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ROLLO 
 
 LEARNING TO TALK 
 
 THE ROLLO SERIES 
 
 IS COMPOSED OF FOURTEEN VOLUMES, VIZ. 
 
 Rollo Learning to Talk. 
 Rollo Learning to Read. 
 Rollo at Work. 
 Rollo at Play. 
 Rollo at School. 
 Rollo's Vacation. 
 Rollo's Experiments. 
 
 Rollo's Museum. 
 Rollo's Travels. 
 Rollo's Correspondence. 
 Hollo's Philosophy — Water. 
 Rollo's Philosophy — Air. 
 Rollo's Philosophy — Fire. 
 Rollo's Philosophy — Sky. 
 
 A NEW EDITION, REVISED BY THE AUTHOR. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 PUBLISHED BY HOGAN & THOMPSON. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 GOULD, KENDALL & LINCOLN. 
 
 1850. 
 
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by 
 
 Hogan & Thompson, 
 
 In the Clerk's Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Notice to Parents 3 
 
 Feeding the Chickens 10 
 
 The Dog in the Water 13 
 
 The Great Black Bear 15 
 
 Little Albert 18 
 
 The Bow and Arrow 20 
 
 Gunpowder 23 
 
 The Hurt Butterfly 25 
 
 The Little Birds 29 
 
 Another Little Bird 32 
 
 The Rabbit 34 
 
 The Thievish Cat 35 
 
 Fido in the Woods 33 
 
 The Ducks in the Water 40 
 
 The Beehive 42 
 
 Driving Hoops 44 
 
 The Baby 46 
 
 Cows in the Water 49 
 
 John, James, and Harry 51 
 
 The Cottage 54 
 
 ^The Three Eggs 57 
 
 I^TheHoop 60 
 
 Jane and Puss 64 
 
 VThe Spider's Web 67 
 
 CKThe Flowers.. , 70 
 
4 CONTENTS. 
 
 Tom Badboy 74 
 
 The Garden 78 
 
 The Goat, up High 81 
 
 Another Rooster 83 
 
 Pony Pomp 87 
 
 The Farmer 91 
 
 The Galloping Horse 94 
 
 A Lamb 97 
 
 The Solitary Bird. 99 
 
 The Dog 102 
 
 Pig, Pig, Old Pig 104 
 
 The Stepping- Stones 107 
 
 The Donkey 109 
 
 The Old Man on the Ice Ill 
 
 The Shepherd 116 
 
 Another Shepherd 123 
 
 A Large Dog 126 
 
 The Man in the Snow 129 
 
 The Rake 133 
 
 The Man Ploughing 137 
 
 Going up High ., 140 
 
 The Large Flat Stone 147 
 
 Stories 159 
 
 A Dog for a Horse , 154 
 
 Buzz, Buzz, Buzz 157 
 
 A Goat for a Horse. 150 
 
 Animals 161 
 
 Beasts 165 
 
 Birds' Nests. 170 
 
 The Great Vultures and the Little Humming-Bird. . . . 176 
 
NOTICE TO PARENTS 
 
 These little talks about pictures are mainly in- 
 tended to be read by a mother, or by one of the 
 older children, to a little one who is learning to 
 talk. Their design is to interest and amuse the 
 child, and at the same time to teach it the use 
 of language and the meaning of words. To the 
 reader, I have three directions to give. 
 
 1. Act out all the motions described. For in- 
 stance, begin the first story when the child is 
 away at play, and let the first sentence be the 
 summons to you. Point at all the parts of the 
 picture which are described ; and in fine, in every 
 case, suit the action to the word. 
 
 2. Read distinctly and with all the natural tones, 
 and in the manner of conversation. Do this so 
 completely that the child cannot tell whether you 
 are reading or talking. Read " No indeed," and 
 
 1* 
 
6 NOTICE TQ PARENTS. 
 
 " Oh no, " and " Come, quick, quick" &c. with the 
 ardor of emphasis which is natural to childhood. 
 In a word, talk it off to them, with inflexions and 
 tones exceedingly varied and emphatic. 
 
 A great many words are introduced which the 
 child cannot be supposed to understand ; but the 
 connection explains them. To teach language 
 thus, is one great object of the book. These 
 words are generally in italics. They should be 
 read very distinctly and emphatically, and some- 
 times paused upon, so that the child may ask 
 questions upon them if he pleases. You will be 
 amused at hearing him introduce them into his 
 own conversation often, if he once understands 
 them in the lesson. 
 
 3. Do not confine yourself to what is written. 
 Wait patiently for an answer to all the questions ; 
 make additional remarks yourselves; when the 
 child is interested, let him look at the picture as 
 long as he will. He will ask you a question some- 
 times after a long pause, which will be exceeding- 
 ly interesting. Let your object be to arouse and 
 concentrate his powers, to awaken his curiosity, 
 
NOTICE TO PARENTS. 7 
 
 and to fix his attention. Let him in fact lead and 
 guide the exercise. 
 
 The above directions are all that are necessary 
 in regard to the reading of the lessons. A word 
 as to the general use of the book. 
 
 It is bound in a substantial manner, so that it 
 may be given to the child sometimes when nobody 
 is at leisure to attend to him. With a little effort 
 you can teach him to use it as gently and as care- 
 fully as you would yourself. Watch him a mo- 
 ment, and, if he begins to use it roughly, take it 
 immediately away, and do not let him have it again 
 for some hours. Never mind his crying. A few 
 firm, decided experiments of this kind will teach 
 him such habits as will make the book as safe in 
 his hands as it would be in yours. It will be a 
 great source of amusement and occupation to him 
 to turn over the leaves and tell the stories to 
 himself. 
 
 Do not let him have it too often, however, so as to 
 lead him to treat it with contempt; and, above all, 
 never let him have it for crying, — nor for stopping 
 
8 NOTICE TO PARENTS. 
 
 crying. The regular way in which some children 
 get their wishes is to begin to cry, and then have 
 their parents tell them they cannot have what 
 they want until they are pleasant. They cry for 
 the express purpose of getting an opportunity to 
 stop. 
 
 A child of three or four years old can easily be 
 taught to explain the pictures, or as he will call it, 
 tell the stories, in his own way, from memory, to a 
 younger child. In this way his intellect, his im- 
 agination, his memory will be cultivated, but 
 more than this, he will be taught to be kind to his 
 little brother or sister, — he will secure a practical 
 lesson m the happiness of doing good. 
 
 / 
 
ROLLO 
 
 LEARNING TO TALK, 
 
 William, William,* — come run here 
 — I have got some pictures to show you. 
 Come and sit up in my lap, and I will 
 show them all to you. Do you not see 
 what an excellent book it is ? It has got 
 some good strong covers, and is full of 
 pictures. 1 shall show them all to you, 
 but not all today. Perhaps I shall let you 
 take the book sometimes. If I do, you 
 must be very careful of it. 
 
 * Note to the Mother. In reading this, use the name 
 of your own child, and so in all similar cases. 
 
10 
 
 FEEDING THE CHICKENS. 
 
 Here is a picture of a little girl feed- 
 ing the chickens. Little girl!* Little 
 
 girl, did you know that you had left 
 the gate open ? Little girl, I say, little 
 girl, did you know that you had left 
 the gate open ? She does not know 
 
 * Call " Little girl ! " in the tone you would use if you 
 really expected an answer, and pause a moment for a 
 reply. So in all similar cases. 
 
FEEDING THE CHICKENS. 11 
 
 what I say, she does not hear me ; she, 
 is nothing but a picture of a girl. She 
 has come out to feed her chickens. I 
 can see the house she lives in. Do you 
 see it ? Where is it ? Touch it with 
 vour finger. It stands back among the 
 trees. I should like to go into that little 
 gate, and walk along under the trees, and 
 go into that house. Who do you think 
 lives there ? I think it must be that lit- 
 tle girl's father and mother. 
 
 She took a little wooden bowl with a 
 handle, and has come out to feed the 
 chickens ; and the hen;s too. There are 
 some large hens. One is running very 
 fast to get some of the corn. 1 rather 
 think that is corn she is feeding the hens 
 and chickens with. Run, Biddy, run, 
 run, run fast, or you will lose all your 
 corn. 
 
 Don't you see the little chickens ? 
 How many are there ? You may count 
 
12 FEEDING THE CHICKENS. 
 
 the chickens. Now you may count the 
 hens. They are all picking up the corn. 
 And there stands the rooster, too, open- 
 ing his mouth to crow. He says, cock-a- 
 doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doo ! 
 
 Do you know why they call him a 
 roost-er f It is because he roosts. When 
 it is night do you suppose those hens go 
 to bed, and lie down and cover them- 
 selves up with clothes and go to sleep ? 
 No indeed ; they do not do that. If you 
 should put one of them into a bed in that 
 way, she would jump out and run away 
 as fast as she could. What do you think 
 the hens do when they want to go to sleep ? 
 Why, they get up on a long pole and cling 
 to it with their long, sharp claws, and 
 sleep there on a high pole. And that is 
 roosting. So they call the great cock a 
 roost-er. Do you think you could sleep 
 on a high pole ? 
 
 I can see a beautiful little house in 
 
THE DOG IN THE WATER. 13 
 
 the picture, and that is on a high pole. 
 It is for little birds to live in. The birds 
 are flying all about it. How many birds 
 can you see ? What kind of birds do you 
 think they are ? They are martins. Mar- 
 tins live in houses like that on the end of 
 a pole. 
 
 THE DOG IN THE WATER 
 
 Do you see that little girl on the 
 next page who has fallen into the water ? 
 You may touch her with your finger. 
 Poor little girl ! She was playing on 
 the bank and fell in. Don't you see that 
 large black dog ? He is in the water 
 too. Don't you see ? His legs are 
 down under the water. His back is out 
 of the water. His legs look faint. His 
 back looks distinct. The reason why his 
 legs look faint is because they are under 
 2 
 
14 THE DOG IN THE WATER. 
 
 the water, and we cannot see them very 
 plain. Do you know why he is in the 
 water? He jumped in to pull out that 
 little girl. He is biting hold of her 
 clothes to pull her out. He will not bite 
 
 the little girl. Oh no, he will be careful 
 and not bite the little girl. He loves the 
 little girl? and wants to pull her out of the 
 water. He is a kind dog. He is a good, 
 kind, black dog;. You must not be afraid 
 of a dog when you see one. He will not 
 bite you. No indeed. Perhaps he will 
 
THE GREAT BLACK BEAR. 15 
 
 pull you out of the water if you fall in. 
 I think if you should see a dog, and if 
 you should have some bread and butter, 
 you had better give him a little piece. 
 Doss like bread. 
 
 See the little girl's mother. She is 
 very much frightened because her little 
 girl has fallen in. 
 
 I see three little birds in the picture. 
 Can you see them ? 
 
 THE GREAT BLACK BEAR. 
 
 Shall I tell you about the next pic- 
 ture ? Do you see this great bear ? He is 
 a great black bear. What do you think 
 that string is, on his nose ? It is a muz- 
 zle. Do you know what it is for ? It is 
 to keep his mouth shut, so that he cannot 
 bite. Should you think he could bite 
 with a muzzle round his mouth ? It is 
 
16 THE GREAT BLACK BEAR. 
 
 tied on with a string, so that it cannot 
 slip off, and while it is on he cannot 
 bite. Bears live in the woods. They 
 go growling about in the woods a great 
 many hundred miles from here. 
 
 They caught this bear in the woods 
 and tamed him. Do you see that thing 
 on his back ? What is it ? It is a mon- 
 
 key. He is dressed up like a man to 
 make him look droll. 
 
THE GREAT BLACK BEAR. 17 
 
 Do you see that boy and girl looking 
 out of the gate ? Perhaps the tall one is 
 meant for a lady. It may be the little 
 girl's mother. Do you think it is a lady 
 or a boy ? Why ? 
 
 That little girl's name is Lucy. Lucy, 
 don't be afraid. The, bear and the mon- 
 key cannot hurt you. Don't you see the 
 man has the bear's mouth tied with a 
 string ? 
 
 What has that man on his back ? 
 That great thing. It is an organ. I 
 see the handle. When he puts it down, 
 and turns the handle, it makes beautiful 
 music. He is going to the town which 
 is away beyond the trees, to show the 
 children there the bear and the monkey, 
 and to let them hear the music. 
 a* 2* 
 
18 
 
 LITTLE ALBERT. 
 
 Did you ever catch a butterfly ? Did 
 you ever see a butterfly ? He goes flying 
 and fluttering from one flower to another, 
 very happy, unless some boys are chasing 
 him. But here is a picture of little 
 Albert and a butterfly. 
 
 Do you see little Albert there in the 
 picture? I will tell you about him. I 
 
 will tell what he says. He is talking to 
 his mother. 
 
LITTLE ALBERT. 19 
 
 " Mother ! mother, come quick ! come 
 and see this beautiful large butterfly ; 
 come quick, mother ! " 
 
 " Where is the butterfly ? " says his 
 mother. 
 
 " O, here he is ; he is flying away ; 
 come and help me catch him. Come 
 quick, or he will be gone." 
 
 But his mother will not come. She 
 sits still. She turns her head round so 
 as to see the little butterfly, but she does 
 not want to go and catch the poor little 
 butterfly. It would break his beautiful 
 wings, and hurt him very much, to catch 
 him in little Albert's cap. There he goes 
 flying away. He is happy flying about 
 among the flowers. God made the beau- 
 tiful butterfly, and we must not hurt him. 
 
 Don't you see the beautiful roses grow- 
 ing on the bushes by the side of Albert ? 
 
 Now we will read about another pic- 
 ture. 
 
20 
 
 THE BOW AND ARROW: 
 
 Do you not see that little girl in the 
 next picture, lying down, and her brother 
 holding her head ? I will tell you what 
 they are doing : but first I must tell you 
 a story. It is about dangerous things. 
 
 Once a little boy came to my desk and 
 took off a sharp penknife, and I told him 
 to put it down, because it was a danger- 
 ous thing. He did not put it down quick, 
 as he ought to have done, but stopped to 
 ask me what was a dangerous thing. It 
 was right to ask me that ; but he ought 
 not to have asked it till he had put the 
 knife down. In a minute I heard him 
 cry very loud. I went to see what was 
 the matter. He had cut his finger with 
 the sharp, dangerous knife. The blood 
 was coming out of his finger. 
 
 It is dangerous for little boys to have 
 
THE BOW AND ARROW. 21 
 
 sharp knives. The danger is that they 
 will cut them. 
 
 The boy in this picture has been play- 
 ing with a bow and arrow. Don't you 
 see the sharp arrows lying on the ground ? 
 See his bow too.; it is a very pretty bow. 
 
 There is something lying on some of his 
 arrows. It is to keep his arrows in. He 
 calls it his quiver. The boy can shoot 
 his arrows very swiftly through the air 
 with his bow. Just now he shot an ar- 
 
22 GUNPOWDER 
 
 row, and it went almost into his sister's 
 eye. It hurt her very much, and she fell 
 down. He is trying to find the place 
 where it hit her. Little boy, cannot you 
 find the place? — Little boy, I say; 
 can you find the' place? — He does not 
 answer. He can't speak. He is nothing 
 but the picture of a boy. 
 
 GUNPOWDER. 
 
 Did you ever see any powder ? Some- 
 times they call it Gunpowder. It is black. 
 It looks a little like black sand. But 
 powder is a very wonderful thing. I will 
 tell you why. If I should take a little 
 powder, and put it upon a shovel, and 
 then touch a very little fire to it ; — flash 
 it would go, — blazing up quick and 
 high; — FLASH, and if I was not very 
 careful, it would burn me. If I had some 
 
GUNPOWDER. 
 
 23 
 
 powder I would show you how; but I 
 should not give you any, for fear you 
 would burn yourself with it. It is a very 
 dangerous thing. Perhaps you would 
 cry for it. Do you think you should ? If 
 you should, I should not give it to you. 
 It would be wrong for me to give you 
 any tiling because you cried for it. 
 
 Here is a picture about, powder. Don't 
 you see it flashing, — blazing up ? There 
 
 are some boys ; they have been playing 
 with powder. They are bad boys ; their 
 
24 GUNPOWDER. 
 
 mother told them they must not play with 
 powder, for they would get hurt ; but 
 they did not obey her. They went away 
 out into the woods ; — do you see the 
 trees there ? Well, they went out into 
 the woods, where their mother could not 
 see them, and played with the powder. 
 They were bad boys ; they disobeyed 
 their mother. The powder exploded ; it 
 flashed in their faces, and burnt their 
 eyes. Do you see the smoke ? and see ! 
 one of the boys has put his hands up to 
 his face, because it has burnt him ; and 
 there is another boy lying upon the 
 ground. Poor boy, I am afraid he is very 
 much hurt ; perhaps it has put his eyes 
 out, so that he will never see again. 
 Poor boys, if they had done as their 
 mother told them, they would not have 
 been burnt so. But they were bad boys , 
 they disobeyed their mother, and now 
 you see how they are punished. 
 
25 
 
 THE HURT BUTTERFLY. 
 
 Do you remember that we have had 
 one picture about a butterfly ? Did the 
 boy catch him ? He wanted his mother 
 to come and help catch him. Did she 
 go ? Why not.? 
 
 Here is another picture, and what do 
 you think it is about ? 
 
 Old lady, what. is that little thing lying 
 down upon the bank ? Old lady, — what 
 b 3 
 
26 THE HURT BUTTERFLY. 
 
 is it? — O, I know what it is. It is a 
 butterfly. A little butterfly, with four 
 wings, and a great many legs, though you 
 cannot see them very well, he is so small. 
 Should you like to have me tell you all 
 about him ? Well, I will. 
 
 Do you see those beautiful flowers be- 
 hind the lady ? They are growing on 
 a tall stem leaning a little over back- 
 wards. . Well, that little butterfly was 
 flying along, among the trees and flowers, 
 as happy as a little butterfly could be. 
 He would stop on the flowers to suck up 
 the sweet juices, for his breakfast ; and 
 thus he flew about from bank to bank, 
 and from flower to flower. Just then 
 this boy, whose name is Robin, and Lucy 
 his sister, came out into the garden to 
 play. They live in that great white 
 house behind the trees. We will turn 
 back to the picture and see the great 
 white house. 
 
THE HURT BUTTERFLY. 27 
 
 Now we will read on. They lived in 
 this great white house, and they came out 
 into the garden to play, and Robin saw 
 this butterfly, — flying and fluttering about. 
 Do you know what I mean by fluttering ? 
 
 Robin started off after him, crying out, 
 
 " Hurrah! let's go and catch this but- 
 terfly." 
 
 Lucy ran after him, repeating, 
 
 " Hurrah ! let's go and catch this but- 
 terfly." 
 
 The butterfly flew and fluttered, and 
 Robin ran with his cap in the air, Lucy 
 following as fast as she could. At length 
 the butterfly lighted on one of the flowers 
 growing on the tall stem behind the lady. 
 We will turn back to look at it. 
 
 " There, — he has lighted," said Rob- 
 in. " Now I'll catch him." So he walk- 
 ed along softly, on tiptoe ; and he raised 
 his cap in the air, to strike it down and 
 catch the butterfly in it, when Lucy said, 
 
28 THE HURT BUTTERFLY. 
 
 "No, Robin, I would not catch him." 
 
 But it was too late, for just as she said 
 the words, down came the cap on the 
 poor butterfly, in the midst of the flow- 
 ers. The blow knocked off some of the 
 flowers, and bent over the stock, and the 
 poor butterfly was not to be seen. 
 
 " There, you have killed him," said 
 Lucy. 
 
 Robin said nothing, but he slowly 
 lifted up his cap, and found the poor but- 
 terfly under it with his little head bruised, 
 and his wing broken, and he was strug- 
 gling with pain. 
 
 Just then this good lady came along ; 
 and when she saw the children looking 
 down at something, she came to see 
 what it was. She said she was very 
 sorry they had hurt the poor little but- 
 terfly. So she took him up, and put him 
 very carefully on the bank, — and now 
 she tells them they must leave him alone, 
 and perhaps he will get well, and be able 
 
THE LITTLE BIRDS. 
 
 29 
 
 to fly about happy again. I should think 
 that Robin would be sorry that he hurt 
 the poor butterfly. We will turn back 
 and look at him, and see if he looks sorry. 
 
 THE LITTLE BIRDS. 
 
 Here is a picture of a lady and several 
 children. How many children ? I do 
 
 not know how many, unless I count 
 them. There are several. I will count 
 them, and find out exactly how many. 
 3* 
 
30 THE LITTLE BIRDS. 
 
 One, two, three, four. There are 
 four. Exactly four. What are they all 
 doing? I will tell you. I will begin at 
 the beginning, and tell you the whole 
 story. 
 
 A lady went to walk in a field with 
 her little girl. The little girl's name 
 was Ann. Can you find Ann in the pic- 
 ture ? Point to her. 
 
 She has been looking at the flowers 
 and grass. This is the picture of the 
 place where they met three boys. 
 
 George, the tallest boy, is a bad boy. 
 He has a great cane in his hand. He 
 pushed open the grass with his cane, and 
 found a bird's nest with three little birds 
 in it. Do you see their little heads ? 
 
 George took up the nest and gave it 
 to James. James is the smallest boy. 
 He is very glad to have it. He wants to 
 carry it home. He does not think it is 
 quite right, but still he is going to carry 
 it home. 
 
THE LITTLE BIRDS. 31 
 
 Samuel is a good boy. He is talking to 
 James. He tells him that the little birds 
 have a mother who takes care of them, 
 and brings them their breakfast, and din- 
 ners, and suppers. 
 
 How do you suppose she gets their 
 breakfast ? Why, she goes and picks up 
 little crumbs of bread, and carries them 
 home. She gives the crumbs to the 
 little birds, and they are all very glad. 
 When night comes, she sits on the nest, 
 and opens her wings over the little ones 
 to keep them warm while they are 
 asleep. She loves the little birds very 
 much. She has gone now to find them 
 something to eat. When she comes home 
 to the place where she left the nest, and 
 finds that George has taken it away, she 
 will feel very sorry, and will flutter about 
 the place, and be very much troubled. 
 I hope Samuel will persuade James to 
 carry the nest back. Little Ann, who is 
 
32 
 
 ANOTHER LITTLE BIRD 
 
 looking on, wants him to carry it back. 
 She says that God will be displeased with 
 him, and so he will, if he does not. She 
 says, too, that the old bird will feel as his 
 mother would, if some strong man should 
 carry him off, so that his mother could 
 not find him. 
 
 ANOTHER LITTLE BIRD 
 
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 O, there is another beautiful picture 
 with a little bird in it. Do you see 
 the little bird hopping along on the 
 
ANOTHER LITTLE BIRD. S3 
 
 table ? The lady is holding out her 
 hand to him. Lady ! you must not hurt 
 that pretty little bird. You must not 
 frighten him away. 
 
 The window is lifted up. We can see 
 out. It is very cold out that window. 
 Don't you see the cold, white snow, on 
 the trees and houses ? It was too cold 
 for that poor little bird, and so he came 
 into the house. The lady will be very 
 kind to him. I wouldn't hurt that pretty 
 little bird ; would you ? 
 
 Lady, I think you had better go and 
 get some crumbs of bread, and give them 
 to that little bird. He likes crumbs of 
 bread ; and I think he must be hungry. 
 You had better give him some crumbs of 
 bread, and let him go. 
 
34 
 
 THE RABBIT. 
 
 THE RABBIT. 
 
 This is the picture of a rabbit ; chil- 
 dren sometimes call him bunny. 
 
 Which do you think is the best name, 
 rabbit or bunny ? 
 
 It is winter. This little rabbit lives in 
 a hole in the ground. He dug the hole 
 with his sharp claws. Do you see his 
 sharp claws ? Touch them with your 
 finger. The rabbit has come out of his 
 
THE RABBIT. 35 
 
 hole to run and leap about upon the 
 snow. But now he has stopped running, 
 and looks frightened. What do you sup- 
 pose makes him look so frightened ? 
 
 He hears a noise. 
 
 Do you know what noise he hears ? 
 
 Look all over the picture, and see if 
 you can find any thing which could make 
 a noise to frighten little bunny. It is 
 that doir. Do you see him ? He is 
 
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 barking, and the noise makes little bunny 
 lift up his ears and hark. 
 
 What has that man got in his hand ? 
 It is a gun. He has come out to find 
 something to shoot. I hope he is not 
 going to shoot that pretty little bunny. 
 
 THE THIEVISH CAT. 
 A thievish cat! Did you ever hear 
 of a thievish cat ? Perhaps you do not 
 know what thievish means. Well, I will 
 tell you all about it. 
 
36 
 
 THE THIEVISH CAT. 
 
 This pussy's name is Grimalkin. It 
 is a funny name for a cat, — is it not ? 
 
 Her name is Grimalkin. Now, Grimal- 
 kin's master went a-fishing. He caught 
 his fishes in a brook, and brought them 
 home in a basket. Can you find the 
 basket in the picture ? Touch it with 
 your finger. Yes, that is it. Grimal- 
 kin's master hung it up on that nail. 
 When he brought his fishes home, he 
 took them out of the basket, and put 
 them upon a great plate, on a table, in 
 the baek kitchen, and then hung the bas- 
 ket on a nail. Do you see the table, and 
 the plate, and the nail, and the fishes, and 
 
THE THIEVISH CAT. 37 
 
 the basket? Is there any thing else in 
 this picture ? What is it ? What do you 
 think is in that jar? It is cream. 1 am 
 afraid that thievish cat will find it out, 
 and pull it over. 
 
 But I was going to tell you about that 
 thievish cat. She saw her master carry 
 out the fishes, and she thought she would 
 go out and take one of them without 
 leave. So she watched when her master 
 was not looking, and crept softly out into 
 the back kitchen, — then she jumped 
 up on the table. Then she walked 
 softly along until she came to the plate 
 of iishes, and now she is just taking ofT 
 one of the fishes. 
 
 Now, do you know what a thievish cat 
 is ? What is it ? Is it right to be thievish ? 
 4 
 
33 FIDO IN THE WOODS 
 
 FIDO IN THE WOODS. 
 
 " Dog, pretty dog, what is your name ? " 
 
 " My name is Fido," says the dog. 
 
 " What are you doing out here in the 
 woods ? " 
 
 " I am looking for my master." 
 
 " Who is your master ? " 
 
 " My master is a boy, and his name is 
 George." 
 
 " Where is your master George ?" 
 
 " My master George is somewhere in 
 these woods, and I cannot find him." 
 
FIDO IN THE WOODS. 39 
 
 " Why do you not run about and look 
 until you find him ? " 
 
 " I have been running all about, and I 
 cannot find him any where." 
 
 " Why do you not bark ? " 
 
 " I have been barking till I am tired*" 
 
 " Well, — dog, — pretty dog, — I do not 
 know what you will do. How came you 
 and your master George out in the 
 woods? " 
 
 " We came out to take a walk with 
 some other boys." 
 
 " And how came you to lose your mas- 
 ter George ? " 
 
 " I ran away a little into the bushes to 
 catch a little bird, and when 1 went back 
 into the path, he was gone, and I could 
 not find him." 
 
 "I am sorry you went away after the 
 little birds. You ought to have kept 
 near your master George. I do not know 
 what you will do." 
 
40 THE DUCKS IN THE WATER. 
 
 Fido has got something round his neck. 
 Do you know what it is ? It is a collar. 
 There is a little ring at the lower side of 
 it. The ring is so small you can hardly 
 see it. When it is night, they take Fido, 
 and put a chain into that little ring, and 
 fasten him, to keep him from running 
 away. 
 
 THE DUCKS IN THE WATER. 
 
 Did you ever see any ducks ? They 
 say Quack, Quack, Quack. They can 
 run upon the ground, and they can swim 
 upon the water. They love to swim up- 
 on the water. 
 
 Here is the picture of a pond of water, 
 with two ducks swimming upon it. 
 
 Can you see the two ducks ? Point to 
 them. How many are there ? Should 
 you like to be out upon that water, where 
 
THE DUCKS IN THE WATER. 41 
 
 the ducks are ? No ; I am afraid you 
 would sink down into the water, and be 
 drowned. 
 
 
 
 -ssflg^ 1 -^m^ggm 
 
 There is a boat upon the shore of the 
 pond. People get into the boat, and sail 
 about on the water. Do you see the long 
 things that look like poles, lying across 
 the boat ? They are not poles ; they are 
 oars. The men put one end of the oars 
 into the water, and take hold of the other 
 end, and pull the boat along by them. 
 The two men that came in the boat are 
 6* 4* 
 
42 THE BEEHIVE. 
 
 standing down by the water, among the 
 bushes, with fishing-poles in their hands. 
 By and by they will get into the boat, 
 and sail away beautifully over the smooth 
 water. 
 
 I can see a row of great trees across 
 the water. Can you see them ? How 
 many are there ? There are nine. Nine 
 great trees all in a row. 
 
 Under the last one is a little man stand- 
 ing near the water among the bushes. 
 Do you think he sees the ducks ? 
 
 THE BEEHIVE. 
 
 Do you know what this is ? -It is a bee- 
 hive. It is a little house for bees to live 
 in. Do you see the little hole where 
 they go in ? 
 
 I can see the hole and several bees fly- 
 ing about. The bees must have a house 
 
THE BEEHIVE. 43 
 
 to live in, but they cannot make a house, 
 and so men make a house for them. 
 When men do not make a house for them, 
 they go out into the woods, and find a 
 hollow tree, and live in that. This great 
 
 hive is a beautiful one. It is made of 
 straw twisted and braided together, and 
 there is a beautiful roof over it, to keep 
 off the rain. It is placed, too, on a stand. 
 
44 DRIVING HOOPS. 
 
 Is the stand round or square ? How many 
 legs has it? I can see three. Do you 
 think there are any more ? 
 
 Do you know how the bees get their 
 honey ? They suck up the sweet juice 
 out of the flowers, and carry it home, 
 and make honey of it. Honey is very 
 sweet and good. 
 
 That boy and girl have come out to 
 look at the bees. They must not hurt 
 them ; if they do, they will get stung. 
 
 DRIVING HOOPS. 
 
 Vert small boys cannot drive hoops. 
 They cannot run fast enough, and their 
 hoops tumble down. 
 
 Here are three boys driving hoops. I 
 will tell you their names. 
 
 Here is one boy in front, running very 
 fast, and holding his stick high in the air. 
 
DR1 VING HOOPS, 
 
 45 
 
 He is going to strike his hoop hard, and 
 make it go very fast. He has a cap on his 
 head ; the other two boys have hats. He 
 
 is holding out his left hand, and striking 
 his hoop with his right hand. Which is 
 your left hand ? Which is your right 
 hand? What do you think that boy's 
 name is ? His name is Roger. 
 
 Do you see the next largest boy ? 
 Which is it ? He is smaller. He cannot 
 drive his hoop so well. He is trying to 
 push it along with his stick. That is not 
 the way to drive a hoop. He ought to 
 
46 THEBABY. 
 
 strike it. But he is a small boy, and is 
 doing as well as he can. His name is 
 John. Roger ! Roger ! 1 think you had 
 better stop for little John : he cannot 
 keep up with you. 
 
 There is another little boy in the pic- 
 ture with a frock on ; it is little Benjamin. 
 He stands still, looking at Roger. He is 
 tired. He has been trying to trundle his 
 hoop, but he cannot do it very well, and 
 he is tired ; so he has stopped to rest and 
 to look at Roger. He wishes that he was 
 as large a boy as Roger, so that he could 
 drive a hoop fast. 
 
 Come, little Benjamin, you have rested 
 enough. Drive away. 
 
 THE BABY. 
 
 Ann has a little brother. He is a 
 baby. She loves to sit on the carpet 
 with him, and to play with him. One 
 
THE BABY. 
 
 47 
 
 day he lost his rattle ; she looked under 
 the crickets, and in the cradle, and be- 
 hind the rocking-chair, and behind the 
 door, but she could not find it. 
 
 Where is the rattle ? Where is baby's 
 rattle ? O, here it is in mother's basket. 
 Ann was very glad to find it. She car- 
 ried it to her little brother, who played 
 with it a great while. 
 
 Here is a picture of Ann's little 
 brother lying in a cradle. 
 
 His mother is kneeling down by the 
 
48 THE BABY. 
 
 cradle, rocking him to sleep. She holds 
 up her finger, and says, "Walk softly, 
 Ann." Ann will not wake up her baby 
 brother. O no indeed. 
 
 She will take her little cricket and sit 
 down by the cradle. She can rock it 
 when mother goes away. And she will 
 wait patiently till her little brother wakes 
 up, and then, if he wants to play, she 
 will find him his rattle again, or roll him 
 the ball, or give him her doll, that he 
 may put his finger on her black eyes. 
 
 When Ann's little brother sits on the 
 carpet, she takes care of him. If she 
 should snatch away his piece of cake, she 
 would be a bad girl. If she should make 
 him tumble over, she would be a bad girl. 
 If she were to pull away his stick, or 
 strike him, she would be a bad girl. 
 But she does not do any of these naugh- 
 ty things. She is always kind to her little 
 baby brother. 
 
49 
 
 COWS IN THE WATER. 
 
 There are two cows standing in the 
 water. " Cow, cow, why do you stand 
 there, with your feet in the water ? " 
 
 " Because it is cool, and shady, and 
 pleasant here." 
 
 " Where have you been all day ? " 
 
 " We have been in the fields, eating 
 the grass, till the sun was high, and it 
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50 COWS IN THE WATER. 
 
 became so warm that we could not stay 
 any longer. So we thought we would 
 come here to drink, and to stand in the 
 water. It is very cool and pleasant here 
 in the water." 
 
 " That is a very good plan, cow. But 
 it seems to me, you are holding up your 
 tail, and whisking it about. Why do you 
 whisk your long tail about so ? " 
 
 "To brush off the flies." 
 
 ' ' Do the flies hurt you ? " 
 
 " Yes, they bite us, and we swing our 
 tails about on our sides and on our backs, 
 to brush them off." 
 
 " Is that what your long tail is for ? " 
 
 " Yes, that is what our long tails are 
 for." 
 
 " Well, cow, how many eyes have you 
 got? I only see one eye." 
 
 " O ! but one eye is on the other side." 
 
 " And what do you have one eye on 
 one side, and one on the other for ? " 
 
JOHN, JAMES, AND HARRY. 51 
 
 " ! so that we can see when the 
 dogs come to trouble us." 
 
 " Do the dogs trouble you, cow ? " 
 
 " Yes. The dogs come barking about 
 us sometimes. But we run after them, 
 and frighten them away." 
 
 There are two ladies standing on the 
 bank. They have been to take a walk. 
 One lady has something in her hand. 
 What do you think it is ? It looks like a 
 parasol. 
 
 That black cow is looking at the ladies 
 as if she was afraid of them. But don't 
 you be afraid, black cow ; they won't 
 hurt you. 
 
 JOHN, JAMES, AND HARRY. 
 
 Once there were three boys, named 
 John, James, and Harry. Do you see 
 John, James, and Harry ? Their fathers 
 
52 JOHN, JAMES, AND HARRY. 
 
 gave them some kites ; and they thought 
 they would go out into the fields and fly 
 their kites. Do you see their kites ? 
 John stood up to fly his kite. Do you 
 see John standing up ? Touch him. 
 
 James sat down to fly his kite. Do 
 you see James sitting down to fly his 
 kite ? Touch him. 
 
 Harry's kite wanted mending, so he 
 stooped down to mend it. Do you see 
 Harry stooping down to mend his kite ? 
 Touch him. 
 
JOHN, JAMES, AND HARRY. 53 
 
 James's kite was high in the air. 
 Touch his kite. His kite had a long 
 tail. Touch its tail. 
 
 John's kite was high in the air too. 
 Touch John's kite. It had a long tail 
 too. Touch its tail. John's kite's tail, 
 had a tassel at the end of it. Touch the 
 tassel. 
 
 Harry's kite was down in his lap. 
 Touch Harry's kite. It had a long tail 
 too, king curled along the ground. 
 Touch the tail curling along upon the 
 ground. Harry's kite had a beautiful 
 star upon it too. Touch the star. It had 
 two circles upon it too. Touch the circles. 
 
 Touch James's ball of twine. Touch 
 John's ball of twine. The twine is 
 wound upon sticks. 
 
 I can see the house, a great way off, 
 where John, James, and Harry live. Can 
 you see the house ? Touch the house. 
 There are trees all around it. 
 5* 
 
54 THE COTTAGE, 
 
 I wonder how long John, James, and 
 Hany will stay out, flying their kites ? 
 Perhaps their father will come to the 
 door pretty soon, and call, — "James! 
 John ! Harry ! I want you to come in." 
 Then John, James, and Harry will take 
 their kites, and run quick to know what 
 their father wants. Good hoys always 
 run quick when they are called. 
 
 THE COTTAGE. 
 
 This is a picture of a cottage. A cot- 
 tage is a small house. I think this is a 
 beautiful cottage. It has two windows 
 and one door. Two children live in this 
 cottage, with their father and mother. 
 Their father has bought them a new 
 book, and they have come out to sit down 
 and read it. 
 
 What is that hanging over their heads ? 
 
THE COTTAGE 
 
 55 
 
 It is a cage. What is that standing at 
 the door ? It is a broom. Children, you 
 
 ought not to have left the broom there in 
 the door. That is not the place for the 
 broom. The little boy has been riding 
 the broom around the yard. He called 
 it his horse. And now he has got a new 
 book, he has put the broom in the door- 
 way, instead of carrying it in, and putting 
 it in its place, as he ought to do. Little 
 boy, you had better go and put the broom 
 
56 THE COTTAGE. 
 
 back in its place, where it belongs, and 
 then come and read jour book. 
 
 Now, I will tell you the difference be- 
 tween good children and bad children, 
 when they have a new book. I will tell 
 you what good children do, when they 
 get a new book, and what bad children 
 do. 
 
 Good children take their book and go 
 together and sit down somewhere, pleas- 
 antly, and read it, and look at the pic- 
 tures. Each one waits until the other 
 has seen a picture as much as he wants 
 to, and then they turn over a new leaf. 
 They talk about the pictures too, and 
 enjoy the book together. 
 
 But bad children do not do so. They 
 begin to quarrel for the book. They pull 
 it away from one another. And they 
 scream and cry, and their father or mother 
 has to come and take it away from them. 
 Now, I want you to look at this picture, 
 
THE THREE EGGS. 
 
 57 
 
 and tell me whether you think these 
 children are good children or bad chil- 
 dren. 
 
 THE THREE EGGS. 
 
 Here is a branch of a tree. A branch, 
 did I say ? Is it one branch, or two 
 branches ? There are two branches, and 
 both branches are covered with leaves. 
 What is that in the middle of the 
 branches ? It is a bird's nest, with some 
 eggs in it. How many eggs ? You may 
 count them. It seems to me that I re- 
 member something about another bird's 
 
58 THE THREE EGGS. 
 
 nest in this book. Was there not a 
 picture of another bird's nest ? We will 
 turn back and see if we can find it. 
 
 What was in that other bird's nest ? 
 Birds. And what is in this bird's nest ? 
 Eggs. How many birds were there in 
 the other nest ? Three. And how many 
 eggs are there in this nest ? Three. 
 
 Do you know what there is in those 
 little white eggs ? Why, there is some- 
 thing there which turns into birds. The 
 large bird sits upon the eggs, and keeps 
 them warm ; and by and by, after a 
 great many days, a little bird, a very lit- 
 tle bird, begins to grow inside of the 
 egg. A little bill begins to grow, and 
 little wings, and two little claws. After 
 a while, the little bird in the egg begins 
 to be strong, and he taps with his bill 
 upon the shell, and breaks it open, and 
 creeps out. 
 
 Then what do you think the old birds 
 
THE THREE EGGS. 59 
 
 do with the broken egg-shell ? What 
 would you do with it if you were they ? 
 I will tell you what they do. They take 
 up the old shells, and throw them away 
 out of the nest. Then they have nothing 
 but three little birds in the nest. 
 
 There are generally two large birds to 
 every nest, and three or four little ones 
 When the little ones have grown up, they 
 fly away, and make nests for themselves. 
 
 I wonder why the old birds have not 
 built their nest up in a tree. Why didn't 
 they make it on the ground ? 1 have 
 seen birds' nests down upon the ground, 
 but generally they are up high on a tree. 
 What do you suppose is the reason they 
 are generally up high on a tree ? I think 
 I know why the birds build them up high 
 on a tree. I think they put them up 
 high, so that they may be out of the 
 way of mischievous boys. I know some 
 naughty boys who like to go and steal 
 
60 THE HOOP. 
 
 the birds' nests with the little birds in 
 them. Some day, when the old birds 
 have gone away to get something for the 
 little birds to eat, the naughty boy comes 
 and steals the nest, and carries it away 
 to play with. He thinks he has got 
 a very pretty plaything. But presently 
 the old birds come home, and they come 
 flying about, to find the nest ; but the 
 naughty boy has carried the nest away 
 to play with, and the poor birds have lost 
 the nest and all the pretty little birds. 
 The poor birds feel very sorry. They 
 have to go and make another nest, and 
 they build it up high, so that the naughty 
 boys cannot reach it. 
 
 THE HOOP. 
 Once there was a little boy named 
 Frank, and he had a large straw hat. 
 One day he thought he would go out and 
 
THE HOOP, 
 
 61 
 
 drive his hoop. So he put his straw hat 
 on his round, curly head, and went out 
 to drive his hoop. 
 
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 There was a beautiful garden near the 
 house. There was a gardener in the 
 garden. Do you see the gardener ? I 
 see his head there, among the trees. 
 Touch his head. 
 
 Well, as Frank was driving his hoop 
 6 
 
62 THEHOOP 
 
 down a little hill, it went into the water. 
 Do you see the hoop rolling down the 
 hill ? There it goes. It is almost in the 
 water. Frank, if you don't take care, 
 you will go into the water too. You 
 must be qareful not to fall into the water. 
 You had better let your hoop run into the 
 water, and then it will float ; and you 
 can take your stick and draw it out 
 again. 
 
 If you should drop a knife, or a pair of 
 scissors, or any thing made of iron, into 
 the water, it would sink. It would not 
 float. But if you should drop a stick, or 
 a hoop, or any thing made of wood, into 
 the water, it would float on the top of 
 the water. 
 
 When you take your hoop out of the 
 water, Frank, you must lay it in the sun ; 
 the sun will dry it, so that you can play 
 with it again in a little while. 
 
 Can you think of any things which 
 
THEHOOP. 63 
 
 would sink, if you should drop them into 
 the water ? 
 
 Can you think of any things which 
 would float, if you drop them into the 
 water ? 
 
 What form is the hoop ? 
 
 Can you think of any thing else that is 
 round ? 
 
 What should you think was the shape 
 of the hat ? 
 
 Does it look round in the picture ? 
 
 Do you think it is really round ? 
 
 Where is your hat ? Go see if you can 
 find it. O ! there it is, hanging up on 
 the nail. You were a good boy, to hang 
 it up on the nail. Now put your hat on 
 your head, and we will go out«and see if 
 we can find a hoop any where, and then 
 we can drive hoop like Frank. 
 
64 
 
 JANE AND PUSS. 
 Why, there is puss ! What a fine great 
 puss she is ! I wonder if she is a black 
 puss. She is a black puss. She is not 
 very black in the picture. v That little 
 girl is taking hold of puss's paw. Do you 
 think she is hurting puss ? No ; puss 
 stands still. The little girl is not hurting 
 her, she is only playing with her. I 
 wonder what the little girl's name is. 
 
JANE AND PUSS. 65 
 
 Perhaps it is Jane. We will call her 
 Jane. I should think Jane was a kind 
 little girl. Puss does not seem afraid 
 of her. She stands playing with Jane. 
 Pussies are never afraid of kind little 
 girls and boys. 
 
 O ! there is a little kitten playing 
 with a ball. What a good time she 
 has ! Only give kitten something to 
 play with, and she will be very good, and 
 not make any trouble. She likes to have 
 a ball to play with, very much. She 
 likes a ball because she can roll it about 
 She only has to touch it with her paw, 
 and it goes rolling round all over the 
 room. I wonder what kind of a ball it 
 is. I hope it is not one of Jane's balls of 
 cotton. O ! no ; Jane keeps her cotton, 
 and her needles, and her thimble, all in 
 her little bag. She does not leave her 
 things about for Kitty to get hold of. I 
 saw a kitten once playing with some 
 c* 6* 
 
66 JANEANDPUSS. 
 
 knitting-work. She jumped up on the 
 table, and knocked off the ball of yarn 
 with her paw, and then she jumped down 
 again, and began to play with the ball of 
 yarn. She made it roll under the chairs, 
 and under the table, and the yarn was all 
 entangled about the legs of the table 
 and the chairs. Pretty soon, a little girl 
 came in, and found her knitting on the 
 floor, and her yarn all running criss-cross 
 about the room, and entangled in the legs 
 of the chairs and the table. The little 
 girl said, "O! Kitty, kitty, what a 
 naughty kitty you are ! You can't knit, 
 kitty. What are you doing with my 
 work ? " She was a kind little girl ; so 
 she did not strike the kitty, but she un- 
 tangled the yarn, and wound it up upon 
 the ball, and put her knitting in a drawer, 
 where kitty could not get at it. 
 
67 
 
 THE SPIDER'S WEB. 
 
 Do you see the spider's web up in the 
 corner ? See how that boy is gazing at 
 it. Some boys are afraid of a spider's 
 web. Are you afraid of a spider's web ? 
 How can a spider's web hurt any body ? 
 Spiders do not hurt any body either. I 
 know a boy who went out one day to 
 swing in the barn. But he looked up in 
 
68 THE SPIDER'S WEB. 
 
 a corner, and he saw a great many spi- 
 ders' webs. So he said, " I will not go 
 into that cobwebby place." 
 
 The way to clear away cobwebs is to 
 take a broom with a long handle, and 
 reach up and sweep them off. Cobwebs 
 do not look very well in the parlor. Let 
 me see if there are any in this room 
 where we are. You look, too. Look all 
 round the walls and in the corners. Do 
 you see any ? No. They are all swept 
 away. We must have no cobwebs in the 
 parlor, and none in the kitchen, and none 
 in the chambers. The spiders must be 
 kept out of the parlor, and out of the 
 kitchen, and out of the chambers. But 
 we will let them make their webs in the 
 barn. 
 
 Do you know how the spiders go to 
 work to make their webs ? Look at the 
 middle of the web in the picture. The 
 spider begins at the middle, and he spins 
 
THE SPIDER'S WEB. 69 
 
 the little fine threads all out, every way, 
 until he has made a great broad web. 
 
 What do you think the spider's web is 
 for? The spider catches flies in his web. 
 The spiders eat flies. When the flies 
 come upon the spider's web, they are 
 caught. Their feet stick fast in the web, 
 and then they are caught. The flies 
 cannot walk upon the web. What do 
 you suppose is the reason that spiders can 
 walk upon their web, and flies cannot? 
 I think there must be some difference in 
 their feet. The spiders can move about 
 very easily indeed, but the poor flies get 
 entangled as soon as they try to walk 
 upon the web, and then the spiders catch 
 the flies and eat them. I think, if I were 
 a fly, I should be very careful to keep out 
 of the way of spiders' webs. 
 
 That little girl in the picture is afraid 
 to go near the spider's web. What are 
 you afraid of, little girl ? Spiders will 
 
70 
 
 THE FLOWERS 
 
 not touch little girls and boys. They 
 only want to catch poor flies. Little 
 girl, go up and see the spider in his web. 
 Pretty soon somebody will come with a 
 broom, and sweep the cobweb away. 
 
 THE FLOWERS. 
 
 — , — \ ■■ •■ i 
 
 There is a girl with a basket of flow- 
 ers. What a beautiful basket of flowers 
 she has got ! She wanted to have some 
 
THE FLOWERS. 71 
 
 flowers to put upon the mantel-piece ; so 
 she put on her shawl, and took her basket 
 upon her arm, and went down to the 
 meadow, and there she has found some 
 beautiful ones. Is there anv thins; besides 
 flowers in the basket ? Yes ; there are 
 some leaves. Leaves are green, and 
 flowers are blue, and red, and yellow. 
 They are not green, and red, and blue 
 in the picture, because they could not 
 make the colors in the picture, very well. 
 But they are green, and red, arid blue, in 
 reality. 
 
 Which do you think are prettiest, green 
 leaves, or blue, and red, and yellow flow- 
 ers ? How should you like to see a rose 
 bush without any leaves ? How would 
 the bush look, when all the roses were 
 gone, if there were no leaves upon it ? 
 Trees, you know, have nothing but leaves 
 upon them. There are no flowers, gen- 
 erally, upon large trees. Are not trees 
 
72 THE FLOWERS. 
 
 pretty ? What are the leaves good tor 
 upon the trees ? The leaves make the 
 shade. When do we want to have it 
 shady, in the summer, or in the winter ? 
 In the winter we wish the sun to shine 
 upon us, to make us warm ; so we do not 
 want to have any leaves upon the trees. 
 
 Look at the girl in the picture. How 
 fast she is tripping along. She wants to 
 get home quick, so as to put her flowers 
 in some water. Flowers wither and fade 
 very quick, if they are not put in water. 
 
 See how the wind blows. It has al- 
 most blown the girl's shawl off. The 
 wind bends the bushes almost to the 
 ground. What curious-looking trees those 
 are up by the house ! I never saw any 
 trees just like those. They are not like 
 the trees we can see over the top of that 
 wall, and out behind the girl. 
 
 O! there is a man, just behind the 
 tree. He is so small we did not see him. 
 
THE FLOWERS. 73 
 
 What has he got in his hands ? Can you 
 tell what it is ? See, he has it up to his 
 mouth. He is blowing into it. It is a 
 flute. It makes music. See how the 
 dog looks up in his face. The dog seems 
 to like to hear the music. 
 
 There are some cows. One of them is 
 resting herself upon the ground. One of 
 them is cropping the grass, and there is 
 another standing still. What sober faces 
 all three of the cows have ! Cows al- 
 ways look sober, I think. Did you ever 
 see a cow laugh ? Little boys laugh when 
 they are happy ; sometimes they laugh 
 very loud, when they are having a good 
 time out in the field. The cows have 
 very good times eating the nice fresh 
 grass. But the cows never laugh. How 
 droll it would sound to hear a cow laugh ! 
 
 But the cows make a noise, sometimes. 
 Do you know what kind of a noise a cow 
 makes ? Let me hear you make a noise 
 
 d 7 
 
74 TOM BADBOI. 
 
 like a cow. Can't you make a noise like 
 a cow? Well, I will make a noise like 
 a cow, and then you may try. This is 
 the noise the cow makes — Moo-oo-oo ! — 
 Moo-oo-oo ! Now, you say, Moo-oo-oo ! 
 — Moo-oo-oo ! 
 
 TOM BADBOY 
 
 Here is a picture of Tom Badboy. 
 He is riding upon a poor goat's back. 
 His mother told him, the other day, that 
 he must never ride the goat. Tom, you 
 
TOM BADBOT. 75 
 
 are a very naughty boy, not to mind your 
 mother. And don't you know that poor 
 goat is not strong enough to carry boys 
 upon her back ? Where is she going to 
 carry you, Tom ? Are you going up 
 against that great, high, rocky bank ? 
 
 Tom is holding on by the goat's horns. 
 Her horns are turned back. Are the 
 cow's horns turned back ? Let us find a 
 picture of the cow, and see if her horns 
 are turned back. No, her crooked horns 
 are not turned back like the goat's. 
 
 Tom has got his hat in his hand. Why 
 don't you put your hat upon your head, 
 Tom ? How Tom's hair looks ! He 
 looks frightened. Tom always cries, 
 when his mother wants to brush and 
 comb his hair. What a silly boy, not to 
 want to have his hair brushed ! How a 
 little bov looks, with his hair all sticking 
 up and flying about ! Do you cry when 
 your hair is brushed ? You like to have 
 
76 TOM BADBOY. 
 
 your hair look smooth and nice. Tom 
 Badboy always cries when he has his 
 face washed. What a boy, to cry when 
 he has his face washed ! Do you cry 
 when your face is washed ? I met Tom 
 Badboy one day, and he had a very dirty 
 face. I met him in the garden, chasing 
 the goat. Poor goat ! She was crying, 
 " ba-a-ah ! ba-a-ah ! " But Tom kept 
 chasing her, and the goat kept crying, 
 " ba-a-ah ! ba-a-ah ! " Tom ought not 
 to chase and trouble the goat. Goats 
 are pretty and kind. Some goats are 
 black, and some are white, and some are 
 spotted black and white. 
 
 Shall I tell you some more about Tom ? 
 One day, Tom went into the_ closet to 
 steal a lump of sugar. He reached up to 
 the shelf, and he took down the sugar- 
 bowl, and he put in his fingers to take 
 out a lump. But when he put in his 
 fingers to take out a lump, he heard a 
 
TOM BADBOY. 77 
 
 mouse come creeping along behind the 
 dishes. Naughty Tom was very much 
 frightened when he heard the little mouse 
 creeping along to find his hole. And 
 Tom was so frightened, that he let the 
 sugar-bowl fall out of his hands. The 
 sugar-bowl fell upon the floor, and was 
 broken to pieces. All the sugar was 
 scattered upon the floor, and then naughty 
 Tom was afraid that his mother would 
 come in, and find the sugar-bowl broken, 
 and all the sugar strewed upon the floor. 
 Good boys are never afraid to have their 
 mother come into the room. It is only 
 the bad boy that is afraid to have his 
 mother come into the room. Tom Bad- 
 boy must never go into the closet to steal 
 a lump of sugar, and then he will not be 
 afraid to have his mother see him. 
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78 
 
 THE GARDEN 
 
 Here is a beautiful garden. What a 
 handsome flower there is in that pot in 
 the corner! In the left hand corner, I 
 mean. There are several flower-pots 
 farther off, in the right hand corner. 
 There are a good many small pots in the 
 middle of the picture too. Let us count 
 the pots. One, two, three, four, five, 
 six, seven. The children have come out 
 
THE GARDEN. 79 
 
 to water the plants. Plants need water 
 just as much as children do. My gera- 
 niums would all wither and die, if I should 
 not water them sometimes. Plants must 
 have air too. If I were to put one of my 
 flower-pots in a box, and shut it up tight 
 from the air, it would die very soon. 
 And plants want the light too. They 
 will not grow in a dark place. 
 
 Joseph has got a spade in his hand. 
 Do you see Joseph ? His father has 
 given him a little piece of ground, in a 
 part of the garden that we cannot see. It 
 is back of that clump of little trees. He 
 goes there and works in his garden a little 
 while every day. He is very careful to 
 clear out all the weeds and stones, and 
 he digs up the ground about the roots of 
 the plants, so as to make them grow well. 
 His father gave him some seeds, and he 
 has raised some very pretty flowers. He 
 has been at work in his own garden, and 
 
80 THE GARDEN. 
 
 now he has come to look at his sister's 
 flowers. 
 
 Joseph is not a selfish boy. He wants 
 his sisters to have pretty flowers, as well 
 as himself. But, Joseph, what makes, 
 you get down upon the ground ? You 
 will spoil your clothes. Harriet does not 
 kneel upon the ground to water her 
 flowers. It would make her cambric 
 frock look finely, if she were to kneel 
 down upon the ground. Careful girls 
 and boys always try to keep their clothes 
 neat, while they are at play. They do 
 not like to make their mother any more 
 trouble than is necessary. 
 
 There is a hill out there, behind the 
 trees, where Joseph and his sisters have 
 fine times running and sliding down in the 
 winter. In the summer afternoons, when 
 it is cool, and they have learned their les- 
 sons, and done their work, they go out to 
 the hill, and have a good play. In winter, 
 

 THE GOAT, UP HIGH. 81 
 
 when the bank is covered with snow, they 
 can slide,. Joseph has a delightful place 
 to play in. Should not you like to have 
 a run in that garden ? 
 
 THE GOAT, UP HIGH. 
 
 Once there was a boy who climbed 
 upon the back of a chair, and tumbled 
 down and hurt him very much. Little 
 children should not climb. Large boys 
 may climb sometimes ; and sailors can 
 climb up the lofty masts of the ships ; 
 and goats can climb up the rocks and 
 mountains. 
 
 Here is a goat, up high upon the rocks 
 and mountains. Should you not think 
 he would fall ? No, he will not fall. 
 His feet are made so as not to slip. He 
 is very careful. 
 
 There is a lady and a child looking up 
 
«Z THE GOAT, UP HIGH. 
 
 to him. They have come out to take a 
 walk, and to climb the rocks and moun- 
 tains ; but they cannot climb as high as 
 
 the goat. Do you see the houses and the 
 village, away down, down, down in the 
 valley ? The lady and the child live down 
 there, 1 think, in one of those houses. 
 They must go back carefully, so as not 
 to slip, and fall, and hurt themselves. 
 
ANOTHER ROOSTER. 83 
 
 Lady, I think you had better take hold 
 of the little girl's hand, when you go 
 down. 
 
 The goat has a long beard and a short 
 tail, and his horns turn back. Do you 
 remember a picture in this book, of a 
 boy riding on a goat? What was that 
 boy's name ? Did that goat's horns turn 
 back ? 
 
 You may look, and tell me if you can 
 find that picture. 
 
 There are some other goats in this 
 picture. 
 
 How many ? 
 
 How many in all ? 
 
 ANOTHER ROOSTER. 
 
 Do you remember a picture of a rooster 
 in this book ? We will see if we can 
 find it. 
 
84 ANOTHER ROOSTER. 
 
 Here is another rooster. 
 Why is he called a rooster ? Do you 
 remember ? 
 
 In this picture is a rooster, a hen, and 
 three large chickens. The -rooster is 
 crowing. He says, cock-a-doodle-doo, 
 cock-a-doodle-doo. The hen is picking 
 up something from the ground. The 
 three large chickens are listening to hear 
 the rooster crow. 
 
ANOTHER ROOSTER. 85 
 
 Do you see the beautiful long feathers 
 in the rooster's tail ? They hang down 
 gracefully. 
 
 There is a large hawk up in the air, 
 flying. He is holding his head down. I 
 think he is going to fly down. There 
 are a great many little birds in the air 
 too. There is a flock of little birds. 
 When a great many little birds are flying 
 together, we call them a flock. Some 
 birds fly in flocks, and some fly alone. 
 
 I think the hen and chickens had better 
 go away, or else that great hawk will 
 come and catch them. Hawks often 
 catch hens and chickens. The hawk is 
 very strong and large. The one in this 
 picture does not look very large, because 
 he is up high in the air, a great way off; 
 and when any thing is a great way off, it 
 does not look very large. 
 
 Once I knew a boy who took a walk 
 on the sea shore with his father. While 
 8 
 
86 ANOTHER ROOSTER. 
 
 they were there, they saw some men 
 getting into a boat, to sail away. The 
 boy's father said, 
 
 " Do you see those men getting into 
 the boat ? " 
 
 " Yes, sir," said the boy. 
 
 " You see, too, that they are large 
 men, and that it is a large boat ?" 
 
 " Yes, sir," said the boy. 
 
 " Well," said his father, " now w T e will 
 watch them, and when they go away, 
 they will appear to grow smaller and 
 smaller ; and when they are a great w r ay 
 off on the water, they will look very 
 small indeed." 
 
 So the boy and his father stood still, 
 and watched them as they sailed away ; 
 and the boat began to look smaller and 
 smaller, and the men began to look 
 smaller and smaller : until at length, when 
 the boat was a great way off, it was just 
 
PONY. POMP 
 
 87 
 
 as his father had said, the boat and the 
 men seemed very small indeed. 
 
 So things always look small when they 
 are a great way off. 
 
 PONY POMP. 
 
 Now I am going to tell you a good 
 long story about this pony Pomp. 
 
 Do you see that tall spire of the church 
 
88 PONY POMP. 
 
 in one corner of the picture ? Is it on 
 the right hand, or on the left hand ? 
 
 Well, by the side of that spire 1 can 
 see the end of a house. The man who 
 lives in that house has a boy whose name 
 is George. He is a good boy. 
 
 His father told him one day he was 
 going to buy him a pony — a white pony 
 — and that his name was pony Pomp. 
 He bought him a saddle to put on his 
 back, and a bridle to put on his head, and 
 a whip to make him go. Can you see 
 the saddle on his back ? Touch it. Can 
 you see the bridle on his head ? Touch 
 it. Can you see the whip to make him 
 go ? Touch it. 
 
 When pony Pomp came home, George 
 thought he would go and take a ride. 
 So he put on his flat-topped cap, and took 
 his whip in his right hand, and the bridle 
 in his left hand, and away the pony trot- 
 ted over the fields and far away. 
 
PONY POMP. 89 
 
 Do you see what George has put his 
 foot into ? It is something hanging down 
 from the saddle. It is a stirrup ; it is for 
 George to put his foot into, so that he can 
 sit firm in the saddle. There is another 
 stirrup on the other side, for his other 
 foot. 
 
 When George was mounted he rode 
 on, over the fields and far away. At last 
 he did not know which way to go. But 
 presently he looked away off towards his 
 right hand, and saw a guide-post. Do 
 you know what a guide-post is ? I will 
 tell you. • 
 
 It is a tall post, standing up in the 
 ground, with some boards nailed across at 
 the top. Can you see the guide-board in 
 this picture ? Touch it. Can you see 
 the boards nailed across at the top ? How 
 many are there ? 
 
 Do you know what is on these boards ? 
 There are words painted on them, telling 
 d* ft*. 
 
90 PONY FOMP. 
 
 travellers which way to go; but if they 
 cannot read, the guide-post will do them 
 no good. 
 
 George can read. So George rode up 
 to the guide-post, and found out which 
 way to go. So he had an excellent ride, 
 and at last came home. He put his pony 
 in the barn, and he hung up the saddle in 
 its place, and he hung up the bridle in its 
 place, and he hung up the whip in its 
 place, and then he went into the house 
 and hung up his hat in its place, and then 
 he went into the room where his father 
 was. 
 
 " George," said his father, " have you 
 had a good ride on your pony Pomp ? " 
 
 " Yes, father," said George, " I have 
 had an excellent ride ; and I thank you 
 for my pony Pomp." 
 
91 
 
 tvpizs* 
 
 THE FARMER. 
 
 There is a man leaning over the gate. 
 He has got a pipe in his mouth. See the 
 smoke coming out of his pipe. He goes 
 puff — puff — puff. Sir, do you love to 
 smoke ? He has got a mug in his hand. 
 Pretty soon he is going to get some water 
 to drink. It is a warm day, and the man 
 has no coat on. What has he got on his 
 head ? Is it a hat ? No ; it is a cap. 
 
92 THE FARMER. 
 
 The man is tired, and he is stopping to 
 rest. He has been at work upon his 
 farm. Do you know what a farm is ? It 
 is a great piece of ground, where potatoes 
 grow, and corn, and squashes, and onions, 
 and cabbages. We have potatoes for 
 dinner every day. The potatoes grow 
 on a farm. 
 
 The man who stands leaning over the 
 gate is a farmer. He has got some po- 
 tatoes growing upon his farm. 
 
 Pretty soon the farmer's potatoes will 
 be ripe ; and the farmer will call his boys 
 to come and help him pull his potatoes 
 out of the ground. Then the boys will 
 get some barrels, and they will put the 
 potatoes into the barrels. 
 
 Then the farmer will put the barrels 
 into his cart, and ride to town to sell his 
 potatoes. He will come and knock at 
 the door. When we open the door, we 
 
THE FARMER. 93 
 
 shall see the farmer with his cart full of 
 potatoes. The farmer will say, 
 
 " Do you want to buy a bushel of po- 
 tatoes to-day ? I have got some fine po- 
 tatoes to sell." 
 
 Then we shall tell him to bring along 
 his potatoes, and we shall have them put 
 into the cellar. We shall pay the farmer 
 for his potatoes. Then the farmer will 
 jump into his cart again, and off he will 
 
 The farmer has to work very hard, and 
 he gets very tired, so he has come to 
 lean over the gate while he is smoking 
 his pipe. What is he looking at? O, 
 there are some geese. He is watching 
 the geese. Do you see the geese ? The 
 geese are looking for something to eat. 
 Do you know what kind of a noise geese 
 make ? They make a noise like this, 
 S — s — s — s. 
 
 Do you know what geese are good 
 
94 THE GALLOPPING HORSE. 
 
 for? We had a goose for dinner, the 
 other day. By and by, the farmer wilJ 
 kill his geese, and put them into his cart, 
 and carry them off to sell. He will take 
 off the feathers before he carries the 
 geese to sell. Do you know what the 
 feathers are good for ? They are good 
 to put into beds. You sleep on a bed. 
 There are feathers in the bed that you 
 sleep on. 
 
 Geese, what do you find on the ground 
 there ? You would like to find a pool 
 of water to paddle about in, I suppose. 
 Geese love to paddle about in the water. 
 
 THE GALLOPING HORSE. 
 
 Here goes a galloping horse ; — gal- 
 loping, galloping, leaping and galloping, 
 and a great many dogs running too. 
 
 Can you count the dogs ? One, two, 
 
THE GALLOPING HORSE 
 
 95 
 
 three, four, five dogs, reaching out their 
 heads, and lifting up their tails. How 
 fast they run! Horseman, where are you 
 going so fast? Horseman, where are you 
 going so fast ? 
 
 He does not tell. He is lifting up his 
 whip, high in the air. Has he got a cap 
 or a hat on his head ? Has he got boots 
 or shoes on his feet ? What are his feet 
 
96 THE GALLOPING HORSE. 
 
 in ? Do you remember the name of the 
 things hanging down from the saddle 
 for him to put his feet into ? There is 
 something about it in one of the other 
 stories. 
 
 The horse is leaping over a brook. Do 
 you see the water in the brook ? The 
 water is running beautifully. 
 
 There is one very little thing I want 
 you to see. It is upon the heel of the 
 horseman's boot. It is a spur. It is to 
 prick the horse with, to make him go 
 faster. But, horseman, horseman, you 
 must not prick your horse with your 
 sharp spur, to make him go faster. He 
 is going as fast as he can go, now. 
 
 There is a house at a distance behind 
 the horse's head, and a garden, with a 
 high fence around it. I wonder if there 
 are any boys and girls playing in that gar- 
 den ; — should you like to go in and see ? 
 I am glad they are not playing out in the 
 
A LAMB. 
 
 97 
 
 field, for perhaps this horse would run 
 over them. 
 
 A LAMB. 
 
 Here is a little girl trying to catch a 
 Jamb. Little girl, you frighten the lamb. 
 See how he runs away from the little 
 e 9 
 
93 A LAMB. 
 
 girl. The lamb is running to find his 
 mother. He will not be afraid when he 
 has found his mother. 
 
 Do you know what the lamb has upon 
 his back ? He has some curling wool 
 upon his back. The wool keeps the lit- 
 tle lamb warm. By and by, a man will 
 come with a great pair of shears and cut 
 off the wool from the lamb's back. He 
 will put the wool in a basket. What 
 will the man do with the basket full of 
 wool ? He will carry it into the house. 
 The people in the house will make threads 
 of the wool. They will make cloth then 
 out of the threads. What is cloth ? Let 
 me see you touch some cloth. Woollen 
 cloth is made out of the wool that comes 
 off the lamb's back. 
 
 There is a lamb lying down behind the 
 little girl. Do you see the lamb lying 
 down behind the little girl ? Touch the 
 lamb. Touch his ears. Touch his feet. 
 
THE SOLITARY BIRD. 99 
 
 Touch his eye. Will the lamb bite ? 
 No, the lamb will not bite. The lamb is 
 gentle. How quiet the lamb lies ! The 
 lamb will always be quiet if you do not 
 hurt him. Little girl, you must not hurt 
 the little lamb that is running away. 
 You must feed the little lamb, and take 
 care of him when he is sick. 
 
 THE SOLITARY BIRD. 
 
 Poor, solitary bird ! She has nobody 
 to play with. She has been flying 
 about the fields trying to find some other 
 birds to sing and play and fly with, but 
 she cannot. So she has come and perch- 
 ed upon this old tree. 
 
 Do you see the poor, solitary bird 
 perched upon this old tree ? The branches 
 look old and dead, and there are no other 
 birds upon them. What shall this poor, 
 
100 
 
 THE SOLITARY BIRD. 
 
 solitary bird do for somebody to sing and 
 play with ? 
 
 There is a house away off in the pic- 
 ture among the trees. How many chim- 
 neys are there ? I can see the smoke 
 coming out of it. There must be a fire 
 in the house, or else there would be no 
 smoke coming out of the chimney. And 
 I think there must be somebody there 
 sitting by the fire, or else there would 
 
THE SOLITARY BIRD. 101 
 
 be no fire. But I do not think there are 
 any birds in that house ; so what shall 
 this poor, solitary bird do for somebody to 
 sing and play with ? 
 
 Do you see this bird's bill ? Touch 
 her bill. What do you think she does 
 with her bill ? Why, she picks up little 
 seeds and crumbs with her bill. 
 
 Has the little bird any hands ? Look 
 all around, and see if she has any hands. 
 Has she any thing like hands ? She has 
 claws. Can you see her claws ? How 
 many claws ? What does she do with 
 her claws ? Which should you rather 
 have, hands or claws ? 
 
 I should rather have claws if 1 was a 
 bird, and hands if I was a boy or girl. 
 
 The bird has a little round eye in the 
 side of her head. Touch her little round 
 eye. I rather think she has another eye 
 on the other side of her head. 
 9* 
 
102 
 
 THE DOG. 
 
 Oh ! see that great dog run. How 
 fast he runs ! How he springs along ! 
 What a good dog he is ! How he opens 
 
 his mouth ! Put your finger in his 
 mouth. Are you afraid to put your 
 finger in his mouth ? He cannot bite. 
 Pictures cannot bite. 
 
THE DOG. 103 
 
 What is the dog running after ? Do 
 you see what he is trying to catch ? 
 O ! I see what he is trying to catch. 
 Do you see that little creature with his 
 long ears turned back ? What is that 
 little creature with his long ears turned 
 back ? 
 
 It is a hare, — a pretty little hare. He 
 looks like a rabbit. I hope the dog will 
 not catch him. 
 
 Here is a man coming round from 
 behind the trees on a horse. And there 
 is another man ; that makes two men, — 
 and there is another man ; that makes 
 three men and one great dog, all 
 running after one poor little hare. I 
 hope they will not catch him. Run, 
 little fellow, run. 
 
 Do you see the great rock behind the 
 dog ? There are some trees growing 
 behind it. They are not very pretty 
 trees, but I should like to go to walk 
 
104 
 
 PIG, PIG, OLD PIG. 
 
 with you to the top of the rock. Only 
 we should have to be very careful and not 
 fall down. 
 
 PIG, PIG, OLD PIG. 
 
 
 " Pig, pig, old pig, what are you 
 doing ? " 
 
 " I am sitting before the door of my 
 house, taking care of my children." 
 
PIG, FIG, OLD PIG. 105 
 
 "Why, pig, pig, old pig, do you call 
 that black hole your house ? It seems to 
 me, it is a droll sort of a house." 
 
 " Yes, it is my house, and it is a very 
 good house too for me." 
 
 "But, pig, there are no windows in it." 
 
 " Well, I do not want any windows. 
 It has a door for me to go in and out, and 
 some good warm straw on the top to 
 keep me warm in there." 
 
 " But, old grunter, do you call those 
 little things your children ? — It seems to 
 me that they are nothing but pigs." 
 
 "Well, if they are pigs, they' are my 
 children." 
 
 " How many children have you got, 
 Mrs. Pig ? " 
 
 " I do not know. 1 cannot count. 
 You must count them." 
 
 " Well, we will count them. One, 
 two, three, four. There are four. What 
 are their names, Mrs. Pig ? " 
 
106 PIG, PIG, OLD PIG. 
 
 " They have no names. I cannot talk 
 to them ; so it would do no good to have 
 them have names." 
 
 " What do you do when you want 
 them to come to you ? " 
 
 " I grunt. " 
 
 " And what do you do when you want 
 them to go away ? " 
 
 " Then I grunt too." 
 
 " What, always grunt ? It seems to 
 me you are a droll pig, to do nothing but 
 grunt at your children. But good bye, 
 Mrs. Pig ; we must go and look at the 
 next picture." 
 
 " Uh — Uh," says the pig. 
 
 Do you see that square thing before 
 the pig? It is his trough. He drinks 
 out of it. He puts his mouth down into 
 it, and drinks. 
 
107 
 
 THE STEPPING STONES. 
 
 Four stones, and a little girl standing 
 upon two of them. The girl is trying to 
 go across the water on the stones so as 
 not to wet her feet She must be very 
 careful not to wet her feet, for it would 
 
 trouble her mother to change her shoes 
 and stockings. 
 
 How many dogs are there in this pic- 
 ture? Is the girl carrying the great dog 
 or the little one ? The great dog is not 
 afraid of wetting his feet. He goes 
 
108 THE STEPPING STONES. 
 
 plunging through the water, looking up 
 to the little girl to see whether she is 
 carrying the little dog safely. 
 
 The little dog is looking down into the 
 water. He is afraid the girl will drop 
 him, and let him fall in. But I do not 
 think the little girl will drop him. She 
 will be very careful. 
 
 Do you see the houses and the trees 
 beyond the little girl ? Do you think 
 those buildings are houses ? I do not ; 
 because there are no chimneys, and only 
 one window, and people could not live 
 very well in houses without windows and 
 chimneys. I rather think they are mills, 
 with great wheels in them, carried round 
 and round by the water. 
 
 Good bye, little girl. I hope you and 
 the little dog will get over the water 
 safely. I should like to know where you 
 are going when you get across. 
 
 
109 
 
 mMkkt- -r *& 
 Hi 
 
 lllrTlsR 3 ""' 
 
 
 IBJ 
 
 THE DONKEY. 
 
 " My bo j, why do you not get on your 
 horse and ride ? " 
 
 " This is not a horse." 
 
 "What is it then?" 
 
 " It is a donkey." 
 
 " Well, then, why do you not get on 
 your donkey and ride ? " 
 10 
 
110 THE DONKEY. 
 
 " I am going to, pretty soon." 
 
 The boy is holding his whip in one 
 hand, and taking hold of the bridle close 
 to the donkey's head. He is trying to 
 lead him along, but the donkey does not 
 seem to want to go very much. 
 
 He is a fine, handsome donkey. " You 
 had better jump, on to his back, my boy." 
 There is a fine saddle on his back. What 
 is that hanging down from the saddle ? 
 
 " Are you sure, my boy, that that is 
 not a horse ? " 
 
 " Yes." 
 
 " Why ? " 
 
 " Because his ears are larger than a 
 horse's ears, and his head and mouth are 
 not shaped like a horse's head and mouth, 
 and his tail is not like a horse's tail." 
 
 The boy has a cap on his head. It is 
 not a flat-topped cap, like that of the boy 
 who was riding on the horse. We will 
 turn back to that picture, and see. 
 
OLD MAN ON THE ICE. Ill 
 
 This boy has a belt around his waist, 
 fastened by a buckle. Can you see his 
 waist, and his belt, and his buckle ? 
 
 " Come, my boy, jump up and ride." 
 
 THE OLD MAN ON THE ICE. 
 
 When it is winter, it is very cold. 
 When it is summer, it is warm ; but 
 when it is winter, it is very, very cold. 
 The water freezes in the winter, and 
 turns to ice. There is water in the 
 ground, and there is water in the air. 
 There is water in the ponds and rivers. 
 The water in the ponds and rivers freezes 
 and turns into ice, which is hard, and 
 smooth, and cold. When the ice is all 
 over the ponds and rivers, we can walk 
 upon them. The water that is floating 
 about in the air, freezes into snow and 
 falls down. It freezes into cold, white, 
 
112 
 
 OLD MAN ON THE ICE. 
 
 beautiful snow. Then it falls down and 
 covers the ground, and the roads, and the 
 houses. It covers the ice, too, which is 
 upon the rivers and ponds. 
 Now look at this picture. 
 
 It is winter in this picture. The cold, 
 white, beautiful snow has fallen down 
 from the clouds, and covered the trees, 
 and the houses, and the ground. Do } r ou 
 not see how white the ground and the 
 tops of the houses are ? What makes 
 them look so white ? 
 
OLD MAN ON THE ICE 113 
 
 The old man is walking on the ice of 
 the pond. In the summer it is all water 
 where he stands. Now it is winter, and 
 the water is frozen, so that the pond is 
 covered with ice. Now the old man can 
 walk upon it. It is covered with snow, 
 Do you see the old man's footsteps- in the 
 snow ? Touch the old man's footsteps. 
 See what a large track is made by his 
 footsteps. Should you think that the old 
 man's feet would be cold, walking on the 
 cold snow ? I think his feet are not very 
 cold, for he has warm boots and stock- 
 ings on. 
 
 He is carrying a long crooked stick in 
 his hand. 
 
 " Old man, what are you going to do 
 with that stick ? " 
 
 "I am going to carry it across the 
 pond." 
 
 " What are you going to carry it across 
 the pond for ? " 
 e* 10* 
 
114 OLD MAN ON THE ICE. 
 
 " I am going to carry it home to my 
 house." 
 
 "But your house is behind you, old 
 man ; you are going away from your 
 house." 
 
 " 0, no, that is not my house behind 
 me." . 
 
 " Whose house is that ? " 
 
 "That is another man's house." 
 
 "Well, where is your house, old man ? " 
 
 " It is where I am going, across the 
 pond." 
 
 "But we cannot see your house, old 
 man." 
 
 " No, I know you cannot see it, for it 
 is not in this picture." 
 
 " Have you got any children in your 
 house, old man ? " 
 
 " Yes, I have got two children, and I 
 am carrying home this stick to make a 
 lire, to warm them." 
 
 " What have you got on your back, old 
 man ? " 
 
OLD MAN ON THE ICE. 115 
 
 " That is my pack." 
 
 "What have you got in your pack ?" 
 
 " I have got some bread and some 
 meat for my two children." 
 • " Where did you get your bread and 
 your meat?" 
 
 " I got it in that house behind me, 
 under the trees." 
 
 " Did the people give you your bread 
 and your meat there ? " 
 
 " Yes, they gave it to me." 
 
 We will let the old man go along, 
 and we will look at the rest of the pic- 
 ture. I can see a beautiful little dog. 
 Can you find him ? Look all around, and 
 see if you can find him. 
 
 What is he standing on ? 
 
 A boat. 
 
 Is the boat in the water ? 
 
 No, it is frozen up in the ice. 
 
 In the summer, we might sail in that 
 boat, but not now, for now it is winter, 
 
116 THE SHEPHERD. 
 
 and the pond is covered with ice, and the 
 boat is frozen up in the ice ; the dog is 
 standing upon it, looking towards the old 
 man. 
 
 Do you see some round, white tops of* 
 things by the side of the house ? What are 
 they ? They are haystacks. Haystacks 
 are great piles of hay for the horses to eat. 
 They pile the hay up in great heaps, 
 when they have not got any barn to put 
 it in. These haystacks are covered with 
 snow, and that makes them look white. 
 
 THE SHEPHERD. 
 
 Do you know what sheep eat ? They 
 eat grass. A great many sheep and 
 lambs go together into the fields and eat 
 grass. They ramble about among the 
 fields and trees, and by the side of the 
 
THE SHEPHERD. 117 
 
 beautiful brooks and groves, and drink 
 water and eat the green grass. 
 
 But sometimes there are wolves in the 
 woods, and they run out and catch the 
 sheep. See, there is a man who goes 
 out with the sheep to watch them and to 
 take care of them. He has a dog with 
 him, who will drive away the wolves if 
 they come. Sometimes the sheep run 
 away, and then the shepherd has to go 
 after them, and catch them, and bring 
 them back. 
 
 What do you think he catches them 
 with ? Why, he has a long pole with a 
 hook on the end of it, and he hooks the 
 sheep with his pole. 
 
 Here is a picture of a shepherd and 
 some sheep, and a dog, and the shepherd's 
 crook. Can you see all these things ? 
 
 Can you see the shepherd? Touch 
 him. 
 
 Can you see the dog ? Touch him. 
 
118 
 
 THE SHEPHERD. 
 
 Can you see the shepherd's crook: 
 Touch it. 
 
 Can you see the sheep ? Touch them. 
 
 How many sheep are there ? Yes, 
 there are two ; one is holding his head 
 down, eating the grass, and the other is 
 holding his head up. The dog is looking 
 up at the shepherd. 
 
 I can see a high bank behind the 
 
THE SHEPHERD 119 
 
 sheep, with a good many trees upon it. 
 And I can see a mountain behind the 
 shepherd. But I cannot see any wolves, 
 in this picture, coming after the sheep. 
 Do you wish that they had made some 
 wolves in this picture ? 
 
 Can you see any thing in this picture 
 which 1 have not described ? I can. It 
 is something out under the trees. What 
 is it ? Do you think it is a man or a 
 boy ? I think it is a boy. It is the 
 shepherd's boy. He is calling the shep- 
 herd. The shepherd does not hear him. 
 He is calling him very loud. He says, 
 
 " Father, fa — ther, dinner is ready ; it 
 is time for you to come home to dinner." 
 
 But the shepherd does not hear. 
 
 " You must call louder, or else you 
 must come nearer, my boy." 
 
 Once there was a little lamb walking 
 along by a sheep. The sheep was the 
 
120 THE SHEPHERD. 
 
 lamb's mother, and the lamb ought to 
 have kept near her. Presently they came 
 to a brook, and the lamb stopped to drink 
 some of the water of the brook. It was 
 a very beautiful brook, for there were 
 green grass and flowers on the banks, and 
 round pebbles and yellow sands on the 
 shores, and little trees hung over it. 
 The lamb stopped here to drink, while 
 his mother went on, with the other sheep 
 and lambs. 
 
 His mother did not know that the lamb 
 had stopped. By and by, after the lamb 
 had done drinking, he stopped to play a 
 little on the beautiful green bank, among 
 the flowers. He frisked and leaped about 
 a little while, and then he laid down. 
 Presently he began to feel sleepy. He 
 shut his eyes, and gradually went to 
 sleep. 
 
 In the mean time, that is, while the 
 little lamb was sleeping, his mother went 
 
THE SHEPHERD. 121 
 
 on, and after a while, she found the lamb 
 was not with her. Then she began to 
 call the lamb. She said ba-a, ba-a. That 
 is the way she tried to call the lamb. 
 The shepherd heard her cry ba-a, ba-a ; 
 but he did not know that she had lost her 
 lamb. There were so many little lambs, 
 that he did not know that one was lost. 
 So the sheep kept saying ba-a, ba-a ; but 
 the shepherd did not know what she 
 wanted. 
 
 Do you think the lamb heard his 
 mother say ba-a, ba-a ? No, he did not, 
 because he was asleep. Lambs cannot 
 hear when they are asleep. But at last 
 the lamb woke up, and it was almost 
 night. The lamb looked round, and ran 
 this way and that way, into the bushes, 
 but he could not see his mother any where. 
 So the lamb was very much frightened, 
 and did not know what to do. 
 
 By and by, it became night, and it 
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122 ANOTHER SHEPHERD. 
 
 began to grow cold. It is generally cold 
 in the night. The grass began to be wet 
 and cold, and the poor little lamb did not 
 know what he should do. At last, he 
 heard a noise. It was something coming 
 through the bushes. The lamb was 
 frightened. He did not know but that it 
 was a wolf. 
 
 Do you think it was a wolf? No, it 
 was the shepherd. The lamb saw, in a 
 minute or two, that it was the shepherd, 
 who had come to look after him, and was 
 going to carry him to his mother. The 
 shepherd was glad to find him, and the 
 lamb was glad to be found. They were 
 both glad. 
 
 ANOTHER SHEPHERD 
 
 Now I am going to show you another 
 picture of a shepherd, and his crook, and 
 
ANOTHER SHEPHERD 
 
 123 
 
 his sheep, and his dog, and his boy. Can 
 you find the shepherd in this picture ? 
 Touch him. 
 
 Do you see his crook ? Touch that. 
 
 Do you see his dog ? Touch that. 
 
 Do you see his little boy, lying down 
 by his side ? Touch the little boy. 
 
 This shepherd has got a great many 
 sheep. Some of them are around him, 
 
124 ANOTHER SHEPHERD. 
 
 very near ; others are at a distance, in 
 large flocks. I can see three large 
 flocks. 
 
 Touch the nearest flock. 
 *, Now touch the next flock. .' 
 
 Now touch the farthest flock. 
 
 There are three trees on one side of 
 this picture. Are they towards the right 
 hand, or towards the left hand ? There 
 is one tree on the other side of this pic- 
 ture. Is that towards the right, or 
 towards the left hand ? 
 
 Under this tree on the right hand, are 
 some tents. One, two, three, four. 
 There are four tents. The shepherds 
 live in tents sometimes. The tents are 
 made of cloth, and when the sheep have 
 eaten up all the grass in one place, the 
 shepherds can take down their tents, and 
 move to some other place. Tents are 
 not very good places to live in. They 
 are not so good as houses. 
 
ANOTHER SHEPHERD. 125 
 
 By the side of one of the tents are 
 three women. Can you see them ? One 
 of them is standing up. The other two 
 are sitting down upon the grass. Perhaps 
 they will, by and by, go into the tents, 
 and get some dinner for the shepherds. 
 
 Do you see the sheep lying down be- 
 hind the shepherd ? There are several. 
 They are tired. They have eaten grass 
 enough, and so they have laid down to 
 rest. I think they had better not run 
 away, for if they do, the shepherd will 
 run after them, and hook his hook into 
 them. 
 
 I see two sheep standing together in 
 the corner of the picture, towards the 
 right hand. They are eating grass. 
 Perhaps they will be tired by and by, 
 and then they will go to the shepherd 
 and lie down. 
 
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126 
 
 A LARGE DOG. 
 
 There are a great many kinds of dogs 
 in the world. There are little dogs and 
 large dogs ; and there are gentle dogs and 
 fierce dogs. Some dogs love to swim in 
 the water, and others are afraid of the 
 water. Some dogs are very small and 
 delicate ; they live in a lady's parlor, and 
 sleep almost all day on the carpet before 
 the fire. Others are great and strong, 
 and love to go out into the woods to hunt 
 the bears, and lions, and other wild beasts. 
 
 Once a little boy went out to take a 
 walk. After he had walked a little way, 
 he saw a large dog drawing a cart, and 
 there was a boy in the cart. The cart 
 was small, and the boy was small, and so 
 the dbg could draw them. 
 
 He stopped and looked at them a little 
 while, and wished that he had a dog that 
 could draw a cart. 
 
ALARGEDOG. 127 
 
 Then he went along a little farther, 
 and found a boy standing by the side of 
 a little pond, and a small dog with curly 
 hair standing by the side of him. Pres- 
 ently the boy took up a little stick, and 
 threw it out upon the water. Then the 
 dog ran and jumped in, and went swim- 
 ming along in the water, until he came 
 to the stick, and then he took the stick 
 in his mouth, and swam back to the 
 shore. If you wish to see how the dog 
 looked when he was in the water, you 
 had better look among the pictures near 
 the beginning of this book ; and there you 
 will find a picture of a dog swimming in 
 the water to get out a little girl. You 
 can turn over the leaves carefully, and 
 see if you can find it. 
 
 When the dog had brought the stick 
 to the shore, he laid it down at the feet 
 of the boy. Then the other boy, who 
 was taking a walk, said he wished he 
 
128 
 
 A LARGE DOG 
 
 had a little dog with curly hair, who 
 would swim in the water. 
 
 Here is a picture of a large dog, not in 
 the water. 
 
 This is a Siberian dog. 
 
 He is a Siberian dog : that is, he is 
 such a dog as lives in Siberia. -Siberia is 
 a very cold place. That is Siberia where 
 the dog is. Do you see the mountains, 
 and the trees, and the cold snow all over 
 the ground? 
 
THE MAN IN THE SNOW. 129 
 
 The dog has a bushy tail, curled up, 
 and he holds his tongue out of his mouth. 
 •He has sharp claws. Away behind him 
 are some other Siberian dogs, drawing a 
 sledge, with a Siberian man in it. He 
 has a long stick in his hand. His dogs 
 are drawing him over the snow. 
 
 THE MAN IN THE SNOW. 
 
 Once there was a man, and he went 
 out to walk over the cold snow. It was 
 winter, and it was very cold. The man 
 was travelling from one town to another 
 town, and he had to walk along, a great 
 way, among the rocks, trees, and moun- 
 tains. 
 
 He walked along until at last he be- 
 came very cold. The wind blew very 
 hard, and more snow began to fall down 
 out of the sky. The snow fell so fast 
 
130 THE MAN IN THE SNOW. 
 
 that he could not see his way. His feet 
 were very cold, and his hands were very 
 cold, and by and by, he began to be 
 very cold and numb all over. Presently 
 he could not go any farther, and he sank 
 down exhausted on the snow. Do you 
 know what I mean by exhausted 9 
 
 His hat blew off, and his head fell down 
 into the snow ; and the snow, which 
 kept falling down from the sky, covered 
 him up, all except his head. Here he 
 lay until he was almost dead. 
 
 Not far from where he was, there was 
 a large house where many people lived. 
 They had a dog, a large black dog, with a 
 bushy tail and a white breast. And after 
 the snow-storms the people used to send 
 out their dog to see if he could find any 
 men lost in the snow. The dog came 
 out this day as soon as the storm was 
 over, and the people came out after him 
 to help the men if he should find any in 
 
THE MAN IN THE SNOW. 
 
 131 
 
 the snow. The dog ran along before 
 them, and when he found this man's head 
 lying out of the snow, he stood over him 
 and barked. He barked very loud. He 
 wanted the men who were behind him to 
 come quickly and help this poor traveller 
 out of the snow. He could not lift him 
 
 AsilliB 
 
 out himself, and so he barked for the 
 other men to come. 
 
 Now I will show you a picture of all this. 
 
132 THE MAN IN THE SNOW. 
 
 Do you see the dog ? Do you see that 
 he is black ? Do you see his bushy tail ? 
 And his white breast ? 
 
 Do you not think that he is a handsome 
 dog ? 
 
 He has a collar round his neck, with a 
 little bell attached to it, that is, fastened 
 to it. Can you see the collar and the 
 little bell ? 
 
 Do you see the traveller's head lying 
 on the snow ? The poor man is almost 
 dead. The dog is standing over him, and 
 is barking very loud, for the other men 
 to come. Do you see them coming ? 
 How many are coming? 
 
 Can you see any rocks ? Touch them. 
 
 Can you see any trees ? Touch them. 
 
 How many can you see ? Can you see 
 the white snow on the rocks, and on the 
 trees, and on the ground ? Show me the 
 white snow on the rocks, and on the trees, 
 and on the ground. 
 
THE RAKE. 133 
 
 The men who are coming have got 
 poles in their hands ; and at a distance 
 on the hill is the large house where the 
 men live. I think that the men will lift 
 up the poor traveller out of the snow, and 
 carry him to their house and warm him, 
 and give him some supper. 
 
 THE RAKE 
 
 Once 1 wanted to have some green 
 grass grow up in my yard. The reason 
 why I wanted it to grow, was because I 
 thought it would look prettier than the 
 bare ground. There was nothing but 
 bare ground in my yard where I wanted 
 the grass to grow. 
 
 The way to make the grass grow is to 
 
 sow some grass seeds. Grass seeds are 
 
 very small things, no bigger than the 
 
 head of a pin. I went and bought some 
 
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134 THE RAKE. 
 
 grass seeds, and brought them home, and 
 scattered them over the ground in my 
 yard. 
 
 But the grass seeds ought not to be on 
 the top of the ground ; they ought to be 
 a little under the ground, and then the 
 grass will grow out of the grass seeds. 
 So I went and got a rake, with a long 
 handle and sharp iron teeth, and I raked 
 over the ground where the grass seeds 
 were. 
 
 Here is a picture of my rake, with its 
 long handle and sharp teeth. 
 
 The sharp teeth raked up the ground a 
 little, and covered up the seeds, and when 
 I had raked over all the ground, the seeds 
 were a little way uader the ground. 
 
THE RAKE. 135 
 
 This was sowing the seeds. This is the 
 way they always sow seeds. They put 
 them into the ground, and eover them up 
 a little. After I had sown my grass seeds, 
 I went into the house. 
 
 Two or three days after this, I came 
 out and took a stick and pushed open the 
 ground a little. I wanted to see how my 
 seeds looked. Pretty soon I found some 
 of my seeds. 
 
 And how do you think they looked ? 
 Why, they looked just as they did before 
 I sowed them, only I thought they were 
 a little bigger. They had swelled by 
 being under the ground. So I put them 
 back into the ground, and covered them 
 up, and went away again. 
 
 Two or three days after this, I came 
 again to look at my little seeds. And 1 
 took a little stick, and pushed open the 
 ground, and found some of my seeds. 
 And I found there was a little green thing 
 
136 IflE RAKE. 
 
 coming out of all of them. The little 
 green thing was a sprout. There was a 
 little green sprout coming out of all my 
 seeds. I thought that if I should leave 
 my little seeds in the ground, these little 
 sprouts would grow out farther and far- 
 ther, and at last grow up out of the 
 ground and become grass. So 1 covered 
 up my seeds in the ground again, and 
 went away. 
 
 A few days afterwards, I came again, 
 and all the little green sprouts were 
 coming up, all over my yard. They 
 grew up higher and higher, until at last 
 my yard was covered with beautiful grass. 
 Then I was very glad that I sowed the 
 grass seed in the ground, for the green 
 grass was a great deal more beautiful 
 than the bare ground. 
 
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137 
 
 THE MAN PLOUGHING. 
 Here is a picture of a man ploughing 
 
 Did you ever see a man ploughing. 
 Do you know what men plough for ? I 
 will tell you. 
 
 People sow other kinds of seeds, as 
 well as grass seeds. They sow great 
 fields as well as small yards, and it would 
 be a great deal of work to rake up a 
 great field, so as to cover the seeds with 
 the ground. 
 
 Besides, all seeds are not small, like 
 
 grass seeds. Some are very large, and 
 
 have to be covered up in the ground quite 
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138 THE MAN PLOUGHING. 
 
 deep. So they plough up the field to 
 make the ground loose, so that they can 
 easily cover up the seeds. A plough is 
 very large, with a sharp point made of 
 iron, which reaches down into the ground. 
 Look at the picture, and see if you can 
 see the sharp point reaching into the 
 ground. Horses or oxen draw the plough 
 along, with the sharp point sticking into 
 the ground, and that ploughs up the 
 ground and makes it loose, so that the 
 men can easily cover up the seeds. 
 
 Are they horses or oxen in the picture, 
 drawing the plough ? How do you know 
 that they are horses ? There are two 
 handles to a plough, which a man takes 
 hold of, to make the plough go right. 
 Can you see the two handles in the pic- 
 ture ? Touch them. Is the man taking 
 hold of the handles ? If the man did not 
 take hold of the handles, the sharp point 
 of the plough would come up out of the 
 ground, and the plough would slide along 
 
THE MAN PLOUGHING. 139 
 
 upon the top of the ground, and that 
 would do no good ; so the man holds the 
 plough down into the ground by the han- 
 dles, and makes it go right. 
 
 Besides this, the man has to make the 
 horses go right, so he has two long strings, 
 going from his hands to the horses' mouths. 
 These strings are called reins. Touch 
 the reins. 
 
 Touch the reins where they are in the 
 man's hands. Touch the reins where 
 they go into the horses' mouths. If the 
 man wants the horses to go this way, he 
 pulls the rein that is this side, and that 
 pulls the horses' heads round this way, 
 and that makes them go this way. And 
 if he wants them to go the other way, he 
 pulls the rein that is on the other side, 
 and that pulls their heads the other way, 
 and makes them go the other way. So, 
 by the two reins, the man makes the 
 horses go this way or the other way, just 
 as he pleases. He makes the horses go 
 
140 GOING UP HIGH. 
 
 straight forward till he gets to the end of 
 the field, and then he pulls the rein on this 
 side, or else the rein on the other side, 
 and makes them turn round. And then 
 he goes ploughing along, back again, just 
 by the side of where he came before. 
 And so he goes ploughing along, back and 
 forth, until the field is all ploughed up. 
 And then the seeds can be put in and 
 covered up very easily. That is all I have 
 to tell you about ploughing. 
 
 GOING UP HIGH. 
 
 Here is a man up high on the moun- 
 tains — the cold, icy mountains. Did you 
 ever see the mountains ? They are very 
 high. Sometimes they reach up to the 
 clouds. It is very hard to climb up to 
 the tops of the mountains. 
 
 It is very cold, too, on the tops of the 
 mountains. There is a great deal of 
 
GOING UP HIGH. 
 
 141 
 
 ice and snow there. Do you see the ice 
 and snow on the top of the mountain in 
 this picture ?• 
 
 This man has climbed up upon the 
 mountains very high, and now he is afraid 
 that he shall fall. He is standing on the 
 slippery ice up very high. Be very care- 
 ful, Mr. Climber, or I am afraid you will 
 fall. 
 
 The man has a long pole in his hand. 
 Do you see his long pole ? You may 
 
142 GOING UP HIGH. 
 
 touch it. He holds one end of it in his 
 hands, and he presses the other end of it 
 against the ice. Do you see one end 
 of it pressing against the ice ? Is it the 
 upper or lower end of the pole which 
 presses against the ice ? 
 
 It is a beautiful pole. It is a long, 
 slender pole. It is round and smooth. 
 I do not know what the man would do 
 without his long, slender pole. It helps 
 him stand up. He leans against it. 
 
 The man has got something on his 
 feet, too, to prevent his slipping. Do 
 you see any thing remarkable about his 
 feet ? He has some sharp points on the 
 bottom of his shoes to prevent his slip- 
 ping. The sharp iron points stick into 
 the ice, and then his foot does not slip. 
 Ice is hard, but iron is harder, and so the 
 iron points can stick into the ice. 
 
 The man has a strange hat on his head. 
 Do you know which is the crown of the 
 
GOING UP HIGHER. 143 
 
 hat ? Do you know which is the brim of 
 the hat ? Is the crown of the man's hat 
 high or low ? Is the brim broad or nar- 
 row? 
 
 The man has something across his 
 back. It is fastened on by a strap. You 
 can see the strap passing across his breast. 
 I rather think the man is going down the 
 mountain. He is tired of staying up 
 there among the cold snow and ice. So 
 he is coming down. You had better be 
 very careful, Mr. Climber, or else you 
 will fall. 
 
 GOING UP HIGHER. 
 
 Here is a man going up higher than 
 the tops of the mountains. Look all over 
 this next picture, and see if you can see 
 any man in it. 
 
 You can scarcely see him. He is very 
 
144 
 
 GOING UP HIGHER. 
 
 small. Do you see the great, round bal- 
 loon sailing in the air ? It looks small in 
 the picture, but in reality it is very large. 
 The reason why it looks small is because 
 it is a great way off. The balloon is very 
 large. It is larger than this room. It is 
 very light. They make it very light, on 
 
 purpose, and then it rises and sails away 
 through the air. Did you ever see a 
 feather sailing through the air ? The bal- 
 loon sails through the air like a feather. 
 
 The balloon is covered with net- work, 
 which is spread all over it. 
 
GOING UP HIGHER. 145 
 
 Do you see the strings hanging down 
 from the lower part of the balloon ? 
 Touch the strings. Do jou see some- 
 thing hanging down below the strings ? 
 That is the car. They always have a car 
 hanging down below a balloon. The car 
 is for the man to get into. There is a 
 man in this car, though he is so small that 
 you can scarcely see him. He is sailing 
 away in his car high in the air. 
 
 All the trees, and grass, and houses, 
 and fields are away down below him on 
 the ground, and he is sailing up high in 
 the air. The wind blows him along. He 
 looks down and sees all the trees, and 
 grass, and houses, and fields all far, far 
 below him. He must be very careful not 
 to fall out of his car. If he should fall 
 out of his car, he would fall down, down, 
 away down to the ground, and be killed. 
 He must keep in his car and hold on tight, 
 and by and by, his balloon will come 
 
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146 THESTONE. 
 
 slowly and gently down to the ground, 
 and then he can get out. 
 
 THE LARGE FLAT STONE. 
 
 This next picture is a large picture. 
 It is a picture of two girls and a large 
 flat stone. I will explain it to you. I 
 will explain all the parts in order. 
 
 First, about the brook. There is a 
 brook in one side of the picture. Do you 
 see the brook ? Far off, under the trees, 
 the water is smooth ; but nearer to us it 
 comes tumbling down between the rocks. 
 Do you see where it comes tumbling 
 down between the rocks ? Touch the 
 place. This is a little water-fall. 
 
 Next, about the flat stone. It is nearly 
 in the middle of the picture. It is a 
 square stone. It has four corners. One 
 
THE STONE. 
 
 147 
 
 corner is towards us. You may touch 
 the corner that is towards us. Another 
 corner is towards the water. You may 
 
 touch the corner that is towards the 
 water. One of the girls is sitting upon 
 another of the corners, and another cor- 
 
148 THE STONE. 
 
 ner is out behind the girl. That makes 
 four corners. The stone is smooth and 
 flat on the top, and it makes a good seat 
 for the girls to sit down upon. 
 
 Next, about the tree. It is a large 
 tree. The top of it spreads almost all 
 over the top of the picture. The boughs 
 hang down gracefully. The trunk of it is 
 large. Can you see the trunk ? You 
 may touch the trunk. There are some 
 beautiful rose bushes growing around the 
 trunk. There are some roses upon these 
 rose bushes. Can you see them ? How 
 many are there ? 
 
 Next, about the girls. There are two 
 girls. One of them is sitting on the 
 stone, and the other is standing up. 
 The one who is standing up looks as if 
 she was going away. She has a little 
 basket in her hand, and she is trying to 
 pull away the other girl's basket. That 
 is wrong. She ought not to try to pull 
 
THE STONE. 149 
 
 the other girl's basket. The girls have 
 combs on. I think they are going to 
 school. 
 
 Next, about the basket. One of the 
 girls is trying to pull away the basket 
 from the other girl, and she has spilled 
 out all the things. Do you see the 
 things all falling out to the ground ? 
 What are the things ? I see an apple, 
 and a pear, and a piece of bread. I am 
 sorry that the girls are pulling the basket, 
 and spilling all the things. 
 
 Next, about the house. I see a house, 
 a great way off, behind the girls. It is 
 not a very large house. Perhaps it is 
 the school-house where these girls are 
 going to school. It has windows. 
 There are three windows in the side, 
 and one window in the end. 
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150 
 
 STORIES. 
 
 Do you like stories ? There are a 
 great many beautiful stories in books. 
 There are two ways to tell stories ; one 
 is for a person to tell them aloud with his 
 voice, and the other is to write them in 
 a book ; and then the children who have 
 learned to read can take the book, and 
 sit down and read them. 
 
 When children are very little, they 
 cannot understand talking. They have 
 not learned to talk. They lie in the 
 cradle or sit on the floor, playing with 
 their playthings ; but they cannot talk nor 
 understand other people's talking. So 
 it does no good to tell them stories ; 
 they cannot understand them. 
 
 Soon, however, they learn to talk, and 
 then we can tell them stories aloud, 
 with our voice, and they will understand. 
 But now perhaps they cannot understand 
 
STORIES. 151 
 
 books. They have learned to talk, but 
 they have not learned to read. So they 
 can understand the stories which they 
 hear, but they cannot understand the 
 beautiful stories they find in books. 
 
 Soon, however, they learn to read. 
 Their father and mother send them to 
 school, and first they learn their letters, 
 and then they learn their syllables, and 
 thus at last they learn to read. Then 
 they can read all the beautiful stories in 
 the books -themselves. 
 
 On the next page is a picture of some 
 children who have a great many story 
 books. You can see them arranged care- 
 fully on the shelves. There are three 
 shelves. Some of the books are shorter than 
 the others, and are inclined. Can you 
 see the one which is inclined ? Touch it. 
 The boy is going to take down one of 
 the books. He has another in his other 
 hand. His sister, who is sitting down 
 
152 
 
 STORIES. 
 
 upon a cricket, has a book open upon her 
 lap. I think she has been reading one 
 of the stories. There is another little 
 child standing near, who has a book 
 in her hand. 
 
 What do you think that large round 
 thing is ? It is a globe. It is very 
 round. It is mounted upon a stand. 
 
 I can see a boy and a girl walking off 
 into the fields. There is a tree away 
 out beyond them, and a mountain too 
 
 I think it is better to be able to read 
 stories out of books, than merely to un- 
 
STORIES. 159 
 
 derstand them when people tell them. 
 Because sometimes people are busy and 
 cannot tell you stories ; but if you can 
 read, you can take your story book any 
 time, and read the stories yourself. 
 Besides, sometimes the books have pic- 
 tures which you can look at. But it is 
 very hard to learn to read. It takes 
 children a long time to learn. They 
 generally get tired and do not wish to 
 learn, and so their father or mother or 
 teacher have to make them learn. Then 
 when they have learned and can read in 
 the beautiful picture books, they are very 
 glad that their father or mother or teach- 
 er made them learn. 
 
 This picture makes me think of two 
 things which I advise all children to do. 
 
 First. Be always willing to learn, and 
 try to learn as fast as you can. 
 
 Second. Be careful of all your books, 
 to keep them neat and in good order. 
 
T4 A DOG FOR A HORSE. 
 
 Do not jou see how neat and orderly 
 the children in this picture keep their 
 books ? 
 
 A DOG FOR A HORSE. 
 
 Do you know why men harness horses 
 into their carriages and chaises and 
 carts, and make them draw their car- 
 riages and chaises and carts ? 
 
 It is because horses are large and 
 strong, and can draw more than men. 
 Children cannot harness horses, so thev 
 sometimes harness dogs into their little 
 carts. 
 
 Here is a picture of the dog Pompey 
 harnessed in a little cart. 
 
 Do you see the dog .Pompey ? Touch 
 him. 
 
 Do you see the cart ? Touch it. 
 How many wheels has it got ? How 
 many can you see ? 
 
A DOG FOR A HORSE. 
 
 155 
 
 There is one more wheel round be- 
 hind the cart, so that you cannot 
 see it. 
 
 How many legs has Pompey got ? 
 
 Can you see the harness on Pompey I s 
 The strings that go round his neck, and 
 then go from him to the cart, are the 
 harness. 
 
 Do you see that part of the harness 
 that goes round his neck ? That is 
 the collar. 
 
 Touch Pompey's collar. 
 
156 A DOG FOR A HORSE. 
 
 Do you see the string that goes from 
 Pompey's collar to the cart ? There is 
 one on this side of Pompey, and another 
 round on the other side of Pompey. 
 These are the traces. 
 
 Pompey's harness consists of a collar 
 and traces. 
 
 When horses are harnessed, they have 
 a great deal more harness than this. 
 They have a collar and traces, and a 
 good many other things besides. When 
 }'OU see a horse going by, you must look 
 out and see if you can see his collar and 
 his traces. 
 
 That is a little doll that is riding in 
 the cart, and there are two children 
 walking alon^ - by the side of Pompey. 
 
 Pretty soon, I shall show you a pic- 
 ture of a goat for a horse, and you must 
 see whether you can see his collar and 
 his traces. 
 
157 
 
 BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ. 
 
 Over the leaf is a woman spinning 
 with a little spinning-wheel. Can you 
 see the spinning-wheel ? 
 
 The spinning-wheel has legs. 
 
 Count the legs. 
 
 How many legs can you see ? 
 
 There is one leg more at • the other 
 end of the spinning-wheel ; but it is 
 behind the woman's foot, so that you 
 cannot see it. 
 
 Do you know what the spinning- 
 wheel is for ? It is to make thread 
 with. 
 
 Do you see the thread in the woman's 
 hand ? 
 
 The thread is made out of flax. The 
 flax is put upon the top of the spinning- 
 wheel. Can you see the flax on the top 
 of the spinning-wheel ? Touch the flax. 
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158 
 
 BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ, 
 
 The woman makes the wheel go 
 round very fast ; and when it goes round 
 it says, buzz, buzz, buzz. And so she 
 makes thread, while the wheel goes 
 round, saying buzz, buzz, buzz. 
 
 O, here is a pussy in one corner 
 of the picture, sitting upon a three- 
 legged stool. 
 
 Do you see the pussy ? 
 
 Do you see the three-legged stool ? 
 
 She seems to be sitting still, listening 
 to hear the wheel say buzz, buzz, buzz. 
 
159 
 
 A GOAT FOR A HORSE. 
 
 Did I tell you I was going to shovv 
 you a picture of a goat for a horse ? 
 What did I tell you to do, when you 
 should see this picture ? 
 
 I told you to look for the collar and 
 the traces on the goat. Can you see 
 his collar ? Touch it. Can you see 
 one of his traces ? Touch it. 
 
 His collar and his traces are his har- 
 ness. Has the goat got any other har- 
 ness on besides the collar and traces ? 
 
 There is a piece of harness coming 
 
160 A GOAT FOR A HORSE. 
 
 over his back. That is the saddle. 
 Horses have a saddle on when they are 
 harnessed. 
 
 The goat has two horns, and the boy 
 has got a whip to whip him with. You 
 must not whip him hard, little boy, be- 
 cause he is walking along very well noAV. 
 He is putting his feet out to walk along. 
 
 " Little boy, where did you get your 
 cart ? " 
 
 " My father gave it to me. " 
 
 " Where did your father get that cart ?" 
 
 "I do not know where he got this 
 cart. 1 ' 
 
 " Little boy, what did your father give 
 you that cart, and that goat, for ? " 
 
 " So that I might take my sister and 
 the baby out to ride." 
 
 " Is that your sister in the cart, little 
 boy?" 
 
 " Yes, that is my sister. " 
 
ANIMALS. 161 
 
 " And is that the baby at the other 
 end of the cart, little boy, next the goat ? " 
 
 " Yes, that is the baby." 
 
 " And are you taking them out to 
 ride ? " 
 
 " Yes, I am taking them out to ride." 
 
 " Well, little boy, I think you had 
 better drive the cart along very carefully, 
 so as not to tip over the cart, and hurt 
 your .sister and the baby. So walk 
 along, Mr. Goat, walk along." 
 
 ANIMALS. 
 
 Once I asked a boy whether there 
 was any difference between a bird and a 
 horse. 
 
 And he said " Yes." 
 
 Do you think there is any difference 
 between a bird and a horse ? What 
 difference. 
 
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162 ANIMALS. 
 
 I asked this boy what difference there 
 was, and he said, " A horse has got a 
 tail, and a bird has not got any tail." 
 
 In this he was mistaken ; for a bird 
 has a tail, though it is very different from 
 that of a horse. 
 
 Then I asked him what other differ- 
 ence there was between a bird and a 
 horse. 
 
 And he said that " a bird has not so 
 long legs as a horse." 
 
 In this he was partly mistaken ; for 
 some birds have as long legs as a horse. 
 
 Then I asked him what other differ- 
 ence there was. 
 
 And he said that " a bird had not got 
 so large a face as a horse." 
 
 This is true generally, though some 
 birds have a long bill, as long as a 
 horse's head. 
 
 Then I asked him what other differ- 
 ence there was. 
 
ANIMALS. 
 
 163 
 
 And he said, " There are little things 
 sticking out — the bird has, — to his 
 foot." 
 
 This is true. 
 
 Here is a picture of a bird. 
 
 Do you see the little things sticking 
 out of his feet ? How many are there ? 
 They are his claws. A horse never has 
 claws. A bird always has claws. 
 
 The reason why a horse does not 
 
164 ANIMALS. 
 
 have claws, is because he does not want 
 them to walk along on the smooth 
 ground. 
 
 The reason why a bird has claws, is 
 because she wants them to cling to the 
 branches of the trees with. Do you not 
 see this bird clinging to the branch of the 
 trees with her claws ? 
 
 Look now at this bird, and see if she 
 has got any thing else which a horse has 
 not. 
 
 Wings — a horse has not got wings. 
 The reason why a horse does not want 
 wings is because he does not want to 
 fly, for the grass he eats is on the ground, 
 and the stable where he sleeps is on the 
 ground. Therefore he never wants to 
 fly into the air. But a bird wants to fly 
 up to the tops of the trees to her nest. 
 
 Look at the picture of this bird, and 
 see if she has any other thing that a 
 horse has not. 
 
BEASTS. 
 
 165 
 
 Feathers and a bill. 
 
 How many legs has this bird? How 
 many legs has a horse ? 
 
 BEASTS 
 
 There are three kinds of animals, 
 which I am now going to tell you about — 
 beasts, birds, and fishes. First, I will 
 show you a picture of a beast. 
 
 This beast has four legs. He is 
 sometimes called a quadruped. Animals 
 that have four legs are called quadru- 
 peds. 
 
166 
 
 BEASTS 
 
 Is a dog a quadruped ? Is a goose a 
 quadruped ? Is a cow a quadruped ? 
 
 This beast has a spotted skin, and a 
 long tail ; but some beasts are very differ- 
 ent from this. 
 
 Here is a picture of another beast. 
 
 This is a camel. How many legs has 
 he got ? Is his skin spotted like that of 
 the other beasts Is his back straight 
 and smooth ? 
 
BEASTS. 167 
 
 The camel is very large and strong. 
 Men ride on his back. His head reaches 
 up as high as the top of a room. 
 
 Some beasts are very small. 
 
 Here is a picture of a Guinea pig — a 
 little Guinea pig — black and white — 
 creeping along upon the ground. 
 
 He has four legs, though he is squat- 
 ting down so that you cannot see them 
 very well. You can see three of them, 
 and the other is hid round behind him. 
 
 Once T had two Guinea pigs, and they 
 went creeping around on the floor, one 
 after the other. 
 
 One's name was Creep, and the 
 other's name was Browney. They 
 lived in a box in one corner of the room, 
 and were very good little Guinea pigs. 
 
168 ANIMALS, 
 
 Thus you see there are a great many 
 different kinds of beasts. Here is anoth- 
 er strange-looking animal. His name is 
 Armadillo. 
 
 He has a great shell on his back. He 
 digs a hole in the ground, and lives in 
 his hole. 
 
 Has this armadillo got any ears ? 
 Look and see whether the other beasts 
 I have shown you have got any ears. 
 
 Has the armadillo got any claws ? Has 
 a horse any claws ? Has a bird any 
 claws ? What are the birds' claws for ? 
 
BEASTS. 
 
 169 
 
 What do. you think the armadillo's 
 claws are for ? They are to dig his hole 
 with in the ground. 
 
 Here is one more animal 1 will show 
 you, and then tell you about the birds. 
 It is a Zebra, — a little, gallopping Ze- 
 bra, — a little, striped, gallopping Zebra. 
 
 Do you see his stripes ? 
 He looks like a horse, 
 not so large as a horse. 
 
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 though he is 
 
170 
 
 BIRDS' NESTS. 
 
 I have already told you something 
 about birds ; do you recollect what it 
 was ? 
 
 How many legs have birds ? What 
 do they have which quadrupeds have 
 not? 
 
 Birds build nests. Small birds build 
 their nests in the bushes, and upon the 
 ground among the grass. Large birds 
 build their nests high upon the lofty 
 trees ; or among the rocks upon the tops 
 of the mountains ; or in the sand upon 
 the sea shore, by the side of the water. 
 
 Bird's nests are round an$ hollow like 
 a bowl ; only they are not smooth like a 
 bowl, for they are made of sticks and 
 straw. The birds live in their nests, 
 and there they keep their eggs, and little 
 birds, until they are old enough to fly 
 away. 
 
BIRDS' NESTS. 171 
 
 I will tell you a story about a bird's 
 nest. 
 
 One day I took a walk out in my 
 garden with my little boy, and as we 
 were walking along, a little yellow bird 
 flew out of the bushes, and lighted on the 
 fence. They were currant bushes. I 
 looked among the currant bushes, where 
 the bird flew from, and what do you 
 think I saw ? Why, I saw a beautiful 
 little nest, with five eggs in it. The 
 nest was fastened in the branches of the 
 currant bushes. I lifted up my little 
 boy so that he could see the nest, and 
 all the little speckled eggs in it. They 
 were smooth, round, speckled eggs. 
 There were five of them. One, two, 
 three, four, five. As many eggs as the 
 fingers and thumb on one of your hands. 
 If you hold up the fingers and thumb of 
 one of your hands, and look at them, 
 you will know how many eggs there 
 were, in this little yellow bird's nest. 
 
172 BIRDS' NESTS. 
 
 There were little birds in the eggs. 
 Every egg had a little yellow bird in it, 
 though they were not big enough to 
 come out. The great bird sat upon 
 them, and spread her wings over them, 
 so as to keep them warm, until the 
 little birds should be big enough and 
 strong enough to come out. 
 
 Here is a picture of a bird and a nest. 
 Do you see the nest? Do you see 
 the eggs in it ? How many eggs are 
 there ? 
 
 Do you see the sticks and the straw 
 that the nest is made of? Is that nest 
 in the bushes, or on the top of a tree ? 
 It is on the top of a great tree. You 
 can see the fields, and the trees and the 
 houses away down on the ground. 
 
 This bird has built her nest on the top 
 of a great tree so that nobody can reach 
 it to take avvay the eggs. She is stand- 
 ing upon the top of the tree. Do you 
 
BIRDS' NESTS. 
 
 173 
 
 see her claws ? She is going away from 
 her nest. I think she is hungry. She 
 
 is going to get something to eat, and 
 then she will come back, and stay upon 
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174 BIRDS' NESTS. 
 
 her nest, and keep her eggs warm, and 
 the little birds that are in them warm, 
 until they are big enough to come out 
 and fly. 
 
 Now I will tell you more about the 
 yellow bird's nest. 
 
 After I had shown my boy the little 
 birds, I led him away into the house, 
 and I told him that he must not go to that 
 nest unless I went with him, for if he 
 did he would frighten away the yellow 
 bird, and there would be nobody to take 
 care of the eggs and the little birds. 
 A few days after, I took my boy, and 
 went to look at the nest again. The 
 yellow bird flew away when we came 
 near. We were sorry we had fright- 
 ened her away. We looked into the 
 nest, and saw that the five eggs were 
 there, but one of the five eggs had a little 
 hole in it, and we saw something moving 
 in there. It was the little bird's bill. 
 
BIRDS' NESTS. 175 
 
 We thought that very soon the little 
 birds would come out of the eggs. 
 Then we went away. 
 
 A few days after, we came back again 
 and looked in the nest, and now we saw 
 three little birds lying in the bottom of 
 the nest, and two eggs. The birds 
 were funny-looking little birds. They 
 had no feathers, and they were very 
 weak, so that they could not stand. 
 They kept opening their mouths for 
 something to eat. 
 
 The yellow bird that built the nest 
 was their mother. She had gone away 
 to get them something to eat. 
 
 A few days afterwards, we came 
 again, and the birds had come out of all 
 the eggs. Then there were five little 
 birds lying in the bottom of the nest, 
 opening their mouths for something to 
 eat. Their mother kept bringing them 
 something to eat every day, until at last 
 they grew big enough to fly away. 
 
176 THE GREAT VULTURES AND 
 
 Soon after this the winter came, and 
 the birds all flew away to a country 
 where it was warmer, and the bushes 
 and the nest and the ground all over 
 my garden were covered with snow. 
 
 THE GREAT VULTURES AND THE 
 LITTLE HUMMING-BIRD. 
 
 There are a great many different 
 kinds of birds. I am going to show you 
 a picture of the great vultures and the 
 little humming-bird. 
 
 First, I will show you a picture of the 
 little humming-bird. Here he is. 
 
LITTLE HUMMING-BIRD. 177 
 
 Now I will show you the picture 
 of the great vultures. Here they are. 
 
 This is the picture of the great vultures 
 sitting on the rocks. They are great, 
 fierce birds. They have great, heavy 
 
178 THE GREAT VULTURE AND 
 
 wings, which they spread out further 
 than you can reach your hands. The 
 wings of these vultures are shut up. 
 Do you see the great wings ? You may 
 touch the great wings. 
 
 One of the vultures is standing on a 
 log, and another is standing on a rock. 
 The third is behind the one which is 
 standing on a rock, and so we cannot see 
 what he is upon. The vultures grasp 
 the log or the rock which they stand 
 upon with their sharp, strong claws, Do 
 you see their sharp, strong claws ? 
 
 The vultures do not eat bread, or corn, 
 or little seeds like the robin. No ; they 
 eat the flesh of dead animals. They 
 live away off among the mountains and 
 rocks, where there are no men, and no 
 houses. They fly high in the air from 
 tree to tree. When they are thirsty, 
 they fly down, down, down, till they 
 come to some little brook running, 
 
LITTLE HUMMING-BIRD. 179 
 
 through the forest, and they stand upon 
 the bank of the brook, and drink. When 
 they are hungry, they fly around and 
 around till they find some dead animals 
 lying on the ground ; and then they 
 come down upon it, and tear it to pieces 
 with their sharp claws, and their hooked 
 bill. Do you see their hooked bills in 
 the picture ? You may touch them. 
 
 This is the end of little Rollo's Picture 
 Book. Who do you think little Rollo is ? 
 I will tell you all about him in my next 
 book. 
 

 
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