Laugh and Play

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Laugh and Play

Laugh and play all the day:

Don't you think with me

When I say that's the wayIf you'd happy be?

Maid and lad, if we had

Nee! time fo! song,

"lways sad, nee! glad,

Days would seem so long#

$ea! and sigh make the sky

Da!k and sad and g!ey%

Nee! &!yonly t!y

(ust to laugh and play)

*a&es b!ight make sunlight

"ll the me!!y day%

*!owns they f!ight out of sight+o we'll laugh and play)

C.B.


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" appy Day


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Laugh and Play

-.ome and hae a game at soldie!s, Dul&ie)-

-I &an't, a!old% don't you see I'm busy?-

-/usy w!iting !ubbish# ow you &an be so silly as to waste you! time like that I &an't think) It isn't

as if you !eally &ould w!ite poet!y, and I &all it down!ight &on&eited fo! a gi!l to p!etend she &an)

+o, do leae off, the!e's a dea!, and &ome and hae a game) I want to t!y my new &annon, and you

shall hae fi!st shot if you will &ome)-

/ut Dul&ie was offended) " week ago she had w!itten a e!se about a!old's dog, and fathe! had

said it was e!y good and had gien he! si0pen&e fo! w!iting it) +in&e then she had spent most of

he! spa!e time t!ying to w!ite othe! e!ses, but this afte!noon she was beginning to get a little ti!ed

of being a poetess and to long fo! a good game)

When a!old suggested soldie!s, she !eally wanted to play, fo! she was almost as fond of boys'

games as he! b!othe! was% but she thought it sounded g!and to p!etend she was busy) $hen whena!old &alled he! silly and &on&eited she g!ew ang!y and sulked)

-Do &ome, Dul&ie% don't be &!oss#-

-1o away, you !ude boy,- !eplied Dul&ie)


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a!old t!ied &oa0ing fo! a little while longe!, and then hewent away and left his siste! alone in the s&hool2!oom) It

was e!y lonely the!e, and befo!e fie minutes had

passed Dul&ie hea!tily !eg!etted that she had !efused

a!old's offe!)

-/ut he was ho!!id,- she said, -and anyway he is

mise!able too% he &an't bea! playing alone)-

a!old, howee!, was anything but mise!able, fo!, on

peeping out of the window, Dul&ie saw him in the ne0t2

doo! ga!den helping the &hild!en the!e to make a big

snow2man) e was laughing and shouting, and had

eidently fo!gotten all about he!)

" lump seemed to hae suddenly !isen in he! th!oat, andas she &!ept ba&k to the table two big tea!s fell splashing

down upon the poem she had been t!ying to w!ite and

blotted out some of the wo!ds% then down went he! head

upon the pape!, and in anothe! moment she was sobbing

pitifully)


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It was almost da!k when a!old &ame !unning up

to the s&hool2!oom, and, bu!sting open the doo!,

&!ied &hee!ily: -+u&h a la!k, Dul&ie% 3ust listen)

ullo,- he added, -what's the matte!?-

In anothe! moment his a!m was !ound his siste!'s ne&k and she was !ubbing he! tea!2stained &heek

against his &old !osy one)

-4, a!old,- she sobbed, -I'e been so mise!able) I'm so!!y I was so disag!eeable)-


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-Nee! mind% is that all you'!e &!ying about? Well, I was ho!!id too: I teased you when you we!e

w!iting, and I da!esay you! poet!y is &lee!)-

-No, it isn't,- said Dul&ie% -it's as stupid as stupid &an be, and I'll nee! t!y to w!ite a pie&e again,-

and with that she pi&ked up the offending pape! and d!opped it into the fi!e)

a!old gae he! a b!othe!ly hug, fo! he !eally was glad Dul&ie had &ome to this de&ision, fo! he had

found he! new a&&omplishment a little t!ying at times)

-/ut I haen't told you my news yet,- he said) -I'e been playing with the 1!ahams all the

afte!noon, and M!s) 1!aham &ame out 3ust now and has inited us to go the!e to tea and hae a

good game afte!wa!ds, and $om told me the!e was to be a .h!istmas2t!ee) +o &ome along and let'stell nu!se, fo! it's time to get !eady)-

4, what a good time the &hild!en had that eening, and how they did laugh and play# Dul&ie was

amongst the me!!iest the!e, and when she and a!old went home that night, laden with toys f!om

the .h!istmas2t!ee, she said: -Wasn't I a silly gi!l to sit and &!y and be mise!able this afte!noon,

when I might hae been so happy?-

L. L. Weedon.


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$he 5lde! $!ee

$he!e was a fas&inating little st!eam 3ust at the othe! side of the low wall that bounded the ga!den,and this st!eam had mo!e att!a&tions fo! +ydney than anything else about the holiday home)

It was not fo! its &ool mu!mu!ing sound that

+ydney liked it, no! fo! its &!ystal &lea!ness

though he must hae felt the &ha!m of all this

du!ing those hot "ugust days) e had found a

beautiful pla&e whe!e he &ould put a wate!2

wheel, and he was as busy as he &ould beplanning and making one) e had his little bo0 of

tools with him, and it was easy to get pie&es of

wood% and fo! the !est +ydney's &lee!ness in

-making things- was well known to his siste!s

and b!othe!, and held in g!eat !ee!en&e by them)

$hey nee! -meddled,- and so we!e g!a&iously

allowed to &ome and admi!e)

-4, bothe!#- e0&laimed +ydney, -he!e's this little

plague# 6ou &an't &ome he!e, Walte!,- he &alled

out) -1o ba&k to the ga!den and play the!e)-


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/ut little Walte! had al!eady &limbed oe! the loose stones and was !unning towa!ds the st!eam)

+ydney 3umped up f!om the g!ound and went to meet him)

-Did you hea!, Walte!?- said he% -go ba&k and play) I don't want you he!e)-

-4, please, +ydney,- said a pleading oi&e, as a pai! of &hildish blue eyes we!e lifted up to the fa&e

of the elde! boy, -I do want to see the wate!2mill# I won't tou&h itI p!omise)-

-6ou won't get the &han&e,- said +ydney !oughly) -(ust you go ba&k when you'!e told) 6ou'e gotMadge and (ohnny to play with)-

-/ut Madge doesn't make wate!2wheels, and I'm ti!ed of he! play, and (ohnny is indoo!s) Do let me

wat&h you, +ydney#-

/ut all +ydney's answe! was to take the little boy by the shoulde!s and ma!&h him ba&k to the wall)

e felt e!y ang!y)

-Now, look he!e, Walte!,- he said, -in that elde!2bush the!e lies a ghost that &omes out sometimes)

I think you'd bette! keep away f!om it, fo! you'!e the so!t of &hap that would be &aught)-


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+ydney, seeing the sudden fea! in

the &hild's fa&e as he tu!ned his

eyes towa!ds the elde!2t!ee,

thought he had hit on a e!y happy

plan fo! keeping Walte! away)

-I'e gien him a f!ight,- said he,

as he went ba&k to whe!e his

siste!s we!e sitting by the edge of

the st!eam) -I'e told him the!e's a

ghost in that t!ee) e won't &ome

past it in a hu!!y)-

Loo laughed, but Lena said: -e'll

!eally beliee it, +ydney) e's su&h

a ne!ous so!t of a &hild)-

-I want him to beliee it,- said

+ydney) -e's su&h an in7uisitie

little &hap that he'd hae been&oming down he!e to see my

wheel when I wasn't about) I don't

know what mothe! asked him fo!)

e's a pe!fe&t nuisan&e)-


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-Mothe! wants us to be kind to him,- said Lena% -you know she said so) Poo! little thing# e hasn't

got a mothe!, and he's always left with se!ants now)-

-$he best pla&e fo! him,- e0&laimed +ydney) -Why should he bothe! us and spoil ou! holiday?-

-e's a stupid little thing,- said Loo)

Lena was silent) -e's not like othe! &hild!en,- she said, afte! a minute, -but how &an he be? Mothe!

says he has nee! had any 3olly times o! any &hild!en to play with)-

-4, well,- said +ydney &a!elessly, -he's got Madge and (ohnny now, and that ought to be enough)-"nd then he fo!got all about Walte! in the inte!est of fi0ing his wheel)

Meanwhile Walte! went slowly ba&k again th!ough the ga!den, his hea!t full of bitte!

disappointment) e did so want to see that wheel# e had been d!eaming about it all night, fo! he

had known that it was to be fi0ed and t!ied the ne0t day) e had been wat&hing fo! an oppo!tunity

ee! sin&e +ydney and his siste!s had gone to the st!eam) It &ame when nu!se went indoo!s with

(ohnny, and Madge got sulky and bu!ied he!self in a pi&tu!e2book) $hat was the moment when he

stole away unobse!ed) If only he &ould hae had one peep# e wouldn't hae tou&hed it, not fo!the wo!ld% he only wanted to look at the wonde!ful thing, and to see if he &ould pe!haps make one

some day) e would like to t!y now, but he was not allowed to hae a knife, and he did not know

whe!e to get wood) $hen when he went home the!e would be no st!eam and no new so!ts of play)

(ust then he hea!d Madge &alling him)


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-.ome he!e and play, Walte!,- she said) -I'll be a bea! among the t!ees and I'll !un out and &at&h

you)-

-I don't like that game, Madge,- said he% -you !oa! so loud and then I think it !eally is a bea!)-

-6ou baby#- said she) -Well, (ohnny and nu!se will play and you &an !un away)-

No, he &ould not do that) e would play too, and t!y to !emembe! all the time that it was only

Madge !oa!ing among the t!ees and not !eally a bea!)

$he ne0t day it happened that the!e was a la!ge pi&ni& pa!ty, to whi&h all the elde!s we!e inited,

in&luding +ydney, Loo, and Lena) +o the th!ee younge! &hild!en, with nu!se and /aby and the othe!

se!ants, had it all to themseles) It was !athe! a dull day, Walte! thought) e was thinking about

the wheel and wonde!ing if it was tu!ning me!!ily in the st!eam, o! if +ydney had put it away) e

would hae gien wo!lds to go and see, but he nee! got the &han&e) When the &hild!en went to the

kit&hen ga!den it was to walk !ound with nu!se)

(ohnny was bemoaning that st!awbe!!ies we!e oe!, and Madge was looking ainly fo!goosebe!!ies on the t!ees that had long ago been st!ipped) /ut Walte! &ast fu!tie glan&es at the

thi&k elde!2bush by the wall, and shie!ed a little inside when he thought of what +ydney had told

him about it)


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Di!e&tly afte! that they went

indoo!s to hae suppe! and go to

bed) "s they we!e und!essing it

was dis&oe!ed that Madge had

lost a &o!al ne&kla&e she had on) It

was a fan&y of he! mothe!'s that

Madge should always wea! this, as

it was a p!esent f!om a dead

godmothe!, and the 7uestion nowwas whe!e it had been d!opped)

-+he had it on at the goosebe!!y2

bushes,- said Walte!, -fo! I saw it)-

Nu!se was 3ust then und!essing

(ohnny)

-6ou &an !un down the ga!den and look fo! it, Maste! Walte!,- said she) -It gets da!k so fast I shan't


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be able to see by the time I'e got you all in bed)-

Madge was al!eady in he! d!essing2gown, and in spite of mu&h ent!eaty was not allowed to go)

+o away went Walte! full of impo!tan&e, fo! the moment 7uite fo!getting whe!e he was going) /uts&a!&ely had he got outside the doo! when he !emembe!ed the d!eadful t!ee, and fea! took

possession of him)

ow &ould he go? e would hae to pass the elde!2bush if he went all !ound the path whe!e they

had walked with nu!se) Da!e he do it?


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/ut if he went ba&k the othe!s would laugh at him

and &all him a baby) e &ould not stand that) e

was not a baby, but a boy who would one day be a

man and do g!eat deeds) +o he went on) $!ying

ha!d not to think of the elde!2bush, Walte! wentb!aely along, looking fo! the ne&kla&e) /ut still

he &ould not help knowing that he was getting

nea!e! to the d!eaded spot) 4, if he &ould but see

those pink beads he would sei8e them and !un#


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e saw them at last, when he had nea!ly !ea&hed the t!ee) With mingled 3oy and fea! he took a step

fo!wa!d and stopped to pi&k up the ne&kla&e when suddenly the!e was a !ustling sound among the

elde!2b!an&hes and a hand !ea&hed out to pa!t them, a hand belonging to a white figu!e) $hat was all

Walte! knew) With a &!y of te!!o! he !ushed fo!wa!d, not looking whe!e he was going) $hen he

t!ipped and fell, and lay 7uite still) e was still un&ons&ious when, an hou! late!, +ydney's mothe!bent oe! him an0iously) e had st!u&k his head on the stones bo!de!ing the path, and the!e was

waiting till the do&to! &ame to know the e0tent of the in3u!y)

Nu!se told how the little boy had gone to look fo! Madge's ne&kla&e, and &ook e0plained how she

had been gathe!ing elde!2be!!ies to make wine and, hea!ing footsteps, had &ome out f!om the thi&k

b!an&hes) (ust as she saw Maste! Walte! he gae a s&!eam and !an away as if f!ightened) /ut what

&ould hae te!!ified him she &ould not think)

+ydney looked at his mothe!'s dist!essed fa&e and at the little figu!e lying on the bed) e knew what

had made Walte! af!aid, and he did not like afte!wa!ds to think of what he felt du!ing the half2hou!

befo!e the do&to! &ame)

-/ut I nee! thought, mothe!,- said he, -that he would be f!ightened at that)-


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is mothe! was too an0ious to say

mu&h 3ust then, and +ydney's

&ons&ien&e spoke instead) -6ou did

want to make him af!aid,- it said,

-knowing he was a small and timidboy)- "nd +ydney knew that this was

the t!uth)

"Walte! got bette! afte! a time, and

his little hea!t was made glad by the

kindness of all a!ound) 5en +ydney

&ame and wo!ked beside him,

e0plaining all the imp!oements and

e0tensions of the wate!2wheel) /ut the

little boy did not know all that was in

+ydney's mind, fo! it &ould not be

spoken) /ut +ydney's unspoken

thought was the sti!!ing of t!ue

manliness within him) It was the

dete!mination to !emembe! that thosewho we!e not so st!ong and big as

himself needed all the mo!e his

&onside!ation and gentleness) "nd he

did !emembe! that all his life)

E. Dawson


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*ishing


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" *!oli&

I knew you had &ome fo! a f!oli&, Wind,

$he minute I hea!d you !ise"nd wat&hed you blow the g!ey little &louds

$o the fi!e in the sunset skies)

I saw you fly with a leap and a bound

$o gie the t!ees a f!ight)

What fun when they shie!ed, and tossed, and shook,

"nd the aspen leaes tu!ned white#


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4, how I wish I we!e you, wild Wind#

$hen I'd hae fun enough,

*o! nobody ee! fo!bids you! games

4! says they a!e !ude and !ough#

I'd whi!l the &louds to the end of the skies,

"nd the ships as fast and fa!%

"nd I'd set the whole big wo!ld in a dan&e

"nd blow out ee!y sta!#

I'd !o&k the houses and toss the t!ees)

ow f!ightened the folks would be#

/ut the &hild!en and bi!ds would know 7uite

well

$he!e was nothing to fea! f!om me)

$he!e would be no punishment2time to d!ead

"t the end of this delight%

*o! they'd only say when the mo!ning &ame:

-What a gale we had last night#-

E. Dawson


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.ousin .ha!lie's 9isit

-I hae a su!p!ise fo! you, dea!s,- said mothe!, &oming into the nu!se!y one mo!ning, followed by a

b!ight2looking boy about ten yea!s of age) -e!e is you! .ousin .ha!lie &ome to spend the day with

you)-

Dolly and May we!e delighted, and Mothe! said they might stay out all the mo!ning) *o! the fi!sthou! they we!e e!y happythe!e we!e so many new things to show .ha!lie% but he was one of

those !estless boys who get ti!ed of ee!ything e!y 7ui&kly)

-What shall we do ne0t?- he kept saying) $hey t!ied hunting fo! eggs in the ba!n, but he soon &alled


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that -slow)-

-Let's go and pi&k bla&kbe!!ies in the uppe! field,- said little May)

+o they sta!ted off and had only pi&ked a e!y little while when .ha!lie suddenly asked: -Whoseo!&ha!d is that 3ust a&!oss the ne0t field?-

-It's *a!me! 1iles's,- said Dolly)

-Let's &limb oe! and get some apples,- was his ne0t idea)

Dolly and May opened thei! eyes e!y wide) -$hat would be stealing,- they &!ied, both togethe!)

-Nonsense,- said .ha!lie) -$hat's 3ust like gi!lsalways af!aid to do anything) I mean to get a

po&ketful, so you &an wait till I &ome ba&k)-


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$hey waited and waited su&h a long time, but he

nee! &ame, so they went slowly home) It was

nea!ly tea2time when nu!se &ame and said: -*a!me!1iles has b!ought .ousin .ha!lie ba&k)- "nd a e!y

mise!able2looking boy he was)

When he had filled his po&kets and meant to &ome

down, he saw oe!, the saage fa!m dog, waiting

fo! him below% so he had to stay in the t!ee, and

might hae had to !emain all night, only the fa!me!

happened to !ide by and hea!d the dog ba!king)

Dolly and May we!e e!y so!!y fo! him, and thei!

mothe! did not s&old him as she meant to do,

be&ause, she said, -the f!ight had been punishment

enough)-

F. Clifton Bingham

$he Pi&ni& Pa!ty


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Dan's Pi&ni&


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It was one of Dan's bi!thdays) e had had a pa!ty on the ;st of ee!y month sin&e the time that he

was bo!n, whi&h happened to be New 6ea!'s Day) "nd if you asked eggie and *lo they would tell

you that Dan 7uite looked fo!wa!d to his monthly pa!ties, and, what is mo!e, en3oyed them) 6ou

see, a whole yea! is a e!y long time) /oys and gi!ls may g!ow to be old men and women and hae

lots of bi!thdays% but a doggie's life is &ompa!atiely sho!t, so the mo!e festials they &an s7uee8e

into it the bette!)

Now, on this pa!ti&ula! +eptembe! ;st of whi&h I am going to tell you, it was a!!anged that the

milkman was to take eggie and *lo and Dan home with him in his &a!t di!e&tly he had delie!ed

the mo!ning's milk, and b!ing them ba&k again at tea2time) $his he did: and how eggie and *lo diden3oy themseles, to be su!e#

$he milkman had two little f!iends staying with him, named euben and (ane) euben led the way

into the woods &a!!ying a kettle and a bo0 of tea2things% while eggie and (ane and little *lo

followed with buns and ta!ts) Dan was useful too, fo! he helped to gathe! sti&ks with whi&h to boil

the kettle) e played hide2and2seek with the &hild!en, saw a !eal lie !abbit fo! the fi!st time in his

life, and thought it was a new kind of &at% so in one way he had a e!y good time, but I am e!y

so!!y to tell you that the &hild!en 7uite fo!got that Dan &ould not d!ink tea o! eat 3am ta!ts, and, as

fo! buns, they knew he hated them) +o poo! Dan got nothing to eat at his own pa!ty) "nd when

good2bye was said, and when the kind milkman d!opped the th!ee down on the steps3ust like the

milk2&ansDan !aised a feeble little -bow2wow- to eggie's mothe!, and said as plainly as a little

doggie &ould:


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-4, missis, missis# It's been my pa!tyand I'e had nuffin' to eat) "ll I got

was an empty nut2shell'bow2

wow'whi&h somebody &alled a

s7ui!!el'bow2wow'd!opped into

my mouth'bow2wow'while I

was looking up a t!ee'bow2wow2

wow'#-

eggie's mothe! must hae

unde!stood, fo! she gae Dan a good

suppe!, and he slept !ight soundly till

mo!ning)

Mary Boyle


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/!inging ome the olly

/!inging home the holly)

With hea!ts as light as snow2flakes fall,

With &heeks like sunset glow,

"nd !inging shouts of 3oy and fun,

"way the &hild!en go)

"way# to whe!e the holly2t!ee,

With be!!ies gleaming b!ight,

+tands like a shie!ing giant in

Its glistening &loak of white)

$he!e's oy, to take the sledge in hand

"nd pilot th!ough the snow)

-$he gi!ls don't unde!stand,- he says)

(ust like a boy, you know#@


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$hen ba&k they b!ing the loaded sledge,

With finge!s p!i&ked and so!e)/ut what &a!e they? $hey'll go again

$o2mo!!ow fo! some mo!e)

*o! &hild!en loe the .h!istmas2time,

When ee!ything is 3olly%

"nd all must help to de&k the house

In mistletoe and holly#

"nd then &omes good +t) Ni&holas,

With loads of books and toys)

6es, .h!istmas is the dea!est time

*o! happy gi!ls and boys)

Ellyn Hall


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THE DANDELION CHILDREN


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-What little da!lings we a!e#- said the &hild!en one day)

$hey we!e all sitting fluffed up into one little downy ball on the top of a long stem)

-It is e!y nea!ly time fo! us to go into the wo!ld,- said they) -4, how wide and how sunny it is, and

what fun it will be# 4u! wings a!e all !eady to fly, and we a!e so light and happy# $hen the whole

wo!ld will be ou!s, and we &an &hoose ou! own pla&e in whi&h to take !oot and g!ow)

-I will g!ow in a loely ga!den,- said one)

-I mean to be seen, whe!ee! I am,- anothe! de&la!ed)

-Well, the!e's plenty of time befo!e us to &hoose,- !ema!ked a thi!d)

/ut the mothe! dandelion shook he! leaes and said: -.hild!en, don't boast) 4the!s don't always

think as mu&h of us as we do of ou!seles#-

-4, but they must,- said the little ones% -we a!e da!lings#-

-9e!y well,- said the wind) -Now you may gopuff#- "nd away flew some of the seeds, 3ust as

they do when you blow the dandelion -&lo&ks)-

-Puff# puff#- away went the othe!sall but one)


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-Let me stay he!e, wind,- she begged) -If I &an g!ow as la!ge and as beautiful as my mothe! I shall

be &ontent)- +o the wind 3ust loosened he! gently, and down she d!opped &lose to he! mothe!'s side)

-6ou a!e a wise &hild,- said the field2mouse) -Bnde! this hedge you will g!ow in pea&e) Neithe!

s&ythe no! spade ee! &omes he!e) /ut you won't be seen, and you won't see the wo!ld like you!b!othe!s and siste!s)-

Meantime the othe!s went dan&ing about in fine style) 4ne of them, high up in the blue ai!, looked

at the little white &louds and fan&ied himself seen by 3ust as many eyes as they we!e) -Why, this is

een bette! than I thought,- said he) -I nee! fan&ied I should sail about the sky#-

"fte! some long sunny days of t!ael he saw below him a beautiful ga!den all shut in with walls, in

whi&h !oses and f!uit2t!ees g!ew)

-$his is the pla&e fo! me#- he said, and down he went, and pe!&hed on the edge of the g!eat

d!ie in f!ont of all the flowe!2beds and 3ust befo!e the windows of the house) -Nothing &ould suit

me bette!#- said he) -I shall hae plenty of good &ompany, and I hae found a e!y good pla&e to

make my home#- +o he folded up his downy wings and 7ui&kly fell asleep)

"nothe! of the winged &hild!en went skipping oe! the fields, stopping now and then to play withsome flowe!, o! 3ust to bask in the sun) "fte! a time she &ame to a sunny bank of g!ass on the side

of the high2!oad)

-$his is the pla&e fo! me,- she said) -e!e I will lie and g!ow, so that all who pass along this !oad

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"nd so she settled down among the g!ass, 7uite happy)

"nd a thi!d said to he!self: -It is good to be of some use in the wo!ld#- +o when one day the b!ee8e

took he! to the town, she stopped in a flowe!2pot full of ea!th that stood upon the dingy window2sillof a poo! little house) -I shall be alued he!e,- she said, -and the poo! folks will think a lot of me

fo! g!owing in su&h a pla&e) "fte! all, it's a fine thing to make people happy)-

+o she &uddled down in the flowe!2pot and went to sleep)

"nd all the othe! dandelion2&hild!en who had sat on the stem that day went dan&ing about, not

knowing what they wanted) $hey played in the fields and nee! thought of anything else till one

day the !ain &ame and wet thei! wings and beat them down among the meadows 3ust whe!e they

happened to be) /ut it was e!y &omfo!table in the deep g!ass, and so they 3ust went to sleep too)

When they woke again, they all had !oots and little leaes, and deep in thei! hea!ts the buds of

flowe!s) *o! they had g!own up now, and they we!e plants) "t fi!st they we!e all e!y small, but the

sunshine g!adually made them bigge! and bigge! and d!ew out the flowe!s folded in thei! hea!ts)


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$hen the one who had &hosen thebeautiful ga!den fo! his home

p!oudly opened his fi!st yellow

flowe! and looked !ound to see

what the othe! flowe!s thought of

that)

/ut alas# he did not know howsoon his p!ide was to hae a fall)

*o! the ga!dene! &ame that way

and stopped befo!e him) -D!at

these weeds#- said he) -ow &ame

this he!e?'- $hen, whipping out his

knife, he stooped down, !ooted up

the poo! dandelion, and th!ew it

among a heap of weeds whi&hwe!e waiting to be wheeled away#


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$he one who had &hosen the !oadside bank fa!ed no bette!, fo! s&a!&ely had she opened he! yellow

flowe!s fo! ee!yone to see when a donkey &ame along) -e!e's a 3ui&y mouthful#- said he, and he

stopped and ate he! upflowe!s, leaes, and all#

$he flowe!2pot on the window2sill

whi&h the thi!d dandelion2&hild had

made he! home was taken inside one

day, 3ust when he! flowe!s we!e !eady

to open)

-I must th!ow away this nasty weed,-

said a oi&e, -befo!e I plant my

seeds)- $hen some little !ound, bla&k,

ugly seeds we!e laid down &a!efully,

while the dandelion was !ooted up

and flung away into a ba&k ya!d downbelow)


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$he othe!s who had skipped about the meadows g!ew among long g!ass now, whi&h nea!ly &hoked

them, and &ompletely hid them f!om the sun) "nd when (une &ame and the hay was &ut, they too

we!e &ut and &!ushed befo!e they had had any flowe!s at all)

/ut away in a &o!ne!, by a hedgehidden f!om all eyes and shelte!ed f!om &old windsthe

dandelion2&hild who had not wanted to go into the wo!ld g!ew st!onge! and mo!e beautiful ee!y

day) +he knew nothing about fine ga!dens o! admi!ing eyesand she &a!ed nothing) "ll she knew

was that the sun looked down on he! with all his b!ightness, and that the g!eat blue sky into whi&h

she was always ga8ing was wide enough and fai! enough fo! he!)

E.D.


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.on&eit /owled 4ut#

e was a &lee! &!i&kete!,"nd e!y p!oud of that%

.on&eitedly one afte!noon

e took his &!i&ket bat)

/ut when he at the wi&ket saw

is siste! with he! &u!ls,

e tu!ned his nose up so, and said:

-I nee! play with gi!ls#

-$hey'!e molly2&oddles all,- he &!ied%

-$hey always spoil a mat&h%

$hey &annot field o! bowl a bit

$hey &annot een &at&h#

owee!, 3ust this on&e I'll play#-

4, p!ide had su&h a fall:

6ou should hae hea!d them shouta gi!lad bowled him out fi!st ball#

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Laugh at It#

When you hea! the me!!y !ain

Patte! at the window2pane,$hink 'twill soon be fine again%

+o laugh at it#

If you &han&e to tumble down,

$hough you bump you! little

&!own,

Nee! &!y o! pout o! f!own,(ust laugh at it#

When the sum is ha!d to do,

ub it out and t!y anew%

When you get the answe! t!ue

6ou'll laugh at it#

C.B.


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$he Dan&ing "&ademy

$his is the way, on a !ainy day,

We tea&h ou! dolls to dan&e

$he doll in blue, and the +&ot&hman t!ue,

"nd Lady /elle f!om *!an&e)

It's heel and toe and it's to and f!o,

$hey all &an do it well%

/ut the best of all ou! pupils small

Is da!ling Lady /elle#

$hey'!e e!y good, but they'!e only wood,

+o they hae to be shown

$he step to take and the bow to make

$hey &annot dan&e alone#

Euad!ille, gaotte, and I don't know what,

$hey soon will &lee! be#

+o, dolls who sigh to be dan&e!s, t!y

4u! Dolls' "&ademy#

C.B.


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" 9isit to the Dale *a!m

When Do!othy's and 4lie!'s fathe! and mothe! had a!!anged to go ab!oad fo! si0 weeks, the

7uestion a!ose: -What shall we do with the &hild!en?- $hey had many aunts and un&les who would

willingly take &a!e of them, but thei! mothe! wanted them to be in the &ount!y% so, in the end, it was

de&ided to send them with thei! nu!se to stay at a fa!m, the mist!ess of whi&h had on&e been a nu!se

to thei! mothe!, and who was su!e to take good &a!e of them)

$he!e was a g!eat deal of e0&itement and bustle, but at last all was !eady, and the day &ame fo!

them to say good2bye fo! a sho!t time to thei! home) $hei! ponies had al!eady been sent on, and the

te!!ie! Pat&h was to go with them)

$hei! mothe! was going with them, and thei! fathe! saw them off at the station)

When they a!!ied at the Dale *a!m the!e was a wa!m wel&ome fo! them) $hei! mothe! and he! old

nu!se had a lot to talk about, and then they went into the 7uaint fa!m2pa!lou! fo! tea, and how they

all en3oyed the honey and &!eam and hot s&ones#

"fte! tea they had to say good2bye to thei! mothe!, fo! she had to be d!ien ba&k to the station)

$he following mo!ning the &hild!en we!e wakened by the &!owing of the &o&ks and the &a&kling of

the hens and othe! noises unfamilia! to them) "fte! b!eakfast, they went on a tou! of inspe&tion

!ound the fa!m pla&es) $hey also went to g!eet thei! ponies, who seemed 7uite !e3oi&ed to hea! thei!


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oi&es in this st!ange land) $hen they went to see M!s) *a!me! feed he! poult!y% and what a noise

the!e was among the tu!keys, and geese, and du&ks, and hens#all so hung!y fo! b!eakfast, and all

pushing !ound without the slightest !ega!d fo! good manne!s) "fte! them the!e we!e the &ales to

feed) +i0 long2legged shaky little thingsthey wonde!ed they &ould ee! g!ow into anything to be

af!aid of) /efo!e they had half finished looking !ound nu!se &alled them to get !eady fo! thei! !ide)

5e!ything was diffe!ent f!om what it was at home, fo! they we!e to take thei! !ides without a

g!oom, and a&!oss the &ommon, a big pla&e &oe!ed with sho!t &!isp g!ass, with o&&asional &lumps

of !ushes and thistles% and he!e they &ould &ante!, o! gallop, o! !a&e without fea! of ha!m)


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People and animals seemed to do as they liked on the &ommon) Donkeys b!owsed sleepily, and


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$he $ea Pa!ty

Little Miss /etty has had a tea2pa!ty,

5e!yone &ame with an appetite hea!ty%

"nimals, dollies, and toys we!e inited%

/obby was good and ou! /aby delighted)

4f &ake, b!ead2and2butte!, and milk they had plenty

$he &ups we!e so tiny that /obby d!ank twenty%

"nd when it was oe! they !an and asked mothe!

If they might to2mo!!ow hae 3ust su&h anothe!#

C.B.


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" +&!at&h $eam

$hat's a wide#- said $om, as the ball went !olling by about a ya!d f!om the stump) -$h!ow it up,

Maggie) Now, ugh, t!y again#-

It was a e!y young and ine0pe!ien&ed team that $om 1a!dne! was inst!u&ting) $om was staying

with his "unt 1e!t!ude, and had been &omplaining to he! that he had no one whom he &ould play

&!i&ket with)

-Why don't you play with the &hild!en?- asked his aunt at last)

-Play with the kids?- gasped $om) -Why, auntie, they a!e all gi!ls e0&ept ugh, and he not een inkni&ke!bo&ke!s# "nd they don't know how#-

-Well, &an't you tea&h them?- his aunt asked) $om looked at he! with some su!p!ise) e was e!y

fond of he! and would do mu&h to please he!, but this seemed !athe! un!easonable)

-II hae only a bat,- he mu!mu!ed? -the!e a!en't any stumps#-

-4, I'll soon make you some stumps,- said the lady b!iskly) -.ome out into the ga!den and I'll soonget them)-


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+o Maggie t!ied, and the game began to get e0&iting)

Maggie &ouldn't say he! -!'s,- but she &ould &e!tainly th!ow a ball e!y st!aight, and $om had to

play his best)

e began to hit the ball about the lawn, so that the little fielde!s g!ew hot and out of b!eath) "t last

one igo!ous toss absolutely hit the wi&ket and sent the stumps and the flowe!2pot sp!awling)

-I hae kno&ked him out,- &!ied Maggie, 3umping about in he! glee) -I am going to bat the ball

now#-


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