Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17): Fun and Thought for Little FolkVarious
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Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17): Fun and Thought for Little Folk
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Fish Perch
Entree Bread
Vegetables Corn
Carrots
Tomatoes
Dessert Watermelon
Apples.]
[Illustration: Here comes our dinner!]
[Illustration: A Shower of good things.]
[Illustration: MEAL-TIME IN THE BEAR-PITS AT THE ZOO.]
A Glutton.
[Illustration: "FULL INSIDE."
FROM AN ENGRAVING OF THE PAINTING BY ARTHUR J. ELSLEY.]
THE FINE GOOD SHOW
BY JESSIE WRIGHT WHITCOMB
[Illustration: "'GOOD MORNING, COW, COME AND TAKE A WALK WITH US.'"]
A little girl and a little boy started down the road together to take a
walk. They met a dog.
"Good morning, Dog," said the little girl. "Bow-wow!" answered the dog.
"Come and take a walk with us, Dog," said the little boy.
So they all went down the road together.
Pretty soon they met a cat.
"Good morning, Cat," said the little boy. "Miaouw!" answered the cat.
"Come and take a walk with us, Cat," said the little girl. So they all
went down the road together.
Pretty soon they met a rooster.
"Good morning, Rooster," said the little girl. "Cock-a-doodle-doo!"
answered the rooster.
"Come and take a walk with us, Rooster," said the little boy.
So they all went down the road together.
Pretty soon they met a duck.
"Good morning, Duck," said the little boy. "Quack, quack!" answered the
duck.
"Come and take a walk with us, Duck," said the little girl.
So they all went down the road talking merrily with one another.
Pretty soon they saw a little pinky-white pig with a funny little curly
tail.
[Illustration: "'GOOD MORNING, DUCK, COME AND TAKE A WALK WITH US.'"]
"Good morning, Pig," said the little girl. "Grunt, grunt!" answered the
pig.
"Come and take a walk with us, Pig," said the little boy.
So they all went down the road together.
Pretty soon they came to a pasture.
In the pasture was a nice, old, red cow.
"Good morning, Cow," said the little boy. "Moo, moo!" answered the cow.
"Come and take a walk with us," said the little girl.
But the cow shook her head; she couldn't open the pasture bars.
"We will let down the bars for you, Cow," said the little boy and the
little girl.
So they let down the bars, and the dog, and the cat, and the rooster,
and the duck, and the little white pig with the curly tail, and the
little boy, and the little girl, all went in to see the cow.
The little girl climbed on the cow's back, and the little boy climbed on
the cow's back, and the dog jumped on the cow's back, and the cat jumped
on the cow's neck, and the rooster flew up on the cow's head, and the
little white pig with the curly tail, and the duck, walked behind the
cow, and they all went down the road together just as happy as they
could be.
[Illustration: "'GOOD MORNING, PIG, COME AND TAKE A WALK WITH US.'"]
Pretty soon they met a carriage with two women in it.
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