_Lady._ Take it; and let him see it. _Girl._ Now sit by me. Pray sit him down by me. Look! no, you must not have it. I must keep it in _my_ hand. _You_ can not hold it. Here is a boy. See, he runs to get that bird. O fie! do not get the bird. No! you must not put the bird in a cage. Let the bird fly; let him sing; and let him help to make a nest. Do not hurt the poor bird. You must be good and kind. You must not vex the bird. Here is a girl. Look at her pink coat. Here is her foot. She has a blue shoe. She is at play with the boy. Miss! you must be good. You must tell the boy to be good, that we may love him. All good folks will love him, if he be good, not else. Now let us turn the fan. Now we will look at this side. Here is a nice pink. This is a rose. That is a fly. _Mother._ Now _John_ will walk. Ring the bell. Go and walk with the maid. _Girl._ Am I to go? _Mother._ As you like. _Girl._ I like best to stay; but _John_ says with his hand, “_pray go_.” I will go then; dear boy! I will go with you. _Mother._ Good girl. _Girl._ _John!_ you must love me; I wish to stay here, and you hear that I _may_ stay. _Mother._ Take hold of him and lead him out. You will meet the maid at the door. [Illustration: Horse] THE BOOK-SHOP. IN WORDS OF FOUR AND FIVE LETTERS. _Boy._ I will have a book. I will have one with a dog in it. May I not? _Mother._ Yes, you may. _Boy._ Let me see, here is a goat. Do look at his face; how like it is to a goat! Here is a ball, and a lamb with wool on it, just like my lamb that I feed at home. And here is a cock. Can you crow? Crow and tell us that it is time to rise. Can you not? What a tail he has! a fine tail! No, I will not have that, for his tail will soon be off. Some part of it is come off now. _Mother._ You must not pull; you do harm. _Boy._ I did not pull hard. _Mother._ You are a long time.