. My odd little folk : rhymes and verses about them : with some others . throbbed, As, pleadingly looking up, she sobbed, Hoping to save him if she could, Oh, dont hurt papa, and hell be good ! IV. How the audience cheered, and cheered again,While even the players smiled, and thenIt seemed that the whole house would go wild,As the villain bent down and kissed his child,Whispering, so that she would not grieve, Darling, its only make-believe! AN ACTORS LITTLE GIRL. But, sobbing, she would not have it so, And held him, and would not let him go, Until the old prompter, with a frown, With his tink
. My odd little folk : rhymes and verses about them : with some others . throbbed, As, pleadingly looking up, she sobbed, Hoping to save him if she could, Oh, dont hurt papa, and hell be good ! IV. How the audience cheered, and cheered again,While even the players smiled, and thenIt seemed that the whole house would go wild,As the villain bent down and kissed his child,Whispering, so that she would not grieve, Darling, its only make-believe! AN ACTORS LITTLE GIRL. But, sobbing, she would not have it so, And held him, and would not let him go, Until the old prompter, with a frown, With his tinkling bell brought the curtain down. V. So the villain was granted a brief reprieve, And, as the audience rose to leave, Of laughter and cheers still came the sound, While back of the curtain they crowded round, And petted and soothed away her fears, Until she was smiling through her tears; While the beautiful flowers that had been thrown On the stage they told her were all her own; And so she was happy, with all her fright— But she did not go to the play next night!. I. FOUR little grasshoppers, one fine day,Hopped ou the lawn to play croquet. II. We cant use mallets and balls, one said, So well play a game of our own instead ;Well hop through the wickets ourselves and seeIf I beat you or if you beat me. (73) 74 THE GRASSHOPPERS CROQUET. in. So hippity-hop the} went aroundThrough all the wickets upon the ground,Till the one who was leading made a jumpAnd hit the home-stake bumpity-bump! IV. Then out came Johnny and Bess to play,And the four little grasshoppers hopped away. .
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