. Picture fables . I ,, . ^! \ iL-s^S^ PAPER KITE AND BIRDS. SEE you the great bird flying up there ?All you little ones, pray take care ;-For if you only come in his way,Hell eat you up surely, without Indeed, your great creature wont make me afraid;Its only of painted paper made. All on a sudden the brisk wind fell, And down came the terrible bird, pell-mell! The boys they tried and they tried in vain, They never could get it up again ; But the little ones all, though no wind did blow, Still flutterd merrily to and fro. 21. BOY AND PUPPY. BOY. Come, little Puppy, as quick as you


. Picture fables . I ,, . ^! \ iL-s^S^ PAPER KITE AND BIRDS. SEE you the great bird flying up there ?All you little ones, pray take care ;-For if you only come in his way,Hell eat you up surely, without Indeed, your great creature wont make me afraid;Its only of painted paper made. All on a sudden the brisk wind fell, And down came the terrible bird, pell-mell! The boys they tried and they tried in vain, They never could get it up again ; But the little ones all, though no wind did blow, Still flutterd merrily to and fro. 21. BOY AND PUPPY. BOY. Come, little Puppy, as quick as you can,And learn to sit upright, just like a What, young as I am, have I tasks to do ?Dear master, leave it a week or two. BOY. No, Doggie, youd best learn your lesson at once :Who doesnt learn early, will still be a dunce. So the dog had his lesson, it soon was done— He could sit uprignt, or walk gravely on, And he learnd to swim oer the stream so wide, To fetch and to carry, and much beside. And the boy, like his dog, to learn early began, And became in due time, a wise, great man. 22 !


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