. Pleasing and instructive stories for young children . pretty green fields thatwe have, for the hot sun scorches thegrass, and makes it look dry and , the winds sometimes blowthere so hard, that their houses areblown down, and large trees are pulledup by the roots. Do you think youwould like that? Not at all; I dare , no, our own dear country is as gooda country as any we could go to. So I Qr36 think we had better stay where we are,and try to make ourselves happy inevery season. Look, Emily, what three pretty kit-tens puss has! How soft and sleektheir skins are! Poor little
. Pleasing and instructive stories for young children . pretty green fields thatwe have, for the hot sun scorches thegrass, and makes it look dry and , the winds sometimes blowthere so hard, that their houses areblown down, and large trees are pulledup by the roots. Do you think youwould like that? Not at all; I dare , no, our own dear country is as gooda country as any we could go to. So I Qr36 think we had better stay where we are,and try to make ourselves happy inevery season. Look, Emily, what three pretty kit-tens puss has! How soft and sleektheir skins are! Poor little things! yousee they are quite blind, and seem veryhelpless. Their mother is very muchafraid of us, lest we should hurt them;see how she keeps putting up her pawsand mewing, as much as to say, pray,give me my young ones again! Nobodycan take care of them as well as I domyself. Now look, she takes hold of the neckof one of them, and carries it off. Donot be afraid, she will not hurt it. Shelikes her kittens too well to hurt them; TL&ising liiss and her Kittens, and, you know, it is the only way sheis able to carry them. She has nothands, as we have; and she needs allher four feet to walk upon. She takeshold of one of them very softly by itsneck, and, after she has laid it downon its bed, she will come for another. Oh, here she comes! She will bevery happy soon, when she has themall safely in bed again. Cats are very useful creatures, forthey keep our houses clear of mice. Ifwe had not a cat, the mice would sooncome and cheat us out of our pies andtarts. Mice are very fond of everything which is made of flower or oat-meal; and they like it still better if ithas butter, or any thing that is greasyin it. Cheese, too, they like dearly,and often lose their lives in trying toget at * 38 Those people who do not like tohave cats in their houses, get traps tocatch the mice with; and put a bit ofcheese to tempt the little thieves intothem. They soon smell the cheese?and lic
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