -their cosy nest, they -crept sadly away.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Mary Hamilton.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus105c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id053'> -<img src='images/illus106.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>MILKING TIME.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus107.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='We' class='c004'>We Three</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Three little dogs</div> - <div class='line'>On mischief bent</div> - <div class='line'>Out to play in</div> - <div class='line'>The garden went.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Nip lost a shoe,</div> - <div class='line'>Rip tore his clothes,</div> - <div class='line'>And Chip fell down</div> - <div class='line'>And broke his nose—</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Chip chased the cat,</div> - <div class='line'>Rip drowned the pig</div> - <div class='line'>And Nip made mud-pies!</div> - <div class='line'>In the gig.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>At last their mother</div> - <div class='line'>Came out to see;</div> - <div class='line'>Then—off to bed</div> - <div class='line'>Without their tea!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus108.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus109.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus110.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Under' class='c004'>Under the Big Hat,<br /> <span class='large'>or, Jackie and Me.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Jennie and Jackie were twins. They had two -dearly-loved playmates, Fifie the puppy, and -Fipps the kitten. Fifie was nearly always -in disgrace.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One day Fifie thought, “Now I will be good -to-day. I will sit in the field and there will be nothing -to make me naughty.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>But as he passed through the hall he spied -Jennie's doll on a chair.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Ah!” said Fifie, “Betsy Ann enjoys the fresh -air. I'll take her with me.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>So he carried her off and carefully laid her -on the grass.</p> - -<p class='c000'>After a while he grew fidgetty and then he -saw that Betsy Ann was staring at him with her -great eyes.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Don't stare at me like that!” he barked.</p> - -<p class='c000'>But she took no notice and went on staring. This -made him so angry that he bit her foot, and when -it came off in his mouth he tore her arm, and -then rolled her over and shook and worried her, -until she was lying scattered all round him in lots -of pieces.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus111.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus112.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>When Jennie ran up with her ball, he was just -gnawing off Betsy Ann's left hand.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Jennie was terribly upset about it, and when -Nurse came, Fifie was soundly smacked.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Not long after there were fearful mi-ows from the -pond. Jennie rushed with her butterfly net, and was -just in time to save Fipps from drowning.</p> - -<p class='c000'>He had been trying to catch fish in the pond and -had fallen in.</p> - -<p class='c000'>So Jennie carried him home and put him in -Betsy Ann's bed.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Jackie used sometimes to dab a little butter -on the tip of Fifie's nose just for the fun of -seeing him try to lick it off with his tongue and -roll his eyes round and round to try and see it.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When Mother heard of Fifie's naughtiness with -Betsy Ann, she said that Fifie must wear a muzzle for -some hours every day until he learnt to behave better. -Poor Fifie! how he hated it and longed to join in the -romps with Jennie and Fipps.</p> - -<p class='c000'>However he was so good for a week, that Mother -said the muzzle might be left off.</p> - -<p class='c000'>And here you see Jennie with Fifie and Fipps, -celebrating the happy occasion with fairy cakes which -cook had given them.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus113.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id054'> -<img src='images/illus114.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>Out in the Cold.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id055'> -<img src='images/illus115.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>There once lived three children named Jones,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Who were constantly breaking their bones;</div> - <div class='line in6'>The youngest, named Jack,</div> - <div class='line in6'>Fell flat on his back,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And uttered some terrible groans.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus116a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Naughty' class='c004'>THE NAUGHTY KITTEN.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id035'> -<img src='images/illus116b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>She was only a little kitten,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And her fur was very wet,</div> - <div class='line'>But her face was round and very soft,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And her hair was black as jet.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>This was the kitten's story,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And I think you'll weep to hear,</div> - <div class='line'>That she woke one summer's morning</div> - <div class='line in2'>In a temper bad—I fear!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>She pulled her mother's whiskers,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And scratched her sister's nose,</div> - <div class='line'>And while her brother drank his milk,</div> - <div class='line in2'>She stamped upon his toes.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>And then she left the straw place,</div> - <div class='line in2'>In spite of mother's words,</div> - <div class='line'>And ran along the meadow,</div> - <div class='line in2'>To tease the little birds.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>But as she frisked and trotted,</div> - <div class='line in2'>A fearful sight she saw:</div> - <div class='line'>A creature with a scarlet comb,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And a gigantic claw.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>It said in voice stentorian,</div> - <div class='line in2'>“Ah! cock-a-doodle doo,”</div> - <div class='line'>Which meant although she did not know,</div> - <div class='line in2'>“Small pussy—how d'ye do?”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>She turned and fled in terror,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Across the meadow wide,</div> - <div class='line'>But she did not see the duck pond,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Until she fell inside!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id056'> -<img src='images/illus117.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus118a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Then such a splash and mewing,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Made all the field resound;</div> - <div class='line'>And if a true friend had not come,</div> - <div class='line in2'>She would have straight been drowned.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>This naughty little kitten,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Was whipped and put to bed,</div> - <div class='line'>And if you talk of duck ponds,</div> - <div class='line in2'>She always hangs her head.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in22'><span class='small'><span class='sc'>C. E. C. Warner.</span></span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus118b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus119.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus120.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Goose' class='c004'>The Goose Girl.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Gretchen was a goose girl. She -lived in a tiny cottage with a red roof, -all amidst the fields, and woods, and hills, -and every day she took a big stick and -drove her geese across the common to the -pond on the other side.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One summer morning her mother -said she might take a holiday, and go and -visit her Auntie Jeanne. So Gretchen -dressed herself in her best clothes, and set -out to the village. She spent a happy -time with her auntie, and after tea started -for home.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Just on the edge of the common she -met her geese.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When they saw her they began to -cackle in great excitement, and caught -hold of her skirts. Gretchen drove them -off with her umbrella. But they only -waddled on a little way, then looked -back to see what she was doing.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I believe they want me to follow -them!” cried Gretchen.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus121.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>As soon as the geese saw her coming -they began to run, and Gretchen ran after. -On and on they went, over the common, -across the fields, until they came to a little -shady dell in a wood. And here Gretchen -stopped, and clapped her hands with -delight, for on the mossy ground was -spread the most delicious tea -she had ever seen. All around -sat a number of little brown -rabbits. Peter Bunny spied -Gretchen first.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id057'> -<img src='images/illus122a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“Look, mother!” he cried. -“There's a little servant girl!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“So there is!” exclaimed Mrs. Bunny, -staring at Gretchen. “What wages do -you ask, my dear?”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id058'> -<img src='images/illus122b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Gretchen thought this -great fun. “If you please,” -she said, “I should be -quite satisfied with some -of those lovely cakes.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“As many as you like,” -said Mrs. Bunny. “Now go and fetch the -tea.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>The geese had vanished, so Gretchen -filled the tea pot from the little kettle on -the fire, and Peter Bunny carried dishes of -cakes. Then they all sat down, and -Gretchen had as many cakes as she could -eat. When tea was over, Mrs. Bunny told -Gretchen to go and play with the children -until bedtime.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“What's that?” asked Peter, presently, -pointing to the umbrella, and -Gretchen showed him how it opened and -shut.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I know!” he cried. “We'll go for -a sail in the air.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Hurrah!” cried all the other rabbits, -and they dragged Gretchen and the -umbrella on to the -common.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus123.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>She opened the -umbrella wide, Peter -caught hold of her -skirts, and the other -rabbits joined -on behind, -holding on to each other's -tails. “One, two, -three—go!” cried -Peter, and the -whole party went soaring into the air. It -was a delicious feeling. Higher and higher -they went, until at last they were right -above the clouds.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Oh!” cried Gretchen, suddenly, -“the umbrella's shutting up! Oh! whatever -shall we do?” Sure enough the -umbrella was no longer puffed out like a -balloon, but hanging loosely round the -handle, and the next moment it began to -fall.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“We're tumbling into the sea!” cried -the rabbit at the bottom of the chain, and -there was a loud splash.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus124.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Splash, splash, splash! One -by one all the bunnies -fell in until only Peter and -Gretchen were left. All -of a sudden the umbrella -flew out of her -hands, and she awoke to find herself sitting -by the side of the pond, while her -geese were splashing in for their evening -swim. On the ground in front of her lay -the umbrella, but Peter and the rest of the -rabbits had completely disappeared.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I hope they're not drowned,” she -said, as she got up and peered into the -pond. But the water was so clear she -could look right to the bottom, and no sign -of a bunny rabbit could she see.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“It must have been a dream,” she -said, as she smoothed out her dress. “But -those cakes were lovely. So was the -journey through the air.” She picked up -her umbrella and opened -it, but it wouldn't lift her an -inch off the ground. So -she scampered home to -find mother standing in -the doorway looking for -her, but when she told her -story, mother laughed.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id059'> -<img src='images/illus125.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id054'> -<img src='images/illus126.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id060'> -<img src='images/illus127a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Girl' class='c004'>Goose-girl.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Goose-girl, Goose-girl,</div> - <div class='line'>Whither do you wander?”</div> - <div class='line'>“Uphill, down-dale,</div> - <div class='line'>To find my goose and gander!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Sunshine, stormcloud,</div> - <div class='line'>Wild and windy weather,</div> - <div class='line'>Week in and week out,</div> - <div class='line'>I keep my flock together!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus127b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“In hurricane and rainstorm</div> - <div class='line'>Two have gone together;</div> - <div class='line'>Now my only fear is</div> - <div class='line'>That I shall see them never!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Goose-girl, Goose-girl,</div> - <div class='line'>Where the streams meander,</div> - <div class='line'>There beside a golden egg</div> - <div class='line'>You'll find your goose and gander!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id061'> -<img src='images/illus128.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id062'> -<img src='images/illus129.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>A Camel</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus130.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Waiting' class='c004'>Waiting for Tea.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>Molly and I have quarrelled;</div> - <div class='line in2'>She isn't nice at all;</div> - <div class='line'>She will not let me have her doll,</div> - <div class='line in2'>So she shan't have my ball.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in12'>Molly is disagreeable,</div> - <div class='line in14'>And she began it too;</div> - <div class='line in12'>She called me first “a silly,”</div> - <div class='line in14'>And I said, “So are you!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Molly is standing sulking;</div> - <div class='line in2'>She's dreadful cross with me.</div> - <div class='line'>I wish we hadn't fought, 'cause then</div> - <div class='line in2'>We'd give the dolls their tea.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in12'>I know the dolls are hungry,</div> - <div class='line in14'>But Molly turns away....</div> - <div class='line in12'>I wonder, if I kissed her,</div> - <div class='line in14'>If she'd forgive and play?</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Are you still angry, Molly?”</div> - <div class='line in2'>“No,” she begins to smile.</div> - <div class='line'>“Now come and play with the dollies;</div> - <div class='line in2'>They're waiting all this while.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in10'><span class='sc'>C. M. Hammill.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id063'> -<img src='images/illus131.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id013'> -<img src='images/illus132.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>The Nursery Express.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Boy' class='c004'>The Boy and the Bogie.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>A little boy with curly hair,</div> - <div class='line in14'>Was walking through the meadows fair,</div> - <div class='line in10'>When all at once, upon the ground,</div> - <div class='line in20'>A funny-looking thing he found.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He picked it up, and turned it o'er,</div> - <div class='line in16'>And wondered what it could be for,</div> - <div class='line in8'>It had four legs, which seemed to bend,</div> - <div class='line'>With feathers growing at one end.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He took it home, “Look here,” said he,</div> - <div class='line'>“I cannot think what this can be!”</div> - <div class='line'>But, with a laugh says sister Moll,</div> - <div class='line'>“Why! Can't you see, That it's a doll?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id064'> -<img src='images/illus133.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id065'> -<img src='images/illus134.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>I wonder if he's jealous, says little Tommy Page,</div> - <div class='line'>As he holds his own sham bunnie against the rabbit's cage;</div> - <div class='line'>But father says he'll give to me another one some day,</div> - <div class='line'>So then you'll have a little friend to stay with you alway.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id066'> -<img src='images/illus135.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Baby' class='c004'>BABY'S BUNNIE.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>Baby has a Bunnie,</div> - <div class='line in4'>It is made of fur,</div> - <div class='line'>Baby always takes it</div> - <div class='line in2'>Up to bed with her.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>It was Baby's Auntie</div> - <div class='line in2'>Gave her this nice toy,</div> - <div class='line'>Baby, when she saw it,</div> - <div class='line in6'>Clapp'd her hands for joy.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Such long ears has Bunnie,</div> - <div class='line in12'>Baby, so unkind!</div> - <div class='line'>Likes to pull and bite them,</div> - <div class='line in10'>But Bunnie doesn't mind.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>And he does not scratch her,</div> - <div class='line in12'>When she treats him so,</div> - <div class='line in6'>For this pretty Bunnie</div> - <div class='line in22'>Is a toy, you know.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus136.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='My' class='c004'>My First Visit.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>My name is Tim, and I am only a rough-haired -terrier dog, so you must not -mind if I make mistakes in this story, -because it is the first time I have ever told -a real, story book one.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I thought perhaps you would like to -hear about some of the people I met the -first time I went on a visit with my master.</p> - -<p class='c000'>We went to stay at a big house in the -country. There were no other houses round -it, only lots and lots of trees, and they kept -the houses away, I expect.</p> - -<p class='c000'>When we first arrived, I kept pretty -quiet The train had -made me feel rather -queer in my legs. I -wasn't frightened; -none of our family -are ever frightened of -anything—certainly -not of a silly old train -that doesn't even -know how to growl -properly.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id026'> -<img src='images/illus137.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Well, after I began to get used to things, -I went out into the garden to see if I could -find someone to play with. It was rather -dull without Jo. He is my brother, but he -isn't old enough to go visiting like I do.</p> - -<p class='c000'>At first there did not seem to be anyone -about at all. Then I saw an old wooden tub.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I went and had a look at that. I have -found some funny things in tubs before -now—sticks and boats, bits of cork that -give you a pain inside if you eat them—but -never have I seen such a funny thing -as there was in this tub.</p> - -<p class='c000'>It was very small, with shiny black -hair, a shiny red face, and it was swimming -about just like a fish. It smiled at me all -the time, too. I didn't like that a bit, so I -barked as loud as I could; but it made no -difference. I could not make it out, and I -got very angry, so I walked off with my tail -in the air.</p> - -<p class='c000'>In a sunny corner I found the Duke -and Duchess. They were very rude to me -indeed. In fact, the Duchess spat at me, -just like the common Tabby family do at -home.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus138.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>I very soon left them, and then I found -Laddie, the fine old Scotch collie, but he -wasn't much fun; he is -nearly deaf, and he -was very busy staring -at some white woolly -lambs on green stands. Laddie loves those -lambs; he once ate one when he was young. -He told me so himself, and—it was much -worse than eating cork.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus139.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Then I heard a great deal of barking, -growling and snarling.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I knew it must be Bob, the bull dog. I -had been longing to fight him ever since I -came. I ran to the field as fast as I could, -my heart beating very hard, for Bob had -boasted to me of all the fights he had won, -and I was thirsting to beat him.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Then I saw him, tearing down the field, -his tail tucked in between his legs, his ears -laid flat. He was running away from the -old red bull. He had made faces at him, -and then ran away when the bull pretended -to chase him. I wasn't going to fight him -after that. <em>I</em> wouldn't run away from an -old bull.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Bob ran into the kitchen, and pretended -to be asleep when I spoke to him.</p> - -<p class='c000'>I went back to the tub after that, and I -just went straight up to the funny, smiling -thing, and—I kissed it. After that, we were -great friends, and had lovely games every -day till I went away. I wonder if Bob ever -plays with it. I will fight him if he does.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Nora Pitt-Taylor.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus140.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus141a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Ten' class='c004'>Ten Raw Recruits.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Attention! Ready! Quick march!</div> - <div class='line'>Keep your legs as stiff as starch!</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Halt! Mark time! Right about!</div> - <div class='line'>Two, four, six, and eight fall out!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figleft id067'> -<img src='images/illus141b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figright id067'> -<img src='images/illus141c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus142a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>One and three go sentry duty—</div> - <div class='line'>The watchword is, “For home and beauty.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Five, seven, and nine, must stay and drill.</div> - <div class='line'>Because they hold, themselves so ill.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in14'><span class='small'>M. M. Read.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figleft id067'> -<img src='images/illus142b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figright id067'> -<img src='images/illus142c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus143.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Dog' class='c004'>The Dog and the Wolf;<br /> <span class='large'>Or, BE CONTENT WITH YOUR LOT.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>A lean, hungry wolf was prowling about in -search of supper, when he met a big well-fed -mastiff. “How do you manage to look so sleek, -when I, who work ten times as hard, am half-starved?” -inquired the wolf.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Oh,” said the dog, “I watch the house at -night and sleep all day.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Just the thing -for me,” said the -wolf, “but first tell -me, what is that -mark round your -neck.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id064'> -<img src='images/illus144.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“That's only -made by my collar,” -answered the dog. -“I am chained up -all day. They say -I may bite, but that -is all nonsense.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Good-bye,” said -the wolf, turning -back. “Chained -up, indeed! No, -thank you.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id015'> -<img src='images/illus145.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>A Pigeon.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Castles' class='c004'>Castles in the Air.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id068'> -<img src='images/illus146.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>When you and I are bigger, Fred,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Say, what shall we do then?</div> - <div class='line'>What shall we do with ourselves all day,</div> - <div class='line'>When you and I are men?</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>We'll climb the biggest poplar tree</div> - <div class='line in2'>That stands against the wall.</div> - <div class='line'>You could touch the stars from the top, I think,</div> - <div class='line'>It is so straight and tall.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>We'll spread our bread and butter thick,</div> - <div class='line in2'>(And Nurse shan't cut it then!)</div> - <div class='line'>And have raspberry jam whenever we like,</div> - <div class='line in2'>When you and I are men.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>We'll go to bed quite late at night</div> - <div class='line in2'>And we won't get up till ten;</div> - <div class='line'>And we'll never let Jane put the soap in our eyes,</div> - <div class='line in2'>When you and I are men.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>And we'll have two white horses, Fred</div> - <div class='line in2'>One each for me and you;</div> - <div class='line'>And we'll give up learning our A B C,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And twice times one are two.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>We'll always wear our oldest clothes,</div> - <div class='line in2'>(Not wear our Sunday suits.)</div> - <div class='line'>We won't wash our hands when we've made mud pies,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And we'll walk in the sea in our boots.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>We'll help ourselves to sugar, Fred;</div> - <div class='line in2'>It will be lovely then!</div> - <div class='line'>Oh! don't you wish that the time would come</div> - <div class='line in2'>When you and I'll be men?</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in24'><span class='sc'>C. M. Hammil.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id069'> -<img src='images/illus147.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id070'> -<img src='images/illus148.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Day' class='c004'>A Day at the Farm.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>It was Margery's and Trixy's birthday; they were -exactly the same age, so they had only one birthday -between them, but they had always gone shares in -everything as long as they could remember, so they -were quite happy in sharing their birthday. And -what a splendid birthday this one had been! First of -all, they had been allowed to choose their birthday -treat, which was to go to Woodcote Farm.</p> - -<p class='c000'>They had driven to the farm in the morning, sitting -on the box-seat of the waggonette by John, and as soon -as they arrived they had gone all round the farmyard, -and looked at the dear little ducks and chickens, and every -other living creature on the place. They had well shaken -the apple tree and filled their pockets with lovely rosy -apples. After dinner they had gone out into the big field -to have a game with old Dobbin. Dobbin seemed to -understand that the children wished to catch him by his -long tail, and would stand still until they nearly touched -him, and then with a toss of his head would gallop off to -the other side of the field, followed by the children, until -at last, quite out of breath, they had flung themselves -down under the willow by the side of the little stream.</p> - -<p class='c000'>The afternoon was warm, and Trixy was surely -getting a little sleepy, when -Margery suddenly jumped -up. “Come, Trix,” she said, -“I hear the waggonette;” -and off they ran as fast as they -could.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Mary Hamilton.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus149.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus150a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>The Farmyard.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus150b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>Waiting to be Hired.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Woes' class='c004'>Doggie's Woes.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>I'm a doggie who has many troubles to tell,</div> - <div class='line'>For my master and mistress don't treat me quite well.</div> - <div class='line'>The worst of my woes I really must say</div> - <div class='line'>Is a horrid old muzzle I wear every day.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>It's put on so tight and is so very strong,</div> - <div class='line'>Why if I tear and bite it the whole day long,</div> - <div class='line'>It would not come off, oh dear me no,</div> - <div class='line'>My spirits are sinking each day more low.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Then again there are those stupid fluffy things,</div> - <div class='line'>Who have funny beaks and curious wings;</div> - <div class='line'>Well, what do you think, they come round and stare,</div> - <div class='line'>And say to each other, “What's that fellow there?”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Yet I'm quite unable to frighten them now</div> - <div class='line'>Except by a very loud bow wow wow;</div> - <div class='line'>They know I can't bite them with this muzzle on,</div> - <div class='line'>So I hope I shall not have to wear it for long.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus151.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Off' class='c004'>Off to the Front.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>“We are off to the Front!” cried the three children -when they were ready for their walk.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Have you got all you want for the Front?” -asked their mother, laughing.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Yes, everything,” said -May. “Tom has a drum and -Bertie a bugle, and I am the rest -of the army.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Very well. Don't be too -long at the War, because tea will -soon be ready. Better go to meet -your father.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id059'> -<img src='images/illus152b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“So we will!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>And away went the -three over -the white -snow in the -bright winter -day; -Tom beating -the -drum till it -was a wonder -the -parchment -did not -burst, and -Bertie blowing -the -bugle till he -had hardly any breath left. What a splendid -noise they all made together! Birds -flew out of the hedges and -rabbits scuttled away as the -army marched on, feeling very -warlike indeed; and -presently met the -army's father.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus153.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“Please be our -General, father,” -they begged, “and -lead us against the enemy.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Certainly,” he replied; “but first we will return -to camp and storm the tea-table.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>So home they went in the same fashion, with drum -beating and bugle blowing.</p> - -<p class='c000'>After tea, the younger children also volunteered -for the Front, and Uncle Bob was little Dick's horse, -for of course cavalry was needed. How Uncle Bob -pranced and galloped! The trumpeter nearly fell off -his back, but went on blowing the trumpet all the same. -Uncle Bob told him to blow it well away from the -horse's ears, so Dick sat backwards. As for Baby, big -brother Gerald put him on the rocking-horse, to be a -rough-rider.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“The great thing is to learn to stick on,” said -Gerald, “because you will find falling off is very easy. -Hold the horse's nose, Nellie; it seems rather a wild -one.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>At last everybody joined the army, except the cat. -She sat on a chair and turned up her whiskers; for -cats like peace and quietness, and there cannot be much -of either when soldiers go to the Front.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus154.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Tommy' class='c004'>Tommy's First Day at School.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>“Tommy, my dear,” said the old Tabby Cat,</div> - <div class='line'>“Here is your pinafore, put on your hat,</div> - <div class='line'>And go off to school with the others at once:</div> - <div class='line'>We don't want our kitten to grow up a dunce.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>But Tommy was naughty, “I won't go,” he said.</div> - <div class='line'>“Well, choose,” said his mother, “between that and bed;</div> - <div class='line'>You either shall go off to school as I say,</div> - <div class='line'>Or go straight to bed for the rest of the day!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>At this Tommy's cousin looked in at the door,</div> - <div class='line'>And gave a loud mew of surprise when he saw</div> - <div class='line'>The kitten was crying:—“Why, what's that I see?</div> - <div class='line'>Come, Tommy,” he said, “come to school then with me.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He took Tommy's paw, and old Tabby Cat said,</div> - <div class='line'>As she stood at the door with a cap on her head,</div> - <div class='line'>“Now, Tommy, remember! if good you will be,</div> - <div class='line'>I'll catch you a mouse or a rat for your tea.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>So Tommy was dragged by the paw up the lane,</div> - <div class='line'>Nor stopped he his mewing at all till they came</div> - <div class='line'>To where old Dame Smut kept a school for those cats,</div> - <div class='line'>Who learnt something more than the killing of rats.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The kitten ceased mewing, and gazed on the rows</div> - <div class='line'>Of good little cats, and he murmured, “Who knows</div> - <div class='line'>That p'raps after all I shall like school as well,</div> - <div class='line'>And quite enjoy learning to write and to spell!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>When lessons were over, Dame Smut said, “I see</div> - <div class='line'>That Tommy a very good kitten can be.”</div> - <div class='line'>And Tommy in triumph laughed gaily the while</div> - <div class='line'>He ate up the mouse for his tea with a smile.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in32'><span class='sc'>Edith Grabham.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus155.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id071'> -<img src='images/illus156.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>An Elephant at work.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id072'> -<img src='images/illus157a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Mister' class='c004'>Mister Jack-in-the-box.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>“Hullo, hullo, here I -am again!” cried -Mister Jack-in-the-box, -as he sprang up in a great -hurry one day.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Then he looked all round him. He was -wondering what could have happened to all -his friends.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“This is very funny,” he said to himself. -“I wonder where they can all be; they can't -have gone to a party and left me behind. -Besides, they have not had time to put on -their best clothes, for I have only been -having forty winks.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>That was what he thought, but he had -really been asleep for a long time, and a -great many things had happened which he -knew nothing about.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Presently, Dobbin, the big wooden -horse, came walking slowly by.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Hullo,” cried Mister Jack-in-the-box, -“How are you, my fine friend?”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I am looking for a hairy skin,” said -Dobbin, sadly. “Every horse is wearing -one now; the fashion has changed since -you went to sleep.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id073'> -<img src='images/illus158.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“But I have -only been having -forty winks,” -cried Mister -Jack-in-the-box.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Forty hundred,” -corrected -Dobbin. “Here -comes Mister -Zebra, he will -tell you I am -right in what I -say.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>And Mister -Zebra did.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I don't know -what will -happen next,” he said, -tearfully. “I am told -that Teddy Bears are -always asked for now -that no one cares for -zebras. I do think it -is a little hard. I -know Teddy Bears are hairy, but not one of -them has a striped coat like mine.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id074'> -<img src='images/illus159.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>“Look at my legs,” said Dobbin. “No -hairy horse ever had legs like mine.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I passed a whole new family on my -way here,” sighed the Zebra. “There was -an elephant that walked without wheels, a -boat with sails, a doll with a voice, crackers -with toys inside them, a Father Christmas -with a real beard, and——”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“A hairy horse!” cried Dobbin.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“A hairy horse,” answered Mr. Zebra.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Cheer up, cheer up, you boys,” chuckled -Mister Jack-in-the-box. “There is plenty of -room for us all in the world. Suppose we -make a family all to ourselves, just we three -old friends.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>And that is what they did.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Nora Pitt-Taylor.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus160.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Hector' class='c004'>Hector Protector.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>Hector Protector was dressed all in green,</div> - <div class='line in6'>Hector Protector was sent to the Queen,</div> - <div class='line'>The Queen did not like him, no more did the King,</div> - <div class='line in2'>So Hector Protector was sent back again.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id012'> -<img src='images/illus161.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus162a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Muzzle' class='c004'>The Muzzle that Fitted too much.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>Tip tries to get his muzzle off—</div> - <div class='line in2'>But no—the strap's too tight!</div> - <div class='line'>The naughty ducklings laugh and jeer:</div> - <div class='line in2'>They see he cannot bite.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus162b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='In' class='c004'><span class='under'>In the Farmyard.</span></h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id075'> -<img src='images/illus163a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus163b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>When Mrs. Quack, was coming back,</div> - <div class='line'>From seeing Mrs. Hen,</div> - <div class='line'>What did she see, but chickens three.</div> - <div class='line'>Quite far from mother's pen.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>And then she found, all romping round,</div> - <div class='line'>Their mother in delight,</div> - <div class='line'>Two pups that she, could only see</div> - <div class='line'>Like balls of black and white.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id076'> -<img src='images/illus163c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id077'> -<img src='images/illus163d.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus164a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus164b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>A naughty chick, who tried to pick,</div> - <div class='line'>The wing from off a bee,</div> - <div class='line'>Was only told to be less bold,</div> - <div class='line'>And ran away quite free.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Ha! ha!” said she, “'tis plain to see,</div> - <div class='line'>The farmyard's full of fun,</div> - <div class='line'>And so I think, I'll have a drink,</div> - <div class='line'>And warm me in the sun!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in12'><span class='small'>By E. M. Whitaker</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus164c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id078'> -<img src='images/illus164d.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus165.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Fir' class='c004'>FIR TREE FARM.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Fir Tree Farm was the name of the -big stone house, so the Squirrels -thought they could not do better than call -their house Fir Tree House, which they did.</p> - -<p class='c000'>There were three of them, Mr. and -Mrs. Squirrel and Miss Brighteyes, their -daughter.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Every morning at one o'clock they had -lunch on the big branch that was very high -up, because, you see, they knew very well -that James and John were about, and James -and John thought it fine fun to chase them. -James and John were a terrible pair of -pickles, very different to Joseph, the black -poodle, but then he was a Frenchman, and -he could not bear the ways of James and -John, whom he looked upon as common -terriers.</p> - -<p class='c000'>They used to bark at him, and make -dreadful fun of him when he went out -shopping with his mistress, carrying the -basket for her.</p> - -<p class='c000'>James and John longed to make him -fight them, but he never did, because -nothing would make him put down the -basket, and no dog can fight with a basket -in his mouth.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus166.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Little Miss Brighteyes rather liked the -look of the pickles; she thought James was -lovely, with his black and white coat, but -she never ventured to go down and speak -to them—she was not brave enough for that—but -once or twice she threw nuts down on -the top of them, and this made them very -angry, because they were not at all accustomed -to be the ones who were teased.</p> - -<p class='c000'>They used to get into trouble sometimes, -and many a good thrashing the -farmer gave them, especially on the day -when they snapped at the beautiful frills -Joseph wore on his legs, and made him -drop a basket of fresh eggs. They were -rather sorry for themselves that day, and -Joseph was so pleased that he did not know -what to do with himself.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Poor old Jane, the brown cow, found -them a terrible worry.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus167.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>They used to hide in the big wheelbarrow, -where her dinner was put, when the -grass was poor, and jump up and frighten -her when she came to eat it, and they didn't -mind a bit when she snorted at them—they -rather enjoyed it.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id079'> -<img src='images/illus168.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus169.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>But one day Jerry, the old horse, who -lived in the paddock with Jane, spoke to -them very gravely about it.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Now James and John had a great respect -for Jerry; they thought he was quite -the wisest person they had ever met, and -when he explained to them how very rude -it was to sit in Jane's dinner place, they -promised not to do it again.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One day the farmer's daughter came to -Fir Tree Farm, and when she went away -she took James with her.</p> - -<p class='c000'>John was very sad at first, and Miss -Brighteyes felt dreadfully sorry for him; -even Joseph tried to be nice to him, but it -was Jerry who comforted him best, and -gave him good advice.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Then he set to work to be useful, and -behaved himself so well that the farmer -used to send him to bring the horses in -from the fields.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Nora Pitt-Taylor.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus170.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id041'> -<img src='images/illus171a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Pity' class='c004'>Pity the sorrows of a Poor Little Dog.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>There was a little dog</div> - <div class='line in4'>And he had a little tail,</div> - <div class='line in6'>And he used to wag, wag, wag it,</div> - <div class='line'>Whenever he was glad:</div> - <div class='line'>But whenever he was sad,</div> - <div class='line in2'>On the ground he would drag, drag, drag it.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figleft id080'> -<img src='images/illus171b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figright id080'> -<img src='images/illus171c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id041'> -<img src='images/illus172a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He had a little nose,</div> - <div class='line'>As of course you will suppose,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And on it a muz-muz-muzzle</div> - <div class='line'>And to get if off he'd try,</div> - <div class='line'>Till a tear came in his eye,</div> - <div class='line in2'>But he found it a puz-puz-puzzle.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He'd sometimes find a bone,</div> - <div class='line'>When he'd sniff it with a groan,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Because he couldn't gnaw, gnaw, gnaw it;</div> - <div class='line'>And he'd say as on he went,</div> - <div class='line'>With his head in anguish bent,</div> - <div class='line in2'>“I'm sorry that I saw, saw, saw it.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figleft id080'> -<img src='images/illus172b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figright id080'> -<img src='images/illus172c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Too' class='c004'>Too Sure.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus173a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>On a tree</div> - <div class='line in8'>Birdie sat,</div> - <div class='line in6'>Down below</div> - <div class='line in14'>Lay pussy cat.</div> - <div class='line in2'>“Come down here</div> - <div class='line in10'>By my side,”</div> - <div class='line in18'>Said the Cat,</div> - <div class='line in6'>The bird replied:</div> - <div class='line in10'>“For you, Miss Puss,</div> - <div class='line in16'>I have no love</div> - <div class='line in20'>I'd rather stay</div> - <div class='line in34'>Up above.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I'll come to you”</div> - <div class='line in10'>The pussy said.</div> - <div class='line'>Rose, stretched herself,</div> - <div class='line in8'>And shook her head.</div> - <div class='line in12'>She climbed the tree</div> - <div class='line in20'>(The cunning cat),</div> - <div class='line in26'>And reached the bough</div> - <div class='line in34'>Where Birdie sat.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>She made a spring,</div> - <div class='line in8'>Her prey to seize,</div> - <div class='line in16'>But Birdie flew</div> - <div class='line in22'>Away with ease.</div> - <div class='line in14'>The pussy thought,</div> - <div class='line in20'>“Too sure was I,</div> - <div class='line in24'>I quite forgot</div> - <div class='line in26'>That birds could fly.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id049'> -<img src='images/illus173b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Firefly' class='c004'>Firefly.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Through a sad misfortune Mr. Northcote's -beautiful estate had to be sold up. He was -a great rider and lover of horses; but everything -had to go, and Firefly, his beautiful bay, was sold -with the other horses.</p> - -<p class='c000'>After the day of reckoning Mr. Northcote went -abroad. There success awaited him; -he worked hard to retrieve his lost -fortune, and after a few years he -returned to England once more a -wealthy man.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id081'> -<img src='images/illus175.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>One day he hailed a hansom, -and before stepping into it was -giving the cabman the address, when -the horse grew suddenly restive and uttered a -strange whinnying sound.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“What's the matter with yer?” cried the cabman, -giving the animal a touch of the whip.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Don't beat him! He's all right!” said Mr. -Northcote, coming to the horse's head.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Again came the strange whinny, and the deep -velvety eyes looked into Mr. Northcote's like those -of a human being; and they spoke to him, too, as -plainly as words could speak: “Dear master! -Don't you know me? I'm your poor old Firefly!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Firefly! It's Firefly! My beauty!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>And then, to the cabman's great astonishment. -Mr. Northcote laid his cheek against the horse's nose.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“To think you should have come down to this, -Firefly,” he murmured, with something very like -tears in his eyes. Firefly whinnied again softly.</p> - -<p class='c000'>The poor horse had changed masters several -times, and had had a hard life the last few years; -but all his troubles were over at last.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Of course Mr. Northcote bought him from the -cabman, and three months later, when the beautiful -spirited animal was galloping round the fields, it -was hard to believe he had ever been a cab-horse!</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Constance M. Lowe.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id082'> -<img src='images/illus174.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='What' class='c004'>What a Mistake.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>Our doggy almost seems to talk,</div> - <div class='line in6'>He watches us so carefully,</div> - <div class='line'>And when we're going for a walk</div> - <div class='line in2'>Looks up as if to say—“take me!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>He'll carry books a long, long way,</div> - <div class='line in4'>But, this I feel I ought to own,</div> - <div class='line in4'>He <em>buried</em> Auntie's glove one day,</div> - <div class='line'>He must have thought it was a bone.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id083'> -<img src='images/illus176.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id062'> -<img src='images/illus177.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>A Monkey.<br /><br />Ostriches.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Charlie' class='c004'>Charlie's Playthings.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id084'> -<img src='images/illus178a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Charlie, tired out with -play, fell asleep on the -nursery rug one winters afternoon. -“Hullo, Charlie!” said his sister's -biggest doll, walking up and patting -him familiarly on the back. -“Look,” she said, “there goes the -omnibus to Fleet Street; let us go -and see if there's room for us.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id085'> -<img src='images/illus178b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Charlie very soon found himself -riding on the top of his toy -omnibus, with the conductor driving -and shouting, and a wooden -doll calling out “Fare, sir; fare a -penny!” He drove along too -through his own toy village. “<em>This</em> -isn't Fleet Street!” he said.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“No,” said the doll; “we are now driving to the Zoo.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>Charlie wondered more and more, but he said nothing -until the omnibus stopped and all the dolls got -down. He found himself then hustled into a tiny train, -the engine of which whistled loudly, and had a piece -of cotton wool coming out of its funnel for smoke.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Here is the Zoo,” said the doll; “and there are -the animals going to bed.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>Charlie looked. Why, the Zoo was his Noah's -ark, and the animals belonged to it! “<em>This</em> isn't the -Zoo!” said Charlie.</p> - -<p class='c000'>At this point up came a very grandly dressed -gentleman doll with an eye-glass.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“This gentleman would like a game of nine-pins, -Lady Arabella,” he said; “pray come this way,” and he -led them to a lawn where a set of nine-pins were.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Those are my nine-pins,” cried Charlie.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Nonsense!” said the doll. “They belong to -this gentleman.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“You are a very rude doll,” observed the possessor -of the eye-glass to Charlie. “How dare you say my -things are yours!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“So they are,” shouted Charlie; “and I'm not a -doll, and you <em>are</em> one, and you belong to my sister, and -you are made of wax, so there!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>The gentleman doll grew very angry at this. -“How dare you!” he said loudly. “Policeman! hi! -Policeman!” and one came hurrying across the street.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Charlie laughed; he recognised one of the little -wooden policemen in his toy box.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Hush!” cried the doll; “the soldiers are coming!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>Marching down the street came Charlie's tin soldiers, -all with drawn swords, and most of them on horseback.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus179.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Charlie boldly -advancing laid his -hand on the bridle -of the general's -horse. Immediately -there was a great -clatter of arms, and -Charlie would have -been cut to pieces if -just then he had not -woke up to find himself -on the nursery rug.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Edith Grabham.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus180a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>Scavengers of the Desert.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus180b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>Watching for his Prey.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='How' class='c004'>How Pussy Caught her First Bird.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus181a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c005'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='linedc drop-capanf0_1'>Said Mother Puss to little Kit,</div> - <div class='line in2'>“You're old enough, my dear,</div> - <div class='line'>To get your dinner for yourself.”</div> - <div class='line in2'>Said Kit, “I will, no fear!”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>As Kitty lay in hiding,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Close by, upon a twig,</div> - <div class='line'>There lit a tiny birdie,</div> - <div class='line in2'>And Kitty's eyes grew big.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id086'> -<img src='images/illus181c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus182.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>She crept a little nearer,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Then made a sudden spring,</div> - <div class='line'>And caught that tiny birdie</div> - <div class='line in2'>Before it could take wing.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Then back she raced to mother,</div> - <div class='line in2'>No need to further roam;</div> - <div class='line'>“You see,” she said, “dear mother,</div> - <div class='line in2'>I've brought my dinner home.”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line in22'><span class='sc'>A. E. Bonser.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Rat' class='c004'>A Rat Hunt.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id084'> -<img src='images/illus183a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>Bobbie was only a -little stable lad; the -only relation he ever knew -was a brother, whose -vocation was sweeping -crossings. One day, a -brougham ran over him, a -crowd collected, he followed -them to the hospital, -and was told his brother -was dead. The gentleman, -whose brougham it -was, came and spoke to -him, and then he remembered him taking his hand and -leading him to a big house. He was taken to the -kitchen and well fed, and after staying there a day or -two, was sent into the country.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus183b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>Mr. Wake, after questioning the delicate-looking -child, felt he could repay him for the loss of his brother -by taking care of him.</p> - -<p class='c000'>The first thing to be done was to send him to one -of his farms in the country, where kind but rough hands -would do more than smoky town.</p> - -<p class='c000'>The people he lived with grew very fond of him, -and treated him in every way as their own.</p> - -<p class='c000'>He had a terrier dog given to him by one of the -farm hands, and this he took a great interest in. Now -Floss was a good rat catcher, and as rats were most -destructive in the barn, Bobbie used to take Floss up -there, by the hour together, and hunt them.</p> - -<p class='c000'>One day he caught fourteen rats and mice and laid -them at his little master's feet.</p> - -<p class='c000'>On another occasion, they had been waiting some -time for a rat, which had made quite a home of three -sacks of corn in a corner of the barn, when Floss suddenly -darted round and sniffed one corner, and then -kept his eyes fixed on something which Bobbie could -not see. Floss moved a little on one side, and as the -rat made its intended escape, he pounced upon it. The -rat was also very sharp, and bit and scratched poor -Flossie's face; this worried him so much, that he gave -it one dreadful bite, which -killed it.</p> - -<p class='c000'>Bob was very kind to -animals, and took Floss to -bathe his face, and treated -him quite as an invalid till his -face was well.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus184.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus185.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p>Worrying over his troubles.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='Nip' class='c004'>Nip and the Pigeons.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_1 c006'>The children had been ill with whooping-cough, -and as soon as they were well enough they -were told, to their great delight, that they were -going to stay at a farmhouse by the sea.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Oh! Mother,” cried Gerald, “do let us take -Nip with us! I am sure he would be miserable -without us.”</p> - -<p class='c000'>“I thought you would want to take him,” -answered Mother, with a smile, “so I arranged -with the people at the farm that Nip should go -with you!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>The children were overjoyed at hearing this, -and rushed out to tell Nip, whom they found lying -in front of his kennel wondering what all the excitement -was about.</p> - -<p class='c000'>A chorus of excited voices shouted the good -news to him, and he wagged his little -stump of a tail, and barked so -loudly that he made almost as -much noise as the children.</p> - -<p class='c000'>A few days later they were -settled at the farm, and -of course were charmed -with everything, and -were never tired -of visiting the -calves, the ducks, -the chickens, the -pigeons, and the -little baby pigs.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus186.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/illus187.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<p class='c000'>When the children fed the pigeons Nip had to be -tied up, to his great disgust, because the birds were -afraid of him and would not peck up the grain while -he was loose. This, perhaps, was why he took a -dislike to the pigeons. “Stupid things!” he would -growl. “They can do nothing but sit and say -'Coo, coo!' all day!”</p> - -<p class='c000'>But Nip soon had good cause to change his -opinion. One day the farmer was going to market -ten miles away, and knowing that he would need to -send a message back immediately, he took one of his -carrier-pigeons with him. Some hours later the pretty -white bird flew down into the farmyard, and, tied to -its feathers, the children found a tiny roll of paper -containing the farmers message.</p> - -<p class='c000'>“Not so stupid, after all,” thought Nip, with a -sniff, and felt a little ashamed of himself.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Constance M. 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