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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"Mercy on me!" said the two women. "What's this!"
"This is a fine, good show," answered the little girl.
"Well, I should think it was!" said the two women. "It is a beautiful
show."
"Thank you," said the little boy.
"Good-by," said the two women.
"Good-by," said the little girl.
So the cow, carrying the little boy, and the little girl, and the dog,
and the cat, and the rooster, with the little white pig with the curly
tail, and the duck, walking along behind, all went down the road
together.
Pretty soon they met a wagon with three men in it.
"Well! Well! Well!" said the three men. "Just look! What's all this?"
"This is a fine, good show," said the little boy, bowing very politely.
"Indeed it is!" said the three men. "It's great!"
"Thank you," said the little boy, "I am pleased that you like it."
"Good-by," said the little girl.
So the cow, carrying the little girl, and the little boy, and the dog,
and the cat, and the rooster, with the little white pig with the curly
tail, and the duck, walking behind, all went down the road together.
[Illustration: THE FINE, GOOD SHOW.]
Pretty soon they came to a store. The Store Man stood out in front of
his store.
"Good morning, Mr. Store Man," said the little boy, "I have a little
silver piece in my pocket."
"Good morning!" said the Store Man. "What can I do for you?"
"We want to buy some things for our Show," said the little boy.
"I'm glad of that!" said the Store Man.
So the little boy jumped down, and the little girl jumped down, and the
dog jumped down, and the cat jumped down, and the rooster flew down.
"We want to buy a little corn for our cow and our pig," said the little
boy.
"And we want to buy a little wheat for our rooster and our duck," said
the little girl.
"And we want to buy a little meat for our dog," said the little boy.
"And we want to buy a little milk for our cat," said the little girl.
"And we want to buy some great, long sticks of candy for us!" said the
little boy and the little girl together. "I hope you have some."
The Store Man took the money and brought out all the things.
[Illustration: "THE STORE MAN BROUGHT OUT ALL THE THINGS."]
The cow and the little white pig with the curly tail ate the corn; the
rooster and the duck ate the wheat; the dog ate the meat, and the cat
drank the milk, and the little girl and the little boy ate the great,
long sticks of candy.
"Good-by, Mr. Store Man," said the little girl.
"Good-by, Mr. Store Man," said the little boy.
"Good-by, all of you," answered the Store Man.
So the little girl, and the little boy, and the dog, and the cat, and
the rooster, and the duck, and the little pig with the curly tail, all
went back up the road again.
Pretty soon they came to the pasture. The cow walked in.
"Good-by, Cow and Dog and Cat and Rooster and Duck and Pig!" shouted the
little boy.
"Good-by, Pig and Duck and Rooster and Cat and Dog and Cow!" called the
little girl.
"Moo-moo!" answered the cow.
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