_Miss._ I like sheep, they look so mild; when I went home I had a great deal to tell my sister. She did not know that a lamb was a young sheep. _Woman._ How could she, my dear, till she was told?—_you_ would not have known, if you had not been told. _Miss._ I told her that we cut the wool off the backs of the sheep, and wore it. I told her how I had seen the lambs frisk and jump. I told her that I had seen you milk, and make cheese;—she did not know that cream came off the milk! _Woman._ Did _you_ know when you came to me? _Miss._ No—I did not. _Woman._ You cannot know what you are not taught. _Miss._ Tell me more, and when I go home I will tell my sister. _Woman._ Come with me and we will talk; and I will show you the cow and her calf. [Illustration: Cow] [Illustration: Child reading] THE KIND BROTHER. _Boy._ Where is _James_. _Lady._ He is in the house; you may go to him there. _Boy._ If you please, I like to stay here. _Lady._ What shall we do? _Boy._ I wish to have my knife and a stick; then with this small piece of board I will make a chair for _Jane’s_ doll. _Lady._ That will please Miss _Jane_; that piece will do for a couch; you might stuff it with wool. _Boy._ I wish I could; pray will you teach me how to do it? _Lady._ If you make the frame well, I will stuff it for you. _Boy._ Thank you; I think _Jane_ will dance for joy. _Lady._ She does not dream of such a nice chair; stay, this is the right way to cut it; you must not notch it so. _Boy._ I think I hear _Jane’s_ voice; I would not have her come till it is done. Will she thank me? _Lady._ Yes, sure; she ought to thank you. _Boy._ Why does she sleep in the day? _Lady._ She is a babe—you slept at noon, when you were so young. _Boy._ Now I do not sleep till night. I hear my ducks; what do you quack for?—May I fetch them some bread? Here is a crust which I left; pray may I give it to them? _Lady._ If it be clean, some poor child would be glad of it; that is a large piece—We will give chaff to the ducks. _Boy._ This bread is made of wheat; wheat grows in the earth; wheat is a grain. I am to see _Tom_ bind a sheaf: and when _Tom_ goes home to shear his sheep, I am to see him. He will throw them in a pond: plunge them in! Our cloth is made of wool; how can they weave cloth, and how can they stain it? How light this chair will be! it will not weigh much. _Lady._ Who heard the clock; I meant to count it. I left my watch in my room. _Boy._ Why did you leave it? _Lady._ The chain was broken last night. _Boy._ I like to have my couch of _green_. _Jane_ loves green. What do you call this? _Lady._ A blush, or faint bloom; some call it bloom of peach; it is near white. That is quite white. _Boy._ May I sit on the grass? I love to sit in the shade, and read my book. _Lady._ The earth is as dry as a floor now. _Boy._ If I could reach those sweet peas I would get some seed; they are such nice round balls. _Jane_ likes them to play with.