mmw' i; < If' \}'. ^^M Class '' ' ,.■ clUT WHAT SHALL I DO ? IT'S BEEN RAINING ALL DAY,— I WISH THAT THE NAUGHTY OLD RAIN WOULD GO 'WAY I I GUESS I'LL GO OUT IN MY OLD RUBBER COAT, AND PLAY IN THE PUDDLES WITH MY LITTLE BOAT. THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO, MOTHER I YOU CAN JUST BET I'M A-GOING RIGHT OUT AND GET WET- TER'N WET ! TDUT WHAT SHALL 1 DO, THEN? I DON'T WANT A NAP— DON'T YOU THINK YOU COULD CUDDLE ME UP IN YOUR LAP ? 9 FEELINGS AND THINGS OH, THAT'S GOOD . . . BUT, NOW, WHAT SHALL WE DO TO HAVE FUN ? WHY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN— WILL I NEVER HAVE DONE—? 'COURSE I LIKE IT TO SNUGGLE UP COMFY WITH YOU, BUT WHAT SHALL WE DO, MOTHER? WHAT SHALL WE DO! w 10 JUST BECAUSE PATHER, WHY DOESN'T THE MOON LOOK NOW AS LARGE AS IT LOOKED THAT TIME BEFORE ? YOU S'POSE THAT A PIECE WAS KNOCKED OFF BY THE COW- WELL THEN, WON'T IT BE EVER BIG ANY MORE ? OH, FATHER, DON'T TEASE . . . AS- TEROMICAL LAWS . . . WHY CAN'T I, FATHER ? JUST BECAUSE ? II FEELINGS AND THINGS PATHER, WHAT MADE THE THREE BEARS GO TO BED ? THEY WERE SLEEPY ? WHAT FOR ? DID THEY SAY THEIR PRAYERS? WELL, IF I HAD BEEN THERE I'D 'A' SHOOTED 'EM DEAD I AND I'D NEVER BE SLEEPY IF / WAS BEARS. PLEASE READ ME SOME MORE OUT OF PAWS AND CLAWS. WHY CAN'T YOU, FATHER? JUST BE- CAUSE ? 9 PATHER, WHAT MAKES IT BE TIME FOR BED? AND WHAT MAKES YOUR MOUTH ALL RED INSIDE? 12 JUST BECAUSE AND WHAT'S THAT SO HEAVY INSIDE MY HEAD ? OH, PLEASE, DADDY, GIVE ME A PICK-A- BACK RIDE ! WHY, FATHER, I JUST WAS A-STRETCH- ING MY JAWS I WHY MUST I, FATHER ? JUST BECAUSE ? if 13 THE SOLUTION TV/TARIE'S MY SISTER; SHE IS TEN; I'M HALF-PAST EIGHT, ABOUT. MARIE OUTGROWS HER CLOTHES, AND THEN I HAVE TO WEAR THEM OUT. 9 "DUT MOTHER SAYS TO STAND QUITE STRAIGHT, AND MAYBE IF I DO, I'LL GROW— OH, WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT ?— THE TALLER OF THE T\70 ! 9 TD HAVE TO HAVE THE NEW THINGS, THEN, 14 THE SOLUTION ALL JUST MADE UP JUST FOR ME; AND NEVER WEAR MARIE'S AGAIN— HOW LOVELY THAT WOULD BE 1 pERHAPS MARIE WOULD HAVE TO WEAR THE DRESSES I'D OUTGROW. SHE'D SEE WHAT I HAVE HAD TO BEAR— OH, DEAR I THAT'S MEAN, I KNOW. VIT-ELL, THEN, I HOPE WHEN MOTHER BUYS OUR THINGS WHEN WE ARE GROWN, WE'LL NEED THEM JUST^THE SELFSAME SIZE, AND EACH WEAR OUT HER OWN I 15 AT CHURCH T LOVE TO GO TO CHURCH IN LENT, AND HEAR THE ORGAN PLAY; MY MOTHER TOOK ME WHEN SHE WENT TO SERVICE YESTERDAY. TT'S VERY STILL AND HAPPY THERE; THE SUNSHINE SEEMS TO POUR IN MISTY COLORS THROUGH THE AIR ACROSS THE PEWS AND FLOOR. 9- TT'S FUNNY HOW THE ORGAN SHAKES WHEN IT BEGINS TO PLAY,— IT LIFTS ME UP AND UP . . . AND TAKES ME SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY . . . i6 AT CHURCH A ND THEN SOMEHOW MY EYES THEY , FILL, BUT MOTHER KNOWS 'BOUT ME, AND HOLDS ME CLOSE AND CLOSER STILL, SO NOBODY WILL SEE. 9 TN LENT OUR RECTOR'S VERY SAD, AND TALKS ABOUT IT; HE THINKS EVERYONE'S A LITTLE BAD,— I'M 'FRAID THAT HE MEANS ME. 9 CJO WHEN THERE'S MUSIC, AND WE KNEEL, AND I JUST CRY, OR WOULD IF 'T WEREN'T IN CHURCH, WHY DO I FEEL ALL SOFRY-GLAD—AKD GOOD; 2 17 THE DIFFERENCE f\H, MORNINGS I CAN PLAY QUITE HARD,— THE WORLD SEEMS JUST A-HUMMING; IT'S ALL SO INTERESTING AND NEW, AND EVERYTHING SEEMS COMING. T>UT AFTERNOONS IT'S VERY STILL. I DO A LITTLE SEWING, AND PLAY ALL QUIET, BY MYSELF, AND EVERYTHING SEEMS GOING. «r i8 THE PUZZLE i^NE TIME I WAKENED IN THE NIGHT, AND ALL WAS STILL AS STILL. . . . THE MOON WAS SHINING BIG AND BRIGHT; I HEARD A WHIP-POOR-WILL. AND AS I LAY AND LISTENED THERE, I FELT THE QUEEREST WAY. . . . IT DIDN'T SEEM TOMORROW . . . YET IT WASN'T YESTERDAY. . . . I MEAN ... OH, DEAR ! JUST WHEN I THINK I'M REALLY GETTING ON, AND FINDING HOW I FEEL, THE TRULY THING I MEAN IS . . . GONE. r 19 SHADOW SECRETS T LIKE TO WAKE UP EARLY AND CREEP SOFTLY 'CROSS THE FLOOR, FOR SOMEHOW NOTHING FEELS THE WAY IT DID THE DAY BEFORE. WHEN IT IS ALL SO QUIET THERE SEEMS SUCH A LOT OF ME— I LIKE TO SIT AND THINK, AND WONDER HOW IT CAME TO BE. ?• T>EFORE THE SUN COMES UP IT'S ALL SO GRAY AND SOFT AND QUEER; THE TREES ARE WHISP'RING STORIES, SO THAT I CAN ALMOST HEAR; SHADOW SECRETS THEY MUST BE SHADOW SECRETS, 'CAUSE WHEN UP COMES MR. SUN, AND PEEPS ABOVE THE HH^L-TOP, YOU SHOULD SEE THE SHADOWS RUNl 9 TpHEN BIRDS BEGIN TO SING, AND SOON THE MILKMAN COMES AROUND, AND BOTTLES HITTING ONE ANOTHER MAKE A TINKLY SOUND; AND THEN— IT'S FUNNY— SOMEHOW ALL THE QUEERNESS GOES AWAY, AND EVERYTHING IS WIDE AWAKE, AND JUST LIKE YESTERDAY 1 r 3Z STAR DREAMS T AST NIGHT I LAY UPON MY BACK, AND LOOKED AT ALL THE STARS, AND FATHER TOLD THE NAMES TOME OF TWO BIG PLANETS— MARS, WHOSE LIGHT IS REDDER THAN THE REST, AND JUPITER SO BRIGHT; HE TOLD ABOUT SOME OTHERS, TOO, WE COULDN'T SEE LAST NIGHT. \ ND FATHER SAYS THEY'RE LIKE OUR EARTH, AND SWING AROUND THE SUN; STAR DREAMS I'M PRETTY SURE OUR WORLD'S THE BEST— THE VERY NICEST ONE. BUT FATHER SAYS IF ANYONE IS LIVING UP IN MARS, TO HIM OUR WORLD LOOKS JUST THE SAME AS ALL THE OTHER STARS I 9 \ ND IT DOES SEEM THE QUEEREST THING ABOUT THE TINY ONES — THAT THEY AREN'T REALLY SMALL AT ALL, BUT GREAT BIG BLAZING SUNS I AND ROUND THESE SUNS A MILLION WORLDS 23 FEELINGS AND THINGS ARE WHIRLING THERE IN SPACE 1— ALL MOVING JUST WHERE THEY BELONG, AND NEVER OUT OF PLACE, T LAY AND LOOKED A LONG, LONG WHILE, BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR, WHERE ALL THE SKY WAS DARK AND STILL. . . . IT SEEMED SO VERY FAR, THAT I FORGOT I WAS MYSELF . . . AND THEN . . . 'T WAS LIKE THE FALL I SOMETIMES FEEL WHEN I WAKE UP- SURPRISED, AND STRANGE, AND SMALL I r 24 WISHES T WISH MY EYES WERE BIG AND BLUE AND I HAD GOLDEN CURLS; I WISH MY LEGS WERE FATTER, TOO, LIKE OTHER LITTLE GIRLS'! 9 T'D LOVE A DIMPLE IN MY CHIN; I WISH MY MOUTH WERE SMALL— AND OH, THE WAY MY TEETH FIT IN I DO NOT LIKE AT ALL! 9 T3UT DADDY SAYS HE REALLY THINKS THAT WHEN I GET MY GROWTH, I'LL LOOK LIKE MOTHER. " CHEER UP, JINKS!" HE SAYS, AND HUGS US BOTH. 25 FEELINGS AND THINGS TTOW VERY SPLENDID THAT WOULD BE! I WONDER IF IT'S TRUE— FOR MOTHER SAYS THAT SHE CAN SEE I'M DADDY— THROUGH AND THROUGH 1 9 A ND THEY DON'T LOOK ALIKE ONE BIT; IT'S QUEER AS QUEER CAN BE, THAT I CAN LOOK LIKE BOTH, AND IT JUST MAKES ME LOOK LIKE ME I ND WHEN I WISH MY HAIR WOULD A CURL, AND THAT MY EYES WERE BLUE, MY MOTHER SAYS, " NO, LITTLE GIRL— FOR THEN YOU'D NOT BE YOUP' 26 THE YOUNGEST T WISH THAT I COULD GO TO SCHOOL, AND HAVE A DOUBLE SLATE, AND PENCIL, AND A BOOK, AND RULE— I JUST CAN HARDLY WAIT. T KNOW MY LETTERS NOW AS WELL AS TED OR ANY ONE; I GUESS THAT I CAN LEARN TO SPELL, AND THEN WON'T I HAVE FUN ? T'LL KNOW THEN WHAT THEY'RE TALK- ING 'BOUT, 27 FEELINGS AND THINGS AND DON'T WANT ME TO KNOW, IF THEY DO SPELL THE WORDS ALL OUT, AND I'LL JUST SHOW THEM— SO I 'yHEY WHISPER, NOW, AND NOD AND WINK, AND SMILE. OH, DEAR ! AMONG THEM ALL IT'S PRETTY HARD, I THINK, TO BE SO AWFUL YOUNG I /^NE TIME MY MOTHER SPELLED A WORD, AND DADDY SHOOK HIS HEAD. " I DON'T BELIEVE IT REALLY HEARD OR NOTICED US," HE SAID. 28 THE YOUNGEST A ND SHE SAID, " LITTLE P-I-T- C-H-E-R, YOU KNOW," AND DADDY LAUGHED AND LOOKED AT ME, AND SAID, "HOW SHE DOES GROW I " ? T HAVEN'T GOT SO VERY FAR IN KNOWING THINGS, YOU SEE, BUT P-I-T-C-H-E-R SOMEHOW, I THINK, MEANS MEJ 'TWEET>'A^TWEET I AND EVERYBODY RUNS FOR TABLES IN THE SHADY SPOTS, AND THEN THEY OPEN ALL THE BASKETS —OH, SUCH LOTS AND LOTS I TITE'VE SANDWICHES AND EGGS AND CHICKEN, FRUIT AND WALNUT CAKE, 51 FEELINGS AND THINGS AND COLD TEA, TOO, AND EVERYTHING WE JUST REACH OUT AND TAKE I AND WE TRY EVERYBODY'S THINGS— THOUGH I LIKE OURS THE BEST- BUT AT A PICNIC, WHY, OF COURSE, YOU DO JUST LIKE THE REST. 'X^HEN WHILE OUR MOTHERS GATHER UP, AND CLEAR AWAY THE THINGS, WE CHILDREN HURRY OFF TO FIND THE VERY HIGHEST SWINGS. . . . AND THEN WE GO IN WADING,— OH, THAT'S JUST THE BEST OF ALL I THE WATER MAKES YOU JUMP SO, AND YOU'RE SURE YOU'RE GOING TO FALL. 52 PICNICS \ ND THEN . . . AND THEN . . . THE BOAT IS WHISTLING. HOW WE HAVE TO RUN !— AND WRAPS AND BASKETS FEEL AS IF THEY WEIGHED ABOUT A TON. AND THEN THERE'S SUPPER, AND THE SUN GETS RED AS FIRE— THE CLOUDS ARE LOVELY . . . AND YOU'RE TIRED . . . AND YOU WISH THERE WEREN'T SUCH CROWDS. A ND THEN THE LIGHTS SHINE IN THE WATER, AND IT'S NINE O'CLOCK, AND YOU'RE BACK HOME, AND GLAD TO FIND THAT FATHER'S AT THE DOCK. 53 FEELINGS AND THINGS AND THEN YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THINGS, AND YOU GO TO BED WITH JUST A KIND OF FUNNY JUMBLE WHIRLING IN YOUR HEAD. ^ 54 MOVING rya, there's lots of fun in mov- ing- putting ORNAMENTS IN DRAWERS, PACKING UP THE BOOKS AND CHINA, WIGGLING BIG THINGS THROUGH THE DOORS^ MOTHER SIGHS AND SAYS HER HEAD ACHES, AND SHE WISHES WE WERE DONE, BUT I THINK THE WHOLE WHANG- DOODLE IS A DANDY LOT OF FUN. 55 FEELINGS AND THINGS VITE HAVE SPLENDID TIMES WITH EATING, EVERYTHING IN CANS AND JARS; WHEN WE REALLY GET TO LIVING, MOTHER SAYS SHE'LL THANK HER STARS. BUT I THINK IT'S SIMPLY GREAT, AND HOPE 'T WILL LAST A GOOD LONG WHILE, FOR IT'S CORKING FUN TO MAKE BELIEVE YOU'RE ON A DESERT ISLE. ?• ■OUT THE BEST OF ALL IS SLEEPING ON A MATTRESS ON THE FLOOR; THOUGH MY FATHER SAYS IT'S DRAUGHTY, AND THE DICKENS OF A BORE; 56 MOVING BUT IT'S DIFFERENT, AND I LIKE IT, 'CAUSE I PLAY WE'RE CAMPING OUT, BUT OF COURSE THE GROWN FOLKS NEVER KNOW WHAT I AM THINKING 'BOUT. npHEN IT'S GREAT TO HOLD THE LADDER WHEN MY FATHER'S DOING THINGS, 'CAUSE WHEN DADDY PUTTERS ROUND, HE DANCES HORNPIPES, AND HE SINGS— 'R ELSE HE MUTTERS. THEN HE TELLS ME, ♦' DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT, SON ! " 57 FEELINGS AND THINGS GEE ! I THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE MOVING THERE'S A SCRUMPTIOUS LOT OF FUN I Jf 58 GOING AWAY WITH FATHER T»VE BEEN AWAY WITH DADDY TO NEW YORK— JUST THINK OF THAT ! I DRESSED MYSELF, 'CEPT BUTTONS AND I CHOSE MY OWN NEW HAT. THE PORTER ON THE TRAIN WAS AS POLITE AS HE COULD BE— HE BROUGHT A FOOTSTOOL, AND AT NIGHT HE MADE MY BED FOR ME. 9 4 ND DADDY BOUGHT ME CHOCO- LATES, AND PICTURE-PAPERS, TOO, AND SMILED A LOT, AND USUALLY CALLED ME MISS BELLEW. 59 FEELINGS AND THINGS THE PORTER MAN PUT IN A LITTLE TEENY WEENY SCREEN, AND HUNG THE LITTLEST HAMMOCK UP THAT I HAD EVER SEEN. AND DADDY SHOWED ME LITTLE HOOKS, AND HOW TO WORK THE LIGHT, AND BRUSHED MY HAIR AND WHISTLED WHEN HE COULDN'T BRAID IT RIGHT. AND THEN A LADY DRESSED IN BLACK, SHE FINISHED IT FOR ME, AND HUGGED ME TIGHT, AND THEN I SAT AWHILE UPON HER KNEE. 60 GOING AWAY WITH FATHER OHE 'MINDED ME OF MOTHER SO,— ALL WARM, WITH CRINKLY HAIR — THE TEARS WOULD COME, AND I JUST WISHED THAT MOTHER-MINE WERE THERE. BUT FATHER CAME AND LUFTED ME, AND HELD ME CLOSE AWHILE, AND SAID SUCH FUNNY THINGS THAT PRETTY SOON I HAD TO SMILE. 9 \ ND THEN BESIDE MY DADDYBOY I KNELT AND SAID MY PRAYERS, AND THEN HE TUCKED ME UP, AND SAT AND TOLD ME 'BOUT SOME BEARS AND THEN . . . WHY, IT WAS MORNING, AND THE LADY 'CROSS THE WAY 6i FEELINGS AND THINGS HELPED DRESS ME,— OH, AND THEN IT WAS THE WONDERFULLEST DAY I 9 T WENT ABOUT WITH DADDY SEEING GENTLEMEN, AND ONE INVITED US TO LUNCH WITH HIM, AND IT WAS LOTS OF FUN. THEY SAID «' TEA, COFFEE, MILK ? " AND I GUESSED MILK— AND IT W>15— SO 1 BUT WHEN I SAID I'D GUESSED THEY LAUGHED— AS IF I DIDN'T KNOW I TTHEN WE WENT RIDING ON THE BUS, AND ON THE FERRY, TOO, AND ATE SOME MORE . . . AND SLEPT . . . AND WELL, THERE WAS A LOT TO DO, 62 GOING AWAY WITH FATHER AND PEOPLE, LOTS OF THEM . . . AND ALL ... I WAS A SLEEPY GIRL . . . MY HEAD SO FULL OF THINGS . . . ALL MIXED . . . THAT IT JUST SEEMED TO WHIRL. 9 A ND THEN WE TOOK THE TRAIN AGAIN, AND I SLEPT ALL THE WAY, AND WHEN I WOKE IT SEEMED A FUNNY, EXTRA SORT OF DAY. WHEN WE GOT HOME, AND MOTHER CAME A-FLYING DOWN THE HALL, I THOUGHT THAT GETTING BACK TO HER WAS JUST THE BEST OF ALL 1 ¥ 63 VALOR TVyf Y SISTER HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT, ALL 'BOUT A BIG BLACK BEAR, THAT FOLLOWED HER TILL SHE WOKE UP,- GAVE HER A DREFFUL SCARE. •OUT POOH I I GUESS I HAD A DREAM 'BOUT SIXTY/LEVEN BEARS, THAT CHASED ME TILL THEY ATE ME UP- BUT GEE 1 WHAT'S THAT I WHO CARES ? 64 VALOR lyi'Y MOTHER, SHE'S AFRAID OF COWS, AND GETS BEHIND THE RAILS AND SCREAMS. BUT / AM NOT AFRAID TO SLING 'EM BY THEIR TAILS ! A ND NURSE, SHE'S 'FRAID OF BUR- GLARS—THINKS THEY'RE UNDERNEATH THE BED; BUT IF I EVER SAW ONE, I WOULD SHOOT HIM— GOOD AND DEAD I ?• A ND OUR COOK, SHE'S AFRAID OF GHOSTS, AND WHISPERS " HIST ! " AND " HARK 1 " I SOMEHOW WISH SHE WOULDN'T, WHEN IT'S REALLY GETTING DARK. S 65 FEELINGS AND THINGS r\F COURSE I'M NOT A BIT AFRAID, 'CEPT WHEN I HEAR A NOISE- BUT MOTHER SAYS THAT THINGS LIKE THAT AREN'T GOOD FOR LITTLE BOYS. i- T'M NOT AFRAID TO GO TO BED ALL BY MYSELF AT NIGHT — WHEN NURSE LEAVES JUST THE LITTLEST TEENTY WEENTY BIT OF LIGHT. -yj-OTi SEE, IF ANY THING SHOULD COME, I'D WANT TO SEE IT— GOOD— YOU NEEDN'T LAUGH, 'CAUSE I JUST GUESS THAT ANYBODY WOULD I 66 HAVING TO WAIT TTAVING TO WAIT IS AWFULLY HARD, WHEN YOU'VE GOr TO HURRY, OR ELSE YOUR PARD WILL GO WITHOUT YOU. YOU HAVE TO POUT— YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT BECAUSE " MOTHER'S BUSY ! " FOR SO ARE YOU— AND YOUR HEAD FEELS DIZZY WITH GETTING SO MAD AT HAVING TO WAIT, FOR IT'S AWFULLY HARD, WHEN JOE'S AT THE GATE. 67 FEELINGS AND THINGS i^NE TIME SHE JUST SAID, "HUSH MY DEAR," WHEN I HAD TO TELL HER, AND MAKE HER HEAR, BECAUSE THINGS WEREN'T STOPPING; AND I GOT HOPPING WHEN SHE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME AT ALL BECAUSE OLD MRS. WILSON WAS THERE TO CALL; AND WHEN I WHISPERED INTO HER EAR^ SHE JUST SAID, " THERE, THERE,— HUSHi MY DEAR." i- A ND WHEN I JUST COULDN'T WAIT ANY MORE, AND KICKED, AND POUNDED MY HEAD ON THE FLOOR, 68 HAVING TO WAIT SHE SAID, " I WONDER WHO MADE SUCH A BLUNDER, AND GAVE ME THIS BOY IN THE PLACE OF JACK— I DO WISH SOMEONE WOULD BRING HIM BACK I " I SHOUTED, "I AM JACK— SO ! IF YOU WOULD JUST LET ME GO THIS TIME, I'D BE GOODl" OHE SAID, " BUT MY BOY DOESN'T KICK AND SHOUT, AND PUCKER HIS LIPS TO AN UGLY POUT; THIS MUST BE SOME OTHER, WHO HASN'T A MOTHER 69 FEELINGS AND THINGS WHO LOVES HER BOY, AND HAS FEEL- INGS TO HURT." I JUST HAD TO BURY MY FACE IN HER SKIRT,— BUT— I DON'T CAREI—WEEH JOE'S AT THE GATE, IT'S AWFULLY HARD— THIS HAVING TO WAIT I r 70 MOTHER'S WAY ■p^ROWSYLID BLINKS AT HIS BLOCKS AND HIS BALL, AND SAYS, " BUT YOU SEE I'M NOT SLEEPY —AT ALL I » BUT DROWSYLID'S MOTHER SMILES DEEP IN HER EYES, FOR LITTLE BOYS' MOTHERS HAVE NEED TO BE WISE. 9 « ^H, SONNY, COME SIT BY THE FIRE WITH ME,—" AND DROWSYLID SNUGGLES HIMSELF ON HER KNEE, 71 FEELINGS AND THINGS AND CUDDLES, ALL COMFY, HIS HEAD AND HIS LEGS. '« NOW TELL ME 'BOUT WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE," HE BEGS. «'V1/"HY, MOTHER WAS ALWAYS THE SLE-E-E-PIEST THING, AND GRANDMOTHER'D ROCK HER, AND HUSH HER, AND SING: 'HUSHABY, HONEY, LIE CLOSE ON MY BREAST,— WHERE DO YOU GO ON YOUR DREAM* LAND OUESTr 9 " T ULLABY, SONNY, SINGS MOTHER TO YOU: THE SAND MAN IS COMING— SAY HOW- DO-YOU-DO; 72 MOTHER'S WAY THE FIRE IS GOING TO SLEEP IN ITS BED, AND WHISPERS GOOD NIGHT TO MY SLEEPY-HEAD. "TT'S SLIPPING, SLIP-SLIPPING, AND YAWNING AWAY, AS FIRES SHOULD DO AT THE END OF THE DAY. . . . JUST ONE LITTLE FLICKER— IT'S SLEEPY- ING FAST. . . .» BUT DROWSYLID'S HAPPILY DREAMING AT LAST. r 73 FALLING ASLEEP pVH, SOMETIMES WHEN I'M PUT TO BED, I WISH IT WEREN'T SO EARLY 1— FOR EVERYTHING INSIDE MY HEAD FEELS SOMEHOW STRETCHED, AND WHIRLY. T FEEL SO WIDE AWAKE AND STRONG, I THINK THAT I FEEL— 51/57,— BUT THEN IT ISN'T VERY LONG BEFORE MY THOUGHTS GET DIZZY. 74 FALLING ASLEEP T LIE AND LOOK AT MY BIG TREE — THE MOONLIGHT MAKES IT GLISTEN; IT WHISPERS HUSH-Y THINGS TO ME; I LIKE TO LIE AND LISTEN. A ND THEN I HEAR THE CRICKETS SING; A BIRD SAYS SOMETHING CHEEPY. . . . AND I DON'T CARE 'BOUT ANYTHING, I FEEL SO STILL AND SLEEPY. A ND THEN I FEEL AS LIGHT AS AIR, EXACTLY LIKE A FEATHER, AND EVERYTHING AND EVERYWHERE JUST SEEM TO RUN TOGETHER I 75 A SONG OF SUMMER OHOUT HO I WHOOP AND HOLLOA ! SUMMER IS HERE— TO THE COUNTRY WE GO. SCHOOL DONE, FREEDOM AND FUN- WINTER IS OVER AND PLAY IS BEGUN I npREASURES A-PACKING, TILL NOTHING BE LACKING, OUR FAVORITE TOYS AND OUR SHOVELS AND PAILS, 76 A SONG OF SUMMER OUR BOOKS AND OUR TREASURES FOR RAINY-DAY PLEASURES— OH, THERE "WILL BE TIMES WHEN THE WIND WILL BLOW GALES. 9 •DLOW, BLOW, A-HIGH OR A-LOW— WE CAN BE HAPPY— THE SECRET WE KNOW, RAIN, RAIN, BENDING THE GRAIN— WE'LL PLAY INDOORS TILL THE SUN COMES AGAIN. "p OARING AND DASHING THROUGH FORESTS AND FLASHING OUT INTO THE OPEN, THE MEADOWLAND SWEET 77 FEELINGS AND THINGS WITH WILD ROSE AND CLOVER, WHILE OVER AND OVER THE BIRDS ON THE TREES AND THE FENCES SING " TWEET 1 » *"y*WEET I TWEET 1 " SINGING TO GREET THE CHILDREN SO EAGER, THE MOMENT SO FLEET,— SING ! SING 1 MELODY FLING, CHILDREN AND BIRDS, FOR WE'RE ALL ON THE WING I OTOPPING AND STARTING, AND DAWDLING AND DARTING, 78 A SONG OF SUMMER AND PASSING SOME COWS LYING UNDER A TREE; THROUGH WOODS, OVER BRIDGES, AROUND HILLS AND RIDGES- THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BLUE OF THE SEA I OHOUT HO ! WHOOP AND HOLLOA ! SUMMER IS HERE— TO THE COUNTRY WE GO. SCHOOL DONE, FREEDOM, AND FUN- HARD WORK IS OVER, AND PLAY IS BEGUN 1 79 GOING TO BED T TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN EVERYTHING IS SIZZLING IN MY HEAD, 'BOUT PIRATES, OR A STORM AT SEA, OR INJUN SCOUTS, OR BATTLES— GEE I I HATE TO GO TO BED I T WANT TO KNOW, SO AWFUL BAD, JUST WHAT THE END WILL BE; AND WHEN THAT LOUD OLD CLOCK GOES WHIR! I KEEP AS STILL— I NEVER STIR— . BUT MOTHER LOOKS AT ME, 80 GOING TO BED \ ND SAYS, " MY DEAR, IT'S TIME FOR BED; YOU KNOW WE CAN'T ALLOW THIS SITTING UP. " BUT THEN I TEASE, " AW, JUST THIS ONE SHORT CHAPTER- PLEASE ! IT'S SO EXCITING NOW." npHEN IN A MINUTE FATHER SAYS, " A LENGTHY CHAPTER, SON 1 " AND MOTHER SAYS, "COME, COME, ENOUGH 1 " AND DAD, HE SAYS, "THAT BOY'S A BLUFF. COME, YOUNGSTER, SCUTTLE— RUN ! " 6 8l FEELINGS AND THINGS A ND THEN DAD CHASES ME UP- STAIRS, TO MAKE ME GO TO BED; AND SPANKS ME, AND I THUMP HIM BACK, AND THEN HE GIVES ME ONE MORE WHACK AND STANDS ME ON MY HEAD. T HATE TO START TO GO TO BED, THE SAME WAY EVERY NIGHT; BUT DAD, HE MAKES IT ALL A GAME— I HAVE TO MIND, THOUGH, JUST THE SAME, I TELL YOU, DAD'S ALL RIGHT J 82 GOING TO BED npHEN MOTHER COMES AND HEARS MY PRAYERS, AND DAD GETS ME A DRINK; AND THEN DAD HUGS US BOTH REAL TIGHT, AND WE HUG BACK WITH ALL OUR MIGHT— THAT'S RATHER NICE, I THINK ! r 83 LAPS AND KNEES T HATE TO SIT ON PEOPLE'S LAPS THAT I DON'T KNOW AT ALL— THEY WEAR SUCH HORRID SLIPPY THINGS— THE FOLKS THAT COME TO CALL. "/^OME HERE, MY DEAR,— HOW OLD ARE YOU ? AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME ? " THEY SAY. I JUST CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING, WHEN THEY BEGIN THAT WAY. 84 LAPS AND KNEES npHEY LIFT ME ON THEIR LAPS AND SMILE; I GUESS I WIGGLE SOME, AND SOON'S I CAN I SLITHER DOWN,— I S'POSE THEY THINK I'M DUMB. r\F COURSE SOME FOLKS I LIKE A LOT— THEIR LAPS ARE ALL RIGHT, TOOl BUT WITH THE ONES THAT JUST PRE^ TEND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. lyj-Y GRANDPA'S KNEES ARE WOB- BLETY, THE BEST YOU EVER SAW 85 FEELINGS AND THINGS TO JOUNCE YOU LIKE THE COUNTRY- MAN, WHILE YOU CALL GEE ! AND HAW I A ND I LOVE FATHER'S KNEES, AL- THOUGH HE LETS ME FALL BETWEEN. BUT THEN HE LAUGHS AND CUDDLES ME. (HE THINKS I THINK IT'S MEAN I) T3UT MOTHER HAS THE BEST OF ALL,— YOU NEVER SLIP A BIT; BUT THEN HER ARMS AND KNEES, YOU KNOW, WHY,— THEY JUST SEEM TO FITl 86 HER FIRST PARTY npHEY TOOK ME TO A PARTY ONCE— I THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO GO; BUT IT WAS VERY STRANGE AT FIRST,— YOU SEE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE SO MUCH OF IT! IT MADE MY HEAD FEEL QUEER; I FELT ALL QUIVERY INSIDE, AND WISHED I COULDN'T HEAR. \ ND WHEN I COVERED UP MY FACE, THEY SAID, " WHY, SHE IS SHY I " AND EVERYBODY LOOKED AT ME, AND I JUST HAD TO CRY. 87 FEELINGS AND THINGS BUT SOMEONE TOOK ME ON HER LAP, AND DREW ME CLOSE AND TIGHT, AND THEN MY THROAT STOPPED ACH- ING, AND I FOUND IT WAS ALL RIGHT. A ND THEN I PLAYED A LITTLE WHILE; WE HAD THE GREATEST FUN, FOR THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD TO ME— I WAS THE LITTLEST ONE. BUT I LIKED LOOKING ON, THE BEST, TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD DO, THOUGH WHEN THEY ATE ICE-CREAM AND CAKE, I THOUGHT I'D DO THAT TOO. 88 HER FIRST PARTY \ ND WHEN MY MOTHER CAME FOR ME, AND "WANTED ME TO GO, THEY SAID I'D HARDLY PLAYED AT ALL, BUT THEN THEY DIDN'T KNOW. I'D SAT SO QUIET WATCHING THEM, THEY THOUGHT I WAS AFRAID, BUT I HAD HAD THE BESTEST TIME JUST PLAYING THAT I PLAYED I if 89 THE OLD ADAM TITHEN MOTHER SAYS, " NO, YOU MAY NOT I " I JUST SAY, " YES, I WILL 1 » I DON'T MEAN RIGHT OUT LOUD, OF COURSE, BUT DOWN INSIDE, AND STILL. A ND WHEN THE FELLOWS CALL TO ME, FOR SOMETHING— MAYBE BALL, AND SHE SAYS I MUST COME AND WASH, THOUGH SHE CAN HEAR THEM CALL, ?• T HOLD MY BREATH A MINUTE, HARD, AND THEN I SAY, " I WON'T! " 90 THE OLD ADAM I DON'T JUST LET HER HEAR ME, THOUGH — I'D LIKE TO— BUT I DON'T 1 \ ND ONCE I SAID, " YOU MEAN OLD THING I YOU WOULDN'T CARE 'F I DIED!" BUT MOTHER DIDN'T MIND AT ALL; YOU SEE, SHE'D GONE INSIDE. AND SOMETIMES I MAKE FACES, TOO,— THE UGLY, STRETCHY KIND; BUT THAT'S BEHIND HER BACK, OF COURSE,— I KNOW I HAVE TO MIND I 91 "BUDDY DOES!" \U"SY WON'T THEY LET ME CLIMB THE GATE, OR POKE THE FIRE IN THE GRATE, OR ANSWER DOOR-BELLS WHEN THEY RING, OR LIGHT THE LAMP, OR ANYTHING f BUDDY DOES ! 9 \ T SEVEN O'CLOCK / GO TO BED, BUT BUDDY HAS A STORY READ TO HIM, BEFORE HE GOES, AT EIGHT. I WISH THAT I COULD STAY UP LATE,— BUDDY DOES ! 92 "BUDDY DOES" A ND BUDDY PLAYS 'MOST ANYWHERE; THEY LET HIM GO ACROSS THE SQUARE; BUT I MAYN'T LEAVE OUR WALK, AND I CAN'T SEE AT ALL THE REASON WHY,— BUDDY DOES I 'yHEY SAY OF COURSE THEY CAN'T ALLOW SUCH THINGS,— THAT I'M TOO LITTLE NOW. BUT SOON I'LL BE A BIG BOY, TOO, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO LET ME DO AS BUDDY DOES I 93 THE DINNER PARTY •T*HEY ARE HAVING A PARTY, WITH ICE-CREAM, AND WINE, AND OYSTERS— THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU " DINE." AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY EXPECT ME TO DO ? WHY, TO GO UP TO BED, AND TO STAY IN IT, TOO ! BUT I SHA'N'T ! I'LL CREEP DOWN, IN MY BLUE DRESSING-GOWN, A ND PEEK AT THE PEOPLE, AND CANDLES, AND FLOWERS. 94 THE DINNER PARTY WHY, THEY WILL BE EATING FOR HOURS AND HOURS !— AND LAUGHING, AND TALKING, AND BEING POLITE. THEY'RE SO SLOW THAT THEY DON'T EAT AS MUCH AS THEY MIGHT,— THAT IS SILLY, / THINK; I'D BE QUICK AS A WINK 1 •\/I-AYBE KATIE WILL GIVE ME SOME ICE-CREAM AND CAKE, AND A PLATE OF THE OTHER NICE THINGS THAT THEY MAKE FOR THE PARTY. OH DEAR, I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR 95 FEELINGS AND THINGS TO A GIRL NINE YEARS OLD, NOT TO LET HER BE THERE! WHEN I'M GROWN UP, I'LL DINE, AND HAVE OYSTERS, AND WINE I ^ 96 AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE rpHE RAINY DAYS, AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE, ARE JUST THE BEST OF ALL I WE PLAY UP-GARRET 'MOST ALL DAY, WITH QUEER OLD CLOTHES. IT'S FUN TO PLAY THAT WE ARE OLD, AND TALL. ^r¥7E OPEN ALL THE TRUNKS THERE ARE, AND ALL THE BOXES, TOO, AND WEAR THE THINGS. WE TRAIL AROUND 7 97 FEELINGS AND THINGS IN ALL THE DRESSES WE HAVE FOUND AND BONNETS, JUST LIKE NEW. ■pOR MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, BEFORE WE ALL WERE BORN, MY GRANDPA DIED, WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM WAR, AND GRANDMA PUT ON BLACK. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO, TO MOURN. A ND ONCE WHEN PAUL FOUND GRANDPA'S SWORD, WE CROWDED ROUND TO SEE, AND GRANDMA TOLD ABOUT THE WAR, AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE AND WHAT THEY ALL WERE FIGHTING POR- TO SET THE DARKIES FREE. ?• A ND THEN SHE WIPED HER EYES, AND SAID, " WHO'D LIKE SOME BUTTERSCOTCH ? " WE SHOUTED, " WE WOULD ! COME ON, ALL ! " AND THEN SHE DROVE US DOWN THE HALL, AND STAYED WITH US, TO WATCH. 4ND MOTHER CAME AND SHOOK HER HEAD, WHEN IT WAS NEARLY DONE; 99 FEELINGS AND THINGS BUT GRANDMA LAUGHED, AND DIDN'T MIND, AND SAID, "THEY'LL BE ALL RIGHT YOU'LL FIND." OH, GRANDMA'S LOTS OF FUN I 9 A ND SOMETIMES GRANDMA READS TO US, SHE SAYS TO MAKE US REST, WE PLAY SO HARD. 'MOST ANY DAY IS FUN, AT GRANDMA'S, ANY WAY,— BUT RAINY DAYS ARE BEST 1