From his sharp-pointed nose To the tip of his toes, He was all expectation!--when, suddenly "_Snap!_" With a "_click_" and a "_clack_;" And, before he could wink, This smart little fox was caught fast in a trap. And now that gray fox Does not live in the rocks; And just what his fate was I never have learned: This only I know, That, a long time ago, He left there one morning--and never returned. FLETA F. [Illustration: GRASSHOPPER GREEN.] GRASSHOPPER GREEN. T. CRAMPTON. [Illustration: music] 1. Grasshopper Green is a comical chap; He lives on the best of fare; Bright little jacket and breeches and cap, These are his summer wear. Out in the meadows he loves to go, Playing away in the sun; It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low, Summer's the time for fun. 2. Grasshopper Green has a dozen wee boys, And soon as their legs grow strong, All of them join in his frolicsome joys, Humming his merry song. Under the leaves in a happy row, Soon as the day has begun; It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low, Summer's the time for fun. 3. Grasshopper Green has a quaint little house, It's under a hedge so gay, Grandmother spider as still as a mouse, Envies him o'er the way. Little folks always he calls I know, Out in the beautiful sun: It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low, Summer's the time for fun. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: The January edition of the Nursery had a table of contents for the first six issues of the year. This table was divided to cover each specific issue. A title page copied from the January edition was also used for this number. End of Project Gutenberg's The Nursery, May 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 5, by Various