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+Project Gutenberg's The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4, by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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+
+Title: The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4
+ A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28143]
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, APRIL 1878 ***
+
+
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+
+Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. Music
+by Linda Cantoni.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+THE
+
+NURSERY
+
+
+_A Monthly Magazine_
+
+
+FOR YOUNGEST READERS.
+
+
+VOLUME XXIII.--No. 4.
+
+
+
+
+Contents
+
+
+IN PROSE.
+
+ PAGE
+ Tired Out 98
+ Emma and the Book 101
+ The Bear and Her Cubs 103
+ How Two Boys Were Made Happy 107
+ The Summer Shower 109
+ A Monkey Story 110
+ Drawing Lesson 113
+ What Bravo Told Rory 116
+ Playing the Chinaman 119
+ Pansy's Secret 120
+ Sagacity of the Deer 125
+
+
+IN VERSE.
+
+ PAGE
+ The Herons 100
+ Billy Brown Sold 105
+ Time to Go to Bed 114
+ A Trotting Song 123
+ Grandma Asleep 127
+ The Lay of the Grasshopper (_with music_) 128
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: TIRED OUT.]
+
+
+
+
+TIRED OUT.
+
+
+[Illustration: O]NE day Miss Lily Macnish heard the door-bell ring. She
+put down her spelling-book, and asked, "Who can that be, mamma?" Before
+mamma could give an answer, Jane the housemaid entered, and handed her a
+note.
+
+"Why, this is not for me: it is for you, my dear," said Mrs. Macnish,
+giving the note to Lily.
+
+"For me!" said Lily, while her cheeks flushed; for it was the first note
+she had ever received.
+
+"Please read it for me, mamma," she said; for Lily could not read
+handwriting quite as well as some little girls of her age that I could
+tell of.
+
+"It is an invitation to a children's party at Mrs. Vane's," said mamma.
+"Miss Lucy Vane asks the pleasure of Miss Lily's company on Thursday
+evening, at seven o'clock."
+
+"Oh, can I go? Can I go?" cried Lily, jumping up, and clapping her
+hands.
+
+"I do not quite approve of children's parties, especially when they take
+place in the evening," said mamma. "But I know who will say 'Yes,' and I
+suppose I shall have to do as he says."
+
+She was thinking of Lily's papa, who loved the little girl so much, that
+he could not bear to say "No" to any request she might make.
+
+Well, mamma was right. Papa saw that his little girl was bent on going
+to the party, and so he teased his wife into yielding her consent.
+
+So, when Thursday came, Lily was dressed up in her little white robe,
+with straw-colored ribbons, and her pretty slippers, and sent in a
+carriage, with Jane the housemaid, to the party.
+
+It was not quite such a party as I approve of. I do not like to see
+little girls and boys trying to act like grown-up people. I like to see
+them act like children.
+
+Lily had the good taste to get tired of it all very soon. Little girls
+would come along and stare at her slippers; but she did not feel much
+pride in them. Little boys would come and bow, and ask her to dance; but
+she had had enough. There was music and singing, and then ice-cream and
+cake were handed round; but Lily had promised to eat nothing, and she
+kept her promise.
+
+At half-past eight o'clock she saw Jane beckoning to her at the door;
+and very glad she was at the sight. Bidding Miss Vane "good-night," she
+let Jane put on her shawl, and lead her to the carriage. "Oh, I am so
+tired, so tired!" said poor Lily.
+
+Mamma received her at the door of her own house, and, taking her in her
+arms, bore her up stairs to the little girl's papa. "What! has she come
+back so soon?" said he, throwing down his newspaper, and taking her on
+his knee.
+
+"Oh, you dear papa, I am so tired, so tired!" murmured Lily. "Oh, do
+sing me 'Flow gently, sweet Afton,' and let me go to sleep on your lap."
+
+But mamma said, "No, Lily. You must go to bed while you can keep your
+eyes open."
+
+And so Lily kissed papa, and was borne off to bed. I think she will wait
+till she is older, before she will care much to go to another
+"children's party."
+
+ DORA BURNSIDE.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE HERONS.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ A VERY shy bird
+ Is the heron, my dear;
+ It will run fast away,
+ If you come very near:
+ It has a sharp bill,
+ A neck slender and long;
+ It is fond of small fish,
+ And goes where they throng.
+ It builds a snug nest
+ On some very high tree,
+ And there lays its eggs,
+ Where the boys cannot see.
+ Woods marshy and wet,
+ It likes to frequent;
+ For there it finds food,
+ And there lives content.
+ No sportsmen with guns
+ Come often to kill:
+ And when they appear
+ The heron keeps still;
+ It keeps still and hides
+ On a lofty bough near,
+ Till the fowler says, "Well,
+ I can find no birds here."
+ Then he and his dogs
+ Go off in the dumps,
+ And the heron flies down
+ To the bushes and stumps;
+ There flaps its big wings,
+ Right glad to have cheated
+ The life-seeking foes,
+ Who now have retreated.
+
+ IDA FAY.
+
+
+
+
+EMMA AND THE BOOK.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ONE day little Emma said to herself, "It is about time that I knew how
+to read. I wonder if I could read that big book on the table." So she
+went to the table, and tried to reach the book; but it was too high up.
+
+Now, Emma had a brother Fred, who was older than she was. Fred was
+always very kind to Emma, and now he said, "That is not such a book as
+you would like, but if you will be quiet, I will read you a story out
+of my own book."
+
+It was a pretty little story that he read; and Emma stood very still,
+and listened to every word. "Now," said she, "will you please let me
+have the book, Fred; for my dolly likes stories too, and I want to read
+to her." So Fred gave her the book, and she sat down and read to her
+doll.
+
+ WILHELMINA GRANT.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BEAR AND HER CUBS.
+
+
+"ARE there any people besides Esquimaux in the snow-country?" asked
+Harry, one day.
+
+"Not many," said I. "There is a small Danish settlement in Greenland;
+but, with that exception, the Esquimaux and the bears have the country
+pretty much to themselves."
+
+"Tell me about the bears," said Harry. "I saw a bear last summer at the
+White mountains. He was chained to a tree."
+
+"But the bear that roams about over the snow and ice of the Arctic
+regions, is much larger and more savage than the common black bear that
+you saw. It is of a dingy white color. When full grown, it sometimes
+measures nine feet in length."
+
+"Didn't I see one in Barnum's menagerie?"
+
+"I think not, Harry; for the polar bear suffers so much from heat, even
+in our coldest winters, that it will not live long in this climate.
+
+"There is one thing very interesting in the bear nature, and that is the
+affection of the female for its young. This has often been noticed. Here
+is a picture showing an instance of it.
+
+"A Greenland bear with two cubs, was pursued across a field of ice by a
+party of armed sailors. At first she tried to urge the young ones along
+by running before them, turning around and calling them to her; but
+finding that the pursuers were gaining upon them, she pushed and threw
+the cubs before her, one after the other, until she effected their
+escape.
+
+"Each cub would place itself across her path to receive the impulse, and
+when thrown forward, would run onward until overtaken by the mother,
+when it would adjust itself for another throw."
+
+"Well, that shows that even a bear has some good feeling," said Harry,
+"and some common sense too. I'm glad that the sailors did not catch
+them. What would those cubs have done without their mother?"
+
+ UNCLE CHARLES.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+BROWN BILLY SOLD.
+
+
+ EDITH, with cheek against the window,
+ Is sobbing out her grief;
+ Gold-Locks is in a sad condition
+ Of pocket-handkerchief.
+
+ And Teddy at his play is sniffing,
+ His little nose all red!
+ Is Tony sick? Is pussy stolen?
+ Is the canary dead?
+
+ Else why this universal crying?--
+ Weepingly I am told,
+ With many a look of indignation,
+ "Brown Billy has been sold!"
+
+ And why? No one can tell the reason;
+ And yet I chance to know,
+ It was--ah, wicked little pony!--
+ Because he acted so.
+
+ Sometimes the phaeton all too heavy
+ Would grow for him to draw;
+ You'd think his feeble strength must perish
+ Under another straw.
+
+ Sometimes as light as any feather
+ He rolled its dainty wheels,
+ Humming and whirring like a spindle
+ After his flying heels.
+
+ And, worse than that, he had a fashion
+ Of rearing in the air;
+ And what became of load or driver
+ He did not know nor care.
+
+ Yet, without least alarm, the children
+ Would laugh at him, and say,
+ "Do see dear, cunning, old Brown Billy:
+ How well he likes to play!"
+
+ And bits of apple, lumps of sugar,
+ From little hands were given,
+ With fond pet names, and soft caresses,
+ And sometimes kisses even.
+
+ Brown Billy, but for your wild frolics
+ We might have had you yet;
+ And then these three sweet doleful faces
+ With tears would not be wet.
+
+ MRS. CLARA DOTY BATES.
+
+
+
+
+HOW TWO BOYS WERE MADE HAPPY.
+
+
+MAY I tell the readers of "The Nursery" how happy two little boys were
+made this evening by the arrival of a present from a kind friend? And
+what do you think it was? A magazine with a green cover, on which Guy,
+one of the boys, pointed out these letters, "N-U-R-S-E-R-Y."
+
+Max, with his chubby hand, turned to the first page, and found the
+Christmas-tree, with the baby and flag at the top. Then mamma had to
+read the story, and, after it was finished, the same little hand turned
+the leaf back; for the blue eyes wanted to see baby Arthur again.
+
+Then how both pairs of eyes looked at Teddy with his new sled! and,
+while mamma read to them the pretty verses of Teddy's mamma, they were
+still as mice.
+
+And how their eyes sparkled when they saw the picture of the
+wheelbarrows and cart loaded with earth! for this was just the way they
+used to play in the warm pleasant weather. They thought the three
+little boys must have had lots of fun.
+
+Then they wanted to hear about "Georgie's Pet Mouse," and "Bess and the
+Kitten." They did not wonder that "Baby" felt cross at having his
+picture taken; for Max had to sit still so long, and so many times for
+his, that he knew how to pity the poor baby.
+
+The "Rooster" pleased them very much; and mamma promised to take "The
+Nursery" to the Kindergarten, and draw the rooster on the board for the
+little children there.
+
+When we came to "Bed-time," mamma thought it would be just the thing to
+read last, before putting her little boys to bed. But they begged for
+one more story, and _just_ one more, till we came to "By-lo-land," and
+after hearing that read, they wanted me to sing it to them.
+
+Then the night-dresses were brought, and snugly in their little bed the
+brown eyes and blue eyes were closed, and my happy little boys went
+"over the hills to By-lo-land."
+
+ MRS. F. A. B. D.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE SUMMER SHOWER.
+
+
+WELL do I remember dear old aunt Rachel, as we called her, my first
+schoolmistress. She wore spectacles, and I have heard it said that she
+sometimes took snuff; but, if she did, she was careful not to do it in
+the presence of her pupils.
+
+She was the aunt of nobody in particular; but, had she been aunt to all
+of us, she could not have taken more pains to keep us from harm, and to
+lead us in the way of right.
+
+One day, just as school was dismissed in the afternoon, a severe
+rain-storm began. "Oh! how shall I get you all home," said the dear old
+lady, opening the door, and looking up at the clouds.
+
+First she fitted me and my little sister Eva out with her best umbrella,
+and told us to make the best speed we could, and send the umbrella back.
+
+As for the boys, they ran out, rejoicing in the rain, and well pleased
+at the prospect of getting wet through. The other little girls were kept
+waiting till the sky should clear, or some one should come for them.
+
+My sister and I started off, side by side, under our umbrella. It was a
+large cotton one, with a long, heavy handle,--just about suited to the
+capacity of a giant. But, by taking hold very high up, I managed to
+carry it without any trouble, and it kept us both dry. We really enjoyed
+our walk; and, the harder the rain came down, the better we liked it.
+
+No sooner had we got home than the clouds broke, and patches of blue sky
+began to appear. Then Eva spied a rainbow. So mother told us to put on
+dry shoes and stockings, and take back the umbrella.
+
+How glad Aunt Rachel was to see and welcome us! "I am so glad you did
+not get wet," said she; "but, as for those wild boys, they would rush
+out into the rain, and I could not keep them from it."
+
+ IDA FAY.
+
+
+
+
+A MONKEY STORY.
+
+
+THIS is one of the true stories that I tell my little boys over and over
+again, as we sit before the fire, and make ready for their journey to
+"Sleepy-Land."
+
+"When your grandfather was a lad about twelve years old, an uncle of his
+made a voyage to South America, and brought home as a present to his
+nephew a fine large monkey. Of course Master Richard was very much
+pleased; and the frolicsome pet would have had a warm welcome from the
+whole household, had not the uncle seen fit to report some of Jocko's
+pranks on shipboard.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+"This put the young ladies upon their guard. But old Bella, the cook,
+never seemed prepared for his capers; and the fuss she made over them
+pleased Jocko so much, that she became the object of his attacks.
+
+"One day Bella went to the city, and brought home a fine new bonnet in a
+large bandbox. During the evening she showed it with great pride to the
+young ladies; and, unknown to her, Jocko enjoyed the sight of the
+ribbons and laces and flowers from behind the parlor sofa.
+
+"Like Bella herself, he was fond of finery; and the bonnet seemed to him
+a very fit garment for a monkey to wear. So the next morning, while
+Bella was busy in the kitchen, Jocko went to her closet, took out her
+bandbox, dressed himself in the bonnet, and stole down the back-stairs.
+
+"Bella, hearing a noise, looked around, and there he was, his head
+literally lost in a sea of red and yellow ribbons. With a shout of rage,
+she seized the broomstick, and hurried after the thief. But before she
+could reach him, Jocko had mounted two flights of stairs, leaped out on
+the porch, and climbed up to the roof of the house.
+
+"There he rested; and there he was when the whole household, frightened
+by Bella's shrieks, came running up to see what was the matter. In vain
+Bella scolded. In vain Richard coaxed and threatened. Jocko would not
+come down until he had finished his work; for he was busily engaged in
+tearing poor Bella's bonnet into fragments.
+
+"As ribbon after ribbon was destroyed, her screams grew louder and
+louder; and nothing could move her from her determination to kill the
+monkey, except the promise of a gayer bonnet than the one that Jocko had
+stolen.
+
+"But Jocko never was forgiven; and the poor fellow would have gone
+supperless a great many times, had it not been for his devoted young
+master."
+
+ MRS. G.
+
+[Illustration: DRAWING-LESSON.]
+
+
+
+
+TIME TO GO TO BED.
+
+
+DAUGHTER.
+
+ "WHY must I go to sleepy-land, sleepy-land, sleepy-land?
+ Why must I go to sleepy-land
+ So early in the evening?
+ I'd like to stay up longer, pa, longer, pa, longer, pa;
+ I'd like to stay up longer, pa:
+ To sleepy-land it is too far,
+ So early in the evening."
+
+
+FATHER.
+
+ "'Tis time to go to bed, my dear, bed, my dear, bed, my dear;
+ 'Tis time to go to bed, my dear,
+ Though early in the evening.
+ For such a little girl as you, girl as you, girl as you,
+ For such a little girl as you
+ Should be abed, and sleeping too,
+ Thus early in the evening."
+
+
+DAUGHTER.
+
+ "Oh! then I'll sing another song, another song, another song;
+ Oh! then I'll sing another song,
+ So early in the evening!
+ For you must take me pick-a-pack, pick-a-pack, pick-a-pack,
+ For you must take me pick-a-pack,
+ My good papa, upon your back,
+ So early in the evening."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+FATHER.
+
+ "Then jump, and we'll go up the stairs, up the stairs, up the stairs;
+ Then jump, and we'll go up the stairs
+ So early in the evening.
+ Now here she is! My pig is safe, pig is safe, pig is safe,
+ Now here she is! My pig is safe:
+ It must not squeal, or kick, or chafe
+ So early in the evening."
+
+
+DAUGHTER.
+
+ "So up we go! Good-by, mamma, by, mamma, by, mamma;
+ So up we go! Good-by, mamma,
+ So early in the evening!
+ I'm going off to sleepy-land, sleepy-land, sleepy-land,
+ I'm going off to sleepy-land:
+ To all good folks I kiss my hand,
+ So early in the evening!"
+
+ EMILY CARTER.
+
+
+
+
+WHAT BRAVO TOLD RORY.
+
+
+"TELL us a story, Kate," said Emma.
+
+"Yes, _do_," chimed in Bertha.
+
+"_Will_ you tell us a story?" said Herbert.
+
+Thus entreated by these dear, good children, I could not refuse. So
+while their three heads, close together, with their bright faces beaming
+upon me and upon each other, formed a pretty picture, I told them this
+story about two shepherd-dogs, Bravo and Rory:--
+
+ "When farmer John and his bride moved into their
+ little white house, a mile from the old homestead,
+ they took with them the young dog, Bravo, and left
+ Rory to guard the old house. Bravo was large and
+ wide awake, but only five months old. He seemed
+ very happy in his new home. His master taught him
+ many curious things; and for a week or more he
+ showed no signs of home-sickness.
+
+ "But when old Toss, from the tannery near by, made
+ an attack upon him, although Bravo's fleetness
+ saved him from harm, he began to wish he had never
+ left his puppy-hood's home to live with farmer
+ John. Down he sat at the door of his kennel, with
+ a lonely and forsaken look, trying to smooth down
+ the hair of his sleek coat that old Toss had
+ ruffled.
+
+ "The tanner's dog repeated his attack for two or
+ three days, and, more than that, drove poor Bravo
+ from his nice warm quarters at night, compelling
+ him to lie out in the cold. Then Bravo said to
+ himself, 'Something must be done. I dare not fight
+ Toss; for he has long teeth, and is a savage
+ dog,--more than a match for me. I think my best
+ plan is to go and tell Rory.' And away he sped,
+ just at sunrise, and came back in time for
+ breakfast, with a cheerful look in his face.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+ "Now, Rory was steady and brave and wise. He had
+ no love for running round nights: so it surprised
+ his master, when, just as the sun went down that
+ day, Rory started down the road, and up the lane
+ to farmer John's. On he went, with a grave look,
+ without stopping to greet any old friend, even by
+ a wag of his tail. Bravo met him, and whisked
+ around him; and, after a short consultation, the
+ two dogs crawled into the kennel, Rory staying
+ nearest to the door.
+
+ "The moon shone clear and bright, and all was
+ still until about midnight, when farmer John's
+ wife was suddenly awakened by a sound of growling,
+ snarling, and yelping. 'Wake up, John, quick,
+ quick! Get up!' she shouted. The farmer leaped
+ from his bed, and, half-dressed, ran to the door,
+ thinking that the dogs were killing sheep; but
+ instead of sheep, Rory and Bravo had Toss at their
+ mercy, and were giving him a fearful punishment."
+
+"Good, good!" shouted Herbert. "That served him just right."
+
+But little Bertha turned a wondering look upon Herbert; she could not
+help feeling pity even for Toss.
+
+"Let us hear the rest of the story," said Emma.
+
+So I went on,--
+
+ "The sharp voice of the farmer made Rory and Bravo
+ release their victim; and Toss, in a crestfallen
+ way, started for his home; but, before he could
+ get over the fence, Rory gave him a final clutch
+ that sent him off yelping. He never came back; and
+ when he met Bravo afterwards, he was careful not
+ to trouble him.
+
+ "In a short time Bravo grew to be so strong and
+ brave, that he could fight his own battles without
+ the aid of his friend Rory."
+
+The three children, who had listened very attentively to the story, now
+talked it over; and they came to the conclusion that Toss received a
+good lesson, and was probably a better dog after it. "For," said
+Herbert, "a dog who abuses a smaller dog is almost as mean as a big boy
+who tyrannizes over a little boy."
+
+ M. KATE BRAWLEY.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+PLAYING THE CHINAMAN.
+
+
+FRANZ is a little boy about four years old, who lives in Brooklyn,
+California. His favorite play is to take some pieces of cloth, fill his
+mouth with water, turn his head from side to side, letting the water
+squirt from the corners of his mouth upon them (as he has seen the
+Chinamen do at the laundry), fold them, turn the iron-stand on its back,
+and carefully smooth them. This is Foo Lee, washing and ironing.
+
+Sometimes the clothes are not wet enough, and the sprinkling goes on
+with the ironing.
+
+"Your clothes will smell of tobacco and opium, if you sprinkle them so
+much," says Franz's elder brother.
+
+"No, they won't," says the little wash-man. "Me do them good; me do them
+cheap."
+
+When he gets tired of this, he puts his wash into a piece of paper, and
+takes the bundle to mamma. "I hope the clothes are not too blue, John,"
+says mamma.
+
+"No," answers Foo Lee. "They done good this time."
+
+"And did you find my stockings, which were missing from last week's
+wash?"
+
+"Yes, they all here. I found them: they all right this time,--fifty
+dozen."
+
+"How much shall I pay you?"
+
+"Six bits." (Seventy-five cents.) "I do them velly cheap."
+
+Mamma gives him two buttons,--one large one for the four-bit piece,
+(fifty cents), and a smaller one for the two bits (twenty-five cents).
+
+"Thankee. Good-baah!" says Foo Lee. "Good-by," returns mamma.
+
+ L. M.
+
+
+
+
+PANSY'S SECRET.
+
+
+PANSY had a secret, and nobody could find it out. She would come down
+stairs in the morning, and seat herself at the breakfast-table, and then
+papa would say, "Well, Pansy, are you going to tell us your secret
+to-day?"
+
+Pansy would shake her head, and reply, "You must guess it, papa! Can you
+not guess it?"
+
+"Well, I guess you have a new tooth coming."
+
+"Oh, no, that is not it. Mother can guess better than that, I think. It
+concerns you, mother."
+
+"Well, I guess," said mother, "that you are to have the present of a
+kitten from aunt Julia."
+
+"And I guess," said brother John, who was five years older than Pansy,
+"I guess you are knitting a pair of woollen cuffs for papa."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+"You are all wrong," cried Pansy, "and I shall not tell you my secret
+to-day."
+
+The next morning, as she was coming down stairs, she paused, and said to
+herself, "Shall I tell them my secret now? No, Pansy, let them see that
+you can keep a secret."
+
+No sooner was she seated at the table in her high-chair, than papa said,
+"Well, Pansy, how much longer are you going to keep us in the dark? Are
+you going to tell us your secret?"
+
+"Not yet, papa," said Pansy, looking up with a roguish smile.
+
+"What can it be?" said mother, laying down her knife and fork, and
+putting her hand to her head.
+
+"I don't believe it is any thing of any account," cried brother John.
+"She wants to keep us curious."
+
+"Well, I think Pansy must be learning a new piece to recite," said her
+mother.
+
+"That's not it," said Pansy. "It's a 'portant secret: one that my mother
+will like to hear."
+
+"Oh, it's important, is it?" said papa. "I do wonder what it can be."
+
+"Mother, what day was it that you lost your wedding-ring?" said John.
+
+"Don't speak of it, John. It was more than a month ago. I have hunted
+high and low, and cannot find it. I would have given all my other
+jewelry rather than have lost it."
+
+Here Pansy turned red in the face, got down from her high-chair, and ran
+out of the room.
+
+"Did you see that?" said papa. "The little rogue has found the ring, and
+that's her 'portant secret."
+
+In a minute Pansy came back, holding up the ring, and her face radiant
+with delight. "I found it, mother, among my doll's things. You must have
+dropped it there when you were fixing them."
+
+And so little Pansy's secret was out at last!
+
+ DORA BURNSIDE.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+A TROTTING SONG.
+
+
+ UP and away! now up and away!
+ We've a good long journey before us to-day.
+ The road is smooth, and the sky is bright:
+ Whoa, now! My darling, hold on tight!
+ There's joy in the saddle. We'll scour the plain
+ With a gentle trot and an easy rein;
+ And, as we journey the way along,
+ I'll sing my darling a trotting song.
+
+ Up and down!
+ Up and down!
+ And over the hills to Sleepy Town!
+ Fast or slow,
+ Soon, we know,
+ Into the land of nod we'll go.
+ Oh, dear me!
+ Right off my knee,
+ Into a hollow I didn't see;
+ And baby small,
+ On steed so tall,
+ Came near getting a horrid fall.
+ She's not afraid,
+ My little maid,
+ Too oft on her that trick is played;
+ And good is she
+ As good can be,
+ If I'll only trot her upon my knee.
+ Over she goes!
+ But don't suppose
+ I'll let her tumble upon her nose,
+ Or give a fright
+ To my darling bright,
+ Who laughs and frolics with such delight.
+ Whoa! now, whoa!
+ We must not go
+ So fast, my darling; for don't you know,
+ At such a pace,
+ So like a race,
+ We never shall come to a sleepy-place?
+ Trot, trot away,
+ And tell me, pray,
+ How many miles we have gone to-day?
+ Up and down!
+ Up and down!
+ And over the hills to Sleepy Town!
+
+ JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+SAGACITY OF THE DEER.
+
+
+A FRIEND of mine who has been in the habit of hunting deer in the
+Adirondack Mountains, is of opinion that the deer is often more than a
+match for the dog in sagacity. The deer seems to be well aware that the
+dog is guided by his faculty of scent in tracking him; and all the
+deer's efforts are directed to baffling and thwarting this keen and
+wonderful sense with which the dog is gifted.
+
+With this purpose, the deer will often make enormous leaps, or run
+around in a circle so as to confuse and puzzle his pursuers. He will
+mount a stone wall, and run along it for some distance, well aware that
+the dog cannot scent him so well on the rock as on the grass. If he can
+find a pond or stream of water, the deer will plunge in and swim a long
+distance, so that the dogs may lose his trail.
+
+It is a joyful sound to the poor hunted deer when the dogs send up that
+sad, dismal howl, which they give utterance to when they have lost all
+scent of the deer, and despair of finding it. He is then a happy deer.
+He hides quietly in some covert among the bushes, and he will take care
+to place himself where the wind will carry all odors of his body away
+from the direction where he supposes the dogs to be.
+
+So you see the deer is by no means a stupid animal. He knows, better
+than many a little boy, how to take care of himself, and get out of the
+way of danger. And now can you tell me in what part of the State of New
+York are the Adirondack Mountains?
+
+From a correspondent in Springfield, Mo., I have a letter, in which the
+writer says: "I suppose the Boston boys don't have deer for pets. I have
+a young one named Billy, and he eats corn out of my pocket. When I come
+home from school he always runs to meet me. Although he can jump over
+fences, he never tries to run away. He wears a collar with a bell on it:
+so we can hear him when he is down in the orchard eating apples, which
+he seems to be very fond of."
+
+ UNCLE CHARLES.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+GRANDMA ASLEEP.
+
+
+ GRANDMA dear has gone to sleep;
+ See how still the children keep!
+ Little Johnny leaves his toys,
+ And, without a bit of noise,
+ Rests his book on grandma's lap
+ While she takes her peaceful nap;
+ Darling Mabel on the floor
+ Sits all quiet and demure;
+ And old pussy tries to be
+ Just the stillest of the three.
+
+ JANE OLIVER.
+
+
+
+
+THE LAY OF THE GRASSHOPPER.
+
+
+[Illustration: Music]
+
+ 1. There was a grasshopper lived in a palm-tree,
+ Silver-voiced as a frog in June;
+ Was not pleas'd with his situation,
+ Thought he'd like to go to the moon.
+ Oh! Heigh-ho! . . . How shall I get there? oh! . . .
+ A hop and a skip and a flop and a flip, and over the clouds I'll go.
+
+ 2. Up he went like a streak of lightning,
+ Lit on the moon like a thunderbolt.
+ Nought could he find but a man with a lantern,
+ Riding about on a pea-green colt.
+ Oh! Heigh-ho! . . . Why did I come here? oh! . . .
+ A fling and a swing and a flap of my wing,
+ And back to the earth I'll go.
+
+ 3. Off he shot like a blazing rocket;
+ Down he came like a falling star.
+ What should he meet but a gay little goshawk,
+ Flying up from the earth so far.
+ Oh! Heigh-ho! . . . Poor little grasshopper, oh! . . .
+ A snap and a squeak in the bonny bird's beak,
+ And there was an end of him, oh!
+
+ * * * * *
+
+Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Page 104, opening quote added ("Each cub would)
+
+Page 128, "silver-voiced" was capitalized.
+
+Page 128, closing quotation mark removed. Original read (earth I'll
+go.")
+
+
+
+
+
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