. Little helpers . THINKING AND TIIINKEPIIONES. T is a great pity that little boys legsare so short; they have to hurry somuch, and a pair of good long legs, likethose of the stately giraffe, for instance,would be such a convenience to a smallboy, who wished to run home fromschool — half a mile — ask his mother something, and be back again, inside of five minutes. It is difficult to think and run both at once, but something like this was passing through Johnnys mind, as he tore home to ask if he might spend his shiny new half dollar in going to the circus with the other boys. Flaming posters o
. Little helpers . THINKING AND TIIINKEPIIONES. T is a great pity that little boys legsare so short; they have to hurry somuch, and a pair of good long legs, likethose of the stately giraffe, for instance,would be such a convenience to a smallboy, who wished to run home fromschool — half a mile — ask his mother something, and be back again, inside of five minutes. It is difficult to think and run both at once, but something like this was passing through Johnnys mind, as he tore home to ask if he might spend his shiny new half dollar in going to the circus with the other boys. Flaming posters on all the avail-able fences and walls, had been announcing for some days that Bar- num was coming, and that there would be two afternoon and two evening performances, presenting in every respect the same attrac-tions. Mr. Leslie had an engagement for the first afternoon. but lie had promised to take Tiny and Johnny, and as many. 23 24 LITTLE HELPERS. neighbor children as chose to join the party — with mothers andfathers consent, of course - - on the second afternoon, and withthis promise Johnny had been well content. But when he went to school, on the morning of the first day,he found that several of his schoolmates had arranged to go thatafternoon, and they soon succeeded in talking him into a beliefthat life would not be worth living unless he could join them. You see, Johnny, said Ned Graf ton, solemnly, some ofthe i feats of strength and agility are about as hard to do as itwould be for you or me to turn ourselves inside out and backagain, and it stands to reason that they 11 not do them so wellthe second day as they will the first, when theyve just had arest; and the beasts and things always roar and fight more thefirst day, because theyre mad at having been shut up in theirboxes and jolted about so; and then, forty things may happento hinder your father from taking you to-morrow, and just thinkhow you
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