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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Charlie and His Puppy Bingo - -Author: Helen Hill - Violet Maxwell - -Illustrator: Helen Hill - Violet Maxwell - -Release Date: May 16, 2021 [eBook #65360] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHARLIE AND HIS PUPPY BINGO *** - - -[Illustration] - - A SECOND BOOK OF CHARLIE STORIES - - Charlie and His Puppy Bingo - - - - -[Illustration] - - THE MACMILLAN COMPANY - NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS - ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO - - MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED - LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA - MELBOURNE - - THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. - TORONTO - - -[Illustration: _Charlie_] - - - - - CHARLIE AND HIS - PUPPY BINGO - - BY - HELEN HILL - AND - VIOLET MAXWELL - AUTHORS OF “CHARLIE AND HIS KITTEN TOPSY” - - ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHORS - - New York - THE MACMILLAN COMPANY - 1923 - - _All rights reserved_ - - - - - PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - - COPYRIGHT, 1923, - BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. - - Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1923. - - - - - DEDICATED TO - A. T. M. M. - - - - -FOREWORD - - -The authors have made every effort to write these little stories in -language that will be intelligible to very little children. - -They have observed that it is much easier to hold a small child’s -attention when _telling stories_, rather than when reading them aloud. -So they have tried to put these stories in informal English, using -frequent repetitions, with here and there an _interesting_ long word, -and italicizing words on which emphasis is to be laid, their object -being to write the stories as they would be told. - - - - -CONTENTS - - - CHAPTER PAGE - - I BINGO COMES TO LIVE WITH CHARLIE 1 - - II CHARLIE LEARNS THE TRAFFIC LAWS 13 - - III HOW BINGO LOST HIS SPOTS 28 - - IV CHARLIE RIDES ON THE ENGINE OF A REAL TRAIN 41 - - V BINGO AND THE ANGRY ROOSTER 56 - - VI CHARLIE DELIVERS MAIL FOR THE STAGE DRIVER 67 - - VII CHARLIE MAKES A POOL AND SAILS HIS BOAT 87 - - VIII CHARLIE BUILDS A REAL HOUSE OUT OF BRICK 104 - - IX BINGO LEARNS TO COME WHEN HE IS CALLED 120 - - X WHAT CHARLIE DID ON A RAINY DAY 135 - - - - -ILLUSTRATIONS - - - Charlie _Frontispiece_ - - PAGE - - The puppy drank all the milk _Opposite_ 10 - - Bingo had to travel in the baggage car _Facing_ 43 - - The rooster kept Bingo a prisoner “ 63 - - Charlie blew a tremendous blast “ 77 - - Charlie and the stage driver talk together “ 81 - - The boat sailed beautifully “ 99 - - Charlie watched the builders _Opposite_ 107 - - One of the strange boys held Bingo _Facing_ 129 - - Charlie made three villages _Opposite_ 143 - - - - -[Illustration] - -Charlie and His Puppy Bingo - - - - -TO READ FIRST - - -Charlie was a little boy who lived with his Mother and his Daddy and -his Auntie in a house in the city. The house had a big yard all around -it, where Charlie liked to play. - -A cat called Jane and her kitten Topsy also lived in the house. Topsy -and Charlie were great friends and they played together all day long. -Jane sometimes played with them too, but Jane was a cat who loved -little babies, both baby cats and baby humans, and she was sad because -Charlie was growing to be a big little boy, and Topsy was a big little -kitten--so big that he could wash himself and it would have been -_ab-surd_ for Jane to go on washing him when he was such a big little -kitten! - - - - -[Illustration] - -BINGO COMES TO LIVE WITH CHARLIE - - -One morning Charlie woke up suddenly because his kitten Topsy had -jumped on his bed and was tickling him under the chin! - -Charlie woke up, and somehow he felt different--he felt most _awfully -old_--and then he remembered why! - -“I’m five years old!” he shouted and jumped out of bed. With Topsy on -his shoulder, he ran downstairs to the kitchen where his Mother and -his Auntie were getting breakfast ready. - -“I’m five years old!” he shouted again, and jumped into his Mother’s -arms. “I’m a great big boy now.” - -His Mother said, “Yes, indeed, you are a great big boy now, think of -it! It takes _all_ the fingers of one hand to tell how old you are!” -And his Mother hugged him hard and his Auntie hugged him hard too and -they both wished him “Many happy returns of the day.” - -Then Charlie ran upstairs again and started to dress himself. He could -dress himself quite easily, but sometimes when he was lazy he would -pretend that he could not and call out for his Auntie to button him up. - -But as he was five years old to-day Charlie was going to show everybody -what a big boy he was. So he brushed his hair and cleaned his teeth -and buttoned _all_ the buttons and came out of his room at the same -time as his Daddy came out of _his_. - -“_Oh, what_ a big boy you are!” said his Daddy. “I can hardly lift -you.” But he did lift him all the same and carried him down the stairs -and into the dining room on top of his shoulder! - -And when they got into the dining room Charlie scrambled all down -his Daddy without waiting to be put down--for there were the most -ex-cit-ing looking parcels on the table beside his plate, and one of -them was so e-nor-mous that it took up half the room on the table! - -Charlie could not wait _one_ minute, he started right away to take the -wrapping paper off the great, e-nor-mous parcel. - -It was tied with blue ribbons just like the other parcels, for all that -it was so e-nor-mous. Charlie pulled and he tugged and at last the -wrapping paper was all off. And what do you think it was? You never -can guess! _No one_ could ever guess that such a thing could be on the -breakfast table beside a little boy’s plate, even though it was the -little boy’s birthday and he was five years old. It was an automobile! -Yes, it was an automobile that Charlie could sit in and pedal with his -feet, and it would go just like a real automobile. Charlie’s Daddy -lifted it to the floor and Charlie ex-am-ined it all over. It had real -lights and a wind shield and a steering gear. It was the most beautiful -automobile that any little boy ever had! - -There were a lot of other parcels beside his plate, and they were -_all_ interesting. There was a new suit for Charlie, and it was a -sailor suit, just like those that big boys wear. It had a lanyard and -a whistle, and it had a red stripe and an emblem on the sleeves. Then -there were two new cars for his electric train, and a pair of scissors -with blunt edges, so that Charlie could cut things out himself and not -always have to ask his Mother or his Auntie to do it for him. There was -an express wagon that he could haul stones and grass in, and there was -a new battery for his flashlight! - -Charlie was still looking at all his beautiful presents, when there -came a ring at the door and a loud whistle. It was the postman! Charlie -ran to the front door and opened it. And he said to the postman, “I -am five years old, and I’ve got an automobile and a whistle just like -yours, and a lot of other things.” - -And the postman said, “I _thought_ that you had grown a lot taller -since I saw you yesterday. It’s fine that you have got a whistle like -mine. There is nothing to prevent you from being a postman yourself -now, is there? Then you can carry your own mail. Look what a lot of -letters I have brought this morning--and they are all for you!” - -Yes, indeed, the postman was right, _all_ the letters were for Charlie, -and every letter had a beautiful card in it wishing him “Many happy -returns of the day.” And there was a letter from Uncle Jim; it had a -whole dollar bill in it, and the dollar bill was for Charlie! Yes, the -dollar bill was all for Charlie, and his Mother said that she would -take him down to the stores and he might buy whatever he liked with it. - -Then his Daddy said, “What are you going to buy with the dollar?” - -And Charlie said, “I am going to buy a present for Mother and a present -for Auntie and a present for _you_, then we will all have presents on -my birthday!” - -Well, it took such a long time opening all his presents and looking at -all his birthday cards that it seemed as if Charlie would not get any -breakfast at all that day. But at last he had all his presents spread -out on the table in front of him, so that he could look at them while -he was eating his breakfast; that is, all except the automobile, and -that was on the floor beside his chair. - -At last he finished his breakfast and he went into the kitchen to give -Jane and Topsy _their_ breakfast, when--what do you think? Jane wasn’t -there! No, Jane was not in the kitchen at all, or in the dining room, -or upstairs in any of the bedrooms, nor was she in the yard. Jane had -ab-so-lute-ly disappeared! - -Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie called, “Jane, Jane, Kitty, -Kitty, Kitty!” all over the house and all over the yard, but no Jane -came. - -Never before had Jane been late for breakfast, but now that she did not -come Topsy had to have breakfast all by himself. - -Charlie felt very sad that Jane had disappeared on his birthday. He -loved Jane very much, nearly as much as he loved Topsy. He sat down on -the floor and began to play with his new toys, but every few minutes -he got up and went to the window to see if Jane was coming back. Yes, -Charlie went to the window three, four, _five_ times, and there was no -Jane. The _sixth_ time that Charlie looked out of the window, what do -you think he saw? He saw Jane coming down the garden path, and she was -carrying something in her mouth. It was something big and heavy, four -times as big as a mouse! It was so big and heavy that Jane had to drag -it along the ground. - -Charlie rushed to the door and called out, “Mother! Auntie! Come quick! -Jane has come back and she has something e-nor-mous in her mouth AND -IT’S ALIVE!” - -Then he opened the front door just as Jane reached it, and Jane dropped -the thing that she was carrying in her mouth. What do you think it was? - -You never can guess. IT WAS A LITTLE, TINY PUPPY! Yes, a little baby -puppy, so little that it could hardly walk! - -Jane had been so sad at not having any baby kitten to play with any -more, now that Topsy had grown to be such a big kitten, that she had -found a baby puppy instead, and she had brought it home on Charlie’s -birthday so that it could be Charlie’s puppy too. - -Oh, but Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie were excited! They picked -up the baby puppy and they stroked Jane and told her what a good cat -she was. - -Then Charlie’s Auntie took the puppy into the kitchen and tried to feed -him with some warm milk, but he was _so_ little that he had not learned -how to drink yet! - -So Charlie’s Mother said, “I will go to the toy shop, and I will buy -a doll’s baby bottle. Perhaps the puppy will be able to drink out of -that.” - -And she did. Yes, Charlie’s Mother put on her hat and coat and she went -to the toy shop. She was not gone five minutes. She hurried so fast, -because she was afraid that the puppy might be hungry. - -When Charlie’s mother came back with the doll’s baby bottle his Auntie -heated some nice warm milk and put it in the bottle, and the puppy -sucked and sucked just like a baby. Yes, he sucked and sucked until he -had drunk all the milk that was in the bottle! - -Then Charlie’s Mother put the puppy into Jane’s basket and Jane got in -also and the puppy snuggled up close to her and went to sleep. - -Topsy was so interested in the baby puppy that he tried to get into -the basket also, but there was no room for him. So he sat outside the -basket and every now and then he patted the puppy with his paw, but -very gently so as not to wake him. - -[Illustration: _The Puppy Drank All the Milk_] - -When Charlie’s Daddy came home in the evening, he was most interested -and most excited to hear that Jane had brought a puppy home to live -with them. - -He said to Charlie, “What are you going to call the puppy? Of course, -he is really Jane’s puppy, but I think Jane means him to be partly -yours, as she brought him home to you on your birthday. Anyway, Jane -cannot choose a name for him that _we_ would understand.” - -So Charlie thought for a minute. Then he said, “I think I will call the -puppy Bingo. The iceman has a dog and _his_ name is Bingo. I think he -is such a nice man, and Bingo is a _beautiful_ name.” - -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie and his Daddy thought it a beautiful -name too, so the puppy was called Bingo. He slept in a basket with Jane -and Topsy, for Charlie’s Auntie got another basket that was big enough -for the three of them. And he took his meals out of the doll’s baby -bottle. Jane washed him all day long and she was as happy, as happy -could be, now that she had a darling little baby of her own again. In -fact she was as happy as if it was _her_ birthday instead of Charlie’s. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - -CHARLIE LEARNS THE TRAFFIC LAWS - - -Now that Charlie had an automobile, you may be sure that he drove in it -every single day--that is every day that the sun was shining, for, of -course, he could not drive in the automobile when it was raining! - -In the mornings, when his Mother and his Auntie were busy in the -house, Charlie used to drive up and down the garden path; but in the -afternoons, when his Mother and his Auntie went for a walk, he drove -beside them in his automobile, and Bingo always came too. - -Bingo was growing to be a big little puppy--he no longer drank his milk -out of a bottle. Oh, dear, no! Bingo could lap up his milk as well as -any grown-up dog. He had a saucer to himself just like Topsy and Jane, -and Charlie gave him his breakfast every morning and his dinner and his -supper at the same time that he gave Jane and Topsy theirs. - -You may be sure that Charlie enjoyed driving in his automobile with -Bingo prancing beside him. But though Charlie drove his automobile -every morning and every afternoon, he did not really know how to -drive it at all! No indeed! Charlie always wanted to pedal so fast -that he paid no attention to his steering, and the automobile went -_wiggly, wiggly_ all over the place. When he was driving in the garden -Charlie never could keep to the path, he would pedal so fast that the -automobile would run up on the grass and into the flower beds. And -when he was out on the sidewalk with his Mother and his Auntie, the -automobile would zigzag from left to right and from right to left in a -most _pe-cul-iar_ way. - -His Mother and his Auntie said to him again and again, “Don’t pedal so -fast, Charlie. Go slower and try to steer properly, some day you will -crash into a lamppost and maybe break your automobile all to pieces.” -But Charlie did not listen. He just went on pedaling as fast as ever he -could and paid no attention to his steering at all. - -One day his Mother and his Auntie were walking along the sidewalk and -Charlie was driving in front in his automobile, while Bingo pranced -along, sometimes beside Charlie, and sometimes running back to see what -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie were doing. Charlie was pedaling away -as fast as ever he could and his automobile was going _wiggly, wiggly_ -all over the sidewalk. - -[Illustration] - -Quite a little way in front, an old gentleman was walking, and he -was on the outer edge of the sidewalk, as was right and proper for -him to be. He was looking at his newspaper and he did not know that -Charlie was driving toward him, paying no attention to his steering -and zigzagging from left to right and from right to left again--when -suddenly, Charlie’s automobile went crash! Bang! straight into the old -gentleman! That was dreadful! - -The old gentleman stopped short, and, when he had got his breath, he -said, “Don’t you know that automobiles should keep to the right? Or -is it possible that you are driving an automobile and don’t know the -traffic laws?” - -Of course Charlie apologized very politely to the old gentleman for -bumping into him, and then he had to say that he knew nothing about the -traffic laws at all. This made Charlie feel very much ashamed. - -“Dear me!” said the old gentleman. “That is the most extraordinary -thing I ever heard! To own an automobile, and not to know the traffic -laws!” - -By this time Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie had come up and it was -very surprising--the old gentleman seemed to know them both very well. -He shook hands with them both and said, “This young man has just been -telling me that he does not know the traffic laws, though I have often -watched him out of my window driving his automobile, and the way he -zigzags up and down the pavement would be enough for him to have his -license taken away if a policeman were to see him!” - -Charlie felt very sad when he heard this. He had a beautiful license -number on the back of his automobile and he thought it would be a -dreadful thing if a policeman were to take it away because he did not -know the traffic laws. - -Then the old gentleman said, “I have an automobile of my own, and it -is a big one that runs with gasoline. I would be very glad to take you -for a drive this afternoon and teach you every traffic law there is, if -your Mother will let you come with me. I live quite near here, so we -could start right away.” - -Of course Charlie’s Mother said at once that she would be delighted if -the old gentleman, whose name was Mr. Armstrong, would take Charlie for -a drive in his automobile. - -Suddenly Bingo, who had been jumping around as usual, went straight up -to Mr. Armstrong and stood up on his hind legs as if begging to go too. - -Then Mr. Armstrong said, “Is that your puppy?” And Charlie said, “NO, -that is my _dog_. His name is Bingo! He does not like to be called a -puppy. May he come with us too?” - -Mr. Armstrong looked doubtful. He said, “Bingo looks very much like a -puppy to me, and puppies are apt to get into mischief; but if you are -careful to keep him on his leash and hold on tightly to him, you may -take him with us.” - -You may be sure that Charlie felt very much excited at the thought of -driving in a real automobile and learning the traffic laws just like a -grown-up person. - -He and his Mother and his Auntie went home and put Charlie’s automobile -in the back hall while Mr. Armstrong went round to his garage to get -his automobile. Soon he drove up in it and Charlie climbed in, holding -Bingo firmly by the leash so that he should not get into mischief. - -Mr. Armstrong said that they had better drive downtown as there was -such a lot of traffic there and Charlie would be able to watch the -policeman handle the traffic. On the way Mr. Armstrong told Charlie all -about the traffic laws and the reason for every one. He told him how an -automobile must _never_ pass a street car when it has stopped to let -off passengers, and how an automobile driver must _always_ hold his -arm out when he is going round a corner, so that people crossing the -street can see in which direction he is going. - -[Illustration] - -It was all very interesting and Charlie kept a strict lookout to see if -all the automobiles they passed were observing the traffic laws. - -At last they reached the business section of the city, where there -are so many automobiles and street cars and carts that a policeman -has always to stand in the middle of the road to direct the traffic; -otherwise people would never be able to cross the street in safety at -all. - -Charlie thought that the policeman looked very grand standing all by -himself in the middle of the road. And whenever he blew his whistle, -either the crosstown traffic or the uptown and downtown traffic in turn -was stopped, as if by magic, to let the other have the right of way. -Then the people on the sidewalk all crossed together in a crowd, for -they knew that the automobiles and street cars would not go on again -until the policeman blew his whistle. - -When Mr. Armstrong wanted to stop outside a shop and it was on the -left side of the street, he drove all the way to the next corner and -he waited there until the policeman could let him turn his car around -and drive back so that the shop was on his right and he could stop -his car close to the sidewalk just in front of the shop. It was a -confectioner’s shop and they both went in and Mr. Armstrong ordered -chocolate and sponge cake for them both. It was delicious! While they -were in the confectioner’s Bingo was left tied up in the automobile. He -did not like it at all and he called out “Yap, yap, yap!” at the top of -his lungs until Charlie and Mr. Armstrong came back. - -At last it was time to go home. When they had driven into the main -street again and Charlie was turning his head this way and that, so -as not to miss a single thing that was going on, he was so interested -that he forgot all about Bingo. Indeed, he almost let go of his leash, -he was holding it so loosely--when, suddenly, what do you think? Bingo -gave one yank at the leash and jumped right out of the automobile! Yes, -he did! - -All the automobiles were slowing up for the crossing, and the -policeman was standing quite close, but at any moment he might signal -for them to go on again. - -It was _dreadfully_ dangerous for Bingo to be all by himself in the -middle of that crowded street with automobiles and street cars, and -carts and trucks all moving along. Charlie was so frightened that he -called out, “Mr. Policeman, Mr. Policeman!” and the policeman looked at -him, and he saw Bingo at the same moment and guessed what had happened. - -He blew his whistle three times, and all the automobiles stopped, those -going uptown and downtown, and those going crosstown, they all stopped -_immediately_. Then the policeman tried to catch Bingo, but he was so -frightened that he crawled right under an automobile, and he would not -come out when the policeman called him. - -So the policeman came up to Charlie and said, “You had better come -along with me. If you call your dog, he will know your voice and come -out when you call him.” - -Charlie took the policeman’s hand and they went in and out among the -automobiles and carts and trucks and busses, which were all standing -perfectly still, till they came to the automobile under which Bingo was -hiding. When Bingo saw Charlie and heard him call “Bingo, Bingo!” he -came crawling out and he was so glad to see Charlie that he jumped high -in the air, wagging his tail and barking, “Yap, yap, yap!” - -As soon as Charlie and Bingo were safe in Mr. Armstrong’s automobile, -the policeman blew his whistle and all the traffic, which had been -held up to rescue Bingo, started again. And Charlie held Bingo as -tight as ever he could, so that he should not jump out again. But I -don’t think that Bingo would have done so, even if he could have, he -had been so frightened when he was hiding under the automobile, with -so many trucks and carts and cars around him. And he was right to be -frightened, for he would have been in great danger if the policeman had -not blown his whistle just at the right moment. - -And now Charlie knew for himself how _very_ important the traffic laws -are, for if one single automobile had disobeyed the policeman when he -blew three blasts on his whistle and had not stopped _immediately_, -Bingo might have been run over! - -So, ever after that, when Charlie was in his automobile he was _always_ -careful to follow every one of the traffic laws that he had learned. - -He _never_ pedaled faster than he could steer, and he _always_ kept -on the right side of the pavement so as not to run into people by -accident. When he came to a corner, he _always_ stretched out his arm -to show the direction he was going in. And, when a street car stopped -in the middle of the road to let off passengers, Charlie always -stopped too, until it had gone on again. - -Yes, Charlie followed the traffic laws so carefully that the policeman, -who always stood at the Park gate, noticed it; and he said to him one -day, “As soon as you are sixteen years old, you can come to me, and -I will see that you get a license to drive a _real_ automobile. If -everybody obeyed the traffic laws as well as you do, there would never -be any accidents at all.” - - - - -[Illustration] - -HOW BINGO LOST HIS SPOTS - - -Bingo was a nice little puppy and a dear little puppy. He played with -Charlie and Topsy all day long. He frisked around and barked “Yap, -yap,” for though he was getting to be a big little puppy, he could not -yet say “Bow-wow,” though you may be sure he tried to over and over -again. - -Charlie and Topsy and Bingo had lots of fun playing together and, when -Charlie was playing with them, Topsy and Bingo were always good; but -sometimes, when Topsy and Bingo played alone together, they were as bad -as bad could be and got into all kinds of mischief--especially Bingo. - -Yes, Bingo could think up the _naughtiest_ things to do! He liked to -dig in the flower beds and bury bits of sticks that he pretended were -bones. That was lots of fun for Bingo but very bad for the flowers! And -he liked to go into people’s bedrooms and hide their bedroom slippers -so that they could not find them anywhere. - -But most of all he liked to eat up the carpet in the dining room. Oh, -my goodness! What fun Bingo did have with that carpet! He would hold -one corner in his mouth and he would waggle his tail and scrabble with -his paws and he would growl and growl and he would chew at that carpet -till the wonder was he did not chew it all up. - -Yes, Bingo thought up all these naughty things to do when he was -playing by himself and he also tried to imitate the things that Topsy -did. - -Topsy was very fond of climbing, and he could climb beautifully. He -hardly ever knocked anything down. No indeed! Topsy could jump straight -on to the mantelpiece and walk among the ornaments and not knock a -single one down! - -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie did not like Topsy to do this. They -were afraid that some day he might throw something down--but he never -did. Bingo thought that he would love to be able to climb like that. -He looked at Topsy with admiring eyes and this made Topsy all the more -anxious to show off. - -Sometimes Topsy would climb up the dining room curtains all the way -to the top, and that made Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie very angry, -because his little sharp claws made scratches on the curtains. Then -they would shake them hard so that Topsy would have to climb down. He -_would not_ learn that he must not do it again. - -For Topsy loved to show off. He knew that he could climb better than -anybody in the house and so he wanted to do it all the time, and the -more he did it the more Bingo wanted to show Topsy that he could climb -as well. But of course he could not. - -One reason was that Bingo could not _jump_ as high as Topsy. A little -dog never _can_ jump as high as a kitten. They are not made that way. -So when Bingo wanted to climb he had to scramble up with his paws and -he always knocked against something or other which would come down with -a crash and a bang and somebody would say, “Oh, you bad Bingo, you have -broken something again!” It was very discouraging. - -One day Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie had gone out. They had -gone downtown to do some shopping so they had decided to leave Bingo at -home, as one cannot very well take a little dog into a department store. - -[Illustration] - -So Topsy and Bingo were left all alone with nobody to look after them -but Jane, and she was not much good, as she was feeling very sleepy and -had gone up to the attic to sleep undisturbed. - -Topsy and Bingo decided that they would have a glorious time with -nobody to interfere with them, no matter what mischief they might be up -to. - -First they went into the dining room and they had a grand time playing -with the rug. This, as you know, was one of Bingo’s favorite games and -he showed Topsy ex-act-ly how to play it--how you pretend that the -rug is a wild animal, and how you grab the end in your mouth and kick -and scrabble with your paws and growl in a low and dreadful voice. -Topsy thought that this was a grand game. He liked the growling part -especially. You should have heard the ferocious growls that Topsy made. -Bingo felt quite frightened, although he knew it was only in fun. - -When they got tired of that game, they went into the kitchen to see -what interesting things they could find to do there. And, of course, -Topsy began to climb--yes, he climbed up on everything in the kitchen -except on the kitchen stove. He was too wise a kitten to do that. He -climbed up on to the window sill and on to the table and on to the -sink. Then he jumped up on to the kitchen dresser and climbed to the -very top shelf, where he walked in and out among the plates, and yet he -did not knock a single one down! Every now and then Topsy looked down -at Bingo and tossed his head, as if to say, “Don’t you wish _you_ could -do it, too?” Bingo was wild with excitement. He jumped up on his hind -legs and barked, “Yap, yap, yap!” in his funny, hoarse little voice. - -At last he _determined_ that he would climb up on the kitchen dresser, -too. Yes, he would climb up to the very top shelf and show Topsy that -he could climb, too! - -There was a chair close to the kitchen dresser and Bingo first managed -to climb up on that, then he scrambled up on to the dresser. He felt -very proud when he looked down to the floor and saw what a height he -had climbed to. Topsy was still up on the top shelf looking down at -him with his head on one side. - -[Illustration] - -Bingo then stood up on his hind legs and he put his paws up on the next -shelf--but, oh, dear! Bingo was unlucky again! He knocked against a -big, round, white tin that had FLOUR written on it in gold letters. And -it toppled right over!--yes, it toppled right over and banged Bingo on -the head, and a lot of white, powdery stuff fell all over him and got -in his eyes. It was awful! - -Poor Bingo did not want to climb any more. He jumped straight off the -kitchen dresser on to the floor, and he ran out of the kitchen with his -little short tail hanging down. He went into the living room and hid -under the sofa--poor Bingo was feeling very unhappy and he wanted to be -alone. - -Soon he heard the front door open and he heard Charlie’s voice in the -hall. Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie had come home. - -Charlie said, “Oh, Mother, look at those funny white tracks all along -the floor. What do you think they can be?” - -His Mother and his Auntie looked, and they said, “How extraordinary! -They look like Bingo’s footprints. I wonder what he can have been up -to.” - -Then Bingo himself came running out into the hall to meet Charlie. He -had forgotten his troubles and he jumped up in the air and barked, -“Yap, yap, yap,” he was so glad that Charlie had come home again. But -when Charlie saw Bingo, he called out in amazement, “Mother, Auntie, -_look_! What has happened to Bingo! He has lost his spots!” - -And it was true. Bingo had lost all his spots! He had lost the black -spot on his head, and the ones on his ears, and the big black spot on -his back, and the little black spot on the end of his stumpy tail! Yes, -Bingo was now white all over without a particle of black anywhere. - -“What have you done to yourself?” said Charlie as he picked him up. -Bingo tried to tell him all about it, as he wriggled and barked and -tried to lick Charlie’s face. And--lo and behold! the black spots began -to show again, first the one on Bingo’s head, then the ones on his -ears, then the big one on his back, and last of all the little one on -his tail. But now it was Charlie who was white--yes, he was white all -down the front of his coat! - -Then Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie followed Bingo’s little -white tracks to where they came from. They wanted to discover what in -the world Bingo had been doing to get himself white all over. Yes, they -followed the tracks all the way to the kitchen, and there they found -the tin of flour lying on the floor near the dresser--and _then_ they -knew what Bingo had been doing while they were out. - -Oh, how Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie did laugh at the idea of -poor, fat, little Bingo trying to climb up on the kitchen dresser, and -knocking the tin of flour all over himself! But they were sorry for -Bingo, too, because they knew how it must have frightened him. - -So Charlie’s Auntie found Bingo’s brush, and she took him out into -the back yard and brushed all the rest of the flour off him--all that -wasn’t on the carpet or the kitchen floor or on Charlie’s coat! And -Charlie’s Mother swept up the flour in the kitchen, and swept the -tracks on the living-room carpet, and she gave Charlie a whisk broom to -brush off the front of his coat. And then she went to the ice box and -got a little bone, and she gave it to Bingo to comfort him. - -So Bingo was happy again after all his troubles--but never again did he -try to climb up on high pieces of furniture, no matter how perky Topsy -looked at him and tried to egg him on. No, Bingo was a wise little -dog now, and when Topsy climbed up on the mantelpiece and looked down -at him, tossing his head as much as to say, “Don’t you wish you could -climb like me?” Bingo would jump in the air and bark, “Yap, yap!” Then -he would stand up on his hind legs and beg--and that was _one_ thing -that Topsy did not know how to do! - -[Illustration] - - - - -CHARLIE RIDES IN THE ENGINE OF A REAL TRAIN - - -One day Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie and Topsy and Bingo and -Jane went to stay in the country. - -It was a very interesting place where they were going to stay in the -country. What do you think? It was the place where Charlie’s Daddy had -lived when he was a little boy! - -Yes, that is where they were going, and, as it was a Saturday, -Charlie’s Daddy was going with them, too. He was not going to live with -them in the country, because on weekdays he had to go to the office -every day. But he said that he would come down _every_ Saturday and -stay in the country till Sunday night. - -So they all went to the railway station in a taxicab. Jane traveled in -a cat basket and Charlie’s Auntie carried her. Topsy also traveled in -a cat basket and Charlie’s Mother carried him, but Bingo had to travel -in the baggage car and he had a ticket all to himself because he was a -dog. Charlie thought that he ought to feel very proud. - -When they got to the station they all went straight through the gate -to the platform, and there the train was waiting for them. It was a -great e-nor-mous train with ever so many coaches. First, Charlie and -his Daddy took Bingo to the baggage car, and the baggage man fastened -Bingo’s leash to the end of a trunk and promised Charlie to be good to -Bingo. - -Then they all got into the day car, and the train gave a loud whistle -and steamed out of the station. My goodness! how fast it went! -Everything just seemed to go flying past. - -[Illustration: _Bingo had to travel in the baggage car_] - -Soon the conductor came walking down the aisle and he took everybody’s -ticket. He was a very grand-looking man; he was tall, and stout, and -he had a beautiful blue uniform on. He soon came to the seat where -Charlie and his Daddy were sitting, and he took the tickets. Yes, the -conductor took all the tickets and he stuck Charlie’s Daddy’s ticket in -his hatband, but as his Mother and his Auntie had no hatbands, he stuck -_their_ tickets into the top of the seat in front of them. Then he took -Charlie’s ticket, and he stuck it in Charlie’s hatband. Charlie felt -very proud, and he would not take his hat off. No, he kept his hat on -all the time because he wanted everybody to see that _he_ had a ticket -in his hatband just like all the other men. - -Then Charlie said to his Daddy, “Daddy, what _ex-act-ly_ makes the -train go?” - -And his Daddy said, “It’s the steam that makes the engine work, and -it is the engineer and the fireman who look after the steam and the -engine.” Then Charlie said, “What I want to know is _ex-act-ly_ what -the fireman and the engineer do when they are making the engine go.” - -But what do you think? His Daddy did not know _ex-act-ly_ what they -did--he said that he had never ridden on an engine in his life, so how -could he know what they did? And Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie did -not know either. That was very surprising. - -Well, after they had been in the big train for about a whole hour, they -came to a station where there were a lot of tracks. This station was -called a junction, because there were so many tracks. - -Some of the tracks went to the North and some to the South and some to -the East and some to the West. The train that Charlie and his Daddy and -his Auntie and his Mother were on was going toward the West; but now -they wanted to go to the North, so they had to change trains and go on -a train that was going toward the _North_. - -The train was already waiting on its own track. It was a very little -train, it had only two coaches! - -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie and Jane and Topsy got into the train, -and they took Bingo with them, because, as it was such a little -unimportant train, the conductor said that Bingo could travel in the -day coach instead of being tied up in the baggage car, and Bingo was -very glad. But Charlie and his Daddy waited on the platform till it was -time for the train to start, and they looked at all the interesting -things about them. - -Then a man came up. He wore overalls and a peaked cap. And--you -_never_ can guess who it was? It was the _fireman_ who helped work -the engine of the train they were going to take. And what _do_ you -think? The fireman knew Charlie’s Daddy! Yes, the fireman came up to -them, and said to his Daddy, “Hello, Bob!” Bob was his Daddy’s name -that his Mother and his Auntie always called him! And his Daddy said, -“Why--Hello, Bill,” and they shook hands. - -Charlie was _very_ much surprised that the fireman and his Daddy knew -each other, but it was not so very surprising after all. The fireman -lived in the village where Charlie’s Daddy had lived when he was a -little boy, and where Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie were going -to live for a whole month, and his Daddy and the fireman had gone to -the same school when they were little boys! - -Well, the fireman then looked at Charlie, and he said, “And is this -your boy?” - -Then Charlie’s Daddy said, “Yes, this is Charlie, and you are the -very man he wants to meet. Charlie wants to know _ex-act-ly_ what the -fireman and the engineer do to make the train go--and he can’t find -anybody who knows. So go ahead and tell him all about it.” - -But the fireman said, “I can do better than that. Suppose you and -Charlie take a ride on the engine with me; then he can see everything -with his own eyes, and learn all there is to know in case he wants to -be a fireman himself.” - -Yes, the fireman _ac-tu-al-ly_ said those words! And Charlie’s Daddy -said, “That will be fine. I’ll just go and tell Charlie’s Mother and -his Auntie what has become of us, so that they won’t worry.” - -And he did so. Then the fireman, and Charlie and his Daddy all got -into the cab, which is back of the engine, where the engineer and the -fireman sit. - -The engineer was already sitting in his place, which is on the right of -the cab. He was very pleased to meet Charlie and his Daddy, but he said -that after the train had started he would not be able to speak a word -to anybody, and nobody must speak to him. Yes, nobody must _ever_ speak -to the engineer when he is driving the engine, because if anybody spoke -to the engineer it might distract his attention and then the train -might be wrecked! - -All the time that the train is going the engineer has to sit on his -seat with his hand on the throttle, which is the thing that makes the -train stop in a hurry, and all the time he has to look out of the -window to see what the signals say, and to see that there is nothing on -the track ahead of him. - -If he sees a green signal on the signal post that means that the -engine can go straight ahead, but if the signal is red, then it means -“Stop”--and the engineer presses on the throttle, and the train stops. - -The engineer told all this to Charlie while they were waiting for the -train to start. Then the engineer got the signal from the man on the -platform; he blew the whistle, and the train started, and he could not -say another word. - -Well, the fireman’s place is on the left side of the cab, and Charlie’s -Daddy sat between him and the window, and Charlie sat on his Daddy’s -knee. - -The fireman has to work very hard, but when he is not working he can -talk if he wants to. This fireman was very kind, and, when he was not -working, he explained everything to Charlie and his Daddy--but all the -time he was ex-plain-ing he had to keep looking out of the window, too, -in case he should see anything that the engineer did not see. There are -a great many windows in the cab of an engine--it has windows all round, -because it is so _very important_ that the engineer and the fireman -shall see all that there is to see. - -Well, I will now tell you what the fireman was doing all the time that -Charlie and his Daddy were riding on the engine with him. - -In front of the fireman was the steam gauge, which is a round thing -like a clock, and it has a hand like a clock hand, too, and the steam -makes the hand move--so that you can see how much steam is coming out -of the boiler. When the steam is getting low the hand drops, and when -the hand of the gauge drops to 150 the fireman knows it is time to put -more coal in the fire box. - -Every time that the hand of the gauge dropped to 150 the fireman got -up and opened a little door in the back of the cab, which opened right -into the fire box, so that you could see the fire all red and glowing, -and the fireman scooped a great shovel full of coal into it. The -fireman told Charlie that it was _very_ important how one shovels the -coal into the fire box. It has to be shoveled very evenly, so that it -is not all black with coal in one place and all red hot with embers in -another place. Yes, the fireman told Charlie that it needs a lot of -practice before one can shovel the coal in just _ex-act-ly_ right. - -Then the fireman also had to watch the water gauge, which shows how -much water there is in the boiler. - -When he saw by the water gauge that the water was getting low in the -boiler, then the fireman had to turn a valve, which is a sort of handle -that starts a pump working, and the pump pumps water into the boiler. - -Charlie very much wanted to turn the valve himself, but the fireman -said, “No,” that it needed a whole lot of practice before one could -pump water into the tank--as it was _very_ important just how much -water to pump. If too much cold water is pumped into the boiler it -might cool the water already in the boiler so that no more steam would -come out--and then the train would stop! - -Do you think that the fireman on an engine is a busy man? Indeed he is! - -But that is not all that the fireman has to do. Oh, dear, no! The -fireman has a lot more work to do. - -When the train is coming to a steep place--and there were a lot of -steep places on the railroad that Charlie was traveling on--the fireman -has to make the fire _red hot_, so that lots and lots of steam can come -out of the boiler. He makes the fire get hotter and hotter until the -steam gets so strong that the “safety valve” pops off--and this shows -the engineer that there is enough steam to push the train up the steep -place. Yes, you can see that it would need a lot of extra steam to push -a train up a steep, high hill. - -The fireman also has to blow a whistle, whenever the train comes to a -crossing or to the station. And when they got to the last stop--which -was the village where Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie and Bingo -and Topsy and Jane were going to live for a whole month--the fireman -let Charlie blow the whistle himself! Yes, he did, and you should have -heard what a loud whistle Charlie blew. - -Well, at last they had come to the end of their journey, and Charlie -certainly had learned a whole lot about engines. Yes, Charlie had -learned a whole lot more than most people know. Of course he told his -Mother and his Auntie about everything, so that they, too, should know -all about what the fireman and the engineer do to make the train go. - -And Charlie said, “Now, when I get home to the city I will be able to -play with my train in _just_ the right way. I will be able to play that -I am the fireman and the engineer, and I will know _ex-act-ly_ what -they do, and I will practice and practice being a fireman so that I can -be one when I grow up!” - - - - -[Illustration] - -BINGO AND THE ANGRY ROOSTER - - -I told you in the last story how Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie -and his Daddy and Topsy and Bingo and Jane all went to the country -together. And how Charlie rode on the engine, which he liked very much, -but Topsy and Jane had to travel in baskets, which they did not like at -all, and Bingo had to travel all by himself in the baggage car, and he -did not like that either. - -But when at last they arrived at the farm where they were going to -stay for a whole month, Charlie opened the baskets and let Jane and -Topsy out, and he unfastened Bingo’s leash, and they all went exploring -together. _Then_ Jane and Topsy and Bingo were delighted. They liked -the country _tre-men-dous-ly_, and the longer they stayed the more they -liked it. - -There were so many delightful things for cats and dogs to do, which -they could not do in the city. Instead of long straight roads with -automobiles dashing past all the time, there were fields and meadows to -run around in. There were tall trees for Topsy to climb and nice muddy -puddles for Bingo to roll in, and Jane could go out for long walks by -herself without ever meeting anything dangerous. - -Charlie always got up very early when he was in the country because he -liked to see the cows milked, and Topsy and Bingo and Jane liked to -see the cows milked also. Charlie always carried three little bowls -down to the barn, and the farmer filled them with milk straight from -the cow, so that Topsy and Bingo and Jane could have their breakfast -without waiting. This interested them all three very much, because they -knew that at home their milk always came out of a milk bottle which had -been left at the front door by the milkman. - -All the time that Charlie was in the country he was allowed to run -around in the fields and meadows all by himself, and of course Topsy -and Bingo followed him wherever he went. It would take a whole book by -itself to tell you _all_ the delightful things that they did together. - -Now, wouldn’t you think that Bingo, with all the big countryside to -play in, and ever so many interesting things to do all day long, would -have been able to keep out of mischief at least as long as he was in -the country? But no, he could not. You see, puppies nearly always -_are_ in mischief--they are made that way. So Bingo often went off by -himself and thought of nice, mischievous things to do. - -One of the things that Bingo liked to do more than anything else was to -go and bark at the chickens. That was very naughty of him, and Charlie -always stopped him when he found him doing it. But often Bingo would -slip away from Charlie and dash down to the chicken house and bark, -“Yap, yap, yap!” He loved to see the hens running this way and that, -clucking loudly and calling all the little chickens who came running -to hide themselves under their Mother’s wings. Bingo enjoyed this -tremendously and never tired of the naughty game. Of course he never -hurt any of the chickens or the hens. Bingo was a dear, nice, little -puppy and he would never do a thing like that, but he _did_ like to -watch them running around and saying, “Cluck, cluck, cluck, CLUCK!” -Yes, it amused Bingo very much. - -One day Charlie was busy helping the lady at the farm to make the -butter. This is a very interesting thing to do. Bingo watched Charlie -for a while thumping away with the dasher, but soon he got tired of -watching and not doing anything himself, so he decided that he would go -and play with the chickens. - -He began to bark before he got there, and the hens began to cluck, -cluck, cluck, and the chickens ran this way and that way and scrambled -under their Mother’s wings. - -Bingo was so busy with his barking that he did not notice that there -was a newcomer among the hens. This was a big white rooster that the -farmer had brought home from the fair the night before. - -He was an ENORMOUS rooster. He had won a prize at the fair because -he was so big. When Bingo jumped in among the hens, they were all -so scared that they ran around and said, “Cluck, cluck, cluck, -CLUCK.” But the rooster was not a bit scared--no, indeed, he was -most _indignant_. He opened his beak, and Bingo heard a TREMENDOUS -sound--“Ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo!” And the rooster sprang up in the air, and -flapped his wings, and rushed at Bingo! - -Bingo was so startled that he jumped backwards toward the chicken -house, and the rooster dashed after him. All the hens came hurrying -up and the chickens, too, saying, “Cluck, cluck, cluck, CLUCK.” They -seemed to be on every side! Poor Bingo was terribly frightened, as well -he might be--because the rooster was really very much annoyed, and he -would have pecked Bingo if he had caught him. - -But he did not catch him. Just in the nick of time, Bingo saw the -chicken house, and he just managed to scramble in at the door before -the rooster caught him--he was safe. - -Yes, he was safe, but he had to stay there! The rooster did not -quite like to go in after Bingo (you see Bingo was really very -nearly as big as the rooster), but he determined to keep Bingo -a prisoner. He strutted solemnly up and down in front of the -chicken-house door, and every time that Bingo would try to come out -he would crow, “Ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo!” and scare Bingo so that he decided to stay -where he was. - -Poor Bingo! it seemed to him that he had been hours and hours in the -chicken house. He wondered if he would ever get out again. He was sure -that it was long past his dinner hour, he felt so _dreadfully_ hungry. -Poor Bingo was a very unhappy little dog. - -[Illustration: _The rooster kept Bingo a prisoner_] - -At last Charlie had finished helping the farm lady make the butter. -They had taken it out of the churn, and the farm lady had put it in a -big wooden bowl and beaten it with wooden butter paddles so that all -the butter milk was squeezed out. She had given Charlie some butter in -a smaller bowl so that he could finish making some of the butter all by -himself. The farm lady had promised him that they should have it on the -dinner table and surprise his Mother and his Auntie. - -But it wasn’t dinner time yet, so Charlie ran into the garden to -play with Bingo--and there was no Bingo to be seen! He called -Bingo, but Bingo did not come. Then he decided to go down to the -big barn to look for him. As he passed near the chicken house he -heard a _tre-men-dous_ commotion--“Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, -CLUCK,” “Ooka-ooka-ooka-oooooooooo, ooka-ooka-ooka-oooooooooo, -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo” ... Bingo had been trying to get out again! - -Then Charlie said, “Shoo, shoo, shoo!” and the hens and even the -rooster all got out of the way, and Bingo was free again! Oh, how glad -he was! He jumped, and pranced, and followed Charlie to the kitchen, -where his dinner was waiting for him. - -But never again did Bingo bark at the chickens and chase them. He no -longer thought it an amusing game. In fact Bingo never went near that -chicken house again, he was so afraid of that terrible rooster. - -[Illustration] - - - - -CHARLIE DELIVERS MAIL FOR THE STAGE DRIVER - - -Well, I can tell you that Charlie and Topsy and Bingo liked living in -the country very much. There were so many interesting things to do, and -so many interesting people to talk to, and every single thing in the -country was different from what it was in the city. - -Charlie had different things to eat, and he wore different clothes. You -never can guess what kind of clothes Charlie wore when he was in the -country! Charlie wore blue denim overalls, just like the farm workers, -and his Mother bought them for him at the country store, which is -_ex-act-ly_ where the farm workers bought theirs! - -One day Charlie ran out to the gate before breakfast to mail a letter -for his Auntie. In the country there are no post boxes at every corner -as there are in the city. Oh, no! When Charlie wanted to mail a letter -he just had to go down to the gate and put it in the box that was -fastened outside; then he had to take out an old red tobacco tin that -was inside the mail box, tied to it by a string, and leave it hanging -outside the box, so that the mailman would see it when he went past -and know that there was a letter for the mail. If he did not see the -tobacco tin hanging out, the stage driver would not stop at all--so it -was very important not to forget to hang the tobacco tin out. - -Well, Charlie got to the gate just as the stage driver was driving up. -When he saw Charlie standing there, he said, “Hello, good morning.” And -Charlie said, “Hello, good morning,” too. Then he said, “Are you the -postman?” The stage driver laughed. “We-e-ll, I reckon that you can -say that’s what I am, though folks here about call me the stage driver.” - -“That is very interesting,” said Charlie. “Do you know, in the city the -postman wears a gray cap and coat and trousers and he does not drive a -cart, he has to walk?” - -The stage driver was most surprised. “Is that so?” he said. “Well, I -reckon there’s lots of things they do differently in the city, and you, -being a city boy, must surely know all about it. I certainly would like -to hear about city ways. Supposing you ask your Mother if she would let -you drive with me this afternoon when I take the afternoon mail up; -then you can show me how they deliver mail in the city.” - -Oh, my goodness, but Charlie was excited! He ran to the house so fast -that he puffed and he blowed, and, as he ran, he called out, “Mother, -Auntie! The stage driver says that I can go with him and give out the -letters just like a real postman in the city! He says that I can go -this afternoon, if you say yes. Oh, Mother, oh, Auntie, I _can_ go, -can’t I?” - -Of course his Mother and his Auntie were _de-light-ed_ when they heard -that Charlie was to go and help deliver the mail just like a real -postman, and of course they both said “Yes,” that Charlie might go. - -Well, the very minute that Charlie had finished his dinner, he said -very politely, “Please excuse me, I don’t want to keep the stage driver -waiting.” Then the lady where they were boarding and his Mother and his -Auntie said, “Yes,” he might be excused. - -So Charlie got his hat and his whistle, which belonged to his sailor -suit, because he knew he would need it as he was going to be a -postman--and he ran down to the gate as fast as ever he could. No, -Charlie did not keep the stage driver waiting. It was Charlie who had -to wait for the stage driver! - -But at last he came driving down the road and, when he saw Charlie -waiting at the gate, he said, “Hello, young man, so you are coming with -me. That’s fine! Hop in.” - -So Charlie hopped in and he showed the stage driver his whistle and how -he was going to blow it just like a real city postman. - -The stage driver said, “First we are going to the station to get the -mail;” and he clicked with his whip and said, “Gid ap, gid ap!” to -the horses, and they _did_ “gid ap,” and their bells jingled as they -trotted along the road. - -The station was a long way off from the farm where Charlie and his -Mother and his Auntie were staying, but the horses trotted so quickly, -so quickly, that they got there before the train did. - -Charlie and the stage driver got down, and the stage driver hitched the -horses to the post, and then they both went on to the platform to wait -for the train. - -Everybody in the station talked to Charlie--even the station master and -the man in the ticket office--and they said, “Is this the new stage -driver?” The stage driver said, “No; this boy is the new postman and he -is going to deliver the mail for me.” - -You can believe that Charlie felt proud and important when he heard -them talk like that. - -At last the train came in, and it was the same train that had carried -Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie and his Daddy and Topsy and Bingo -and Jane to the country. Yes, it was the very same train and the very -same engine that Charlie had ridden on, and the fireman was there, and -he looked out of the cab and called out, “Hello, Charlie!” - -Well, the stage driver went to the baggage car and a lot of men were -unloading packages, and there was one great big sack. - -Charlie asked what was in that great big sack--and the stage driver -told him that was the mail. Yes, all the letters that Charlie was going -to deliver were stuffed into that great big sack! - -So the stage driver got the mail bag and the packages on to the stage. -The stage driver carried all the big packages and Charlie carried all -the little ones. - -Then the stage driver said, “Gid ap!” and off they went again. First -they went to the post office and waited there a long time. They had to -wait till the postmaster had taken out of the mail sack all the mail -for the people who lived near the post office and who had to come and -get their mail for themselves. But at last the postmaster had finished -_his_ job, and it was time for Charlie and the stage driver to begin -theirs. - -This, of course, was the interesting part of the drive. The stage -rattled along the road, the horses went so fast; and at last they came -to a house and the horses stopped of their own accord. - -The stage driver gave Charlie some letters and told him to go and -deliver them. - -So Charlie climbed down from the stage and he blew his whistle, one, -two, three times--but nobody came to the gate to get the letters from -the postman. No, even though Charlie blew again and again, nobody came -at all. - -Then the stage driver said, “I reckon the folks at this farm are not -used to city postmen. I reckon they don’t even _know_ that that whistle -means that there is mail for them. You had better just slip the letters -in the box, the way we do in these parts, and we’ll drive on to the -next farm.” - -So Charlie did as the stage driver said. He had to stand on tiptoe -because the box was so high. He felt a little sad that nobody had come -to get the letters from him--but it was fun putting the letters in the -box. - -Then they drove on to the next farm. This time there were a whole lot -of letters and a parcel, too. Charlie carried the parcel himself, as it -was a little one. He said to the stage driver, “Perhaps I had better -not blow my whistle this time.” But the stage driver said, “Oh, go -ahead and blow your whistle, you know you are a city postman and you -must do as they do.” - -So Charlie blew on his whistle--he blew a TREMENDOUS blast, and he blew -again and again. And--what do you think? - -The farmer who was in the field, hoeing potatoes, threw down his hoe -and he came running, as fast as he could run, to see what Charlie’s -whistle meant. - -And the farmer’s wife, who was in the kitchen frying doughnuts, the -minute she heard Charlie’s whistle, threw down her cooking spoon and -ran out of the kitchen door to see what Charlie’s whistle meant. - -And the cat, who was sleeping on a rocking chair on the porch, sprang -straight up in the air when she heard the whistle; and _she_ came -tearing down to the gate to see _what in the world_ all that whistling -meant. - -And the watch dog, who was tied up outside his kennel--he jumped and -pranced and tried to get loose because _he_ wanted to find out what all -that whistling meant! - -And they all came rushing down to the gate, except the dog, and when -they saw Charlie with the parcel and the letters--my goodness, they -were surprised! - -The farmer said, “Well, well, to think that we have a postman just the -same as they have in the city--well! well!” and he shook hands with -Charlie. - -Then the farmer’s wife said, “Mr. Stage Driver, couldn’t you wait a -minute while I run into the house and get a doughnut apiece for you and -the postman?” The stage driver thought that would be very nice--so -the farmer’s wife brought the doughnuts and they were _delicious_. - -[Illustration: _Charlie blew a tremendous blast_] - -Then they said, “Good-by” to the nice farmer and his wife and thanked -her for the delicious doughnuts, and off they went to the next farm. -Charlie blew his whistle, and he blew his whistle every single time -they came to a farm, but nobody else came to the gate to see what was -the matter; so Charlie put the letters in the box every time. - -Soon they came to a long stretch of road where there were no houses at -all, and Charlie and the stage driver could talk together without being -interrupted every minute by Charlie having to deliver letters. - -Charlie told the stage driver all about the city and about his Mother -and his Auntie and his Daddy, and about Jane and Topsy and Bingo, and -about the iceman and the postman, and the letter boxes that are at the -corner of the streets where you mail your letters. - -Then the stage driver told Charlie all about the country and what an -important person the stage driver is when he lives in the country--even -more important than the postman. For the stage driver not only brings -letters, and parcels for birthdays or Christmas, he brings _everything_ -that the people in the country need--clothes, and furniture, and -medicine--every single thing that they use, except what they grow -themselves. - -Everything is sent from the city by the train in great big packages. -And the stage driver puts the packages on to the stage, and carries -some of them to the country store, where the people can come and buy -the things they want--but some of the things go directly to the farmers -who live too far from the country store. - -Charlie thought this very interesting. There were a whole lot of -questions that he wanted to ask. But now they had come to another -farm and there was a great big package all ready at the gate! - -[Illustration: _Charlie and the stage driver talked together_] - -The stage driver got down and put it on to the stage. Charlie was much -surprised. He said, “I thought you brought packages _to_ people, I did -not know that you took any away.” - -Then the stage driver said, “I reckon you can’t guess what is inside -_this_ package and where it is going to be sent. Why, this package is -full of maple sugar, and it is going to be sent to the city because -people could not get maple sugar in the city unless the people in the -country sent it to them. This package is going to a big store in the -city, and when you go back home, maybe you and your Mother will go into -the store and buy a pound of this very same maple sugar that is in this -package!” - -Yes, that is what the stage driver said, and Charlie was so interested -and surprised that the stage driver started to surprise him some more. - -“See all those pretty blossoms on the apple trees. Well, by Fall they -will all have turned into apples. Then the farmer will gather them off -the trees, and he will put them in sacks, and I will take them to the -station on my stage and load them on to the train, and they will be -taken to the city, where you city folks will buy them. Same thing with -the wheat growing in the fields, and the vegetables, and everything -the farmer raises. Everything that he doesn’t need for his own use the -farmer sends to the city, first by the stage driver and then by the -train.” - -My goodness! This gave Charlie a lot to think about! He said, “I think -that trains and mail stages are the most interesting things in the -world. I will either be a stage driver or a fireman when I grow up, and -I will take things to the country people that _they_ need and bring -back things to the city people that _they_ need.” - -By this time _all_ the letters and _all_ the packages had been -delivered. And the stage driver was driving back the way they came. - -At last they came to the farm where Charlie was staying. And the stage -driver said, “Here is one more letter for you to deliver, and then your -job will be finished. You have been a great help to me to-day. I think -you are a fine postman and I hope you will come with me another day and -deliver the mail for me. This letter is for your Mother.” - -So Charlie thanked the stage driver and climbed down from the stage. -He ran all the way to the house; then he rang the bell and blew his -whistle just as the postman did at home. And who do you think opened -the door? It was his Mother. - -She said, “Good afternoon, Postman, have you a letter for me?” And -Charlie said, “Yes, ma’am,” just like the postman. Then he couldn’t -help laughing, and he forgot that he was the postman, and he hugged his -Mother and said, “Is it a letter from Daddy?” - -And it _was_. Yes, it was a letter from Daddy, and what do you think? -The letter said that Daddy found that after all he would be able to get -away from the city--and that he would arrive on Friday afternoon, and -Charlie was to be sure to come and meet him. - -Then Charlie’s Mother hugged him again for bringing her such a nice -letter and his Auntie came downstairs, Topsy and Bingo prancing after -her. Bingo jumped up and down and Topsy climbed on to Charlie’s -shoulder, and they all listened to the adventures he had had that -afternoon when he was a postman. - - - - -[Illustration] - -CHARLIE MAKES A POOL AND SAILS HIS BOAT - - -All the time that Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie were living in -the country Charlie’s Daddy came down every single Saturday to visit -them, and he stayed in the country with them until Sunday night, when -he had to go back to the city. And every Saturday, when Charlie’s Daddy -came to visit them in the country, he _always_ brought a present for -everybody! - -One Saturday Charlie’s Daddy came and he brought Charlie’s Mother a -basket of peaches, and he brought his Auntie a box of candy, and he -brought Bingo a ball, and he brought Jane and Topsy a catnip mouse--and -what do you think he brought for Charlie? I will tell you. Charlie’s -Daddy brought Charlie a sailboat! It was a beautiful boat, painted -white with a green water line. It had a mast and two sails. His Daddy -told Charlie that the big sail at the back is called the _mainsail_ and -that the stick that holds it out at the bottom is called the _boom_; -and that the little three-cornered sail in front is called the _jib_ -and the stick to which it is fastened is called the _bowsprit_. - -Of course Charlie’s Daddy did not say “the front and back” of the ship -either. Oh, dear, no! Charlie’s Daddy called the front part of the ship -the _bow_, and he called the back part the _stern_, and the bottom of -the ship he called the _keel_--and, I can tell you, _nobody ought to -own a ship who does not know these things_. - -Well, of course, the very first thing that Charlie wanted to do was to -go and sail his boat--but what do you think? The brook was so shallow -and full of stones that there was no place deep enough to sail the boat -at all! That was very sad. - -Charlie and his Daddy walked a long way beside the brook looking for a -pool where the water was deeper, but they could not find one. - -Then Charlie’s Daddy said, “Well, unless some rain comes to make the -brook get deeper, I guess you’ll have to wait to sail your boat till -you come back to town and can sail it in the bath tub. As long as you -are in the country you will have to say that the boat is in ‘dry dock.’” - -But what do you think? Charlie didn’t even know what a dry dock _is_. -No, his Daddy had to explain to him all about it--how the ship is put -into “dry dock” when it has to be mended or painted below the water -line. First the ship sails into the dock, and then the dock is closed -up behind the ship and all the water is pumped out and the ship is -propped up straight with props from each side of the dock. - -So Charlie and his Daddy made a dry dock for his ship on the bureau in -his room. They made the dock of books, and propped the ship up straight -with blocks on each side of the keel. The ship looked very beautiful on -the bureau, but Charlie _did_ wish that he could sail it and that he -did not have to keep it in “dry dock” all the time. - -One day, when his Daddy had gone back to town, Charlie and his Mother -and his Auntie went for a walk. - -They went for a new walk. Instead of just going along the road, they -thought it would be interesting to follow the creek. So they climbed a -wall and followed the creek through the fields and into a wood which -was “private property”; but there was a sign which said people could -walk there if they did not do any damage. - -Then they came to a place where there was a stone wall built right -across the creek from side to side and above the stone wall was a great -_e-nor-mous_ pool! And the water pounded over the stone wall like a -waterfall. The pool was very deep and wide, but above the pool the -creek was all stony and shallow again. - -Charlie was very much interested. He said, “Why is that stone wall -built across the creek, and what makes that pool so deep and broad when -the rest of the creek is shallow and narrow?” - -Then his Mother explained to Charlie all about it. She explained to -him that the pool was a swimming pool, and that the stone wall built -across the creek from side to side was a _dam_. The dam keeps the water -in like a basin until it gets as deep as the dam is high and then the -water flows over the top. - -Charlie was _very much interested_ when he heard this. He said to his -Mother, “Can anybody build a dam?” - -And of course his Mother said that anybody could. She said that you -only had to heap a lot of mud and stones together just below where you -wanted the pool to be, and just as high as you wanted the pool to be -deep. - -Oh, my goodness! Charlie _was_ excited then. I wonder if you can guess -what he said? - -I will tell you. Charlie said, “Mother, Auntie, I want to go home -_im-me-di-ate-ly_, I AM GOING TO BUILD A DAM! Yes, I am going to -build a dam across the brook and make a great ENORMOUS pool to sail -my boat in.” Of course his Mother and his Auntie said they would go -home immediately when they heard that Charlie was going to do such an -important thing. - -So they did go home, and Charlie put on his overalls and he ran down to -the brook and began to work at his dam. - -First he found a place where the brook was a little wider and where the -banks were quite steep. Then he started scooping out the stones at the -bottom of the brook, so that there would be no rocks for his boat to -get wrecked on. - -You may be sure that Bingo and Topsy were very much interested in what -Charlie was doing. Yes, they both came and watched him awhile. Then -Topsy began to dig a hole in the grass--he wanted to show that _he_ -could dig a hole just as well as Charlie could. Bingo tried to dig a -hole, too, but he soon got tired of it and ran around and barked, “Yap, -yap!” He wanted Charlie and Topsy to come and play with him. - -But Charlie was much too busy to pay any attention to Bingo. He just -went on bending over the brook, digging out the stones until he had the -bottom of the brook, where his pool was going to be, nicely cleaned -out. Then he started to work on the dam. - -First Charlie hunted around until he had got together a nice lot of -flat stones, and he began to pile them up one on top of the other, and -he went on piling them up until the dam went right across the brook -from bank to bank. - -At first the water paid no attention to Charlie’s dam at all. It just -went on flowing through the chinks between the stones, just as if -there were not any dam there at all! But Charlie piled up great banks -of mud, and put in more big stones and then little stones to fill the -chinks--and at last the water began to rise! - -Yes, the water rose, and it rose until it was a nice big pool and came -up to the top of the banks on both sides, and then it began to dribble -over the top of the dam. So Charlie knew that the dam was finished! Of -course the water in the pool was _dreadfully_ muddy, but Charlie did -not mind a bit. Why should he, when the pool was so nice and wide and -deep? Yes, it was so deep that it came all the way up to his knees! - -Then Charlie saw his Mother and his Auntie walking across the field -from the house. They had come to see how Charlie was getting along with -his dam. - -And, my goodness, how astonished they were when they saw that Charlie -had _ac-tu-al-ly_ finished the dam and what a huge big pool he had made! - -But both his Mother and his Auntie could not help laughing when they -saw how Charlie was all covered with mud. He had mud all over the front -of his overalls, and on his hands, and there was a big splash of mud -on the end of his nose! - -Then his Mother said, “Now, Charlie, dinner will soon be ready, so you -must hurry home and wash your face and hands, and put on a clean suit. -Then after dinner you may sail your boat in your beautiful big pool.” - -So Charlie ran to the house, and he washed his face, and he scrubbed -his hands, and he put on a clean blue sailor suit, and he ate his -dinner. - -Then he gave Topsy and Bingo and Jane their dinner. And then--he and -his Mother and his Auntie went down to the pool to sail the boat. And, -what do you think? The mud had all settled at the bottom of the pool -while Charlie was eating his dinner, and the pool was as clear as glass -so that you could see to the very bottom and you could see the dam that -Charlie had built. - -Then Charlie launched his boat. The pool was deep enough--but the boat -did not sail quite well even yet. No, the boat leaned a little to one -side and, when a gust of wind came, it would have turned right over if -Charlie had not caught hold of the mast just in time. - -Charlie felt very sad that his boat would not sail properly when he had -built such a beautiful pool for it. - -But his Auntie said, “Cheer up, Charlie, I know exactly what is the -matter with the boat so that it will not sail, and it can be fixed so -that it will sail _beautifully_. The trouble is that the boat has not -enough _ballast_. That means that the masts and the sails are too heavy -for the keel. But if we nail a strip of lead along the bottom of the -keel the boat will stay upright and will not lean to one side.” - -Well, Charlie and his Auntie took the boat and went to the barn, where -the farmer was mending his mowing machine. - -And his Auntie asked the farmer if he knew where they could get a strip -of lead to nail to the keel of Charlie’s boat. - -The farmer said, “Right here I have all the lead that you can use.” And -he cut off a strip of lead just the size of the keel. Then the farmer -also gave Charlie some interesting-looking nails that he said could be -just the thing to nail the lead to the keel. They were crooked nails -that folded over and looked just like tiny croquet hoops. - -Then Charlie’s Auntie took the mast and sails off, and she hammered the -nails over the lead so that it was fastened to the keel of the boat. -Then she put the masts and sails back. Don’t you think that she was a -clever Auntie? Yes, indeed, she was. - -So they went back to the pool again, where Charlie’s Mother was waiting -to see if the boat would sail right _this_ time. - -[Illustration: _The boat sailed beautifully_] - -And what do you think? _It did!_ Yes, the boat sailed beautifully, it -sailed right away to the other side of the brook, and when Charlie -turned the rudder to the right the boat turned in the opposite -direction and sailed right back again! - -Yes, that boat could do everything that a real boat does, and when the -wind blew hard it keeled over to one side but it did not capsize. No, -nothing could make that boat capsize. Even when Bingo stood upon his -hind legs and tried to catch it when it went sailing past, he fell -splash into the pool and made a great ENORMOUS wave, just like the -waves in the middle of the ocean--_still_ that boat did not capsize. - -Well, every day after that Charlie sailed his boat in the pool. He made -a dock for it, with stones, and he put grass and pebbles on the deck -for the cargo, which he loaded and unloaded at the dock, and the boat -sailed from side to side of the pool. When the boat got to the other -side Charlie would jump across the brook where it was narrow and turn -the rudder so that the boat would turn right round and sail back again -to the dock. - -Yes, Charlie had more fun than I can tell you playing with his boat. -And Topsy and Bingo played, too; they jumped across the brook backwards -and forwards and they tried to catch the boat as it sailed past. And, -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie liked to help Charlie sail his boat; -yes, they enjoyed watching it sail so beautifully before the wind. - -And--on Saturday, when Charlie’s Daddy came down to visit them all--my -goodness! he was surprised and _de-light-ed_ to see the dam and the -pool that Charlie had made all by himself, and to see how beautifully -the boat sailed, with its sails blown out by the wind, and with its -cargo of grass and pebbles piled up on deck. - -Yes, Charlie’s Daddy thought that Charlie was a very clever boy to have -made that dam and that pool all by himself--and I think so, too. - - - - -[Illustration] - -CHARLIE BUILDS A REAL HOUSE - - -Well, the days passed and passed--and at last it was time for Charlie -to go back to the city. He said “Good-by” to the stage driver and to -the postmaster and to the man at the country store and to the lady at -the farm, where he and his Mother and his Auntie lived while they were -in the country. And he said “Good-by” to the cows and to the chickens -and to the baby pigs. - -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie packed the suitcase and the trunk and -put Topsy into his basket, and he did not like it at all and said -“Miaouw, miaouw!” And Jane was put into _her_ basket and _she_ did not -like it either, but she was a good cat and she did not say a word. -Then Charlie put the leash on Bingo’s collar and they all climbed into -the surrey, which is a two-seated carriage, and they all drove to the -station. Then they all got on to the train and off they went to the -city. - -This time there was another fireman, as Charlie’s friend was having a -day off, so Charlie did not ride on the engine _this_ time; no, _this_ -time he rode in the day coach with his Mother and his Auntie and Topsy -and Bingo and Jane. - -Charlie was feeling rather sad that he had to leave the country and -all his new friends, but as the train steamed farther and farther away, -he began to think that it was rather nice to be going back to the city -after all. - -It would be nice to see his Daddy again and the iceman--and he wanted -to tell the postman all about the stage driver and how letters -are delivered in the country. And Charlie wanted to see his house -again, where he lived, and the garden and his electric train and his -automobile and his great _e-nor-mous_ flashlight. Yes, Charlie began to -feel very glad that he was going home again. - -And--when Charlie _did_ get home, what do you think he found? Why, -Charlie found that something _most_ interesting and ex-cit-ing had been -happening while he was away in the country. Some builders had started -to build a house on the other side of the road, and he could sit on his -own front gate and watch them build. - -[Illustration: _Charlie Watched the Builders_] - -The builders had already built quite a lot of the house, and in front -of what they had built was a big pile of bricks and also a pile of sand -and quicklime to make mortar of. - -It was late in the afternoon, so the builders had stopped working, -but Charlie wanted to stay right there and look at everything. But -his Mother and his Auntie said, “No.” They said that it was getting -late and Charlie must come right in and have his supper and go to bed. -To-morrow he could watch the builders build as much as ever he wanted -to. - -So the next day Charlie ran out _immediately_ after breakfast. The -builders were already at work--they were working hard, putting the -bricks on top of each other. Charlie saw how they put each brick on -top of two others, he saw how they did it _very carefully_ so that the -brick was _ex-act-ly_ in the middle of the two below it. Then he saw -how carefully the builders put the mortar on with a flat, wide knife, -so that none of the mortar dripped over the edge of the bricks but made -a nice straight line up and across. And, because the bricks were laid, -one in the middle of the two below, the white line of the mortar made a -most interesting design. - -Charlie was _ab-so-lute-ly_ fascinated, he thought that he would -_never_ get tired of watching those builders build. - -Then Topsy and Bingo came out to see what Charlie was doing and to -get him to play with them, but Charlie was _much_ too interested in -watching the house being built, so he paid no attention at all. No, he -paid no attention to Topsy and Bingo, but went on watching the builders -build the house. - -After a while one of the builders looked up, and he said, “Hello, you -seem to like watching us build this house; I guess you would like to -be over here helping us.” And Charlie said, “Oh, yes, I _would_ like -to come over and help you, I mean to be a house builder when I grow -up.” Then the builder said, “Is that so? Have you had any practice in -building houses?” Charlie said, “No, I have never built a _real_ house, -but I can build _beautiful_ houses with my wooden blocks.” - -But the builder said, “Well, I guess you need more practice than -_that_--you have to know how to put the mortar on, and that is not as -easy as it looks. How would you like me to give you some bricks and -mortar and then you can build yourself a house in the corner of your -yard?” Yes, the builder _ac-tu-al-ly_ said that to Charlie! And he also -asked him, “Have you an express wagon that you can haul the bricks in?” - -Of course Charlie said, “Yes,” and he ran off to the house to tell his -Mother and his Auntie all about the house builder, and to ask if he -might go across the road by himself to get the bricks. And his Mother -and his Auntie both said, “Yes.” They said that it would be perfectly -safe for Charlie to go across the road all by himself, because no -automobiles were allowed on the road and there was a sign which said, -“Closed to Traffic.” - -Then Charlie got his express wagon and he went across the road to get -the bricks. He loaded the bricks into his express wagon and he dragged -them across the road and in at the garden gate to the corner of the -garden where there were no flowers and no vegetables. Charlie did this -over and over again; he did it so often that his legs ached,--and every -time that Charlie went across the road Topsy and Bingo followed him. -When Charlie had been across the road four, five, _six_ times getting -his express cart full of bricks every time, the builder said, “Now -you have enough bricks to start with. Suppose you go now and ask your -Mother for a pail and I will give you some mortar, already mixed.” - -Charlie ran and got the pail, and the builder filled it with mortar and -carried it over to Charlie’s yard himself because it was too heavy for -Charlie to carry. The builder certainly _was_ a nice man. - -Of course Charlie wanted _immediately_ to start in building the house. -But his Mother and his Auntie said, “No.” They said that Charlie had -worked enough for one day, and that he had better play a little. And -his Mother said, “You had better wait till your Daddy comes home before -starting to build your house; I think you ought to ask his advice as to -exactly where would be the best place to build it.” - -Charlie thought that his Mother was right and he determined to wait -till his Daddy came home before building the house. So he went off and -had a lovely game with Topsy and Bingo. - -At last Charlie’s Daddy came home. Charlie was watching for him out -of the dining-room window. As soon as he saw his Daddy come in at the -gate, Charlie ran out to meet him and to tell him all about the bricks -that the builder had given him and about the house he was going to -build. - -Charlie’s Daddy was very interested; he was so interested that he said -he would like to help Charlie to build the house. Then Charlie’s Daddy -went upstairs and changed into his old suit, the one he always wore -when he was digging in the garden, and he found a spade, and he said, -“Come on, Charlie, let us start building the house.” - -So they went into the garden and started to build the house. First -Charlie’s Daddy dug a trench, the size that the house was to be; this -was to be the foundation so that the house should not blow over in a -wind-storm. Charlie helped dig the trench also. It was very hard work -digging the trench--it was such hard work that both Charlie and his -Daddy were puffing and blowing before they had finished digging. But at -last the trench was finished, and while they were both standing still -to admire it Charlie’s Auntie came and called them in to supper. - -So they both had to go in and change their clothes and eat their supper -and, by the time that supper was over, it was too dark to work at the -house any longer. Charlie did not like this at all, he said, “I do not -want to stop for a single minute until the house is built.” - -But his Daddy said, “Cheer up, Charlie, to-morrow is a legal holiday, -and I shall be home all day. So I shall be able to help you build your -house until it is finished.” Then Charlie was satisfied and he went to -sleep the minute he got into bed--and all night long he dreamed about -the beautiful house he was going to build. - -The next morning both Charlie and his Daddy got up early; they got up -at six o’clock! They each had a glass of milk and a cookie, then they -went into the garden and began to work. - -First they started piling bricks into the trench, one on top of two -others, _ex-act-ly_ the way Charlie had seen the builders doing it; and -his Daddy showed him how to put the mortar on each brick with a flat -trowel that he had found in the woodshed and that looked _ex-act-ly_ -like the one the builders used. It is very important to put the mortar -on right, as that is what makes the bricks stick together. - -Before breakfast Charlie and his Daddy had _ac-tu-al-ly_ finished -the foundation! Charlie was very glad that he had his Daddy to help -him--why, if it had not been for his Daddy I don’t think that Charlie -would have thought of building _any_ foundation for his house, and -then it would have blown down! - -Well, you may be sure that the moment they had finished breakfast, and -when Charlie’s Daddy had smoked just one cigarette, they both of them -were hard at work on the house again. - -For one reason Charlie was sorry that it was a legal holiday, and -that was because the builders were having a holiday, too, and Charlie -_would_ have liked them to see him in his overalls that were all -covered with mortar and pink with brick dust--so that he looked -_ex-act-ly_ like a real builder. - -Well, they worked and they worked. And you never can guess how -clever Charlie’s Daddy was. He was just as clever as a real builder. -Yes, Charlie’s Daddy _ac-tu-al-ly_ knew how to make a window in the -house--and a door also! The window went all the way to the top of the -roof and so did the door, for Charlie’s Daddy said that there was -_one_ thing he did not know how to do that a real builder knows, and -that is how to make an arch, with a keystone! Soon the house was tall -enough for Charlie to go in at the door, and then his Daddy said that -the front of the house was tall enough. But the sides had to be built -sloping higher toward the back so that the roof should slope--it is -very important that a house should have a sloping roof so that the -water may drain off it when it rains. - -At last his Daddy said, “There, the house is finished, all but the -roof!” - -Charlie _was_ excited! He jumped and he shouted, “My house is nearly -finished, my house is nearly finished!” - -Then his Daddy went off to the woodshed and he brought back a whole lot -of boards and a roll of tar paper. He put the boards all across the -roof and covered them with tar paper--and THE HOUSE WAS FINISHED! - -Yes, it was _ac-tu-al-ly_ finished. It had a beautiful doorway, and a -window and a roof--anybody could see that it was a real house. - -Topsy and Bingo were nearly as much excited as Charlie. Bingo ran in -and out of the door and barked and barked. But Topsy climbed up the -wall and in at the window and he did this again and again. - -Then Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie came to look at the beautiful -house. And, my goodness! they _were_ surprised that Charlie and his -Daddy had built a house that looked exactly like a real house. - -And Charlie’s Mother said, “Now, we will go back to the house and we -will bring Charlie’s little chairs and his table, and I will get a rag -rug that is in the attic; then the house will be furnished and Charlie -can live in it with Topsy and Bingo and Jane.” - -So that is what they did! And Charlie’s Auntie hung some curtains -across the window and tied them with blue ribbon, and his mother put -the rag rug on the floor, and placed the furniture around the room so -that it looked _most_ cozy and _most_ comfortable. - -Well, just when everybody was standing and admiring the house, Jane the -cat came up, and she looked at the house for a minute. Then she walked -straight in at the door and lay down on the rug, and she purred and -purred as loud as she could purr, because she liked Charlie’s house so -tremendously. But Topsy jumped in at the window and _he_ walked around -the house and sat down on every one of the little chairs and even on -the table, but when he jumped into the express cart, which was in the -corner of the house, he liked it so much that he curled up and went -to sleep. But Bingo was the most excited of all--he dashed around and -around the house, and he jumped up in the air and barked and barked and -BARKED! - -The next day, when the builders were at work again, Charlie climbed up -on the gate and called out to the builder who had given him the bricks, -“Good morning, Mr. Builder! I have finished my house!” - -The builder was most interested and he came over to look at the house -that Charlie had built. - -He said, “Did you build that house _all_ by yourself?” - -And Charlie said, “Yes, I built that house _all_ by myself, and my -Daddy helped me.” - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - -BINGO LEARNS TO COME WHEN HE IS CALLED - - -Bingo was a very clever little dog--he learned very quickly all the -tricks that Charlie taught. He could sit up and beg, and he could bark -three times for the flag, and when Charlie put a piece of cake on his -nose Bingo could toss it in the air and catch it in his mouth, and, -if Charlie threw a stick, Bingo would always run and bring it back. -Yes, Bingo could do all these things and he liked to do them again -and again. He was such a clever little dog that all the boys in the -neighborhood knew him well, and they used to watch him over the fence -doing all the tricks that he had learned. - -But there was _one_ thing that Bingo never _would_ learn and that was -to come _immediately_ when he was called. If Bingo thought that Charlie -was going for a walk or that his dinner was ready, he would come the -very minute that Charlie called him; but if he was doing something -interesting or something that he should not be doing, Charlie could -call “Bingo, Bingo, Bingo,” till he was hoarse, Bingo would not come! -He would wag his tail and perk up his ears to show that he had heard, -but he would not come. - -One day Charlie was playing in the garden with Bingo and Topsy when -Bingo suddenly saw something that interested him in the road and he -scrambled under the gate and went scampering along down the road. - -[Illustration] - -Charlie did not approve of this at all. He called and he called, -“Bingo, Bingo, Bingo”--but Bingo would not come, he went on racing -along the road. He had decided that he would like to go out and see the -world! - -Then Charlie ran into the house to tell his Mother and his Auntie. He -could not run after Bingo, because of course he was not allowed to go -outside the garden gate by himself. His Auntie did not even wait to put -on her sweater though it was very cold; she ran straight out of the -gate to bring Bingo back--but Bingo had _ab-so-lute-ly_ disappeared! - -Charlie and his Auntie put on their coats and went a long distance -down the road, calling Bingo all the time, but they could not find him -anywhere. They asked everybody that they met if they had seen a little -white dog with black spots but nobody had seen him. Then they went home -again, hoping that Bingo would have arrived there before them. But no, -Bingo was not there! - -Now I will tell you what happened to Bingo. When he had run along the -road for quite a distance he came to a turning where the road ran very -steeply downhill. There was a boy with a bob sled, and just as Bingo -reached the corner the boy lay down flat on his sled, and biff! off he -flew down the hill! Bingo was much excited. He barked, “Yap, yap, yap,” -and ran after the bob sled as fast as ever he could. He was determined -to catch that bob sled! But of course he could not. The boy and the -sled reached the bottom of the hill before Bingo, but not long before. - -The boy had decided to go home, as it was near his dinner time, and he -was dragging his sled after him when Bingo arrived at the bottom of the -hill, all out of breath and with his little red tongue hanging out. But -he was not too out of breath to jump up at the boy and bark “Yap, yap, -yap!” He was trying to tell him how glad he was that he had caught up -with him at last. - -The boy patted Bingo on the head and talked to him, but of course he -did not know his name as he lived quite a distance away and had never -seen Bingo before. - -Bingo liked the boy very much and decided that he would go for a walk -with him. So he followed after him. It was a long, long walk, but at -last they arrived at the boy’s house. - -It was a tall brick house very much larger than the house in which -Bingo lived with Charlie; and it had to be larger too, because a great -many people lived in it--two families lived on every floor! - -The boy climbed up five flights of stairs; he lived on the top floor of -all--and Bingo followed after him. - -The boy’s Mother was cooking dinner in the kitchen and she was very -much surprised when she saw Bingo. She said, “Who is that dog?” The boy -said, “I found him and I am going to keep him for my dog. I have always -wanted one.” - -But his Mother said, “How can we keep a dog when we live five flights -up and have only three rooms? It is impossible. After you have had your -dinner you must take him back to where you found him, then he will -be able to find his way home. He has a collar on so he must belong to -somebody. In the meantime, take him downstairs and tie him up in the -yard. I have just washed the kitchen floor and I am afraid he will make -it dirty again.” - -The boy felt very sad because he could not keep Bingo, but he took him -down to the yard as his Mother had told him to, and he tied him up to -the fence with a piece of rope. - -Bingo did not like this at all. He pulled and he pulled and he pulled, -but he could not get loose. He pulled and he pulled and--he PULLED, -and--suddenly the fastening of his collar snapped (it snapped because -Charlie had not fastened it properly that morning), and Bingo was a -free dog. - -Then he scampered gayly out of the yard and into the street again. -He thought that it was time to go home to Charlie and his dinner. -But--what do you think? Bingo could not find his way home! He ran -through street after street but he could not find the house where he -lived with Charlie and Topsy and Jane. The boy’s Mother must have -thought that Bingo was older than he really was when she said that he -could find his way home by himself. - -Bingo was beginning to be worried--there were a great many children -playing in the streets through which he passed and every now and again -he thought that he saw Charlie, but it always turned out that he was -mistaken. Sometimes some of the children would try to stop him but -Bingo always ran away from them. He wanted to go home. - -At last he passed four little boys who were walking along together. -Bingo was very tired now and he was not running any more; no, he was -walking very slowly and limping a little because he had hurt his foot. - -One of the boys looked at him limping along in front and he said, -“Look at that puppy. He looks exactly like Charlie’s Bingo, who does -such wonderful tricks!” - -The other boy said, “He does look like him. Let’s call him and see if -he answers to the name Bingo.” So they called, “Bingo, Bingo, Bingo!” - -You may be sure that when Bingo heard his name called _this time_ he -did come running as fast as ever he could. - -Bingo did not know the boys but they knew him. They had often watched -him over the fence doing the tricks that Charlie had taught him, so -they knew where he lived. Now that they were sure it _was_ Bingo, as -he had come at once when they called him, they decided that they would -take him back to his home; for they knew how unhappy Charlie must be -because he had lost his dog. - -[Illustration: _One of the strange boys held Bingo_] - -But they were afraid that Bingo might run away again, so one of the -boys held on to him while the others made a harness for him out of -some string that one of them had in his pocket. Then they put it on -Bingo and they tied a long piece of string to the middle of the harness -for a leash. - -So they started on their way--but you can think how funny Bingo did -look in his rope harness! The boys could not help laughing at him, and -Bingo did not like that at all. He had a feeling that he looked very -ragged and untidy, as indeed he did; and all the dogs that he met and -who wore beautiful collars, sniffed at him, as though to say, “What an -extraordinary thing to wear, instead of a collar!” - -Bingo wished very much that he had not lost his own collar, which was a -very beautiful one. He wanted to stop and tell the other dogs all about -it. But the four boys were in a hurry, and they pulled at his rope so -that he had to follow them. - -At last they reached the bottom of the hill that the boy had coasted -down. It was ever so much harder to climb _up_ that hill than it had -been running down it that morning. But at last they got to the top and -Bingo began to feel very excited because he recognized the street that -they were now walking along. Every single day he walked along that -street with Charlie and Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie on their way to -the park. - -And--then at last they reached the garden gate and Bingo was home! He -was so excited that he barked “Yap, yap, yap!” - -Charlie was eating his supper in the dining room and when he heard it -he said, “That’s Bingo’s bark!” and he and his Mother and his Auntie -and his Daddy all jumped up from the table and ran to the front door. -And--there were the four little boys holding Bingo by the rope! - -Well, you may be sure that everybody was glad to see Bingo. Charlie -grabbed him in his arms and hugged him while he thanked the boys for -bringing him home, and Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie thanked them -also. Then Charlie’s Daddy put his hand in his pocket and he brought -out four beautiful new quarters and he gave one to each of the boys, so -they were very happy, too. But the happiest of all was Bingo, he barked -till he could bark no more because he was hoarse. He barked so loudly -that he wakened Jane and Topsy from their nap and they came out to see -what it all meant. - -When Jane saw Bingo, what do you think she did? Why, she started to -wash him! Yes, she did; she washed him all over and he needed it, I can -tell you. - -Then, when Bingo was nice and clean, Charlie gave him his dinner, and -when he had eaten it he was so tired that he curled up beside Jane on -the kitchen rug, just as if he was a baby puppy again, and went fast -asleep. But always after that, Bingo would come when he was called. -He came so quickly when Charlie called, “Bingo, Bingo, Bingo,” that -everybody noticed it, and said to Charlie, “What a well-trained dog you -have. Did you train him yourself?” And Charlie would say, “Yes, I did. -He _is_ a clever dog; there isn’t _anything_ that Bingo can’t do!” And -I don’t believe there was! - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - -WHAT CHARLIE DID ON A RAINY DAY - - -One day it was a rainy day. The rain poured and it poured, and the wind -blew. It was a very disagreeable day. It poured so hard that Charlie -could not go out in the yard and play in his little house. His Mother -and his Auntie both said that it was the kind of day when it is best -to stay indoors. - -Then Charlie’s Mother said, “As it is such a rainy day that I cannot -go out, I shall make preserves all the morning. I shall make plum -preserves and orange marmalade, and we will have some for supper -to-night.” - -And his Auntie said, “I shall sew all the morning; yes, I will make -myself a nice new dress.” - -Topsy and Bingo and Jane did not say anything. But they all three lay -down on hearth rug and went to sleep. They had decided that, as it was -such a disagreeable, rainy day that they could not go out and play, -they would sleep all the morning, and, maybe, dream a nice dream about -playing in the fields in the country. - -As for Charlie--_he_ did not know _what_ to do. He stood at the window -and he looked out at the rain pattering on the ledge and against the -window pane--and he said, “I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what -to do!” And he said it again and again. - -His Auntie said to him, “The very idea, Charlie, you have _heaps_ of -things to do! Why don’t you play with your toys--with your train and -with your blocks?” - -But Charlie shook his head. “It’s no fun playing with my train--it just -goes round and round, and I have built everything with my blocks that -I know how to build. I want something _new_ to play! Something I have -never played before.” - -His Auntie thought hard for two whole minutes. Then she said, “Look -here, Charlie, I have a splendid idea! You run up to my room and bring -me a pile of typewriting paper that you will find on my desk. Also -bring a paper of pins out of my top bureau drawer, and I will show you -something new to play with.” - -So Charlie ran upstairs and brought down these things. Then his Auntie -told him to get his own scissors with the rounded tops and his box of -colored chalks. - -Charlie began to feel very interested and excited. He wondered _what in -the world_ his Auntie was going to do. - -Well, when he had brought his scissors and his crayons, his Auntie sat -down at the table and she took a piece of typewriting paper and folded -it this way and that way. Then she colored one part of it red with -the red chalk, and she made three little green strokes with the green -chalk, and with the scissors she cut along the creases, and folded it -some more; _then_ she pinched it here and pinched it there, and she -stuck a pin in at the back, and--there was a beautiful little white -house with a red roof and green shutters, and a door that opened and -shut! - -Charlie was delighted. He said, “Oh, oh! _How beautiful!_ Show me how -to make it. _Please_, Auntie, show _me_ how to make a little house.” - -[Illustration] - -So his Auntie showed him _ex-act-ly_ how to make the little house--and -you will see in the picture on this page _ex-act-ly_ how Charlie’s -Auntie cut the paper, and where she painted it red for the roof, and -where she put the windows with the green shutters, and where she cut -the door so that it could open and shut, and where she put the pin -in at the back to keep it together. Yes, Charlie’s Auntie used a pin -instead of paste, because paste does not always stick very well and it -often makes things look messy unless you are very skillful. - -Well, after Charlie had tried several times and his Auntie had showed -him every time where he had gone wrong, he _ac-tu-al-ly_ succeeded in -making a paper house all by himself! And it was a beautiful house. - -When his Auntie saw that Charlie could make paper houses just as well -as she could, she said, “Now I must go upstairs and sew my dress, and -_you_, Charlie, can make a whole, big village of little houses, and I -am sure that you will think of some nice game to play with them.” - -Well, Charlie did go on making his houses until he had made a whole lot -of them--yes, he had made a _tre-men-dous_ number of houses; maybe he -had made _fifteen_ houses out of paper, with red roofs and green doors -and shutters. Then he thought that he had made enough and that he would -like to play with them--and so he did. - -I will tell you how Charlie played with the houses. First he went over -to a corner of the room where there was no furniture to get in the way -and there he set up some of his houses and made a village of them. Then -he had a _grand_ idea--and the idea was that he would like to have some -trees in his village, and he knew _ex-act-ly_ how to make them! - -He ran into the kitchen where his Mother was making delicious preserves -and he said, “Oh, Mother, I want some branches off the bush near the -back door--and it is _very important_. Can I go out just for a minute -and pick some?” - -And his Mother said, “Yes. If you put on your rubber boots and your -slicker and your sou’wester, you can go out for just a minute, even -though it is raining, and pick the branches you want, but you must not -be long.” - -So Charlie did so--he put on his rubber boots and his sou’wester and -his slicker and he picked all the branches that he wanted. When he -brought them into the house he had to shake them over the sink because -they were so wet. - -Now I suppose you will wonder how Charlie made those branches stand -upright on the floor to make them look like trees? - -I will tell you. Charlie went to his box, where he kept the old toys -that he used to play with when he was a very little boy, and there he -found a whole lot of spools. When he was a baby he used to like to -string spools together and his Mother and his Auntie always gave him -their spools of thread when they were bare, so Charlie had _dozens_ of -spools and he sometimes let Bingo and Topsy play with them. - -Well, Charlie got these spools and he stuck a small branch in the end -of one of them and stood it upright. It made a beautiful tree! So he -made a dozen trees and set them all along the streets of the village. - -[Illustration: _Charlie Made Three Villages_] - -But there were no people in the village. Charlie thought hard for two -whole minutes--then he went and found his old Noah’s ark and his box -of lead soldiers. Of course, Noah and his wife and his family were the -people who lived in the village, and so were some of the soldiers. The -animals of the ark he stood up in the fields behind the houses and he -pretended that they were all cows--yes, he pretended that the elephants -and the giraffes and the lions and the tigers were all cows. - -When Charlie had finished making one village, he started right away and -made two more, so that he had _three_ villages, and each village had a -railway station. Then he arranged his railroad track so that it went -between the different villages, and he made his train run up and down -between them. He put some of the lead soldiers in the coaches. And -every time that his train came to a station Charlie blew his whistle -and called out, “All out for Stony Hollow! All out for Pine Hill! All -out for Ford’s Crossing!” and some of the soldiers got out at every -station and others got in. - -My goodness! but Charlie did have a good time playing with his train -and with his villages. He had such a good time that the morning only -seemed five minutes long! - -When his Mother and his Auntie came in to see what he had been doing -with himself all the morning, and to tell him that it was time to get -ready for dinner, they _were_ surprised and de-light-ed when they saw -the beautiful villages that Charlie had made. - -Well, the very minute that Charlie had finished his dinner he went back -to his villages, because he had thought of several new ideas while he -was eating his dinner. - -Yes, he remembered a little tiny horse and wagon that his Mother had -given him. When his Mother had given it to him there was some candy -tied to the wagon, and of course Charlie had eaten the candy long ago; -but he had kept the horse and wagon because it was so cunning and -little, though he thought that it was too little to play with. But now -Charlie was going to use it for his village. - -I wonder if you can guess what he was going to use it for? I will tell -you. Charlie decided that the little wagon should be the stage, and he -put a lead soldier in it and pretended that he was the stage driver. -Then he loaded the stage with little parcels made out of paper which he -pretended were sacks of apples that the farmers of the villages were -sending to the city; and he loaded them on to the train, and blew his -whistle--and off it started! - -Charlie played all the afternoon with his train and his stage and -his villages; he played with them for hours and hours. The rain had -stopped and the sun was shining but Charlie did not notice that--until -he heard a little hoarse “Wow-wow!” outside the door. - -It was Bingo. Yes, Bingo had wakened and wanted Charlie to come and -play with him. So he opened the door and Bingo came jumping into the -room, and the very first thing he did was to knock over three houses in -Charlie’s village. And Topsy came chasing after Bingo and _he_ knocked -over four more with his tail. They would have knocked all the houses -over if Charlie had not stopped them. But Charlie took Bingo and Topsy -out of the room and he shut the door behind him so that they should not -spoil his village. - -Then Charlie’s Mother called to him and she said, “Why don’t you and -Topsy and Bingo run out and play in the yard? The sun is shining, but -you must put on your rubber boots, as the grass is still wet.” - -Charlie thought that it would be fun to run around a little as he had -been so busy all day. He called Topsy and Bingo, and they had a grand -time chasing each other around the garden and in and out of Charlie’s -little house that he had built of the bricks that the builders had -given him. Sometimes Charlie would catch Bingo, and, when Bingo was -caught, _always_ he rolled over on his back and stuck his four legs in -the air--so that he looked ridiculous! - -But Charlie never _could_ catch Topsy. Whenever he nearly caught him, -Topsy would just climb up a tree, and he’d climb _way_ up and peek down -at Charlie through the branches. - -So Charlie and Topsy and Bingo played together in the garden till -Charlie’s Daddy came home. Then, of course, Charlie had to show his -Daddy the beautiful villages he had made, and the way each one had a -railway station, and how his train ran up and down the line between -the stations, just like a real train, and carried packages and mail and -passengers. - -His Daddy was _most_ interested and de-light-ed. He was _so_ interested -and _de-light-ed_ that he sat straight down on the floor, and began to -play with the villages himself. But Bingo and Topsy had to be left in -the garden while Charlie and his Daddy were playing with the villages, -because they wanted to play also, and _their_ idea of playing with the -villages was to knock down _all_ the houses and _all_ the trees! - -Well, Charlie and his Daddy played together till supper was ready. -Then Charlie’s Mother said, “I have been making preserves all day, -and now we will eat some for supper. I have made plum jam and orange -marmalade.” Charlie and his Daddy tasted the plum jam and the orange -marmalade--and they both were _delicious_. - -And what do you think? Charlie’s Auntie had finished her new dress and -she wore it down to supper--and it _did_ look beautiful. - -So Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie all had a nice day after all, -even though it was such a rainy, disagreeable kind of a day. 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OF CANADA, <span class="smcap">Ltd.</span><br /> -<span class="allsmcap">TORONTO</span></p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_0"></span> -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/frontis.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>Charlie</i></p> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/titlepage.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1> -CHARLIE AND HIS<br /> -PUPPY BINGO</h1> - -<p>BY<br /> -<span class="large">HELEN HILL</span><br /> -AND<br /> -<span class="large">VIOLET MAXWELL</span><br /> -AUTHORS OF “CHARLIE AND HIS KITTEN TOPSY”</p> - -<p>ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHORS</p> - -<p><span class="antiqua">New York</span><br /> -<span class="large">THE MACMILLAN COMPANY</span><br /> -1923<br /> -<br /> -<i>All rights reserved</i></p> -</div></div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - - -<p class="center"> -PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA<br /> -<br /> -<span class="smcap">Copyright, 1923,<br /> -By</span> THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.<br /> -<br /> -Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1923.</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - - -<p class="center"> -DEDICATED TO<br /> -A. T. M. M.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">FOREWORD</h2> -</div> - - -<p>The authors have made every effort to -write these little stories in language that -will be intelligible to very little children.</p> - -<p>They have observed that it is much easier -to hold a small child’s attention when <i>telling -stories</i>, rather than when reading them -aloud. So they have tried to put these -stories in informal English, using frequent -repetitions, with here and there an <i>interesting</i> -long word, and italicizing words on -which emphasis is to be laid, their object -being to write the stories as they would be -told.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">CONTENTS</h2> -</div> - - -<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" summary="table"> - -<tr><td class="tdr"><small>CHAPTER</small></td><td> </td><td class="tdr"><small>PAGE</small></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">I</td><td> <span class="smcap">Bingo Comes to Live with Charlie</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_1"> 1</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">II</td><td> <span class="smcap">Charlie Learns the Traffic Laws</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13"> 13</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">III</td><td> <span class="smcap">How Bingo Lost His Spots</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28"> 28</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">IV</td><td> <span class="smcap">Charlie Rides on the Engine of a -Real Train</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_41"> 41</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">V</td><td> <span class="smcap">Bingo and the Angry Rooster</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_56"> 56</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">VI</td><td> <span class="smcap">Charlie Delivers Mail for the -Stage Driver</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_67"> 67</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">VII</td><td> <span class="smcap">Charlie Makes a Pool and Sails His -Boat</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_87"> 87</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">VIII</td><td> <span class="smcap">Charlie Builds a Real House out of -Brick</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_104"> 104</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">IX</td><td> <span class="smcap">Bingo Learns to Come When He Is -Called</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_120"> 120</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr">X</td><td> <span class="smcap">What Charlie Did on a Rainy Day</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_135"> 135</a></td></tr> -</table> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> -</div> - - -<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" summary="table"> - -<tr><td>Charlie</td><td class="tdr" colspan="2"><a href="#Page_0"> <i>Frontispiece</i></a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr" colspan="3"><small>PAGE</small></td></tr> - -<tr><td>The puppy drank all the milk</td><td class="tdr"> <i>Opposite</i></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10"> 10</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td>Bingo had to travel in the baggage car</td><td class="tdr"> <i>Facing</i></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_43"> 43</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td>The rooster kept Bingo a prisoner</td><td class="tdc"> “</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_63"> 63</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td>Charlie blew a tremendous blast</td><td class="tdc"> “ </td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_77"> 77</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td>Charlie and the stage driver talk together</td><td class="tdc"> “</td><td class="tdr"> <a href="#Page_81"> 81</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td>The boat sailed beautifully</td><td class="tdc"> “</td><td class="tdr"> <a href="#Page_99"> 99</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td>Charlie watched the builders</td><td class="tdr"> <i>Opposite</i></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_107"> 107</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td>One of the strange boys held Bingo</td><td class="tdr"> <i>Facing</i></td><td class="tdr"> <a href="#Page_129"> 129</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td>Charlie made three villages</td><td class="tdr"> <i>Opposite</i></td><td class="tdr"> <a href="#Page_143"> 143</a></td></tr> -</table> - - - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_xv">[xv]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image-xiii.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="ph1">Charlie and His Puppy Bingo</p> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">TO READ FIRST</h2> -</div> - - -<p>Charlie was a little boy who lived with his -Mother and his Daddy and his Auntie in a -house in the city. The house had a big yard -all around it, where Charlie liked to play.</p> - -<p>A cat called Jane and her kitten Topsy -also lived in the house. Topsy and Charlie -were great friends and they played together -all day long. Jane sometimes played with -them too, but Jane was a cat who loved little -babies, both baby cats and baby humans, -and she was sad because Charlie was growing -to be a big little boy, and Topsy was a -big little kitten—so big that he could wash -himself and it would have been <i>ab-surd</i> for -Jane to go on washing him when he was -such a big little kitten!</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_1">[1]</span> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image001.jpg" alt="" /></div> - - - - - -<h2 class="nobreak">BINGO COMES TO LIVE WITH -CHARLIE</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap">ONE morning Charlie woke up suddenly -because his kitten Topsy had jumped -on his bed and was tickling him under the -chin!</p> - -<p>Charlie woke up, and somehow he felt -different—he felt most <i>awfully old</i>—and -then he remembered why!</p> - -<p>“I’m five years old!” he shouted and -jumped out of bed. With Topsy on his<span class="pagenum" id="Page_2">[2]</span> -shoulder, he ran downstairs to the kitchen -where his Mother and his Auntie were getting -breakfast ready.</p> - -<p>“I’m five years old!” he shouted again, -and jumped into his Mother’s arms. “I’m -a great big boy now.”</p> - -<p>His Mother said, “Yes, indeed, you are a -great big boy now, think of it! It takes <i>all</i> -the fingers of one hand to tell how old you -are!” And his Mother hugged him hard -and his Auntie hugged him hard too and -they both wished him “Many happy returns -of the day.”</p> - -<p>Then Charlie ran upstairs again and -started to dress himself. He could dress -himself quite easily, but sometimes when -he was lazy he would pretend that he could -not and call out for his Auntie to button -him up.</p> - -<p>But as he was five years old to-day Charlie -was going to show everybody what a big boy -he was. So he brushed his hair and cleaned<span class="pagenum" id="Page_3">[3]</span> -his teeth and buttoned <i>all</i> the buttons and -came out of his room at the same time as -his Daddy came out of <i>his</i>.</p> - -<p>“<i>Oh, what</i> a big boy you are!” said his -Daddy. “I can hardly lift you.” But he -did lift him all the same and carried him -down the stairs and into the dining room -on top of his shoulder!</p> - -<p>And when they got into the dining room -Charlie scrambled all down his Daddy without -waiting to be put down—for there were -the most ex-cit-ing looking parcels on the -table beside his plate, and one of them was -so e-nor-mous that it took up half the room -on the table!</p> - -<p>Charlie could not wait <i>one</i> minute, he -started right away to take the wrapping -paper off the great, e-nor-mous parcel.</p> - -<p>It was tied with blue ribbons just like the -other parcels, for all that it was so e-nor-mous. -Charlie pulled and he tugged and -at last the wrapping paper was all off.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_4">[4]</span> -And what do you think it was? You never -can guess! <i>No one</i> could ever guess that -such a thing could be on the breakfast table -beside a little boy’s plate, even though it -was the little boy’s birthday and he was five -years old. It was an automobile! Yes, it -was an automobile that Charlie could sit in -and pedal with his feet, and it would go just -like a real automobile. Charlie’s Daddy -lifted it to the floor and Charlie ex-am-ined -it all over. It had real lights and a wind -shield and a steering gear. It was the most -beautiful automobile that any little boy -ever had!</p> - -<p>There were a lot of other parcels beside -his plate, and they were <i>all</i> interesting. -There was a new suit for Charlie, and it -was a sailor suit, just like those that big -boys wear. It had a lanyard and a whistle, -and it had a red stripe and an emblem on -the sleeves. Then there were two new cars -for his electric train, and a pair of scissors<span class="pagenum" id="Page_5">[5]</span> -with blunt edges, so that Charlie could cut -things out himself and not always have to -ask his Mother or his Auntie to do it -for him. There was an express wagon -that he could haul stones and grass in, -and there was a new battery for his flashlight!</p> - -<p>Charlie was still looking at all his beautiful -presents, when there came a ring at the -door and a loud whistle. It was the postman! -Charlie ran to the front door and -opened it. And he said to the postman, “I -am five years old, and I’ve got an automobile -and a whistle just like yours, and a lot -of other things.”</p> - -<p>And the postman said, “I <i>thought</i> that -you had grown a lot taller since I saw you -yesterday. It’s fine that you have got a -whistle like mine. There is nothing to prevent -you from being a postman yourself -now, is there? Then you can carry your -own mail. Look what a lot of letters I<span class="pagenum" id="Page_6">[6]</span> -have brought this morning—and they are -all for you!”</p> - -<p>Yes, indeed, the postman was right, <i>all</i> -the letters were for Charlie, and every letter -had a beautiful card in it wishing him -“Many happy returns of the day.” And -there was a letter from Uncle Jim; it had -a whole dollar bill in it, and the dollar bill -was for Charlie! Yes, the dollar bill -was all for Charlie, and his Mother said that -she would take him down to the stores and -he might buy whatever he liked with it.</p> - -<p>Then his Daddy said, “What are you going -to buy with the dollar?”</p> - -<p>And Charlie said, “I am going to buy a -present for Mother and a present for Auntie -and a present for <i>you</i>, then we will all have -presents on my birthday!”</p> - -<p>Well, it took such a long time opening all -his presents and looking at all his birthday -cards that it seemed as if Charlie would not -get any breakfast at all that day. But at<span class="pagenum" id="Page_7">[7]</span> -last he had all his presents spread out on -the table in front of him, so that he could -look at them while he was eating his breakfast; -that is, all except the automobile, and -that was on the floor beside his chair.</p> - -<p>At last he finished his breakfast and he -went into the kitchen to give Jane and -Topsy <i>their</i> breakfast, when—what do you -think? Jane wasn’t there! No, Jane was -not in the kitchen at all, or in the dining -room, or upstairs in any of the bedrooms, -nor was she in the yard. Jane had ab-so-lute-ly -disappeared!</p> - -<p>Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie -called, “Jane, Jane, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!” -all over the house and all over the yard, but -no Jane came.</p> - -<p>Never before had Jane been late for -breakfast, but now that she did not come -Topsy had to have breakfast all by himself.</p> - -<p>Charlie felt very sad that Jane had disappeared<span class="pagenum" id="Page_8">[8]</span> -on his birthday. He loved Jane -very much, nearly as much as he loved -Topsy. He sat down on the floor and began -to play with his new toys, but every -few minutes he got up and went to the -window to see if Jane was coming back. -Yes, Charlie went to the window three, -four, <i>five</i> times, and there was no Jane. -The <i>sixth</i> time that Charlie looked out of -the window, what do you think he saw? He -saw Jane coming down the garden path, -and she was carrying something in her -mouth. It was something big and heavy, -four times as big as a mouse! It was so -big and heavy that Jane had to drag it along -the ground.</p> - -<p>Charlie rushed to the door and called out, -“Mother! Auntie! Come quick! Jane has -come back and she has something e-nor-mous -in her mouth AND IT’S ALIVE!”</p> - -<p>Then he opened the front door just as -Jane reached it, and Jane dropped the thing<span class="pagenum" id="Page_9">[9]</span> -that she was carrying in her mouth. What -do you think it was?</p> - -<p>You never can guess. IT WAS A -LITTLE, TINY PUPPY! Yes, a little -baby puppy, so little that it could hardly -walk!</p> - -<p>Jane had been so sad at not having any -baby kitten to play with any more, now that -Topsy had grown to be such a big kitten, -that she had found a baby puppy instead, -and she had brought it home on Charlie’s -birthday so that it could be Charlie’s puppy -too.</p> - -<p>Oh, but Charlie and his Mother and his -Auntie were excited! They picked up the -baby puppy and they stroked Jane and told -her what a good cat she was.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Auntie took the puppy -into the kitchen and tried to feed him with -some warm milk, but he was <i>so</i> little that he -had not learned how to drink yet!</p> - -<p>So Charlie’s Mother said, “I will go to<span class="pagenum" id="Page_10">[10]</span> -the toy shop, and I will buy a doll’s baby -bottle. Perhaps the puppy will be able to -drink out of that.”</p> - -<p>And she did. Yes, Charlie’s Mother put -on her hat and coat and she went to the -toy shop. She was not gone five minutes. -She hurried so fast, because she was afraid -that the puppy might be hungry.</p> - -<p>When Charlie’s mother came back with -the doll’s baby bottle his Auntie heated some -nice warm milk and put it in the bottle, and -the puppy sucked and sucked just like a -baby. Yes, he sucked and sucked until he -had drunk all the milk that was in the bottle!</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Mother put the puppy -into Jane’s basket and Jane got in also and -the puppy snuggled up close to her and -went to sleep.</p> - - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/facing010.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>The Puppy Drank All the Milk</i></p> - -<p>Topsy was so interested in the baby -puppy that he tried to get into the basket -also, but there was no room for him. So -he sat outside the basket and every now and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_11">[11]</span> -then he patted the puppy with his paw, but -very gently so as not to wake him.</p> - - - -<p>When Charlie’s Daddy came home in the -evening, he was most interested and most -excited to hear that Jane had brought a -puppy home to live with them.</p> - -<p>He said to Charlie, “What are you going -to call the puppy? Of course, he is really -Jane’s puppy, but I think Jane means him -to be partly yours, as she brought him home -to you on your birthday. Anyway, Jane -cannot choose a name for him that <i>we</i> -would understand.”</p> - -<p>So Charlie thought for a minute. Then -he said, “I think I will call the puppy -Bingo. The iceman has a dog and <i>his</i> -name is Bingo. I think he is such a nice -man, and Bingo is a <i>beautiful</i> name.”</p> - -<p>Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie and his -Daddy thought it a beautiful name too, so -the puppy was called Bingo. He slept in -a basket with Jane and Topsy, for Charlie’s<span class="pagenum" id="Page_12">[12]</span> -Auntie got another basket that was big -enough for the three of them. And he took -his meals out of the doll’s baby bottle. -Jane washed him all day long and she was -as happy, as happy could be, now that she -had a darling little baby of her own again. -In fact she was as happy as if it was <i>her</i> -birthday instead of Charlie’s.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image012.jpg" alt="" /></div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_13">[13]</span> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image013.jpg" alt="" /></div> - - - - -<h2 class="nobreak">CHARLIE LEARNS THE -TRAFFIC LAWS</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap">NOW that Charlie had an automobile, you -may be sure that he drove in it every -single day—that is every day that the sun -was shining, for, of course, he could not -drive in the automobile when it was raining!</p> - -<p>In the mornings, when his Mother and his -Auntie were busy in the house, Charlie used -to drive up and down the garden path; but -in the afternoons, when his Mother and his<span class="pagenum" id="Page_14">[14]</span> -Auntie went for a walk, he drove beside -them in his automobile, and Bingo always -came too.</p> - -<p>Bingo was growing to be a big little -puppy—he no longer drank his milk out of -a bottle. Oh, dear, no! Bingo could lap -up his milk as well as any grown-up dog. -He had a saucer to himself just like Topsy -and Jane, and Charlie gave him his breakfast -every morning and his dinner and his -supper at the same time that he gave Jane -and Topsy theirs.</p> - -<p>You may be sure that Charlie enjoyed -driving in his automobile with Bingo prancing -beside him. But though Charlie drove -his automobile every morning and every -afternoon, he did not really know how to -drive it at all! No indeed! Charlie always -wanted to pedal so fast that he paid no attention -to his steering, and the automobile -went <i>wiggly, wiggly</i> all over the place. -When he was driving in the garden Charlie<span class="pagenum" id="Page_15">[15]</span> -never could keep to the path, he would pedal -so fast that the automobile would run up -on the grass and into the flower beds. And -when he was out on the sidewalk with his -Mother and his Auntie, the automobile -would zigzag from left to right and from -right to left in a most <i>pe-cul-iar</i> way.</p> - -<p>His Mother and his Auntie said to him -again and again, “Don’t pedal so fast, -Charlie. Go slower and try to steer properly, -some day you will crash into a lamppost -and maybe break your automobile all -to pieces.” But Charlie did not listen. He -just went on pedaling as fast as ever he -could and paid no attention to his steering -at all.</p> - -<p>One day his Mother and his Auntie were -walking along the sidewalk and Charlie was -driving in front in his automobile, while -Bingo pranced along, sometimes beside -Charlie, and sometimes running back to see -what Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie were<span class="pagenum" id="Page_16">[16]</span> -doing. Charlie was pedaling away as fast -as ever he could and his automobile was going -<i>wiggly, wiggly</i> all over the sidewalk.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image016.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<p>Quite a little way in front, an old gentleman -was walking, and he was on the outer -edge of the sidewalk, as was right and -proper for him to be. He was looking at -his newspaper and he did not know that -Charlie was driving toward him, paying no<span class="pagenum" id="Page_17">[17]</span> -attention to his steering and zigzagging -from left to right and from right to left -again—when suddenly, Charlie’s automobile -went crash! Bang! straight into the old -gentleman! That was dreadful!</p> - -<p>The old gentleman stopped short, and, -when he had got his breath, he said, “Don’t -you know that automobiles should keep to -the right? Or is it possible that you are -driving an automobile and don’t know the -traffic laws?”</p> - -<p>Of course Charlie apologized very politely -to the old gentleman for bumping into -him, and then he had to say that he knew -nothing about the traffic laws at all. This -made Charlie feel very much ashamed.</p> - -<p>“Dear me!” said the old gentleman. -“That is the most extraordinary thing I -ever heard! To own an automobile, and -not to know the traffic laws!”</p> - -<p>By this time Charlie’s Mother and his -Auntie had come up and it was very surprising—the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_18">[18]</span> -old gentleman seemed to know -them both very well. He shook hands with -them both and said, “This young man has -just been telling me that he does not know -the traffic laws, though I have often watched -him out of my window driving his automobile, -and the way he zigzags up and down -the pavement would be enough for him to -have his license taken away if a policeman -were to see him!”</p> - -<p>Charlie felt very sad when he heard this. -He had a beautiful license number on the -back of his automobile and he thought it -would be a dreadful thing if a policeman -were to take it away because he did not -know the traffic laws.</p> - -<p>Then the old gentleman said, “I have an -automobile of my own, and it is a big one -that runs with gasoline. I would be very -glad to take you for a drive this afternoon -and teach you every traffic law there is, if -your Mother will let you come with me. I<span class="pagenum" id="Page_19">[19]</span> -live quite near here, so we could start right -away.”</p> - -<p>Of course Charlie’s Mother said at once -that she would be delighted if the old gentleman, -whose name was Mr. Armstrong, -would take Charlie for a drive in his automobile.</p> - -<p>Suddenly Bingo, who had been jumping -around as usual, went straight up to Mr. -Armstrong and stood up on his hind legs -as if begging to go too.</p> - -<p>Then Mr. Armstrong said, “Is that your -puppy?” And Charlie said, “NO, that is -my <i>dog</i>. His name is Bingo! He does -not like to be called a puppy. May he come -with us too?”</p> - -<p>Mr. Armstrong looked doubtful. He -said, “Bingo looks very much like a puppy -to me, and puppies are apt to get into mischief; -but if you are careful to keep him on -his leash and hold on tightly to him, you -may take him with us.”</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_20">[20]</span>You may be sure that Charlie felt very -much excited at the thought of driving in -a real automobile and learning the traffic -laws just like a grown-up person.</p> - -<p>He and his Mother and his Auntie went -home and put Charlie’s automobile in the -back hall while Mr. Armstrong went round -to his garage to get his automobile. Soon -he drove up in it and Charlie climbed in, -holding Bingo firmly by the leash so that -he should not get into mischief.</p> - -<p>Mr. Armstrong said that they had better -drive downtown as there was such a lot of -traffic there and Charlie would be able to -watch the policeman handle the traffic. On -the way Mr. Armstrong told Charlie all -about the traffic laws and the reason for -every one. He told him how an automobile -must <i>never</i> pass a street car when it has -stopped to let off passengers, and how an -automobile driver must <i>always</i> hold his arm -out when he is going round a corner, so that<span class="pagenum" id="Page_21">[21]</span> -people crossing the street can see in which -direction he is going.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image021.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<p>It was all very interesting and Charlie -kept a strict lookout to see if all the automobiles -they passed were observing the -traffic laws.</p> - -<p>At last they reached the business section -of the city, where there are so many automobiles -and street cars and carts that a<span class="pagenum" id="Page_22">[22]</span> -policeman has always to stand in the middle -of the road to direct the traffic; otherwise -people would never be able to cross the -street in safety at all.</p> - -<p>Charlie thought that the policeman looked -very grand standing all by himself in the -middle of the road. And whenever he blew -his whistle, either the crosstown traffic or -the uptown and downtown traffic in turn -was stopped, as if by magic, to let the other -have the right of way. Then the people on -the sidewalk all crossed together in a crowd, -for they knew that the automobiles and -street cars would not go on again until the -policeman blew his whistle.</p> - -<p>When Mr. Armstrong wanted to stop -outside a shop and it was on the left side -of the street, he drove all the way to the -next corner and he waited there until the -policeman could let him turn his car around -and drive back so that the shop was on his -right and he could stop his car close to the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_23">[23]</span> -sidewalk just in front of the shop. It was -a confectioner’s shop and they both went in -and Mr. Armstrong ordered chocolate and -sponge cake for them both. It was delicious! -While they were in the confectioner’s -Bingo was left tied up in the automobile. -He did not like it at all and he called -out “Yap, yap, yap!” at the top of his lungs -until Charlie and Mr. Armstrong came -back.</p> - -<p>At last it was time to go home. When -they had driven into the main street again -and Charlie was turning his head this way -and that, so as not to miss a single thing -that was going on, he was so interested that -he forgot all about Bingo. Indeed, he almost -let go of his leash, he was holding it -so loosely—when, suddenly, what do you -think? Bingo gave one yank at the leash -and jumped right out of the automobile! -Yes, he did!</p> - -<p>All the automobiles were slowing up for<span class="pagenum" id="Page_24">[24]</span> -the crossing, and the policeman was standing -quite close, but at any moment he might -signal for them to go on again.</p> - -<p>It was <i>dreadfully</i> dangerous for Bingo to -be all by himself in the middle of that -crowded street with automobiles and street -cars, and carts and trucks all moving along. -Charlie was so frightened that he called out, -“Mr. Policeman, Mr. Policeman!” and the -policeman looked at him, and he saw Bingo -at the same moment and guessed what had -happened.</p> - -<p>He blew his whistle three times, and all -the automobiles stopped, those going uptown -and downtown, and those going crosstown, -they all stopped <i>immediately</i>. Then -the policeman tried to catch Bingo, but he -was so frightened that he crawled right -under an automobile, and he would not -come out when the policeman called him.</p> - -<p>So the policeman came up to Charlie and -said, “You had better come along with me.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_25">[25]</span> -If you call your dog, he will know your voice -and come out when you call him.”</p> - -<p>Charlie took the policeman’s hand and -they went in and out among the automobiles -and carts and trucks and busses, which were -all standing perfectly still, till they came to -the automobile under which Bingo was hiding. -When Bingo saw Charlie and heard -him call “Bingo, Bingo!” he came crawling -out and he was so glad to see Charlie that -he jumped high in the air, wagging his tail -and barking, “Yap, yap, yap!”</p> - -<p>As soon as Charlie and Bingo were safe -in Mr. Armstrong’s automobile, the policeman -blew his whistle and all the traffic, -which had been held up to rescue Bingo, -started again. And Charlie held Bingo as -tight as ever he could, so that he should not -jump out again. But I don’t think that -Bingo would have done so, even if he could -have, he had been so frightened when he was -hiding under the automobile, with so many<span class="pagenum" id="Page_26">[26]</span> -trucks and carts and cars around him. And -he was right to be frightened, for he would -have been in great danger if the policeman -had not blown his whistle just at the right -moment.</p> - -<p>And now Charlie knew for himself how -<i>very</i> important the traffic laws are, for if -one single automobile had disobeyed the -policeman when he blew three blasts on his -whistle and had not stopped <i>immediately</i>, -Bingo might have been run over!</p> - -<p>So, ever after that, when Charlie was in -his automobile he was <i>always</i> careful to follow -every one of the traffic laws that he had -learned.</p> - -<p>He <i>never</i> pedaled faster than he could -steer, and he <i>always</i> kept on the right side -of the pavement so as not to run into people -by accident. When he came to a corner, -he <i>always</i> stretched out his arm to show -the direction he was going in. And, when -a street car stopped in the middle of the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_27">[27]</span> -road to let off passengers, Charlie always -stopped too, until it had gone on again.</p> - -<p>Yes, Charlie followed the traffic laws so -carefully that the policeman, who always -stood at the Park gate, noticed it; and he -said to him one day, “As soon as you are -sixteen years old, you can come to me, and -I will see that you get a license to drive a -<i>real</i> automobile. If everybody obeyed the -traffic laws as well as you do, there would -never be any accidents at all.”</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_28">[28]</span> - - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image028.jpg" alt="" /></div> - - - - - -<h2 class="nobreak">HOW BINGO LOST HIS SPOTS</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap">BINGO was a nice little puppy and a dear -little puppy. He played with Charlie -and Topsy all day long. He frisked around -and barked “Yap, yap,” for though he was -getting to be a big little puppy, he could -not yet say “Bow-wow,” though you may be -sure he tried to over and over again.</p> - -<p>Charlie and Topsy and Bingo had lots of -fun playing together and, when Charlie was<span class="pagenum" id="Page_29">[29]</span> -playing with them, Topsy and Bingo were -always good; but sometimes, when Topsy -and Bingo played alone together, they were -as bad as bad could be and got into all kinds -of mischief—especially Bingo.</p> - -<p>Yes, Bingo could think up the <i>naughtiest</i> -things to do! He liked to dig in the flower -beds and bury bits of sticks that he pretended -were bones. That was lots of fun -for Bingo but very bad for the flowers! -And he liked to go into people’s bedrooms -and hide their bedroom slippers so that they -could not find them anywhere.</p> - -<p>But most of all he liked to eat up the -carpet in the dining room. Oh, my goodness! -What fun Bingo did have with that -carpet! He would hold one corner in his -mouth and he would waggle his tail and -scrabble with his paws and he would growl -and growl and he would chew at that carpet -till the wonder was he did not chew it -all up.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_30">[30]</span>Yes, Bingo thought up all these naughty -things to do when he was playing by himself -and he also tried to imitate the things -that Topsy did.</p> - -<p>Topsy was very fond of climbing, and he -could climb beautifully. He hardly ever -knocked anything down. No indeed! Topsy -could jump straight on to the mantelpiece -and walk among the ornaments and not -knock a single one down!</p> - -<p>Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie did not -like Topsy to do this. They were afraid that -some day he might throw something down—but -he never did. Bingo thought that he -would love to be able to climb like that. -He looked at Topsy with admiring eyes and -this made Topsy all the more anxious to -show off.</p> - -<p>Sometimes Topsy would climb up the -dining room curtains all the way to the top, -and that made Charlie’s Mother and his -Auntie very angry, because his little sharp<span class="pagenum" id="Page_31">[31]</span> -claws made scratches on the curtains. Then -they would shake them hard so that Topsy -would have to climb down. He <i>would not</i> -learn that he must not do it again.</p> - -<p>For Topsy loved to show off. He knew -that he could climb better than anybody in -the house and so he wanted to do it all -the time, and the more he did it the more -Bingo wanted to show Topsy that he could -climb as well. But of course he could -not.</p> - -<p>One reason was that Bingo could not -<i>jump</i> as high as Topsy. A little dog never -<i>can</i> jump as high as a kitten. They are not -made that way. So when Bingo wanted to -climb he had to scramble up with his paws -and he always knocked against something -or other which would come down with a -crash and a bang and somebody would say, -“Oh, you bad Bingo, you have broken something -again!” It was very discouraging.</p> - -<p>One day Charlie and his Mother and his<span class="pagenum" id="Page_32">[32]</span> -Auntie had gone out. They had gone downtown -to do some shopping so they had decided -to leave Bingo at home, as one cannot -very well take a little dog into a department -store.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image032.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<p>So Topsy and Bingo were left all alone -with nobody to look after them but Jane, -and she was not much good, as she was feeling -very sleepy and had gone up to the attic -to sleep undisturbed.</p> - -<p>Topsy and Bingo decided that they would -have a glorious time with nobody to interfere -with them, no matter what mischief -they might be up to.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_33">[33]</span>First they went into the dining room and -they had a grand time playing with the rug. -This, as you know, was one of Bingo’s -favorite games and he showed Topsy ex-act-ly -how to play it—how you pretend that -the rug is a wild animal, and how you grab -the end in your mouth and kick and scrabble -with your paws and growl in a low and -dreadful voice. Topsy thought that this -was a grand game. He liked the growling -part especially. You should have heard the -ferocious growls that Topsy made. Bingo -felt quite frightened, although he knew it -was only in fun.</p> - -<p>When they got tired of that game, they -went into the kitchen to see what interesting -things they could find to do there. And, -of course, Topsy began to climb—yes, he -climbed up on everything in the kitchen except -on the kitchen stove. He was too wise -a kitten to do that. He climbed up on to the -window sill and on to the table and on to<span class="pagenum" id="Page_34">[34]</span> -the sink. Then he jumped up on to the -kitchen dresser and climbed to the very top -shelf, where he walked in and out among the -plates, and yet he did not knock a single -one down! Every now and then Topsy -looked down at Bingo and tossed his head, -as if to say, “Don’t you wish <i>you</i> could do -it, too?” Bingo was wild with excitement. -He jumped up on his hind legs and barked, -“Yap, yap, yap!” in his funny, hoarse little -voice.</p> - -<p>At last he <i>determined</i> that he would -climb up on the kitchen dresser, too. -Yes, he would climb up to the very top -shelf and show Topsy that he could climb, -too!</p> - -<p>There was a chair close to the kitchen -dresser and Bingo first managed to climb -up on that, then he scrambled up on to the -dresser. He felt very proud when he looked -down to the floor and saw what a height -he had climbed to. Topsy was still up on<span class="pagenum" id="Page_35">[35]</span> -the top shelf looking down at him with his -head on one side.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image035.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<p>Bingo then stood up on his hind legs and -he put his paws up on the next shelf—but, -oh, dear! Bingo was unlucky again! He -knocked against a big, round, white tin that -had FLOUR written on it in gold letters. -And it toppled right over!—yes, it toppled -right over and banged Bingo on the head,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_36">[36]</span> -and a lot of white, powdery stuff fell -all over him and got in his eyes. It was -awful!</p> - -<p>Poor Bingo did not want to climb any -more. He jumped straight off the kitchen -dresser on to the floor, and he ran out of -the kitchen with his little short tail hanging -down. He went into the living room -and hid under the sofa—poor Bingo was -feeling very unhappy and he wanted to be -alone.</p> - -<p>Soon he heard the front door open and -he heard Charlie’s voice in the hall. Charlie -and his Mother and his Auntie had come -home.</p> - -<p>Charlie said, “Oh, Mother, look at those -funny white tracks all along the floor. -What do you think they can be?”</p> - -<p>His Mother and his Auntie looked, and -they said, “How extraordinary! They look -like Bingo’s footprints. I wonder what he -can have been up to.”</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_37">[37]</span>Then Bingo himself came running out -into the hall to meet Charlie. He had forgotten -his troubles and he jumped up in -the air and barked, “Yap, yap, yap,” he -was so glad that Charlie had come home -again. But when Charlie saw Bingo, he -called out in amazement, “Mother, Auntie, -<i>look</i>! What has happened to Bingo! He -has lost his spots!”</p> - -<p>And it was true. Bingo had lost all his -spots! He had lost the black spot on his -head, and the ones on his ears, and the big -black spot on his back, and the little black -spot on the end of his stumpy tail! Yes, -Bingo was now white all over without a -particle of black anywhere.</p> - -<p>“What have you done to yourself?” said -Charlie as he picked him up. Bingo tried -to tell him all about it, as he wriggled and -barked and tried to lick Charlie’s face. -And—lo and behold! the black spots began -to show again, first the one on Bingo’s<span class="pagenum" id="Page_38">[38]</span> -head, then the ones on his ears, then the big -one on his back, and last of all the little one -on his tail. But now it was Charlie who -was white—yes, he was white all down the -front of his coat!</p> - -<p>Then Charlie and his Mother and his -Auntie followed Bingo’s little white tracks -to where they came from. They wanted to -discover what in the world Bingo had been -doing to get himself white all over. Yes, -they followed the tracks all the way to the -kitchen, and there they found the tin of -flour lying on the floor near the dresser—and -<i>then</i> they knew what Bingo had been -doing while they were out.</p> - -<p>Oh, how Charlie and his Mother and his -Auntie did laugh at the idea of poor, fat, -little Bingo trying to climb up on the -kitchen dresser, and knocking the tin of -flour all over himself! But they were sorry -for Bingo, too, because they knew how it -must have frightened him.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_39">[39]</span>So Charlie’s Auntie found Bingo’s brush, -and she took him out into the back yard -and brushed all the rest of the flour off him—all -that wasn’t on the carpet or the kitchen -floor or on Charlie’s coat! And Charlie’s -Mother swept up the flour in the kitchen, -and swept the tracks on the living-room -carpet, and she gave Charlie a whisk broom -to brush off the front of his coat. And -then she went to the ice box and got a little -bone, and she gave it to Bingo to comfort -him.</p> - -<p>So Bingo was happy again after all his -troubles—but never again did he try to -climb up on high pieces of furniture, no -matter how perky Topsy looked at him and -tried to egg him on. No, Bingo was a wise -little dog now, and when Topsy climbed up -on the mantelpiece and looked down at him, -tossing his head as much as to say, “Don’t -you wish you could climb like me?” Bingo -would jump in the air and bark, “Yap,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_40">[40]</span> -yap!” Then he would stand up on his hind -legs and beg—and that was <i>one</i> thing that -Topsy did not know how to do!</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image040.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_41">[41]</span> - -<h2 class="nobreak">CHARLIE RIDES IN THE ENGINE -OF A REAL TRAIN</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap">ONE day Charlie and his Mother and -his Auntie and Topsy and Bingo and -Jane went to stay in the country.</p> - -<p>It was a very interesting place where they -were going to stay in the country. What -do you think? It was the place where -Charlie’s Daddy had lived when he was a -little boy!</p> - -<p>Yes, that is where they were going, and, -as it was a Saturday, Charlie’s Daddy was -going with them, too. He was not going -to live with them in the country, because on -weekdays he had to go to the office every -day. But he said that he would come down -<i>every</i> Saturday and stay in the country till -Sunday night.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_42">[42]</span>So they all went to the railway station -in a taxicab. Jane traveled in a cat basket -and Charlie’s Auntie carried her. Topsy -also traveled in a cat basket and Charlie’s -Mother carried him, but Bingo had to travel -in the baggage car and he had a ticket all -to himself because he was a dog. Charlie -thought that he ought to feel very proud.</p> - -<p>When they got to the station they all went -straight through the gate to the platform, -and there the train was waiting for them. -It was a great e-nor-mous train with ever -so many coaches. First, Charlie and his -Daddy took Bingo to the baggage car, and -the baggage man fastened Bingo’s leash to -the end of a trunk and promised Charlie to -be good to Bingo.</p> - -<p>Then they all got into the day car, and -the train gave a loud whistle and steamed -out of the station. My goodness! how fast -it went! Everything just seemed to go flying -past.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_43">[43]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image043.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>Bingo had to travel in the baggage car</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_44">[44]</span></p> - -<p> </p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_45">[45]</span>Soon the conductor came walking down -the aisle and he took everybody’s ticket. He -was a very grand-looking man; he was tall, -and stout, and he had a beautiful blue uniform -on. He soon came to the seat where -Charlie and his Daddy were sitting, and he -took the tickets. Yes, the conductor took -all the tickets and he stuck Charlie’s -Daddy’s ticket in his hatband, but as his -Mother and his Auntie had no hatbands, he -stuck <i>their</i> tickets into the top of the seat in -front of them. Then he took Charlie’s -ticket, and he stuck it in Charlie’s hatband. -Charlie felt very proud, and he would not -take his hat off. No, he kept his hat on all -the time because he wanted everybody to see -that <i>he</i> had a ticket in his hatband just like -all the other men.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie said to his Daddy, “Daddy, -what <i>ex-act-ly</i> makes the train go?”</p> - -<p>And his Daddy said, “It’s the steam that -makes the engine work, and it is the engineer<span class="pagenum" id="Page_46">[46]</span> -and the fireman who look after the -steam and the engine.” Then Charlie said, -“What I want to know is <i>ex-act-ly</i> what the -fireman and the engineer do when they are -making the engine go.”</p> - -<p>But what do you think? His Daddy did -not know <i>ex-act-ly</i> what they did—he said -that he had never ridden on an engine in his -life, so how could he know what they did? -And Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie did -not know either. That was very surprising.</p> - -<p>Well, after they had been in the big train -for about a whole hour, they came to a station -where there were a lot of tracks. This -station was called a junction, because there -were so many tracks.</p> - -<p>Some of the tracks went to the North and -some to the South and some to the East and -some to the West. The train that Charlie -and his Daddy and his Auntie and his -Mother were on was going toward the -West; but now they wanted to go to the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_47">[47]</span> -North, so they had to change trains and go -on a train that was going toward the <i>North</i>.</p> - -<p>The train was already waiting on its own -track. It was a very little train, it had only -two coaches!</p> - -<p>Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie and Jane -and Topsy got into the train, and they took -Bingo with them, because, as it was such a -little unimportant train, the conductor said -that Bingo could travel in the day coach instead -of being tied up in the baggage car, -and Bingo was very glad. But Charlie and -his Daddy waited on the platform till it was -time for the train to start, and they looked -at all the interesting things about them.</p> - -<p>Then a man came up. He wore overalls -and a peaked cap. And—you <i>never</i> can -guess who it was? It was the <i>fireman</i> who -helped work the engine of the train they -were going to take. And what <i>do</i> you -think? The fireman knew Charlie’s Daddy! -Yes, the fireman came up to them, and said<span class="pagenum" id="Page_48">[48]</span> -to his Daddy, “Hello, Bob!” Bob was his -Daddy’s name that his Mother and his -Auntie always called him! And his Daddy -said, “Why—Hello, Bill,” and they shook -hands.</p> - -<p>Charlie was <i>very</i> much surprised that the -fireman and his Daddy knew each other, -but it was not so very surprising after all. -The fireman lived in the village where -Charlie’s Daddy had lived when he was a -little boy, and where Charlie and his Mother -and his Auntie were going to live for a -whole month, and his Daddy and the fireman -had gone to the same school when they -were little boys!</p> - -<p>Well, the fireman then looked at Charlie, -and he said, “And is this your boy?”</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Daddy said, “Yes, this is -Charlie, and you are the very man he wants -to meet. Charlie wants to know <i>ex-act-ly</i> -what the fireman and the engineer do to -make the train go—and he can’t find anybody<span class="pagenum" id="Page_49">[49]</span> -who knows. So go ahead and tell him -all about it.”</p> - -<p>But the fireman said, “I can do better -than that. Suppose you and Charlie take -a ride on the engine with me; then he can -see everything with his own eyes, and learn -all there is to know in case he wants to be -a fireman himself.”</p> - -<p>Yes, the fireman <i>ac-tu-al-ly</i> said those -words! And Charlie’s Daddy said, “That -will be fine. I’ll just go and tell Charlie’s -Mother and his Auntie what has become of -us, so that they won’t worry.”</p> - -<p>And he did so. Then the fireman, and -Charlie and his Daddy all got into the cab, -which is back of the engine, where the engineer -and the fireman sit.</p> - -<p>The engineer was already sitting in his -place, which is on the right of the cab. He -was very pleased to meet Charlie and his -Daddy, but he said that after the train had -started he would not be able to speak a word<span class="pagenum" id="Page_50">[50]</span> -to anybody, and nobody must speak to him. -Yes, nobody must <i>ever</i> speak to the engineer -when he is driving the engine, because if -anybody spoke to the engineer it might distract -his attention and then the train might -be wrecked!</p> - -<p>All the time that the train is going the -engineer has to sit on his seat with his hand -on the throttle, which is the thing that makes -the train stop in a hurry, and all the time -he has to look out of the window to see -what the signals say, and to see that there -is nothing on the track ahead of him.</p> - -<p>If he sees a green signal on the signal -post that means that the engine can go -straight ahead, but if the signal is red, then -it means “Stop”—and the engineer presses -on the throttle, and the train stops.</p> - -<p>The engineer told all this to Charlie while -they were waiting for the train to start. -Then the engineer got the signal from the -man on the platform; he blew the whistle,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_51">[51]</span> -and the train started, and he could not say -another word.</p> - -<p>Well, the fireman’s place is on the left -side of the cab, and Charlie’s Daddy sat -between him and the window, and Charlie -sat on his Daddy’s knee.</p> - -<p>The fireman has to work very hard, but -when he is not working he can talk if he -wants to. This fireman was very kind, and, -when he was not working, he explained -everything to Charlie and his Daddy—but -all the time he was ex-plain-ing he had to -keep looking out of the window, too, in case -he should see anything that the engineer -did not see. There are a great many windows -in the cab of an engine—it has windows -all round, because it is so <i>very important</i> -that the engineer and the fireman shall see -all that there is to see.</p> - -<p>Well, I will now tell you what the fireman -was doing all the time that Charlie and his -Daddy were riding on the engine with him.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_52">[52]</span>In front of the fireman was the steam -gauge, which is a round thing like a clock, -and it has a hand like a clock hand, too, and -the steam makes the hand move—so that -you can see how much steam is coming out -of the boiler. When the steam is getting -low the hand drops, and when the hand of -the gauge drops to 150 the fireman knows it -is time to put more coal in the fire box.</p> - -<p>Every time that the hand of the gauge -dropped to 150 the fireman got up and -opened a little door in the back of the cab, -which opened right into the fire box, so that -you could see the fire all red and glowing, -and the fireman scooped a great shovel full -of coal into it. The fireman told Charlie -that it was <i>very</i> important how one shovels -the coal into the fire box. It has to be shoveled -very evenly, so that it is not all black -with coal in one place and all red hot with -embers in another place. Yes, the fireman -told Charlie that it needs a lot of practice<span class="pagenum" id="Page_53">[53]</span> -before one can shovel the coal in just -<i>ex-act-ly</i> right.</p> - -<p>Then the fireman also had to watch the -water gauge, which shows how much water -there is in the boiler.</p> - -<p>When he saw by the water gauge that the -water was getting low in the boiler, then -the fireman had to turn a valve, which is a -sort of handle that starts a pump working, -and the pump pumps water into the boiler.</p> - -<p>Charlie very much wanted to turn the -valve himself, but the fireman said, “No,” -that it needed a whole lot of practice before -one could pump water into the tank—as it -was <i>very</i> important just how much water to -pump. If too much cold water is pumped -into the boiler it might cool the water already -in the boiler so that no more steam -would come out—and then the train would -stop!</p> - -<p>Do you think that the fireman on an engine -is a busy man? Indeed he is!</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_54">[54]</span>But that is not all that the fireman has -to do. Oh, dear, no! The fireman has a lot -more work to do.</p> - -<p>When the train is coming to a steep place—and -there were a lot of steep places on the -railroad that Charlie was traveling on—the -fireman has to make the fire <i>red hot</i>, so that -lots and lots of steam can come out of the -boiler. He makes the fire get hotter and -hotter until the steam gets so strong that the -“safety valve” pops off—and this shows the -engineer that there is enough steam to push -the train up the steep place. Yes, you can -see that it would need a lot of extra steam -to push a train up a steep, high hill.</p> - -<p>The fireman also has to blow a whistle, -whenever the train comes to a crossing or to -the station. And when they got to the last -stop—which was the village where Charlie -and his Mother and his Auntie and Bingo -and Topsy and Jane were going to live for -a whole month—the fireman let Charlie<span class="pagenum" id="Page_55">[55]</span> -blow the whistle himself! Yes, he did, and -you should have heard what a loud whistle -Charlie blew.</p> - -<p>Well, at last they had come to the end of -their journey, and Charlie certainly had -learned a whole lot about engines. Yes, -Charlie had learned a whole lot more than -most people know. Of course he told his -Mother and his Auntie about everything, -so that they, too, should know all about -what the fireman and the engineer do to -make the train go.</p> - -<p>And Charlie said, “Now, when I get home -to the city I will be able to play with my -train in <i>just</i> the right way. I will be able -to play that I am the fireman and the engineer, -and I will know <i>ex-act-ly</i> what they -do, and I will practice and practice being -a fireman so that I can be one when I grow -up!”</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_56">[56]</span> - - - - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image056.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<h2 class="nobreak">BINGO AND THE ANGRY -ROOSTER</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap">I TOLD you in the last story how Charlie -and his Mother and his Auntie and his -Daddy and Topsy and Bingo and Jane all -went to the country together. And how -Charlie rode on the engine, which he liked -very much, but Topsy and Jane had to -travel in baskets, which they did not like -at all, and Bingo had to travel all by himself -in the baggage car, and he did not like -that either.</p> - -<p>But when at last they arrived at the farm<span class="pagenum" id="Page_57">[57]</span> -where they were going to stay for a whole -month, Charlie opened the baskets and let -Jane and Topsy out, and he unfastened -Bingo’s leash, and they all went exploring -together. <i>Then</i> Jane and Topsy and Bingo -were delighted. They liked the country -<i>tre-men-dous-ly</i>, and the longer they stayed -the more they liked it.</p> - -<p>There were so many delightful things for -cats and dogs to do, which they could not -do in the city. Instead of long straight -roads with automobiles dashing past all the -time, there were fields and meadows to run -around in. There were tall trees for Topsy -to climb and nice muddy puddles for Bingo -to roll in, and Jane could go out for long -walks by herself without ever meeting anything -dangerous.</p> - -<p>Charlie always got up very early when -he was in the country because he liked to -see the cows milked, and Topsy and Bingo -and Jane liked to see the cows milked also.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_58">[58]</span> -Charlie always carried three little bowls -down to the barn, and the farmer filled them -with milk straight from the cow, so that -Topsy and Bingo and Jane could have their -breakfast without waiting. This interested -them all three very much, because they -knew that at home their milk always came -out of a milk bottle which had been left at -the front door by the milkman.</p> - -<p>All the time that Charlie was in the country -he was allowed to run around in the -fields and meadows all by himself, and of -course Topsy and Bingo followed him -wherever he went. It would take a whole -book by itself to tell you <i>all</i> the delightful -things that they did together.</p> - -<p>Now, wouldn’t you think that Bingo, with -all the big countryside to play in, and ever -so many interesting things to do all day -long, would have been able to keep out of -mischief at least as long as he was in the -country? But no, he could not. You see,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_59">[59]</span> -puppies nearly always <i>are</i> in mischief—they -are made that way. So Bingo often went -off by himself and thought of nice, mischievous -things to do.</p> - -<p>One of the things that Bingo liked to do -more than anything else was to go and bark -at the chickens. That was very naughty of -him, and Charlie always stopped him when -he found him doing it. But often Bingo -would slip away from Charlie and dash -down to the chicken house and bark, “Yap, -yap, yap!” He loved to see the hens running -this way and that, clucking loudly and -calling all the little chickens who came running -to hide themselves under their Mother’s -wings. Bingo enjoyed this tremendously -and never tired of the naughty game. Of -course he never hurt any of the chickens or -the hens. Bingo was a dear, nice, little -puppy and he would never do a thing like -that, but he <i>did</i> like to watch them running -around and saying, “Cluck, cluck, cluck,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_60">[60]</span> -CLUCK!” Yes, it amused Bingo very -much.</p> - -<p>One day Charlie was busy helping the -lady at the farm to make the butter. This is -a very interesting thing to do. Bingo -watched Charlie for a while thumping away -with the dasher, but soon he got tired of -watching and not doing anything himself, -so he decided that he would go and play -with the chickens.</p> - -<p>He began to bark before he got there, and -the hens began to cluck, cluck, cluck, and -the chickens ran this way and that way and -scrambled under their Mother’s wings.</p> - -<p>Bingo was so busy with his barking that -he did not notice that there was a newcomer -among the hens. This was a big white -rooster that the farmer had brought home -from the fair the night before.</p> - -<p>He was an ENORMOUS rooster. He -had won a prize at the fair because he was so -big. When Bingo jumped in among the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_61">[61]</span> -hens, they were all so scared that they ran -around and said, “Cluck, cluck, cluck, -CLUCK.” But the rooster was not a bit -scared—no, indeed, he was most <i>indignant</i>. -He opened his beak, and Bingo heard a -TREMENDOUS sound—“Ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo!” And -the rooster sprang up in the air, and flapped -his wings, and rushed at Bingo!</p> - -<p>Bingo was so startled that he jumped -backwards toward the chicken house, and -the rooster dashed after him. All the hens -came hurrying up and the chickens, too, -saying, “Cluck, cluck, cluck, CLUCK.” -They seemed to be on every side! Poor -Bingo was terribly frightened, as well he -might be—because the rooster was really -very much annoyed, and he would have -pecked Bingo if he had caught him.</p> - -<p>But he did not catch him. Just in the -nick of time, Bingo saw the chicken house,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_62">[62]</span> -and he just managed to scramble in at the -door before the rooster caught him—he was -safe.</p> - -<p>Yes, he was safe, but he had to stay there! -The rooster did not quite like to go in after -Bingo (you see Bingo was really very -nearly as big as the rooster), but he determined -to keep Bingo a prisoner. He strutted -solemnly up and down in front of the -chicken-house door, and every time that -Bingo would try to come out he would crow, -“Ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo!” -and scare Bingo so that he decided -to stay where he was.</p> - -<p>Poor Bingo! it seemed to him that he had -been hours and hours in the chicken house. -He wondered if he would ever get out again. -He was sure that it was long past his dinner -hour, he felt so <i>dreadfully</i> hungry. -Poor Bingo was a very unhappy little -dog.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_63">[63]</span></p> - - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image063.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>The rooster kept Bingo a prisoner</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_64">[64]</span></p> - -<p> </p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_65">[65]</span>At last Charlie had finished helping the -farm lady make the butter. They had -taken it out of the churn, and the farm lady -had put it in a big wooden bowl and beaten -it with wooden butter paddles so that all -the butter milk was squeezed out. She had -given Charlie some butter in a smaller bowl -so that he could finish making some of the -butter all by himself. The farm lady had -promised him that they should have it on -the dinner table and surprise his Mother -and his Auntie.</p> - -<p>But it wasn’t dinner time yet, so Charlie -ran into the garden to play with Bingo—and -there was no Bingo to be seen! He -called Bingo, but Bingo did not come. -Then he decided to go down to the big barn -to look for him. As he passed near the -chicken house he heard a <i>tre-men-dous</i> commotion—“Cluck, -cluck, cluck, cluck, -CLUCK,” “Ooka-ooka-ooka-oooooooooo, -ooka-ooka-ooka-oooooooooo, ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo”<span class="pagenum" id="Page_66">[66]</span> -... Bingo had been trying -to get out again!</p> - -<p>Then Charlie said, “Shoo, shoo, shoo!” -and the hens and even the rooster all got -out of the way, and Bingo was free again! -Oh, how glad he was! He jumped, and -pranced, and followed Charlie to the -kitchen, where his dinner was waiting for -him.</p> - -<p>But never again did Bingo bark at the -chickens and chase them. He no longer -thought it an amusing game. In fact Bingo -never went near that chicken house again, -he was so afraid of that terrible rooster.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image066.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_67">[67]</span> - -<h2 class="nobreak">CHARLIE DELIVERS MAIL FOR -THE STAGE DRIVER</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap">WELL, I can tell you that Charlie and -Topsy and Bingo liked living in the -country very much. There were so many -interesting things to do, and so many interesting -people to talk to, and every single -thing in the country was different from what -it was in the city.</p> - -<p>Charlie had different things to eat, and he -wore different clothes. You never can -guess what kind of clothes Charlie wore -when he was in the country! Charlie wore -blue denim overalls, just like the farm workers, -and his Mother bought them for him -at the country store, which is <i>ex-act-ly</i> where -the farm workers bought theirs!</p> - -<p>One day Charlie ran out to the gate before<span class="pagenum" id="Page_68">[68]</span> -breakfast to mail a letter for his Auntie. -In the country there are no post boxes at -every corner as there are in the city. Oh, -no! When Charlie wanted to mail a letter -he just had to go down to the gate and put -it in the box that was fastened outside; then -he had to take out an old red tobacco tin -that was inside the mail box, tied to it by -a string, and leave it hanging outside the -box, so that the mailman would see it when -he went past and know that there was a letter -for the mail. If he did not see the tobacco -tin hanging out, the stage driver -would not stop at all—so it was very important -not to forget to hang the tobacco tin -out.</p> - -<p>Well, Charlie got to the gate just as the -stage driver was driving up. When he saw -Charlie standing there, he said, “Hello, -good morning.” And Charlie said, “Hello, -good morning,” too. Then he said, “Are -you the postman?” The stage driver<span class="pagenum" id="Page_69">[69]</span> -laughed. “We-e-ll, I reckon that you can -say that’s what I am, though folks here -about call me the stage driver.”</p> - -<p>“That is very interesting,” said Charlie. -“Do you know, in the city the postman -wears a gray cap and coat and trousers and -he does not drive a cart, he has to walk?”</p> - -<p>The stage driver was most surprised. “Is -that so?” he said. “Well, I reckon there’s -lots of things they do differently in the city, -and you, being a city boy, must surely know -all about it. I certainly would like to hear -about city ways. Supposing you ask your -Mother if she would let you drive with me -this afternoon when I take the afternoon -mail up; then you can show me how they -deliver mail in the city.”</p> - -<p>Oh, my goodness, but Charlie was excited! -He ran to the house so fast that he -puffed and he blowed, and, as he ran, he -called out, “Mother, Auntie! The stage -driver says that I can go with him and give<span class="pagenum" id="Page_70">[70]</span> -out the letters just like a real postman in -the city! He says that I can go this afternoon, -if you say yes. Oh, Mother, oh, -Auntie, I <i>can</i> go, can’t I?”</p> - -<p>Of course his Mother and his Auntie were -<i>de-light-ed</i> when they heard that Charlie -was to go and help deliver the mail just like -a real postman, and of course they both said -“Yes,” that Charlie might go.</p> - -<p>Well, the very minute that Charlie had -finished his dinner, he said very politely, -“Please excuse me, I don’t want to keep the -stage driver waiting.” Then the lady where -they were boarding and his Mother and his -Auntie said, “Yes,” he might be excused.</p> - -<p>So Charlie got his hat and his whistle, -which belonged to his sailor suit, because he -knew he would need it as he was going to -be a postman—and he ran down to the gate -as fast as ever he could. No, Charlie did -not keep the stage driver waiting. It was -Charlie who had to wait for the stage driver!</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_71">[71]</span>But at last he came driving down the -road and, when he saw Charlie waiting at -the gate, he said, “Hello, young man, so you -are coming with me. That’s fine! Hop in.”</p> - -<p>So Charlie hopped in and he showed the -stage driver his whistle and how he was going -to blow it just like a real city postman.</p> - -<p>The stage driver said, “First we are going -to the station to get the mail;” and he -clicked with his whip and said, “Gid ap, -gid ap!” to the horses, and they <i>did</i> “gid ap,” -and their bells jingled as they trotted along -the road.</p> - -<p>The station was a long way off from the -farm where Charlie and his Mother and his -Auntie were staying, but the horses trotted -so quickly, so quickly, that they got there -before the train did.</p> - -<p>Charlie and the stage driver got down, -and the stage driver hitched the horses to -the post, and then they both went on to the -platform to wait for the train.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_72">[72]</span>Everybody in the station talked to Charlie—even -the station master and the man in the -ticket office—and they said, “Is this the new -stage driver?” The stage driver said, “No; -this boy is the new postman and he is going -to deliver the mail for me.”</p> - -<p>You can believe that Charlie felt proud -and important when he heard them talk like -that.</p> - -<p>At last the train came in, and it was the -same train that had carried Charlie and his -Mother and his Auntie and his Daddy and -Topsy and Bingo and Jane to the country. -Yes, it was the very same train and the -very same engine that Charlie had ridden -on, and the fireman was there, and he looked -out of the cab and called out, “Hello, -Charlie!”</p> - -<p>Well, the stage driver went to the baggage -car and a lot of men were unloading -packages, and there was one great big -sack.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_73">[73]</span>Charlie asked what was in that great big -sack—and the stage driver told him that -was the mail. Yes, all the letters that -Charlie was going to deliver were stuffed -into that great big sack!</p> - -<p>So the stage driver got the mail bag and -the packages on to the stage. The stage -driver carried all the big packages and -Charlie carried all the little ones.</p> - -<p>Then the stage driver said, “Gid ap!” and -off they went again. First they went to -the post office and waited there a long time. -They had to wait till the postmaster had -taken out of the mail sack all the mail for -the people who lived near the post office and -who had to come and get their mail for themselves. -But at last the postmaster had finished -<i>his</i> job, and it was time for Charlie -and the stage driver to begin theirs.</p> - -<p>This, of course, was the interesting part -of the drive. The stage rattled along the -road, the horses went so fast; and at last<span class="pagenum" id="Page_74">[74]</span> -they came to a house and the horses stopped -of their own accord.</p> - -<p>The stage driver gave Charlie some letters -and told him to go and deliver them.</p> - -<p>So Charlie climbed down from the stage -and he blew his whistle, one, two, three times—but -nobody came to the gate to get the -letters from the postman. No, even though -Charlie blew again and again, nobody came -at all.</p> - -<p>Then the stage driver said, “I reckon the -folks at this farm are not used to city postmen. -I reckon they don’t even <i>know</i> that -that whistle means that there is mail for -them. You had better just slip the letters -in the box, the way we do in these parts, -and we’ll drive on to the next farm.”</p> - -<p>So Charlie did as the stage driver said. -He had to stand on tiptoe because the box -was so high. He felt a little sad that nobody -had come to get the letters from him—but -it was fun putting the letters in the box.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_75">[75]</span>Then they drove on to the next farm. -This time there were a whole lot of letters -and a parcel, too. Charlie carried the parcel -himself, as it was a little one. He said to -the stage driver, “Perhaps I had better not -blow my whistle this time.” But the stage -driver said, “Oh, go ahead and blow your -whistle, you know you are a city postman -and you must do as they do.”</p> - -<p>So Charlie blew on his whistle—he blew -a TREMENDOUS blast, and he blew -again and again. And—what do you think?</p> - -<p>The farmer who was in the field, hoeing -potatoes, threw down his hoe and he came -running, as fast as he could run, to see what -Charlie’s whistle meant.</p> - -<p>And the farmer’s wife, who was in the -kitchen frying doughnuts, the minute she -heard Charlie’s whistle, threw down her -cooking spoon and ran out of the kitchen -door to see what Charlie’s whistle meant.</p> - -<p>And the cat, who was sleeping on a rocking<span class="pagenum" id="Page_76">[76]</span> -chair on the porch, sprang straight up -in the air when she heard the whistle; and -<i>she</i> came tearing down to the gate to -see <i>what in the world</i> all that whistling -meant.</p> - -<p>And the watch dog, who was tied up outside -his kennel—he jumped and pranced -and tried to get loose because <i>he</i> wanted to -find out what all that whistling meant!</p> - -<p>And they all came rushing down to the -gate, except the dog, and when they saw -Charlie with the parcel and the letters—my -goodness, they were surprised!</p> - -<p>The farmer said, “Well, well, to think -that we have a postman just the same as -they have in the city—well! well!” and he -shook hands with Charlie.</p> - -<p>Then the farmer’s wife said, “Mr. Stage -Driver, couldn’t you wait a minute while I -run into the house and get a doughnut -apiece for you and the postman?” The -stage driver thought that would be very nice—so -the farmer’s wife brought the doughnuts -and they were <i>delicious</i>.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_77">[77]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image077.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>Charlie blew a tremendous blast</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_78">[78]</span></p> -<p> </p> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_79">[79]</span>Then they said, “Good-by” to the nice -farmer and his wife and thanked her for the -delicious doughnuts, and off they went to -the next farm. Charlie blew his whistle, and -he blew his whistle every single time they -came to a farm, but nobody else came to the -gate to see what was the matter; so Charlie -put the letters in the box every time.</p> - -<p>Soon they came to a long stretch of road -where there were no houses at all, and -Charlie and the stage driver could talk together -without being interrupted every -minute by Charlie having to deliver letters.</p> - -<p>Charlie told the stage driver all about -the city and about his Mother and his Auntie -and his Daddy, and about Jane and Topsy -and Bingo, and about the iceman and the -postman, and the letter boxes that are at -the corner of the streets where you mail -your letters.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_80">[80]</span>Then the stage driver told Charlie all -about the country and what an important -person the stage driver is when he lives in -the country—even more important than the -postman. For the stage driver not only -brings letters, and parcels for birthdays or -Christmas, he brings <i>everything</i> that the -people in the country need—clothes, and -furniture, and medicine—every single thing -that they use, except what they grow -themselves.</p> - -<p>Everything is sent from the city by the -train in great big packages. And the stage -driver puts the packages on to the stage, and -carries some of them to the country store, -where the people can come and buy the -things they want—but some of the things go -directly to the farmers who live too far from -the country store.</p> - -<p>Charlie thought this very interesting. -There were a whole lot of questions that he -wanted to ask. But now they had come to<span class="pagenum" id="Page_81">[81]</span> -another farm and there was a great big -package all ready at the gate!</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image081.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>Charlie and the stage driver talked together</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_82">[82]</span></p> -<p> </p> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_83">[83]</span>The stage driver got down and put it -on to the stage. Charlie was much surprised. -He said, “I thought you brought -packages <i>to</i> people, I did not know that you -took any away.”</p> - -<p>Then the stage driver said, “I reckon you -can’t guess what is inside <i>this</i> package and -where it is going to be sent. Why, this -package is full of maple sugar, and it is going -to be sent to the city because people -could not get maple sugar in the city unless -the people in the country sent it to -them. This package is going to a big store -in the city, and when you go back home, -maybe you and your Mother will go -into the store and buy a pound of this -very same maple sugar that is in this package!”</p> - -<p>Yes, that is what the stage driver said, -and Charlie was so interested and surprised<span class="pagenum" id="Page_84">[84]</span> -that the stage driver started to surprise him -some more.</p> - -<p>“See all those pretty blossoms on the apple -trees. Well, by Fall they will all have -turned into apples. Then the farmer will -gather them off the trees, and he will put -them in sacks, and I will take them to the -station on my stage and load them on to -the train, and they will be taken to the city, -where you city folks will buy them. Same -thing with the wheat growing in the fields, -and the vegetables, and everything the -farmer raises. Everything that he doesn’t -need for his own use the farmer sends to the -city, first by the stage driver and then by -the train.”</p> - -<p>My goodness! This gave Charlie a lot to -think about! He said, “I think that trains -and mail stages are the most interesting -things in the world. I will either be a stage -driver or a fireman when I grow up, and I -will take things to the country people that<span class="pagenum" id="Page_85">[85]</span> -<i>they</i> need and bring back things to the city -people that <i>they</i> need.”</p> - -<p>By this time <i>all</i> the letters and <i>all</i> the -packages had been delivered. And the -stage driver was driving back the way they -came.</p> - -<p>At last they came to the farm where -Charlie was staying. And the stage driver -said, “Here is one more letter for you to deliver, -and then your job will be finished. -You have been a great help to me to-day. -I think you are a fine postman and I hope -you will come with me another day and deliver -the mail for me. This letter is for your -Mother.”</p> - -<p>So Charlie thanked the stage driver and -climbed down from the stage. He ran all -the way to the house; then he rang the bell -and blew his whistle just as the postman did -at home. And who do you think opened the -door? It was his Mother.</p> - -<p>She said, “Good afternoon, Postman,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_86">[86]</span> -have you a letter for me?” And Charlie -said, “Yes, ma’am,” just like the postman. -Then he couldn’t help laughing, and he forgot -that he was the postman, and he hugged -his Mother and said, “Is it a letter from -Daddy?”</p> - -<p>And it <i>was</i>. Yes, it was a letter from -Daddy, and what do you think? The letter -said that Daddy found that after all he -would be able to get away from the city—and -that he would arrive on Friday afternoon, -and Charlie was to be sure to come -and meet him.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Mother hugged him again -for bringing her such a nice letter and his -Auntie came downstairs, Topsy and Bingo -prancing after her. Bingo jumped up and -down and Topsy climbed on to Charlie’s -shoulder, and they all listened to the adventures -he had had that afternoon when he was -a postman.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_87">[87]</span> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image087.jpg" alt="" /></div> - - - - - -<h2 class="nobreak">CHARLIE MAKES A POOL AND -SAILS HIS BOAT</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap2">ALL the time that Charlie and his Mother -and his Auntie were living in the -country Charlie’s Daddy came down every -single Saturday to visit them, and he stayed -in the country with them until Sunday night, -when he had to go back to the city. And -every Saturday, when Charlie’s Daddy -came to visit them in the country, he <i>always</i> -brought a present for everybody!</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_88">[88]</span>One Saturday Charlie’s Daddy came and -he brought Charlie’s Mother a basket of -peaches, and he brought his Auntie a box -of candy, and he brought Bingo a ball, and -he brought Jane and Topsy a catnip mouse—and -what do you think he brought for -Charlie? I will tell you. Charlie’s Daddy -brought Charlie a sailboat! It was a beautiful -boat, painted white with a green water -line. It had a mast and two sails. His -Daddy told Charlie that the big sail at the -back is called the <i>mainsail</i> and that the stick -that holds it out at the bottom is called the -<i>boom</i>; and that the little three-cornered sail -in front is called the <i>jib</i> and the stick to -which it is fastened is called the <i>bowsprit</i>.</p> - -<p>Of course Charlie’s Daddy did not say -“the front and back” of the ship either. Oh, -dear, no! Charlie’s Daddy called the front -part of the ship the <i>bow</i>, and he called the -back part the <i>stern</i>, and the bottom of the -ship he called the <i>keel</i>—and, I can tell you,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_89">[89]</span> -<i>nobody ought to own a ship who does not -know these things</i>.</p> - -<p>Well, of course, the very first thing that -Charlie wanted to do was to go and sail -his boat—but what do you think? The -brook was so shallow and full of stones that -there was no place deep enough to sail the -boat at all! That was very sad.</p> - -<p>Charlie and his Daddy walked a long way -beside the brook looking for a pool where -the water was deeper, but they could not -find one.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Daddy said, “Well, unless -some rain comes to make the brook get -deeper, I guess you’ll have to wait to sail -your boat till you come back to town and -can sail it in the bath tub. As long as you -are in the country you will have to say that -the boat is in ‘dry dock.’”</p> - -<p>But what do you think? Charlie didn’t -even know what a dry dock <i>is</i>. No, his -Daddy had to explain to him all about it—how<span class="pagenum" id="Page_90">[90]</span> -the ship is put into “dry dock” when -it has to be mended or painted below the -water line. First the ship sails into the dock, -and then the dock is closed up behind the -ship and all the water is pumped out and -the ship is propped up straight with props -from each side of the dock.</p> - -<p>So Charlie and his Daddy made a dry -dock for his ship on the bureau in his room. -They made the dock of books, and propped -the ship up straight with blocks on each side -of the keel. The ship looked very beautiful -on the bureau, but Charlie <i>did</i> wish that he -could sail it and that he did not have to -keep it in “dry dock” all the time.</p> - -<p>One day, when his Daddy had gone back -to town, Charlie and his Mother and his -Auntie went for a walk.</p> - -<p>They went for a new walk. Instead of -just going along the road, they thought it -would be interesting to follow the creek. So -they climbed a wall and followed the creek<span class="pagenum" id="Page_91">[91]</span> -through the fields and into a wood which -was “private property”; but there was a -sign which said people could walk there if -they did not do any damage.</p> - -<p>Then they came to a place where there -was a stone wall built right across the creek -from side to side and above the stone wall -was a great <i>e-nor-mous</i> pool! And the -water pounded over the stone wall like a -waterfall. The pool was very deep and -wide, but above the pool the creek was all -stony and shallow again.</p> - -<p>Charlie was very much interested. He -said, “Why is that stone wall built across -the creek, and what makes that pool so deep -and broad when the rest of the creek is shallow -and narrow?”</p> - -<p>Then his Mother explained to Charlie all -about it. She explained to him that the pool -was a swimming pool, and that the stone -wall built across the creek from side to side -was a <i>dam</i>. The dam keeps the water in like<span class="pagenum" id="Page_92">[92]</span> -a basin until it gets as deep as the dam is -high and then the water flows over the top.</p> - -<p>Charlie was <i>very much interested</i> when -he heard this. He said to his Mother, “Can -anybody build a dam?”</p> - -<p>And of course his Mother said that anybody -could. She said that you only had to -heap a lot of mud and stones together just -below where you wanted the pool to be, and -just as high as you wanted the pool to be -deep.</p> - -<p>Oh, my goodness! Charlie <i>was</i> excited -then. I wonder if you can guess what he -said?</p> - -<p>I will tell you. Charlie said, “Mother, -Auntie, I want to go home <i>im-me-di-ate-ly</i>, -I AM GOING TO BUILD A DAM! -Yes, I am going to build a dam across the -brook and make a great ENORMOUS -pool to sail my boat in.” Of course his -Mother and his Auntie said they would go -home immediately when they heard that<span class="pagenum" id="Page_93">[93]</span> -Charlie was going to do such an important -thing.</p> - -<p>So they did go home, and Charlie put on -his overalls and he ran down to the brook -and began to work at his dam.</p> - -<p>First he found a place where the brook -was a little wider and where the banks were -quite steep. Then he started scooping out -the stones at the bottom of the brook, so that -there would be no rocks for his boat to get -wrecked on.</p> - -<p>You may be sure that Bingo and Topsy -were very much interested in what Charlie -was doing. Yes, they both came and -watched him awhile. Then Topsy began to -dig a hole in the grass—he wanted to show -that <i>he</i> could dig a hole just as well as -Charlie could. Bingo tried to dig a hole, -too, but he soon got tired of it and ran -around and barked, “Yap, yap!” He -wanted Charlie and Topsy to come and play -with him.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_94">[94]</span>But Charlie was much too busy to pay -any attention to Bingo. He just went on -bending over the brook, digging out the -stones until he had the bottom of the brook, -where his pool was going to be, nicely -cleaned out. Then he started to work on -the dam.</p> - -<p>First Charlie hunted around until he had -got together a nice lot of flat stones, and he -began to pile them up one on top of the -other, and he went on piling them up until -the dam went right across the brook from -bank to bank.</p> - -<p>At first the water paid no attention to -Charlie’s dam at all. It just went on flowing -through the chinks between the stones, -just as if there were not any dam there at -all! But Charlie piled up great banks of -mud, and put in more big stones and then -little stones to fill the chinks—and at last -the water began to rise!</p> - -<p>Yes, the water rose, and it rose until it<span class="pagenum" id="Page_95">[95]</span> -was a nice big pool and came up to the top -of the banks on both sides, and then it began -to dribble over the top of the dam. So -Charlie knew that the dam was finished! -Of course the water in the pool was -<i>dreadfully</i> muddy, but Charlie did not mind -a bit. Why should he, when the pool was -so nice and wide and deep? Yes, it was -so deep that it came all the way up to his -knees!</p> - -<p>Then Charlie saw his Mother and his -Auntie walking across the field from the -house. They had come to see how Charlie -was getting along with his dam.</p> - -<p>And, my goodness, how astonished they -were when they saw that Charlie had <i>ac-tu-al-ly</i> -finished the dam and what a huge -big pool he had made!</p> - -<p>But both his Mother and his Auntie could -not help laughing when they saw how -Charlie was all covered with mud. He had -mud all over the front of his overalls, and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_96">[96]</span> -on his hands, and there was a big splash of -mud on the end of his nose!</p> - -<p>Then his Mother said, “Now, Charlie, dinner -will soon be ready, so you must hurry -home and wash your face and hands, and -put on a clean suit. Then after dinner you -may sail your boat in your beautiful big -pool.”</p> - -<p>So Charlie ran to the house, and he -washed his face, and he scrubbed his hands, -and he put on a clean blue sailor suit, and -he ate his dinner.</p> - -<p>Then he gave Topsy and Bingo and Jane -their dinner. And then—he and his Mother -and his Auntie went down to the pool to sail -the boat. And, what do you think? The -mud had all settled at the bottom of the -pool while Charlie was eating his dinner, -and the pool was as clear as glass so that -you could see to the very bottom and you -could see the dam that Charlie had built.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie launched his boat. The pool<span class="pagenum" id="Page_97">[97]</span> -was deep enough—but the boat did not sail -quite well even yet. No, the boat leaned -a little to one side and, when a gust of wind -came, it would have turned right over if -Charlie had not caught hold of the mast just -in time.</p> - -<p>Charlie felt very sad that his boat would -not sail properly when he had built such a -beautiful pool for it.</p> - -<p>But his Auntie said, “Cheer up, Charlie, -I know exactly what is the matter with the -boat so that it will not sail, and it can be -fixed so that it will sail <i>beautifully</i>. The -trouble is that the boat has not enough <i>ballast</i>. -That means that the masts and the -sails are too heavy for the keel. But if we -nail a strip of lead along the bottom of the -keel the boat will stay upright and will not -lean to one side.”</p> - -<p>Well, Charlie and his Auntie took the -boat and went to the barn, where the farmer -was mending his mowing machine.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_98">[98]</span>And his Auntie asked the farmer if he -knew where they could get a strip of lead -to nail to the keel of Charlie’s boat.</p> - -<p>The farmer said, “Right here I have all -the lead that you can use.” And he cut off -a strip of lead just the size of the keel. -Then the farmer also gave Charlie some interesting-looking -nails that he said could -be just the thing to nail the lead to the -keel. They were crooked nails that folded -over and looked just like tiny croquet -hoops.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Auntie took the mast and -sails off, and she hammered the nails over -the lead so that it was fastened to the -keel of the boat. Then she put the masts -and sails back. Don’t you think that -she was a clever Auntie? Yes, indeed, she -was.</p> - -<p>So they went back to the pool again, -where Charlie’s Mother was waiting to see -if the boat would sail right <i>this</i> time.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_99">[99]</span></p> - - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image099.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<p class="caption"><i>The boat sailed beautifully</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_100">[100]</span></p> - -<p> </p> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_101">[101]</span>And what do you think? <i>It did!</i> Yes, -the boat sailed beautifully, it sailed right -away to the other side of the brook, and -when Charlie turned the rudder to the right -the boat turned in the opposite direction -and sailed right back again!</p> - -<p>Yes, that boat could do everything that -a real boat does, and when the wind blew -hard it keeled over to one side but it did not -capsize. No, nothing could make that boat -capsize. Even when Bingo stood upon his -hind legs and tried to catch it when it went -sailing past, he fell splash into the pool and -made a great ENORMOUS wave, just -like the waves in the middle of the ocean—<i>still</i> -that boat did not capsize.</p> - -<p>Well, every day after that Charlie sailed -his boat in the pool. He made a dock for -it, with stones, and he put grass and pebbles -on the deck for the cargo, which he loaded -and unloaded at the dock, and the boat -sailed from side to side of the pool. When<span class="pagenum" id="Page_102">[102]</span> -the boat got to the other side Charlie would -jump across the brook where it was narrow -and turn the rudder so that the boat would -turn right round and sail back again to the -dock.</p> - -<p>Yes, Charlie had more fun than I can -tell you playing with his boat. And Topsy -and Bingo played, too; they jumped across -the brook backwards and forwards and they -tried to catch the boat as it sailed past. -And, Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie liked -to help Charlie sail his boat; yes, they enjoyed -watching it sail so beautifully before -the wind.</p> - -<p>And—on Saturday, when Charlie’s -Daddy came down to visit them all—my -goodness! he was surprised and <i>de-light-ed</i> -to see the dam and the pool that Charlie had -made all by himself, and to see how beautifully -the boat sailed, with its sails blown -out by the wind, and with its cargo of grass -and pebbles piled up on deck.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_103">[103]</span>Yes, Charlie’s Daddy thought that -Charlie was a very clever boy to have made -that dam and that pool all by himself—and -I think so, too.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_104">[104]</span> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image104.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<h2 class="nobreak">CHARLIE BUILDS A REAL -HOUSE</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap">WELL, the days passed and passed—and -at last it was time for Charlie -to go back to the city. He said “Good-by” -to the stage driver and to the postmaster -and to the man at the country store and -to the lady at the farm, where he and his -Mother and his Auntie lived while they<span class="pagenum" id="Page_105">[105]</span> -were in the country. And he said “Good-by” -to the cows and to the chickens and -to the baby pigs.</p> - -<p>Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie packed -the suitcase and the trunk and put Topsy -into his basket, and he did not like it at all -and said “Miaouw, miaouw!” And Jane -was put into <i>her</i> basket and <i>she</i> did not like -it either, but she was a good cat and she did -not say a word. Then Charlie put the leash -on Bingo’s collar and they all climbed into -the surrey, which is a two-seated carriage, -and they all drove to the station. Then -they all got on to the train and off they -went to the city.</p> - -<p>This time there was another fireman, as -Charlie’s friend was having a day off, so -Charlie did not ride on the engine <i>this</i> time; -no, <i>this</i> time he rode in the day coach with -his Mother and his Auntie and Topsy and -Bingo and Jane.</p> - -<p>Charlie was feeling rather sad that he had<span class="pagenum" id="Page_106">[106]</span> -to leave the country and all his new friends, -but as the train steamed farther and farther -away, he began to think that it was rather -nice to be going back to the city after all.</p> - -<p>It would be nice to see his Daddy again -and the iceman—and he wanted to tell the -postman all about the stage driver and how -letters are delivered in the country. And -Charlie wanted to see his house again, where -he lived, and the garden and his electric -train and his automobile and his great -<i>e-nor-mous</i> flashlight. Yes, Charlie began -to feel very glad that he was going home -again.</p> - -<p>And—when Charlie <i>did</i> get home, what -do you think he found? Why, Charlie -found that something <i>most</i> interesting and -ex-cit-ing had been happening while he was -away in the country. Some builders had -started to build a house on the other side -of the road, and he could sit on his own -front gate and watch them build.</p> - - - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_107">[107]</span>The builders had already built quite a -lot of the house, and in front of what they -had built was a big pile of bricks and also -a pile of sand and quicklime to make mortar -of.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/facing107.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>Charlie Watched the Builders</i></p> - -<p>It was late in the afternoon, so the builders -had stopped working, but Charlie -wanted to stay right there and look at everything. -But his Mother and his Auntie said, -“No.” They said that it was getting late -and Charlie must come right in and have -his supper and go to bed. To-morrow he -could watch the builders build as much as -ever he wanted to.</p> - -<p>So the next day Charlie ran out <i>immediately</i> -after breakfast. The builders were -already at work—they were working hard, -putting the bricks on top of each other. -Charlie saw how they put each brick on top -of two others, he saw how they did it <i>very -carefully</i> so that the brick was <i>ex-act-ly</i> in -the middle of the two below it. Then he saw<span class="pagenum" id="Page_108">[108]</span> -how carefully the builders put the mortar -on with a flat, wide knife, so that none of -the mortar dripped over the edge of the -bricks but made a nice straight line up and -across. And, because the bricks were laid, -one in the middle of the two below, the -white line of the mortar made a most interesting -design.</p> - -<p>Charlie was <i>ab-so-lute-ly</i> fascinated, he -thought that he would <i>never</i> get tired of -watching those builders build.</p> - -<p>Then Topsy and Bingo came out to see -what Charlie was doing and to get him to -play with them, but Charlie was <i>much</i> too -interested in watching the house being built, -so he paid no attention at all. No, he paid -no attention to Topsy and Bingo, but went -on watching the builders build the house.</p> - -<p>After a while one of the builders looked -up, and he said, “Hello, you seem to like -watching us build this house; I guess you -would like to be over here helping us.” And<span class="pagenum" id="Page_109">[109]</span> -Charlie said, “Oh, yes, I <i>would</i> like to come -over and help you, I mean to be a house -builder when I grow up.” Then the builder -said, “Is that so? Have you had any practice -in building houses?” Charlie said, “No, -I have never built a <i>real</i> house, but I can -build <i>beautiful</i> houses with my wooden -blocks.”</p> - -<p>But the builder said, “Well, I guess you -need more practice than <i>that</i>—you have to -know how to put the mortar on, and that is -not as easy as it looks. How would you like -me to give you some bricks and mortar and -then you can build yourself a house in the -corner of your yard?” Yes, the builder -<i>ac-tu-al-ly</i> said that to Charlie! And he also -asked him, “Have you an express wagon -that you can haul the bricks in?”</p> - -<p>Of course Charlie said, “Yes,” and he -ran off to the house to tell his Mother and -his Auntie all about the house builder, and to -ask if he might go across the road by himself<span class="pagenum" id="Page_110">[110]</span> -to get the bricks. And his Mother and his -Auntie both said, “Yes.” They said that it -would be perfectly safe for Charlie to go -across the road all by himself, because no -automobiles were allowed on the road and -there was a sign which said, “Closed to -Traffic.”</p> - -<p>Then Charlie got his express wagon and -he went across the road to get the bricks. -He loaded the bricks into his express wagon -and he dragged them across the road and -in at the garden gate to the corner of the -garden where there were no flowers and no -vegetables. Charlie did this over and over -again; he did it so often that his legs ached,—and -every time that Charlie went across -the road Topsy and Bingo followed him. -When Charlie had been across the road four, -five, <i>six</i> times getting his express cart full -of bricks every time, the builder said, “Now -you have enough bricks to start with. Suppose -you go now and ask your Mother for a<span class="pagenum" id="Page_111">[111]</span> -pail and I will give you some mortar, already -mixed.”</p> - -<p>Charlie ran and got the pail, and the -builder filled it with mortar and carried it -over to Charlie’s yard himself because it was -too heavy for Charlie to carry. The builder -certainly <i>was</i> a nice man.</p> - -<p>Of course Charlie wanted <i>immediately</i> -to start in building the house. But his -Mother and his Auntie said, “No.” They -said that Charlie had worked enough for one -day, and that he had better play a little. -And his Mother said, “You had better wait -till your Daddy comes home before starting -to build your house; I think you ought to -ask his advice as to exactly where would -be the best place to build it.”</p> - -<p>Charlie thought that his Mother was right -and he determined to wait till his Daddy -came home before building the house. So -he went off and had a lovely game with -Topsy and Bingo.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_112">[112]</span>At last Charlie’s Daddy came home. -Charlie was watching for him out of the -dining-room window. As soon as he saw his -Daddy come in at the gate, Charlie ran out -to meet him and to tell him all about the -bricks that the builder had given him and -about the house he was going to build.</p> - -<p>Charlie’s Daddy was very interested; he -was so interested that he said he would like -to help Charlie to build the house. Then -Charlie’s Daddy went upstairs and changed -into his old suit, the one he always wore -when he was digging in the garden, and he -found a spade, and he said, “Come on, -Charlie, let us start building the house.”</p> - -<p>So they went into the garden and started -to build the house. First Charlie’s Daddy -dug a trench, the size that the house was -to be; this was to be the foundation so that -the house should not blow over in a wind-storm. -Charlie helped dig the trench -also. It was very hard work digging the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_113">[113]</span> -trench—it was such hard work that both -Charlie and his Daddy were puffing and -blowing before they had finished digging. -But at last the trench was finished, and -while they were both standing still to admire -it Charlie’s Auntie came and called them in -to supper.</p> - -<p>So they both had to go in and change -their clothes and eat their supper and, by -the time that supper was over, it was too -dark to work at the house any longer. -Charlie did not like this at all, he said, “I -do not want to stop for a single minute until -the house is built.”</p> - -<p>But his Daddy said, “Cheer up, Charlie, -to-morrow is a legal holiday, and I shall -be home all day. So I shall be able to help -you build your house until it is finished.” -Then Charlie was satisfied and he went to -sleep the minute he got into bed—and all -night long he dreamed about the beautiful -house he was going to build.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_114">[114]</span>The next morning both Charlie and his -Daddy got up early; they got up at six -o’clock! They each had a glass of milk and -a cookie, then they went into the garden and -began to work.</p> - -<p>First they started piling bricks into -the trench, one on top of two others, <i>ex-act-ly</i> -the way Charlie had seen the builders -doing it; and his Daddy showed him -how to put the mortar on each brick with -a flat trowel that he had found in the woodshed -and that looked <i>ex-act-ly</i> like the -one the builders used. It is very important -to put the mortar on right, as -that is what makes the bricks stick together.</p> - -<p>Before breakfast Charlie and his Daddy -had <i>ac-tu-al-ly</i> finished the foundation! -Charlie was very glad that he had his Daddy -to help him—why, if it had not been for -his Daddy I don’t think that Charlie would -have thought of building <i>any</i> foundation for<span class="pagenum" id="Page_115">[115]</span> -his house, and then it would have blown -down!</p> - -<p>Well, you may be sure that the moment -they had finished breakfast, and when -Charlie’s Daddy had smoked just one cigarette, -they both of them were hard at work -on the house again.</p> - -<p>For one reason Charlie was sorry that it -was a legal holiday, and that was because -the builders were having a holiday, too, and -Charlie <i>would</i> have liked them to see him -in his overalls that were all covered with -mortar and pink with brick dust—so that -he looked <i>ex-act-ly</i> like a real builder.</p> - -<p>Well, they worked and they worked. -And you never can guess how clever -Charlie’s Daddy was. He was just as -clever as a real builder. Yes, Charlie’s -Daddy <i>ac-tu-al-ly</i> knew how to make a window -in the house—and a door also! The -window went all the way to the top of the -roof and so did the door, for Charlie’s<span class="pagenum" id="Page_116">[116]</span> -Daddy said that there was <i>one</i> thing he did -not know how to do that a real builder -knows, and that is how to make an arch, with -a keystone! Soon the house was tall enough -for Charlie to go in at the door, and then -his Daddy said that the front of the house -was tall enough. But the sides had to be -built sloping higher toward the back so that -the roof should slope—it is very important -that a house should have a sloping roof so -that the water may drain off it when it rains.</p> - -<p>At last his Daddy said, “There, the house -is finished, all but the roof!”</p> - -<p>Charlie <i>was</i> excited! He jumped and he -shouted, “My house is nearly finished, my -house is nearly finished!”</p> - -<p>Then his Daddy went off to the woodshed -and he brought back a whole lot of boards -and a roll of tar paper. He put the boards -all across the roof and covered them with -tar paper—and THE HOUSE WAS -FINISHED!</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_117">[117]</span>Yes, it was <i>ac-tu-al-ly</i> finished. It had a -beautiful doorway, and a window and a roof—anybody -could see that it was a real house.</p> - -<p>Topsy and Bingo were nearly as much -excited as Charlie. Bingo ran in and out -of the door and barked and barked. But -Topsy climbed up the wall and in at the -window and he did this again and again.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie -came to look at the beautiful house. And, -my goodness! they <i>were</i> surprised that -Charlie and his Daddy had built a house -that looked exactly like a real house.</p> - -<p>And Charlie’s Mother said, “Now, we -will go back to the house and we will bring -Charlie’s little chairs and his table, and I -will get a rag rug that is in the attic; then -the house will be furnished and Charlie can -live in it with Topsy and Bingo and Jane.”</p> - -<p>So that is what they did! And Charlie’s -Auntie hung some curtains across the window -and tied them with blue ribbon, and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_118">[118]</span> -his mother put the rag rug on the floor, and -placed the furniture around the room so that -it looked <i>most</i> cozy and <i>most</i> comfortable.</p> - -<p>Well, just when everybody was standing -and admiring the house, Jane the cat came -up, and she looked at the house for a minute. -Then she walked straight in at the -door and lay down on the rug, and she -purred and purred as loud as she could purr, -because she liked Charlie’s house so tremendously. -But Topsy jumped in at the -window and <i>he</i> walked around the house and -sat down on every one of the little chairs -and even on the table, but when he jumped -into the express cart, which was in the corner -of the house, he liked it so much that he -curled up and went to sleep. But Bingo -was the most excited of all—he dashed -around and around the house, and he -jumped up in the air and barked and barked -and BARKED!</p> - -<p>The next day, when the builders were at<span class="pagenum" id="Page_119">[119]</span> -work again, Charlie climbed up on the gate -and called out to the builder who had given -him the bricks, “Good morning, Mr. -Builder! I have finished my house!”</p> - -<p>The builder was most interested and he -came over to look at the house that Charlie -had built.</p> - -<p>He said, “Did you build that house <i>all</i> -by yourself?”</p> - -<p>And Charlie said, “Yes, I built that house -<i>all</i> by myself, and my Daddy helped me.”</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image119.jpg" alt="" /></div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_120">[120]</span> -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image120.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<h2 class="nobreak">BINGO LEARNS TO COME WHEN -HE IS CALLED</h2> -</div> - - -<p>Bingo was a very clever little dog—he -learned very quickly all the tricks that -Charlie taught. He could sit up and -beg, and he could bark three times for the -flag, and when Charlie put a piece of cake on -his nose Bingo could toss it in the air and -catch it in his mouth, and, if Charlie threw a -stick, Bingo would always run and bring it -back. Yes, Bingo could do all these things<span class="pagenum" id="Page_121">[121]</span> -and he liked to do them again and again. -He was such a clever little dog that all the -boys in the neighborhood knew him well, and -they used to watch him over the fence doing -all the tricks that he had learned.</p> - -<p>But there was <i>one</i> thing that Bingo never -<i>would</i> learn and that was to come <i>immediately</i> -when he was called. If Bingo -thought that Charlie was going for a walk -or that his dinner was ready, he would come -the very minute that Charlie called him; but -if he was doing something interesting or -something that he should not be doing, -Charlie could call “Bingo, Bingo, Bingo,” -till he was hoarse, Bingo would not come! -He would wag his tail and perk up his ears -to show that he had heard, but he would not -come.</p> - -<p>One day Charlie was playing in the garden -with Bingo and Topsy when Bingo -suddenly saw something that interested him -in the road and he scrambled under the gate<span class="pagenum" id="Page_122">[122]</span> -and went scampering along down the road.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image122.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<p>Charlie did not approve of this at all. -He called and he called, “Bingo, Bingo, -Bingo”—but Bingo would not come, he -went on racing along the road. He had -decided that he would like to go out and see -the world!</p> - -<p>Then Charlie ran into the house to tell -his Mother and his Auntie. He could not<span class="pagenum" id="Page_123">[123]</span> -run after Bingo, because of course he was -not allowed to go outside the garden gate by -himself. His Auntie did not even wait to -put on her sweater though it was very cold; -she ran straight out of the gate to bring -Bingo back—but Bingo had <i>ab-so-lute-ly</i> -disappeared!</p> - -<p>Charlie and his Auntie put on their coats -and went a long distance down the road, -calling Bingo all the time, but they could -not find him anywhere. They asked everybody -that they met if they had seen a little -white dog with black spots but nobody had -seen him. Then they went home again, hoping -that Bingo would have arrived there -before them. But no, Bingo was not there!</p> - -<p>Now I will tell you what happened to -Bingo. When he had run along the road -for quite a distance he came to a turning -where the road ran very steeply downhill. -There was a boy with a bob sled, and just as -Bingo reached the corner the boy lay down<span class="pagenum" id="Page_124">[124]</span> -flat on his sled, and biff! off he flew down -the hill! Bingo was much excited. He -barked, “Yap, yap, yap,” and ran after the -bob sled as fast as ever he could. He was -determined to catch that bob sled! But of -course he could not. The boy and the sled -reached the bottom of the hill before Bingo, -but not long before.</p> - -<p>The boy had decided to go home, as it was -near his dinner time, and he was dragging -his sled after him when Bingo arrived at the -bottom of the hill, all out of breath and with -his little red tongue hanging out. But he -was not too out of breath to jump up at the -boy and bark “Yap, yap, yap!” He was -trying to tell him how glad he was that he -had caught up with him at last.</p> - -<p>The boy patted Bingo on the head and -talked to him, but of course he did not know -his name as he lived quite a distance away -and had never seen Bingo before.</p> - -<p>Bingo liked the boy very much and decided<span class="pagenum" id="Page_125">[125]</span> -that he would go for a walk with him. -So he followed after him. It was a long, -long walk, but at last they arrived at the -boy’s house.</p> - -<p>It was a tall brick house very much larger -than the house in which Bingo lived with -Charlie; and it had to be larger too, because -a great many people lived in it—two families -lived on every floor!</p> - -<p>The boy climbed up five flights of stairs; -he lived on the top floor of all—and Bingo -followed after him.</p> - -<p>The boy’s Mother was cooking dinner in -the kitchen and she was very much surprised -when she saw Bingo. She said, “Who is -that dog?” The boy said, “I found him and -I am going to keep him for my dog. I have -always wanted one.”</p> - -<p>But his Mother said, “How can we keep -a dog when we live five flights up and have -only three rooms? It is impossible. After -you have had your dinner you must take him<span class="pagenum" id="Page_126">[126]</span> -back to where you found him, then he will -be able to find his way home. He has a -collar on so he must belong to somebody. -In the meantime, take him downstairs and -tie him up in the yard. I have just washed -the kitchen floor and I am afraid he will -make it dirty again.”</p> - -<p>The boy felt very sad because he could -not keep Bingo, but he took him down to the -yard as his Mother had told him to, and he -tied him up to the fence with a piece of rope.</p> - -<p>Bingo did not like this at all. He pulled -and he pulled and he pulled, but he could -not get loose. He pulled and he pulled and—he -PULLED, and—suddenly the fastening -of his collar snapped (it snapped because -Charlie had not fastened it properly -that morning), and Bingo was a free dog.</p> - -<p>Then he scampered gayly out of the yard -and into the street again. He thought that -it was time to go home to Charlie and his -dinner. But—what do you think? Bingo<span class="pagenum" id="Page_127">[127]</span> -could not find his way home! He ran -through street after street but he could not -find the house where he lived with Charlie -and Topsy and Jane. The boy’s Mother -must have thought that Bingo was older -than he really was when she said that he -could find his way home by himself.</p> - -<p>Bingo was beginning to be worried—there -were a great many children playing in -the streets through which he passed and -every now and again he thought that he saw -Charlie, but it always turned out that he -was mistaken. Sometimes some of the children -would try to stop him but Bingo always -ran away from them. He wanted to -go home.</p> - -<p>At last he passed four little boys who -were walking along together. Bingo was -very tired now and he was not running any -more; no, he was walking very slowly and -limping a little because he had hurt his foot.</p> - -<p>One of the boys looked at him limping<span class="pagenum" id="Page_128">[128]</span> -along in front and he said, “Look at that -puppy. He looks exactly like Charlie’s -Bingo, who does such wonderful tricks!”</p> - -<p>The other boy said, “He does look like -him. Let’s call him and see if he answers to -the name Bingo.” So they called, “Bingo, -Bingo, Bingo!”</p> - -<p>You may be sure that when Bingo heard -his name called <i>this time</i> he did come -running as fast as ever he could.</p> - -<p>Bingo did not know the boys but they -knew him. They had often watched him -over the fence doing the tricks that Charlie -had taught him, so they knew where he lived. -Now that they were sure it <i>was</i> Bingo, -as he had come at once when they called -him, they decided that they would take him -back to his home; for they knew how unhappy -Charlie must be because he had lost -his dog.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_129">[129]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image129.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>One of the strange boys held Bingo</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_130">[130]</span></p> - -<p> </p> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_131">[131]</span>But they were afraid that Bingo might -run away again, so one of the boys held on -to him while the others made a harness for -him out of some string that one of them had -in his pocket. Then they put it on Bingo -and they tied a long piece of string to the -middle of the harness for a leash.</p> - -<p>So they started on their way—but you -can think how funny Bingo did look in his -rope harness! The boys could not help -laughing at him, and Bingo did not like that -at all. He had a feeling that he looked very -ragged and untidy, as indeed he did; and all -the dogs that he met and who wore beautiful -collars, sniffed at him, as though to say, -“What an extraordinary thing to wear, instead -of a collar!”</p> - -<p>Bingo wished very much that he had not -lost his own collar, which was a very beautiful -one. He wanted to stop and tell the -other dogs all about it. But the four boys -were in a hurry, and they pulled at his rope -so that he had to follow them.</p> - -<p>At last they reached the bottom of the hill<span class="pagenum" id="Page_132">[132]</span> -that the boy had coasted down. It was ever -so much harder to climb <i>up</i> that hill than it -had been running down it that morning. -But at last they got to the top and Bingo -began to feel very excited because he recognized -the street that they were now walking -along. Every single day he walked along -that street with Charlie and Charlie’s -Mother and his Auntie on their way to the -park.</p> - -<p>And—then at last they reached the garden -gate and Bingo was home! He was so -excited that he barked “Yap, yap, yap!”</p> - -<p>Charlie was eating his supper in the dining -room and when he heard it he said, -“That’s Bingo’s bark!” and he and his -Mother and his Auntie and his Daddy all -jumped up from the table and ran to the -front door. And—there were the four little -boys holding Bingo by the rope!</p> - -<p>Well, you may be sure that everybody -was glad to see Bingo. Charlie grabbed him<span class="pagenum" id="Page_133">[133]</span> -in his arms and hugged him while he thanked -the boys for bringing him home, and -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie thanked -them also. Then Charlie’s Daddy put his -hand in his pocket and he brought out four -beautiful new quarters and he gave one to -each of the boys, so they were very happy, -too. But the happiest of all was Bingo, he -barked till he could bark no more because -he was hoarse. He barked so loudly that he -wakened Jane and Topsy from their nap -and they came out to see what it all meant.</p> - -<p>When Jane saw Bingo, what do you think -she did? Why, she started to wash him! -Yes, she did; she washed him all over and he -needed it, I can tell you.</p> - -<p>Then, when Bingo was nice and clean, -Charlie gave him his dinner, and when he -had eaten it he was so tired that he curled -up beside Jane on the kitchen rug, just as -if he was a baby puppy again, and went fast -asleep. But always after that, Bingo would<span class="pagenum" id="Page_134">[134]</span> -come when he was called. He came so -quickly when Charlie called, “Bingo, Bingo, -Bingo,” that everybody noticed it, and said -to Charlie, “What a well-trained dog you -have. Did you train him yourself?” And -Charlie would say, “Yes, I did. He <i>is</i> a -clever dog; there isn’t <i>anything</i> that Bingo -can’t do!” And I don’t believe there was!</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image134.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_135">[135]</span> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image135.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<h2 class="nobreak">WHAT CHARLIE DID ON A -RAINY DAY</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="drop-cap">ONE day it was a rainy day. The rain -poured and it poured, and the wind -blew. It was a very disagreeable day. It -poured so hard that Charlie could not go out -in the yard and play in his little house. His -Mother and his Auntie both said that it was<span class="pagenum" id="Page_136">[136]</span> -the kind of day when it is best to stay indoors.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Mother said, “As it is such -a rainy day that I cannot go out, I shall -make preserves all the morning. I shall -make plum preserves and orange marmalade, -and we will have some for supper to-night.”</p> - -<p>And his Auntie said, “I shall sew all the -morning; yes, I will make myself a nice new -dress.”</p> - -<p>Topsy and Bingo and Jane did not say -anything. But they all three lay down on -hearth rug and went to sleep. They had -decided that, as it was such a disagreeable, -rainy day that they could not go out and -play, they would sleep all the morning, and, -maybe, dream a nice dream about playing -in the fields in the country.</p> - -<p>As for Charlie—<i>he</i> did not know <i>what</i> -to do. He stood at the window and he -looked out at the rain pattering on the ledge<span class="pagenum" id="Page_137">[137]</span> -and against the window pane—and he said, -“I don’t know what to do, I don’t know -what to do!” And he said it again and -again.</p> - -<p>His Auntie said to him, “The very idea, -Charlie, you have <i>heaps</i> of things to do! -Why don’t you play with your toys—with -your train and with your blocks?”</p> - -<p>But Charlie shook his head. “It’s no fun -playing with my train—it just goes round -and round, and I have built everything with -my blocks that I know how to build. I want -something <i>new</i> to play! Something I have -never played before.”</p> - -<p>His Auntie thought hard for two whole -minutes. Then she said, “Look here, -Charlie, I have a splendid idea! You run -up to my room and bring me a pile of typewriting -paper that you will find on my desk. -Also bring a paper of pins out of my top -bureau drawer, and I will show you something -new to play with.”</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_138">[138]</span>So Charlie ran upstairs and brought down -these things. Then his Auntie told him to -get his own scissors with the rounded tops -and his box of colored chalks.</p> - -<p>Charlie began to feel very interested and -excited. He wondered <i>what in the world</i> -his Auntie was going to do.</p> - -<p>Well, when he had brought his scissors -and his crayons, his Auntie sat down at the -table and she took a piece of typewriting -paper and folded it this way and that way. -Then she colored one part of it red with the -red chalk, and she made three little green -strokes with the green chalk, and with the -scissors she cut along the creases, and folded -it some more; <i>then</i> she pinched it here and -pinched it there, and she stuck a pin in -at the back, and—there was a beautiful -little white house with a red roof and green -shutters, and a door that opened and -shut!</p> - -<p>Charlie was delighted. He said, “Oh, oh!<span class="pagenum" id="Page_139">[139]</span> -<i>How beautiful!</i> Show me how to make it. -<i>Please</i>, Auntie, show <i>me</i> how to make a -little house.”</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/image139.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<p>So his Auntie showed him <i>ex-act-ly</i> how -to make the little house—and you will see -in the picture on this page <i>ex-act-ly</i> how -Charlie’s Auntie cut the paper, and where -she painted it red for the roof, and where -she put the windows with the green shutters, -and where she cut the door so that it could -open and shut, and where she put the pin in -at the back to keep it together. Yes, -Charlie’s Auntie used a pin instead of paste, -because paste does not always stick very<span class="pagenum" id="Page_140">[140]</span> -well and it often makes things look messy -unless you are very skillful.</p> - -<p>Well, after Charlie had tried several times -and his Auntie had showed him every time -where he had gone wrong, he <i>ac-tu-al-ly</i> succeeded -in making a paper house all by himself! -And it was a beautiful house.</p> - -<p>When his Auntie saw that Charlie could -make paper houses just as well as she could, -she said, “Now I must go upstairs and sew -my dress, and <i>you</i>, Charlie, can make a -whole, big village of little houses, and I am -sure that you will think of some nice game -to play with them.”</p> - -<p>Well, Charlie did go on making his houses -until he had made a whole lot of them—yes, -he had made a <i>tre-men-dous</i> number of -houses; maybe he had made <i>fifteen</i> houses -out of paper, with red roofs and green doors -and shutters. Then he thought that he had -made enough and that he would like to play -with them—and so he did.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_141">[141]</span>I will tell you how Charlie played with -the houses. First he went over to a corner -of the room where there was no furniture -to get in the way and there he set up some -of his houses and made a village of them. -Then he had a <i>grand</i> idea—and the idea -was that he would like to have some trees in -his village, and he knew <i>ex-act-ly</i> how to -make them!</p> - -<p>He ran into the kitchen where his Mother -was making delicious preserves and he said, -“Oh, Mother, I want some branches off the -bush near the back door—and it is <i>very important</i>. -Can I go out just for a minute -and pick some?”</p> - -<p>And his Mother said, “Yes. If you put -on your rubber boots and your slicker and -your sou’wester, you can go out for just a -minute, even though it is raining, and pick -the branches you want, but you must not be -long.”</p> - -<p>So Charlie did so—he put on his rubber<span class="pagenum" id="Page_142">[142]</span> -boots and his sou’wester and his slicker and -he picked all the branches that he wanted. -When he brought them into the house he -had to shake them over the sink because -they were so wet.</p> - -<p>Now I suppose you will wonder how -Charlie made those branches stand upright -on the floor to make them look like trees?</p> - -<p>I will tell you. Charlie went to his box, -where he kept the old toys that he used to -play with when he was a very little boy, and -there he found a whole lot of spools. When -he was a baby he used to like to string spools -together and his Mother and his Auntie always -gave him their spools of thread when -they were bare, so Charlie had <i>dozens</i> of -spools and he sometimes let Bingo and -Topsy play with them.</p> - -<p>Well, Charlie got these spools and he -stuck a small branch in the end of one of -them and stood it upright. It made a beautiful -tree! So he made a dozen trees and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_143">[143]</span> -set them all along the streets of the village.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/facing143.jpg" alt="" /></div> -<p class="caption"><i>Charlie Made Three Villages</i></p> - -<p>But there were no people in the village. -Charlie thought hard for two whole minutes—then -he went and found his old Noah’s -ark and his box of lead soldiers. Of course, -Noah and his wife and his family were the -people who lived in the village, and so were -some of the soldiers. The animals of the -ark he stood up in the fields behind the -houses and he pretended that they were all -cows—yes, he pretended that the elephants -and the giraffes and the lions and the tigers -were all cows.</p> - -<p>When Charlie had finished making one -village, he started right away and made two -more, so that he had <i>three</i> villages, and each -village had a railway station. Then he -arranged his railroad track so that it went -between the different villages, and he made -his train run up and down between them. -He put some of the lead soldiers in the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_144">[144]</span> -coaches. And every time that his train came -to a station Charlie blew his whistle and -called out, “All out for Stony Hollow! All -out for Pine Hill! All out for Ford’s Crossing!” -and some of the soldiers got out at -every station and others got in.</p> - -<p>My goodness! but Charlie did have a -good time playing with his train and with -his villages. He had such a good time that -the morning only seemed five minutes long!</p> - -<p>When his Mother and his Auntie came in -to see what he had been doing with himself -all the morning, and to tell him that it was -time to get ready for dinner, they <i>were</i> surprised -and de-light-ed when they saw the -beautiful villages that Charlie had made.</p> - -<p>Well, the very minute that Charlie had -finished his dinner he went back to his villages, -because he had thought of several -new ideas while he was eating his dinner.</p> - -<p>Yes, he remembered a little tiny horse -and wagon that his Mother had given him.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_145">[145]</span> -When his Mother had given it to him there -was some candy tied to the wagon, and of -course Charlie had eaten the candy long -ago; but he had kept the horse and wagon -because it was so cunning and little, though -he thought that it was too little to play with. -But now Charlie was going to use it for his -village.</p> - -<p>I wonder if you can guess what he was -going to use it for? I will tell you. Charlie -decided that the little wagon should be the -stage, and he put a lead soldier in it and -pretended that he was the stage driver. -Then he loaded the stage with little parcels -made out of paper which he pretended were -sacks of apples that the farmers of the villages -were sending to the city; and he -loaded them on to the train, and blew his -whistle—and off it started!</p> - -<p>Charlie played all the afternoon with his -train and his stage and his villages; he -played with them for hours and hours. The<span class="pagenum" id="Page_146">[146]</span> -rain had stopped and the sun was shining -but Charlie did not notice that—until he -heard a little hoarse “Wow-wow!” outside -the door.</p> - -<p>It was Bingo. Yes, Bingo had wakened -and wanted Charlie to come and play with -him. So he opened the door and Bingo -came jumping into the room, and the very -first thing he did was to knock over three -houses in Charlie’s village. And Topsy -came chasing after Bingo and <i>he</i> knocked -over four more with his tail. They would -have knocked all the houses over if Charlie -had not stopped them. But Charlie took -Bingo and Topsy out of the room and he -shut the door behind him so that they should -not spoil his village.</p> - -<p>Then Charlie’s Mother called to him and -she said, “Why don’t you and Topsy and -Bingo run out and play in the yard? The -sun is shining, but you must put on your -rubber boots, as the grass is still wet.”</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_147">[147]</span>Charlie thought that it would be fun to -run around a little as he had been so busy -all day. He called Topsy and Bingo, and -they had a grand time chasing each other -around the garden and in and out of Charlie’s -little house that he had built of the -bricks that the builders had given him. -Sometimes Charlie would catch Bingo, and, -when Bingo was caught, <i>always</i> he rolled -over on his back and stuck his four legs in -the air—so that he looked ridiculous!</p> - -<p>But Charlie never <i>could</i> catch Topsy. -Whenever he nearly caught him, Topsy -would just climb up a tree, and he’d climb -<i>way</i> up and peek down at Charlie through -the branches.</p> - -<p>So Charlie and Topsy and Bingo played -together in the garden till Charlie’s Daddy -came home. Then, of course, Charlie had -to show his Daddy the beautiful villages -he had made, and the way each one had a -railway station, and how his train ran up<span class="pagenum" id="Page_148">[148]</span> -and down the line between the stations, just -like a real train, and carried packages and -mail and passengers.</p> - -<p>His Daddy was <i>most</i> interested and de-light-ed. -He was <i>so</i> interested and <i>de-light-ed</i> -that he sat straight down on the -floor, and began to play with the villages -himself. But Bingo and Topsy had to be -left in the garden while Charlie and his -Daddy were playing with the villages, because -they wanted to play also, and <i>their</i> -idea of playing with the villages was to -knock down <i>all</i> the houses and <i>all</i> the trees!</p> - -<p>Well, Charlie and his Daddy played together -till supper was ready. Then Charlie’s -Mother said, “I have been making preserves -all day, and now we will eat some for -supper. I have made plum jam and orange -marmalade.” Charlie and his Daddy tasted -the plum jam and the orange marmalade—and -they both were <i>delicious</i>.</p> - -<p>And what do you think? Charlie’s Auntie<span class="pagenum" id="Page_149">[149]</span> -had finished her new dress and she wore it -down to supper—and it <i>did</i> look beautiful.</p> - -<p>So Charlie and his Mother and his -Auntie all had a nice day after all, even -though it was such a rainy, disagreeable -kind of a day. 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