_Boy._ Does the dog say all that? Why does he stop as soon as the folks come out? _Mother._ He is so wise as to know that he need bark no more then. If he means to call them out, he will stop when they are come out. _Boy._ _Wag_, why do you gape when you are hot? Can _you_ tell me why he does so? _Mother._ To cool his tongue. [Illustration: Dog] [Illustration: Pig] THE FARM-YARD. IN WORDS OF FOUR LETTERS. _Boy._ I do not love pigs. _Maid._ A pig is not so nice as a fowl; yet we must feed the pigs. Pigs must eat as well as boys. Poor pigs want food. _Boy._ Do they cry for food? I hear them cry. _Maid._ They cry to me for food; in the way they _can_ call, they call—“Pray feed me; pray feed me! do pray feed me now!” _Boy._ What do you give them? _Maid._ This pail full of milk. Will you not like to see them? They will be so glad! _Boy._ How they jump! how they run to the gate! why do they run so? _Maid._ They are glad to see me. They know me; I feed them when they want food; and you see they love me. _Boy._ I like to see them so glad. I like to see a pig fed; but I love a lamb; may I not love a lamb more than I do a pig? _Maid._ Yes; but you must be good to all. _Boy._ My aunt has a tame lamb, I love to give him milk; once I saw a fawn, I do not mean in a park, but I saw a _tame_ fawn; the old doe was dead, so we fed the fawn at home. We kept him a long time, but he bit off the buds. _Maid._ Have you seen a goat? _Boy._ Yes; he has not wool; he has hair. _Maid._ Now you may go with me. We will go and see the cows. _Boy._ Why is one duck by itself? _Maid._ The duck sits; she has a nest just by. I must feed her: she will not go far from her nest. The rest can get food. You may give her some corn; we will get some for her. Come. _Boy._ I like to feed the poor duck. [Illustration: Ducks] THE DOLL. IN WORDS OF FOUR LETTERS. _Girl._ What a nice doll! I like this; pray may I have this? I wish to have a wax doll. _Mother._ You must then take care to keep her cool, else you will melt her face; and she must be kept dry, or this nice pink on her face will be lost. [Illustration: Girl with doll]