BY DEWITT CLINTON FALLS
Tommy took his sister out in their new pony-cart for a ride.
They met a little friend very soon, and asked her to ride, too.
Then Billie came along and of course they had to invite him.
But they had forgotten how fat Billie was, so their ride ended very suddenly!
“hurrah! we are going to see the world!”
“oh dear, this is dreadful!”
“yes, it is sweet milk; it’s your turn next.”
but they made such a noise that—
jack came out and so frightened them that—
they ran home as fast as they could go.
i. “now kitties, lie down and go to sleep.”
ii. “what’s that noise? see! a mouse tail!”
iii. they make a dash for the door, and—
begin to pull.
now, “all together!”—
but this is what it was.
an unwelcome guest
playmates
from photographs by harry w. frees
more playmates
from photographs by harry w. frees
Top:
doggie:——“don’t you know that it’s dangerous to sit on the third rail?”
chorus of bunnies:——“may be, but at present it doesn’t seem nearly so
dangerous as some places we know of.”
Bottom: father owl to mr. woodpecker:——“hey! who’s that knocking out there? don’t you know better than to disturb our day’s rest? call again at a reasonable hour.”
THE REUNION OF THE BRUIN FAMILY
AT THE SEA SHORE.
Top: “now, children, this is one of the greatest and most dangerous temptations you will ever meet. i will show you how it works so that you may remember and always avoid it.”
THE BABY MICE ARE INSTRUCTED BY THEIR FOND PAPA
Bottom: and it worked finely!
ROLY POLY ON VACATION
drawn by culmer barnes
Top: conductor: “all aboard for the jungle! step lively, please! both gates!”
Bottom: the three giraffe boys: “come on in, roly poly, we’re dying for a swim, but the water isn’t deep enough.”
From top:
- ivan sees the wolf
- and takes refuge in a hollow tree
- having fastened the basket with his staff.
- while two baby bears left in the tree impede his way,
- the mother bear comes home,
- and ivan escapes with the cubs.
1. two bears on mischief bound
2. a big jar of honey found.
3. before they made a better plan
4. both to eat at once began.
5. whitey bumped on bruin’s crown;
6. bruin then pushed whitey down.
7. this to rough and tumble led,
8. till they were heels over head.
9. bruin thought he was in clover;
10. whitey came and turned him over.
11. then did whitey roar with laughter,
12. not aware what’s coming after—
13. the jar is broken on his head;
14. jar and honey both are fled!
15. sad and sorry,
very slow,
see the comrades
homeward go.
An Arctic Story in Four Chapters
BY M. C. McNEILL
Three little bears came into the town.
“How do you do?” said everybody.
Their faces were smiling, with never a frown.
“How sweet!” said everybody.
The three little bears made three little bows.
“How very polite!” said everybody.
They bowed as boys bow in dancing-school.
“What airs and what grace!” said everybody.
One little bear had a little red coat.
“How smart!” said everybody.
One had a tippet all made of soft down.
“How cozy and warm!” said everybody.
And one was a fiddler of great renown.
“What charming music!” said everybody.
The three little bears began then to dance.
“How cute!” said everybody.
“What do you want, you little black bears
With manners so nice?” said everybody.
“I don’t like to be a fool, so I want to go to school,”
Said the red-coated bear to everybody.
Then Tommy Perkins, making a bow,
Right in front of everybody,
Took down his book and his slate as well,
And began to explain to everybody
Just what the little black bears should do
To read and to cipher like everybody.
“Sit up quite straight, and mind your stops;
Say, ‘A, B, C,’ for everybody.”
“A, B, C,” said the three little bears,
All in one voice, to everybody.
“A, B, C! What fiddle-dee-dee!”
Was whispered aloud by everybody.
“I want to count,” said one little bear.
“One! Two! Three! Four!” shouted everybody.
“We’re not at all deaf!” said the three little bears.
“Oh! I beg your pardon!” said everybody.
“We’d like to learn manners,” said the three little bears;
“And we’d like to learn from everybody,
But every one hasn’t fine manners,” they said.
“Some have very bad manners,” said everybody.
“What manners you have may be better than ours,”
Said the three little bears to everybody,
“For we live in the wood—which no manners requires.”
“Then how did you learn?” said everybody.
“For when you came in you were quite as polite
As Tommy Perkins,” said everybody.
“You bowed and you danced, while we all sat entranced,
So sweet were the notes,” said everybody.
“You wanted to learn to say, ‘A, B, C,’
Like good little bears,” said everybody.
“And when we exclaimed, ‘Such fiddle-dee-dee!’
No notice you took,” said everybody.
“And when we all shouted out, ‘One! Two! Three! Four!’
Instead of roaring,” said everybody,
“You gently reminded us all that in school
We must not be noisy,” said everybody.
“If you won’t teach us manners,
We’re going back home,”
Said the three little bears to everybody.
“For after the night falls it won’t do to roam;
So we’ll say our farewells to everybody.”
Then they stood up and bowed, and held out their paws,
And shook hands all round with everybody.
“We’ll dance all the way, for we know how to play,”
Said the three little bears to everybody.
“And with our best compliments we wish you good day.”
“Good day and good luck!” said everybody.
BY W. W. ELLSWORTH
One day we built a snowman.
We made him out of snow;
You’d ought to see how fine he was—
All white from top to toe!
We poured some water on him,
And froze him, legs and ears;
And when we went indoors to bed
I said he’d last two years.
But in the night a warmer kind
Of wind began to blow,
And winter cried and ran away,
And with it ran the snow.
And in the morning when we went
To bid our friend good day,
There wasn’t any snowman there—
Everything’d runned away!