The lion did him no harm:  and the fox crept off out of the way, and ran to his hole, and there hid.  He stayed in his hole a long while, until he found he must go in search of food, and then he crept out.

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Ella and May are the girls you see on this page.  Ella is older than
May, and can read, but May cannot.

But Ella is kind, and will read to May a long time, if May will do as she is bid, and sit still on her lap.

And Ella will show May how to read herself.

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In a country called Holland, storks are very kindly treated, for so many frogs live in the marshes there, that if the storks did not eat them, the people would hardly know what to do.  The storks are very clever at catching the poor froggies; they snatch them up in their long bills, and go flying off, with their great wings spread and their long legs stretched out behind them, carrying off two or three at once.

CATCHING BLACKBIRDS.

Two little boys were running through the meadows as hard as they could go.  “What are you doing there?” said a man who was passing along.

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“Catching blackbirds?” said Willie.  “Have you caught any?” said the man.

“No, not yet,” said Willie.  “But grandpa is going to give me five dollars when I catch one.  He wants one.”

Willie’s grandpa did happen to say to him that morning, “You catch me a blackbird, and I will give you five dollars.”  He said it just out of fun.  He did not think that Willie would ever try to do it.

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THE DOG.

Do you see the dog and the hen?  The dog bit the hen, and she was mad.  My dog bit a fox on the hip.  One day the fox bit the dog on the lip and ran off.  Tom and I had a gun, and we set off to get the fox; but the sun was so hot we did not go far, but sat on the hay, and had fun.

A letter to Frank.

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Dear Frank,—­One day a rabbit came out of the woods to see if he could find any clover.  Some boys saw him, and tried to catch him.  He ran under the barn; then came out, sprang through the fence, and so got clear.

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I will tell you of a smart thing that my red cow does.  When she goes for a drink and finds the trough empty, she takes hold of the handle with her horns, and pumps the water.

While I was waiting for a train at the station, the other day, a boy with a little dog came in to wait also.  The poor dog was afraid, and tried very hard to get away; but the boy held him fast by a stout string.

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There is one very selfish little chicken in my barn.  When the other chickens are just going to sleep, this selfish little chick pecks them, and drives them down from the roost.  He is very naughty, and wants the roost all to himself.