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A FUN TRfP

\ One d.ay Dad-d-ycane into the house and- said" to Moruny."Irm going4 to the woods'cornfield-. Woul-d- ou and. the children like to rid-e along?""Good_y!Good.y!" squealed. Merry Jo and. T:immy, uhile jumping up andd.ownwith joY and. excitement.I guess we can," laughed. Mommy, as the children bounced. around. her.''Get yorrr hats,', Dad-dy to]-d. them as he went outsid-e.

t Everyone piled- into the b1g farm truck and Dad.d-ydrove out of thefarmyard.. To get to the wood.s'cornfir*1d. the truck had. to travel d-ownthe neu highway. Cars and. trucks went w]6izzing past then' By and' byDacl.d.y urnea into a lane that ran past an oio, turnbie-d'own house arrdon into the thick Hood-s. Dadd.y d.rove s1owly and Tlruny and- Merrlr Jo100ked. out the truck wind-ows. The bird.s flew so cl-ose to the truck thatthe chiidren t,hough'i; i;hey wouid' fJ-.1r nruo the cab. Branches +-apped +'hewind-shield. and snapped. ol t of the way as they passed. by. Fa11 flowersblooned- everywhere und-er the trees'Isn't it pretty and peaceful 0ut here. r" Mommy emarked-.Sud-d.enlY, Dad-d-Y ried


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cornfield- doun belou . ""A beaver dan! Imagine that! What is going to happen to themhere?" pond.ered"Moruny. "They sr.rely canrt stay here fo r very longtcan they?" The gane ward.en tells me that they will be box-trapped' and'taken to a more suitabl-e p1ace. There are too few trees close byfor them to use, so they have had- to rely on col.n stalks and srnaIlbushes fo r thejr d-an. They will be much better off and safer, too,in some state Pa"rk."on the way home Dadd-y told Mery Jo and Tiruny a greaL d-eal a-bout beaver, ho w they buitd. their homes, and"what they eat. At homelater on, Mommy ound- a book with pictures of beaver and' it showedthejr homes, which were like the one they had- seen. How excited-the children Here over thei-r trip to the wood-s, the bird's, ihe d'eer,and the beaver home that they had. seen. They both agreed it had- beena fun trip and. they talked about it for days'

CM.CUSTIMEEveryone's exci ted-,There's a ci-rcus come to town.Littl-e fotks can haxdlY wait'They're jumPing uP and d-oun.There are elePhants and lionstAnd- cl-owns to lead. the band-.Cone and uatch the big Pa::ade;f think it will be grand.

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CIfiISTOPHERChristopher was a- litt le !ev. uho lived- 9n a bie farrn with'hisfather, mother, oiflEr*Uioiftei=-d.fr& 3iEtert.- tie ftaa d sand' bog l-11w h i c h h e p l a y e d . w i t h h i s t o y s , w h e n t h e s u n s h o n e a n d . t h e d - a y s w e r e

w a r m . H e b u i l t n o u n t a i n s , v a l l e y s ' c a v e s a n d . r i v e r s . S o n e t i m e s h ebuilt brid,ges over the rivers and road,s over the mountaims' His toytractors and- trucks llere busy moving the land'-around- 1n the box'S o m e t i m e s h e p l a y e d . a t f a r m i n g . H e n a d e l i t t l e f i e l d ' s a n d h i s t o yplows and. har:co*!-*""" tusy si:rring up the soil' He mad'e tinyq*,nks of hav uith the gai" that he ritea up after the lawn molrerhad. cut it. christoph"" *"" a busy, happy llttIe boy'

Of cor:rse Christopher d-id' not know how to rtd'e' Ii3 olael tro-thers went outsla" olitr, hirn anilheta up the bicycle while he.climbedorr. Hou wobbley it was! f irst it fea-nea this ilay and then it wentthat waY"You have to balance Yoursel:But Chti5toFhO? ftas such a rt

ould- beg fo r helP'n to r i i [e . "He felI first one way and" then thepushing the bike once agarn'


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Autumn ueather came and went and. still christopher had.n'tlearned to rid.e. winter cane with snow and. high wind.s and. thebike went into the shed- to set in a corner untlt spring cameagain."Nou r can learn to rid.er" thought christopher. "soon r I

w i l l be seven."He begged- everyone,"Hold. me up and. f ca n leaz.lrl."Bu t christopher simply could.n't leazrn to balance. Day afterday he took it out. He began pushing it up the long d.rivlway.H.6 leanetl far over the seat and steeied. while pushing with hisfeet. He learned. to steer, and one dar.,5u l_eaneclwefl_ over thehandl-e bars and started. d.own the sloping driveway. Lifting hisfeet he went whizzing d.own the d.riveway. Then he pushed. it backup andstarted. d.own once more. He d.id. it again and aga.in. That.was fun, bu t it stilI was no t rea1ly rid.in[. How he wanted. tolearn to rid-e like his littl-e f?iend-s. when they came to playthey would. ride on his bike and- he could. only run along uerrini.His seventh birthd.ay came and went, bu t he sli[ could_ not rid.ehis bicycle. one d.ay, he pushed- hi s bike to grand.nother's house."Grand-ma," he sai_d.wistfulIy,"I wi_sh t couta rid.e."Grand.mother had seen christopher go wlizzlng d.own the driveso many times. she saw thatralthough he was not sitt ing on theseat, he was steering the bike and. he was balancing,it as he wasleaning over the seat. Grand-mother knew he was read.y to ricLe i_t."christopherr" she tord. hlm."you can bal-ance and. you cansteer. There is no reap"on why you can't si t on the seat and. ri_d.e.""Hol-d.me up, Grand.ma, whil-e r ge t on and. start me off, please."begged Christopher. "Then, naybe f can reaIly ped.d.Ie."So Grandma hefd the blcycle and Christopltef chmbecl on ttie seatand. she gave him a little push. His legs began to ped.d.le and hishand.s on the hand.le bars steered. and. christopher uas balancing and.riding his bike. How happy he was! All aftenioon he rode and_ ode"sometimes he fel-l off, but he go t up , d.usted-himself off and got onagain. He calIed- hi s sisters ou t of the house to see how he could_ri-d.e and thEx hrrssed. him. His brothers cAme to watch and. they patt-ed him on trie back and. to1d. him he iias doing fine. They were pleased.


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ItHe had. to show Dad.dy how he could. rid-e and" he had- to show Ivlotherthat finally he was rlding hi s bike. tf he fell over, he go t up andstarted- al l over again. Before winter snoll came again Christophercould- rid-e as wel-I as any of his playmates. Never again uould he haveto ru n along behind, while others rode hi s bike. When th e snow of

wlnter became too d.eep to rld.e h1s blke, Chrlstopher pushed' 1t lntothe shed. to wait unt1l spring. But, now he coulcl smi-le and say, "Irlthe spring I can rid.e again. " il

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Wee Squi-mel a'hanging on aYou look so small 7nd. I so bBu t you don't seem/afraid. YoWhife whisking inlthe maPlesYou knou just whefe 'tis bEach tiny long-c'l-awed. urf'%.. You race among*\' t '{ My toes are sh


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SQUIRRELS

i ' i o ' u h e r F o x S q u i : : c e l - l - 1 v e d - i n t h e h o l l o w o f a l a r g e e l m t r e euith he r three fiiif" ones' AI1 suruner long they played among.t h e b r a n c h e s . t r l e y p t a y e d . h i d . e a n d s e e k a n d t a g . W h e n t h e r a i n sfel_r or srorms "r*L,-thly ar r dashed. back into the shelter of

thehollou. There they hud-d.led- ogether while the great tree svlayed-a n d c r e a k e d - i n t h e s t r o n g w i n d s . T h e y c o u f d . h e a r t h e t h u n d . e r a n d .t h e l o u d . c r a s h o f l i g h t n i n g a s i t s t r u c k n e a r b y . B u t t h e y w e r esafe and dry and "u,"il i" therr nest' When the sun came

out again- !1^^ Aainnino lFa\te 'q and slooed- the dfops ofthey prayeo a,IIIOrI6 urrtt .*rvvr'bmoisture fron them. '?i:l: l:'l].:,:n:tr1*i".ffi'

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) One d-ay in the fa11, when the leaves began fa1ling, MotherSquirrel told her children that it was time for them to bui-ld- homesfor themselves. She told- them of the snow that would cone and thecol-d. wind.s that blew. They must all f ind. places of shelter or build'them before these d.ays came. One little squfurel found- a hollowtree, another built hi s home of leaves in the crotch of a huge tree.It vtas snug and warm. The third- little squir:ceI went searching forthe best plu.". he could. find- for his winter home. He d.id' not want itto be too fa r from the farmer's corn crlb. He d-idn't uant it toofar from the ualnut tree that grew on the hillr nor the oaks in thevlood-s. so he looked- every day as he ca:ried nuts to his store housein a large hollow 1og. On e d-ay, as he skipped- up a very big i;reethe found. a hole rlfrerJ a branch had, broken off. A woodpecker had'hollowed ou t a nesting place for himself and his family. The litt lesqufurel peeped. insid.e th" hol.. The hol-low uas d.eep and nuch wid-erttan he "xp""t"a. So he slipped- through the hole an6 looked' around-'He was "o pl"a="d with his find- that he d-ecid.ed. ight then to_movein. He scratched- up the chips on the floor until he had- a soft bedof them. Now, he ttought, I must gather some l-eaves to make a wanrnblanket for my bed.. He ha d never known uinter, of course, bu t hehad. heard" hou cold- it could. be. Mother taught her family that theynust gather many dry leaves to line their nests to keep warm. Then'r^rhen he uinds were-strong and the days very cold, they could stayin their warm nests until the srrn llarmed- upr so they could go totheir store house fo r food-.

motfrer w-as all'iaYs right in the;o do just 'as she ad-vised-. So out: leaves to bring into hi s new home'Leaves. FIiaIIY; he had hts holfowLt to make a nice Place in the cen-

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look for motre nuLs. Then he saw a gteal hornetl owl sltting in a treenearby. It vras daylight and. th e ow1 was sleeping for owls hunt mostlyat d.usk or in the late eveni-ng and nlght. The oul d.1d.not see thel-itt le squirrel for his eyes were cl-osed.. Fluffy Squi-mel crept backinto his nest and. peeped. out to watch the ow1, but the oul d-id- notnove. Fluffy d-id. not d.are l-eave his nest to get more nuts so hewaited.. Sud-d.enlya flock of black bird.s settled. in the tree. They- - - - t l - - - r ^ ^ - : - - - ^ - , f ^ - i : * - ^ i : ^ + ^ : l . - L ^ - ^ - - ^ o ^ ^ - i - ^ 6 + l . \ i h * l - r a a r . r ' ls i i ,w uIIe| sleepl.I-tg uw J- d,Itq Il lul IULf Lat w LJ uE6al l Dv!e@Ir!rr6 @ u lrllrr.opened one eye to see what the noise was afl about. The blrds flewat him sereaming and. scolding. Finally, the huge ow1 spread. his wingsand. flew aualr. He d-id not like the bl4.ckbird.s flying at him. Howhappy the l-ittle squi:reI uas. He felt that the blackbird-s must behis friend-s. He came out of the nesting hole and. started. d.own thetree. When the bird.s saw him, they scold.ed some nore and. fl-ew at hinas they had d.one to the owl. So, Fluffy knew that he must not goaway fron his nest until- the bird.s left. So he scampered. back insid-eand. waited. until all- the bird.s flew away. What a lot of things Ihave to learn, he thought to himself. Some blrd.s d.iaLnot fbightenhim unless he came too near their nests. He had. learned. that d.uringthe sumrner. So Fluffy hu:rled. d.own the tree agaln and. gathered' norenuts. Soon the hollou 1og was fiIled.. Then one day when he auokeand. Iooked- out of his d.oorway, the ground. was covered. with snow. Heremembered. what his nother had- told. hln. He fett the colcL wind- andturned. around and crawled. back into the nice uarm leaves and- went

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) THE GLASSEGGIt uas spring and grand.mother's gard.en was ready to p1ant. Having

been plowed and. hasowed- the rich, d.ark loam lay waiting for the seed..Today was Saturday and Terry had come to Grand.mother's gaJcd.en ookingfor earth worms for fishing. He ca"mied. a small tin can in which he had.placed. some dirt and a number of worms. As he was trrzrting to leave r hiseyes spotted a tiny patch of white on the bLack surface. Curlous to'learn what thls eould be, he bent d.own and. scraped. auay the soil untilhe could. remove the object. At first he thought it was a marble, but af-ter nrbbing it conpletely free of d.irt, he discovered. it was oval- in-stead. of round.. He vlas plszzIed., Running to the house he called. ggand.-mothgr."Grandma, come out and. se e what I found-." he called'.Grandmother came outsid-e and- he held. out the object for her to see."We11, I d.ectare," she exclaimed.."trfhere d-id' yo u find- that?""I n th e gar.den, bgried in the d.irt." Ter:ar answered.."what is 1t ?It l-ooks like an egg.""Amd that is just what it is, a glass egg." said. Grand'motherr asshe sat d-ownon the step. She took the egg from Terry's hand. and. hesat d.oun beside her. He was anxious to have her tel1 him about thisstrange egg that he had- found..

"I t is a wond.er that the plow d"1d-n't break it." Grandrnother turned.the egg over and over in he r hand.. "I had- forgotten all about these eggs'I t ls very o]&.""Was it an Easter egg?" questioned- Temy. Th e Easter eggs he knew ofvlere afilays colored., sc he couldn't quite understa-nd a plain white one.No , not an Easter egg. It was used. to put into a nest to keep an yhen laying in the nest after her eggs were taken away. Often the henswoulil itaaf altay and 1ay' thelr eggs in a hiding place ara5r from the hen-Qouse. When thlse nests were found, there were usually a number of eggsin it. These eggs were removed. and. the glass egg like this was placed' in

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r )the nest to keep the hen or hens, if more than one used. it , fromleaving this hid_ing place for another. ,, C=rrrarother told. him."Could.n't they tell the d.ifference?,, asked. Terrlr."Usually not, 1f they did. no t se e them tat


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HOWBONN]E FOIJNDLITTI,E LAMBThe sheep were al l ou t in the mead.ow,when Little Lamb was born.They had l-eft the fold. that had shertered_ them all through the long,cold. winter. Nou, it was early sprlng and. the blrd.s werJ coming back

from their uinter stay in the southland.. They flew d_ownand" sang forLittle Lamb and. her mother."Isn't this a beautiful world., Litt le Lamb?" they sang.And-, Little Lamb thought that it was, Jndeed_,a beautiful w,orld.,assh e nestl-ed- close to her mother.A l l * h a n ' l A a r ' l a n } . c r o n o . l 6 L ^ " + r - ' L i ' l ^ + L ^ : - - - r r ^ ^ - -laveu @evuv , nr l r fE UI Ig IL .U j .uu I Ie I_ l j E_I .azgcL Inefresh, green grass, that grew everywhere in such abrrnd.ance. soon

Next to Tolli-ver, the shepherd., the best friend_s the sheep had.were Bonnie and Tinker, th e shepherd-'s two sheep d.ogs. Every d.ay,they helped keep the sheep safe from harm. rf a lamb strayed., theyllere sure to bring it back, orr if a sheep was caught in a thieket,the sharp barks of the d.ogs aiuays brought rolliver hurraring to therescue. coyotes, wolves or strange d.ogs uere chased. quickly away,before they cou1d. harn the sheep. The sheep knew theyr rere theirfriend"s, and the l-ambs soon l-earzred-to feel safe, when they were"lofiRuhyrittle Lamb was very young, her mother uatched, her so care-fuIly, bleating anxiously, whenever she go t out of sight. Bu t as shegrew old.er,the mother sheep grazed- farther and. farther away from thepIace, where Little Lamb played. or napped.. Whenever her motherbleated for her, Litt le Lamb would. come very quickly. When Little


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)i Lamb called. for he r mother, the mother answered at once. And., a1 -ways, there was kind, Tolliver and- his two good d.ogs to l-ook afterthem and. keep them safe.one bright morning, as the sheep weTe grazing in the meadow,thewind began to bl-ow and- small cloud-s floated- above the neadow, hid-ing the arxr again and again. The lambs grew tired- of playing and.as the wind_ go t chilly, one by on e they sought out a nook in theshelter of a rock or bush. Here the sun still- uarmed. them and- theyratl qq-laan T,i+.+.leT,a.mb rew chillv in her nook as th e uind- be -r v + 4 e v + v v f rcame cold.ei and- searched. for a l,larner spot. She flnally located asnug crevice where the sun shone and the wind. d-id- not strike her."What a nice place fo r a nap,"thoubht Little Lamb, as she fell-asleep. She could. hear a l-itt le bird. singing from th e bushes closeby.

)By and by,the clouds became so nuneroud- that they covered the suntand. rain Uegan to fall. Tofliver' watching the clouds an d noting thechange in the wind.'s d.ireetion, d-ecid.ed. o take the sheep from themeadow back to the sheeP fold-."ft looks like we might hbive a late snowstorm, " he told the dogs,

trWedonrt want the sheep caught out in that. Round- up tI9 ghgeP'Tinker" He waved"hi s aim to the right. "RouncLup the sheep, Sonnie.|'He waved.hl s arm to the left.Bonnie and. Tlnker gave sharp little yips to let Tolliver lfllow theyunderstood., then humied off to obey. And., in a very short time thesheep v,lere moving toward. thei-r shelter farther d.ownthe va11ey. Themoth-er sheep tteatea for their sleeping babies, and lanbs came dash-ing from every d.irection, each in ansuer to its ol,{n mother's call'

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\)j All- came, that is, except Litt]e Lamb. lligh up among th e rocks,Little Lamb still slept in he r nook, safe from the wind., bu t too fa raway to hear he r mother's anxious bleat. Faff below her, the sheepwere moving slowIy, farther and. farbher aw,ay.Kind. o1d Tolliver walked. ahead, with the sheep following after him.Bonnie and. Tinker scu:rcied- around., seeing that no sheep oi ramb loit-ered. behind.. Little Lamb's mother hr-rrried. about, seeking her baby a-m o n p " t h c o f - h a r ^ s h o a n a n d l r m h q h ' l o a * i n c o n * i a r r c ' l . r h " + - ^ ^ 6 ^ r r ^ s r ; r' _ - _ - o 6 Q r r ^ 4 v 4 e + J t vs u l lv a I t D ^ E ! u _ - L L Lshe hear. when the sheep began entering the gate to the fold., Torliverstood. there corrnting.On and on , he counted-. uhile Little Lamb's mother bleated frantie-a1ly as she ran to and. fro anong the others of the flock. she tried.to tuzrr back to l-ook for her little one, but Bonnie and. Tinker would.not let her pass. They lceew that she nust remai.n in the fold. whereshe was safe. The first snowflakes were beginning to fall fast, now.Tol-l-iver cl-osed- the gate."One litt le lamb is missingr" he told. the d.ogs."We must find. it.""T1nker, guard. the sheep. Bonnie, go find that lamb."He waved. hls arm toward- the hil1s and. Bonnie loped off into thethickly falling snow. Tol-l-iver entered. his litt le cabin and reap-peared. wearing a warrn coat and. boots and. canlring a long staff."Take good. care of the sheep Tinkerr" he said., as he started. downthe path, over vlhich Bonnie had. gone a few moments before. \\ .

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Now and. then, she mad.ea ciolck:searchralnong the bushes, trees and.rocksr near th e trail. But there wa s no sign of Little Lanb. Thesnow ilas coming d-ownso fast now, that sh e could see verxr litt le, sod.epend.ed.rmore nd more, upon her wond.erful-ly keen sense of smell_.oceasionally, she stopped., sniffing the ai r and. giving a short, ,rsharp bark. Perhaps, thought she, Little Lanb, hearing her falnil-iar voj-ce, would bLeat 1n answer. But, everything was quiet. Thesniali bireis, -r'iho, only that norrring, had" been si-nging merrily, fromeverTr bush and. tree, were silent. Bonnie ran on and onr By and_ by,she came to the mead.ow, from which the sheep had been driven so shorto * i m a l r a f a n o a l a r a a l ^ ^ l a ^ ^ ^ - + ^ * , * . l " ^ ^ - - ^ - - , : J ^ - ^ : - - - ^ ! - ^ ^ 1 -a v + r f r v v e ! v ! e . r r s l s , D I I S w v 6 @ L L uU ! u l L f l l t j V g I $ l I U _ e I I I J I e ! - L ;_L I - ( . : J_eS, S n f I -f ing eagerly at the rocks and crevices, barking sharply. But, stillno answering bleat came from Little Lamb, hid.d.en someuhere anong therocky cl-efts. Then, Bonnie heard. a sound. that alarmed. her. From highup in the hil-ls came the howl- of a wol-f. Bonnie barked- shri1ly. sone-how, she must find. the littl-e lost lamb before the wolf d_jl.d_.Meanwhile, Little Lamb, aftersleeping somd.ly in warrn comfort"among the rocks, awakened., feel-ing hungry. She uncurled. and.stretched., then tripped. out ofher crevice. She stared in a-mazement. Instead. of the beau-tiful green of grass and" bush,she sau'on1y a thick, wh1tremass, co1d and. completely silent.No sign of her mother, nor all- the happy lanbs, who were her play-mates nor any of the familiar sights,that had- alwaSrs met her eyesbefore. Little Lamb bleated unhappily. No sound. of her mother'sanswering bleat came to her. She began to feel col-d_and_we t and_backed- into the snug, d.ry .place where she had. been sleeping. SheacKecl rnlo lne snug. olfy place wnere sne had oeen sleepl_ng. Snewas very hunqr-y. - ' - ' t ' " ' : ' - , ' : - .-*-

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How she wished. that she had. no t left her mother's 6id.e. she bleated.and bleated.. Little Lanb lceew that she was lost. several times, shebentr:red- out, but the cold- wind. and_driving snow forced. her back. Asmal1 bird. in the thicket sang. rt seemed. o tell he r to =t"y-trru"",where she was safe. Littre Lirnb was happy to hear the bird. "irrg "olose by . rt mad.eher feel better. rnen, ou t beyond. that curtain ofwhite sr:mounding her, she heard. a strange voice."Ow-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oort ' i t howled.. -How frightened Little Lamb was! She hud.d.ledand. trenbled.. She laeew the barks of Tinker andso strange and fyightening.in her rocky crannyBonnie, but this r,ras

'Baa-a-a-a-a-a- r'ts eateo poor jlitt le Lambr Baa_a_a_a-a_a,,,Then out of the nhite wild.ervress of snow bound.ed.her bi$ fuz:ryfYiend-. Bonnle had heard. the little bleat, for which she had. beenlistening ever since she had. begrrn her search. She ntszzAed. he lit-tle Ia"rnbback into the waz:n, dry nook, licking her happily. Then,11lt-tlg,her^_mszzre to the sky, Bonnie barkect, loud and. triumphantlyfor Toll-irrer. r-1,l--'.,.t,/ '. ' '/ -8,^ ,,i*i ' _on_the rnead-ow ath be1ow, To1li_ver cllmbed/-iNi ur r urrs ru.ud,Llow pd,rn oeJ-oI,I, 'loJ.J-j-ver climbed

\and slipped hi s way i-n th e heavy, we t snow. He,_i': * too..heard_ the wo1d.howling fa r up the s1ope.:,':)(' _^_^ ,t, ol:_Bo1ttiu f----------------i.nas!?t little lanb be-..h . ._lJ. ' r_nope qonnre t-i-ndsthat little lanb be-,\(.-..rt:--.. fore the wo1f,does," he said to himself .l \ ' t ' 2 ' " ' - I f a * * ' , l ^ ^ - t ^ - ^ 1 : - - : - - - -?,\+#)'.,t''",-:':;_ {e trud.ged on slipping and slid.ing. Sud_-;:..":rl-*,'..,_-;::i; -denlyr -he heard.Bonni_e'sbarking, nrifled. byby snow, but sharp and. cheering."She's found- the lanb," said. Tolliver with satisfaction."It mustbe safe. "

fn a short while, he reached. the place, whe=e Bonnie stood, bark-ing 1oud.1y. Bonnie was overjoyed. to see her master. She leaiecL a_bout, wagglng her tail and. ntszzling his hand.s, then the little lamb.. "Good-d-og, Bonnie," said. Tol l - iver as he pait"a Bonnie's head.., ,Let 'stake the larnb back to its mother."- Tolliver picked. Little Lamb out of her shelter and. tucked_ her un-de r his' coat. Then, back through the wet snow, went Tolr-iver and.Bonnie. Little Lamb Iay, quiet and content, inslcLe the warm foId.s

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)of Tolliver's coat. She was very hungry, and. anxious to see he rmother. It seemed a long way back, but, by and by, the sheep folcl-was before them. Littl-e Lamb could. hear her nother bleatingra. Shegave an answering bleat, as she lay insid.e the coat, and- struggled.to free herself. Tolliver opened. th e gate and- set' LittJ-e Lamb.'onthe ground. inside the fold-.

r rEr inA r rnr r r mn*-hcz . h l ao f )nc t r ha * .n ' l r 1 hc r -r 4 r s J'Baa-a-a-a-a-a-tt cal-led. Little Lamb, darting into the flock 1nsearch of her mother. But, her anxious mother had heard. the voiceof her little lamb and. rushed. to meet her. What a happy reunion!Toll1ver smlIed, and.rpatting hi s good. d.ogs, went to fil l- the feed.racks with hay for hls hungry fl-ock.


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_ )MAKING GARDEN

One bright sprlng morning Mommycalled. the chlldren, Merry Joand. Tiruny."I an planting th e gard.en today, " she to1d. them. "I shal1 glveyou each a small plot and. you nay play gard.ening.""Good.y,good.y, cried. both children.Memy Jo ran to get her toy gard'en set and Timmy huried tobring his toy tractor and plow. Morunyshowed. each child the plotin vlhich they could. p1ay. As Mommy ut out her stakes and strlng tomake straight rows, Me:ry Jo mad-e lny rous rlith her Ii-tt l-e hoe.Timmy sputtered. like a big tractor as he pushecl. his toy tractor a-

bout in the soft so1l,"Don't come too cl-ose to my gardenr" warrted. Merry Jo."I '11 nake a fence." Tirnmy d.ecid.ecl.He searched. about under the huge trees on the lavln until hefor.md. a hand.ful of small tr^rigs. These he pushed. lnto the earthlike we e fence posts. He nade many trlps and. finally had hi s U-ttleplot su:round.ed-. Meanwhile, Me:ry Jo continued. to rake and hoe inhu= ottt plot. Mommy i4fl-given her several packets with a few seed-sin each. Merry Jo carefully planted. the seed.s just as she had seenMommyd.o. Then she covered. and. gently patted. the soil over them. Byand Ly she had planted. the entjre plot and sat d.own to rest. Tirunyhad. exchanged- his plow for a toy ha:rrow. He uas having a fine time."You haven't planted a single seedr" chid.ed Merry Jo. "Aren'tyou going to have a garden?""I'11 plant corn like Dadd.y d.oes." ansuered. Timmy, 'Dad-d.y saysit is too early to Plant corn."Just then Mommycame across the Sard-en.

"Guess it ls time to start dinner; 50 we shal-L go to the housenou. Gather your toys so they vlon't be Left here.\'

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Ti:nmy and Merzy Jo picked. up their toys and. followed. Mommy ohouse. Penny, th e kitten, came frorn beneath a bush, yawningstretching."Penny is a sleepy-head.r" said. Memy Jo. "She sl-eeps instead.of helping uith the gard.en.""I doubt if she would- be much help,"laughed Mommy.Just- t-hen a sna]] utrlrlwind uhipped_ lea.ves and dust aeross theyard.. Penny came wid.e awake in an instant and rushed. after thewhirling leaves, but they lifted. over the fence and. d.isappeared. a-cross the farmyard.. A surprised. Penny stopped" shorb at the fence

and- the child.ren and Mommy aughed. gayly to see her beuild.ered. look."She doesn't know what became of those leavesrl' said- Mommy.Timmy grabbed. up a hand.ful of leaves and tossed. then in the air."Here Pennyr" he call-ed-."Comeand play."Penny rushed. back to snatch at the feaves. Sonn both chil-drenwere throwing leaves for Penny to chase. The time passed so quicklythat before they ltere aware it uas d-innertime and Dadd-y's big trac-tor roared. into the yard."Here's Daddyr" shouteiL the children and. raced to meet him. Thenthey al l vrent 1n to d.iruner together for Dad.cLy ad. to hear all aboutthelr garden plantlng"While Mommyuashed dishes Me:ry Jo and. Tirnrny went with Daddy inthe truck to check on the pigs. After Dad.d"y -eft for the field thechild.ren went to take their naps. Plantlng gard.en hacl mad.e them bothvery tired., they agfreed.. Me:ry Jo awakened. to hear a soft pattefi0nthe window pane. She lay there for a moment listening, then sat upand. sl-ld. quickly to the floor. When she came d.ownstairsr MommywasSittln$ in the blg ehatf mendlng-;"It 's rainlng, Mommyr" said. Me:rry Jo pointing to the wind.ow."Yesr" replied. Mommy, "I t just began. Dad.d.ywil-l be home soon,if this keeps up . I think f hear him nol'r'."

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) " Ou r gard.en will get al_l wet.', Me,rlr Jo looked. sad at th ethought." ohrthat is f iner" Mommy old her."Then the l i t t Ie seed.s wi l lstart very quickly when the warm sun comes out."Just then Dad-d.y ame in. "Looks like a nice shower startirrg,"'he said.. He picked. Menry Jo up and. tossed. her high. Hou'she giggled.lrt was fun to play wlth Dad.d.y. Just then Timmy came pad.d.ing d_oun-sta irs."Toss me, Dad.d.yr"he begged.. So Dad.d.y ossed. hin hlgh', too. _"How about some popco?n. Seems to me this is a good. popcornday, " suggested. Dad.d.y.Mommy aughed. and. Iaid. her mend.ing asid.e."When it rains, we pop." she sald_, as she got out the popper.Merry Jo and Tiruny washed. thej.:r hand.s with Dad.d.y. Then they gotout the popcorn bowl-s. Dad-d.yput butter into a sma1l pan to rnelt."Tastes better wlth butter on itr" he said..Bg and by everyone sat around. the table with bor^rls of popcorn.Raln spattered. on the wind.ow's."It 's a nice d.ay for the gard.en seed.sr" observed. Merry Jo."N -ce day for popcorn, too, " ad.d.etl- inmy.

T}IE NEIf KIITENSThere's a cat in the barn 4 . . ' . : , ' -

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j T}M PICNTCTiruny an . Memy Jo were going on a picnic wlth Mommy. Theyhad lunch packed. in a basket. Monrny had. mad.esandwlches withcrunchy peanut butter. Menry Jo put 1n some pickles and. Timmytucked' in the apples. There were two kind.s oi cookles and. alarge thermos bottr-e of milk. How exclted th e children were,asthey helped Mommypack their lunch. Now they were ready to go .Penny, the kitten, wanted. to follow thlrn, but Meria .ro"srruthe r insi-d.e the house."We are goi_ng to the wood.s

her . "You woul i ge t 1os i . "Then she ran d.own the walk.for a plcni-c, Pennyr" she told.

Monny ca"mied. the lunch. Tlmmyhe said, shaking hi s stick.

ca:ried a stlck."Maybe we will see a tiger, ""Then f ol-l scare him aw,ay."Timmy, who was just four, stiIl looked. fo r tigers. wheneverthe big yellow cat camefrom the barn, Ti-mmyalways shouted., ,,Atiger! A tiger! " and- rightened the poor ori cat lway. uer.h, iowas past five and she kneu there were no tigers aro,rnd", but itwa1 fun to play "pretend.-tigers" with rimmy. so she picked_ up asti-ck, too.- The big gater.that opened.nto the wood.s,swungback easilyfor Mommy nd they alr walked throueh. Birds were iinging every-where. The grass was thick and. green on the top of the hi1l.

here and. there.) "Don't pick then," cautioned- Momrnyr"Theyvqourd.wirt verysoon without nate=.'!Down the long hill they went. The path was rocky, so bheywalked. carefully. up in a tall tree-top a brown bird. sang rouily.Moruny tolcl then it was a brown thrashei and. probably had. a negtclose by . Near the bottom of the h111 a tiny uira flew from a


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hole in an old- stunp. It chattered- and. scold.ed-. Momny pointed.out the hole and. to1d. the chlldren it was the home of the littLew,ren."Why d.oes 1t fuss so?" asked. Me:ry Jo."ft wants to frighten us away fron its nestr',Iaughed_ Mommy,"I t is l-ike Timrny with his stlck to frighten tlgers.. The children thought that was very funny. As they left thehiii path behind-, Mommysaw a nesi; ln a bush. Hold.ing her :fiirngerto her lips, so Tiruny and. Mery Jo would. know they nust be veryquiet, Momrny ointed. it out to them. A small brown btrd. sat on* - h a n a q * T h a o 1 - r i - l z ] r a r r a m o i n a i n , r i a * o ' l + h ^ ' i d l , \ * l - ' a " u a a o 6 ' l - ^ - +r v g l a u r v v t q J v r r v s 6 r r u r r e J n e ! s @ 4 t t v D ubursting with excitenent. They all moved. away without d.isturblngthe bird.. A short d.istance from the nest they sat d.or^rno rest.Mommy old. them about how bird-s build- their nest hones."Perhaps,"said. sher"We can find. a nest of eggs that yo u canpeep into if the mother bird. is gone.After they had. rested. they walked. to the smalL stream thatrippled. through the little va11ey. As they stoocL on 1ts bank,Merry Jo cried- out sud.d.enly, "Fj-sh! See the fish! " And. sr:re

, enough, swiinning about in the clear water w'ere many small fish."Let's ea t our l-unch here and. watch the fishr" said. Monmy.So they spread. their eloth on the grass beslcLe the little streann.Momrny ook out the sandwiches and cookies. MerrXr Jo took out thepickles and. Timmy l-aid. the apples on the pretty cloth. What aIovely picnlc lunch they had.! They were so hungry that they aleall the sandwiches and pickles and- drank all the m1lk 1n the bigthermos bottle. They at e the apples, but they could.n't eat allthe cqallreE. Moluy Eaid they wou14 eat lherq laler,"Throw the crumbs into the water for the little fish, " said-Mommy, as she put the plcnic things al{ay. How Merry Jo and Timny' laughed to see the l-ittle fish snap up the crurnbs.


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"They 1i-ke our pi-cnic toor" said. Timmy."Let 's have another plcnic soonr" begged-Me:rqr Jo."Suppose ue wait until thls one 1s overr" suggestecl Mommy.Leavlng their basket und.er the tree they walked d.ownstreamuntil- they cane to a shaIlow pIace. The chll-dren took off theirshoes and socks and- we'nt wad.ing in the warrn nater. They picked.up pretty stones to put in their pockets. "ltrhat fun they wereh a r r i n o ! T h a r r m q r l a * i n r r ' l a o f l r n o t o o n A r - r - * a L ^ ^ + L ^ * . i ' l r i * ^rvs4 vvqve qrrs n@vet res e t tg l [ i 4 |v D@r !4r6away. Sma11 twigs mad.e ine 'pretend-flsh' to swim around.By and. by Momny looked. at her watch."I t is time to go home noil',rr she said..Sitting on the grassy bank Ti:nmy and. Menry Jo slipped. intosocks and. shoes, and. started. back to the plcnlc tree uith Mommy.Sud-d-enly Merry Jo stopped walking. There in a sheltered spotbesid.e a large rock was a bj-rd.'s nest. In the nest were threewee, speckled- eggs. Too excited. to talk, Memy Jo grabbed. Mommy,shand- and pod.nted."What sharp eyes you have, Merry Jor" whispered. Mommy, "Themother bird. is gone fo r a short time, so we'Il just peep into he r

nest, See the pretty eggs."Timmy bent over for a better look. "The nest is like a 1ittIebasketr" he tol-d. Merry Jo and. Monmy." The eggs are so tiny. Do baby birds rea11y come out of them?"puzz1.ed Merry Jo, as they continued- walking away from the nest."Yes. ind.eed- . l-ied. Mommv. "B blrd.s eat a t d.eal- and.grow very fast. Soon they are big enough to fIy. Thenteach them to find. food. for themselves." fhelrBanr:on$m"What d-o they eat?" asked- Tiruny, who was beginning to feel hun-grY again."Wonns and. seed.s" ansr'r'ered-Mommy. "They help the farmer verymuch by eating harmful bugs and- ilorms and. d.estroying weed. seed.s.""I like bird.s,"d.eclared- Tiruny. "They help rny Dadd.y.t\


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)After leaving the litt le nest in its hid.ing pIace, they re -turned. f,or the lunch basket. Shey talked. about the nest of eggsas they walked.. They.chattered. about the little fish that suanaround in the water and. the pretty stones in their pockets."We'11- show Dad.d.your stonesr" sai-d. Me:ry Jo."Itll give DacLd.y pretty one." promised- Timmy."How much you children uill have to teI1 Dad-d.ywhen we ge thomer"said. Moruny.As they ualked. back up the hill they ate thejr cookies. Thelitt le wren fleu out to scold them again. When they came to theto p of the hi1I, they could. see Dad.d.y's car in the driveway, Assoon as Moruny opened. the big gate, both chil-d.ren raced. across theyard. i;o i;he house. They could searcely wait to teli Dadd.y ai Iabout their love1y picnic.

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GROWINGPcat I toId. you about,nest in the hay?grown until they can run,turnble and.p1ay.They d.on't care when their mother goes for a hunt,In hid.e and seek rouurd. the barn they ui11 scur4t.But, when mother kitty comes back with a nouseThey all leave their games in a hu:ry.

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)THE ROBTN''SNEST

A in;Uln'' lg ; busily building her nestIn the crotch of an old. apple tree[pfl when I look out of my wind.ow T seeHet carrying naterials, no busy is she.d L ^ + " ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ + 1 ^ . - { - - ^ + - ^ . - ^ : - - ^ ^ ^ r ^ - a ^ ^ -p r r + u D p e D a , v La , J J r r S D U ! a l w s _L I L c d , c I I ! I i t u e ;The wind.ing and- weaving strings interlace.Near the nest her mate sings,as he's f ly ing to it ;There Is so gruch to d.o and just two to d.o it.A fl-ock of drab spa.rrows often will flyAnd" swing on the fence that's stand-ing close by. $fThey chatter and-clatter, there's no d"oubtbu t theyAre te111ng those robins in just what d_eft wayThey buiIcL all their nests with feathers and. stringsAnd. just where to go to acquire those things.Perhaps, she won't listen for soon off they f1y[nfl she goes on uorking and. then by and.byShe's d.one ith her work; her nest is completeSo strongly constructed., softly lined., flrm and. neat.Now soon in the future I know there will beFirst the eggs, then the babies, naybe for.r I may see.How the parents must uork every day to flnd. food..To tect and. to shelter their fast brood..Sometj-ne when you ean, stop by and. seeThrough my wind.ow the nest in the oId. apple tree.What a beautiful place a blrd's nest to hoLd.,lfhen the leaves a^re just peeping and- blossoms unfold..


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) TIIE STRANGERDid. you ever see a kitty in a tree

\ , , ,ust sitting there and. looklng solemnly?Upon each passerby he casts a glassy eyeAnd seems to turn away from evea:yplea.We sayr" Some d-og has chased. thaBy hirnself I 'm sure he'd. never d.And ue look at hin in pity,Call ing coaxinglyr"Come kit ty, kBu t he never looks our way, oh n


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RED FOX' t i,{,ittfr old. Red Fox lives in the wood-"AncLd.oes just what all foxes shoul-d-.He find-s himself a nice, snug denFor Mrs. tr''ox and thelr children-rr{e hunts each d.ay the countryside .i.'hhe family's food. he helps provide.if,"y *r=t be taught to hunt w th careAncLof d-ogs ano. hunters to beware.There comes a time uhen hunters, SaYtRed.-coa,ted., nounted. rlde away.Red, Fox, most eleverlY must thenLead- d-ogs and hunters from his d.en.The hunters' horrr blows loud. and' shrillAnd norrnted men d-ash uP the hill.The hound.s bay d.eep on the fox's trailAnd the hunt is on over hil-I and d-ale.Red. Fox sets them a merry PaceThrough field. and wood from place to place'He ford.s th e streams; he runs on logs;He leaps; he back-tracks to trick the dogs'And. when at last he is far fron his den,His cleverest trick he tries, and thenSits back and. uatches th e wild chaseGo tearing past his hid.ing place' );l{ }:-.--"'t&k---e' J " h^-o*olA hen*.] '-n' ' 'd .-,. t- '"\)weary hrrnters, homewa^rdbentr /"" ,--. i/ ow that there will come a d.ay' -t^-\ ar,,':A q ,1"; '

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OUR SNOWMANWe mad-ea snowman, so round. and so fat,One day when the weather was ni-ld..We pu t on his head_ou r Grand.pa's o1d. hat;We nade him a mouth and. he smiledA funny red. nose, two arms and. two eyes,We ad.d-ed.o make hirn complete.So busy were ile that to our surprise,'Twas dinnertime and. we ran to eat.Next day off to school we hr.::ried. away;Our snowman sti1l stood. round and. fat.But when lle came home in the slush and thenud.,Just al l we cou1d. find. was his hat.Now, where did_ that fat snowman go?Perhaps, if we asked. Mr . Sun,He cou1d. tel1 us just whySnowman told. hi-rn goodbyeAnd left vlithout taking hi s hat.-tTt-

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MY PONYf have a little ponyrHe 'L1 ga l lop and-he '11 t ro t .Whenever f pick up the reins,He 's o f f jus t l i ke a shot .I ride him when he's sad.d.led.;f r lde h lm when he 's not .Whenever I pick up the reins,He 's o f f just l i ke a shot .

\fi W]NTERFUNWhen the trees are bareAnd the wlnd" goes Wbo--oo-ooAncL the d.eep snow crwrchesstep- . ' \ * . With fii:ry mittens and boots warm and d:qrSnug fitt ing ca p and coat buttoned" high,fn the col-d. and snow of a winter d.ayf love to go outsid.e and. play.

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