. Little helpers . n they begged for Polly — Tiny had been allowed to leavethe wagon when it first arrived, and was successfully and joy-fully sliding. Oh, do let us have Polly, if its just for five minutes,mamma! said Johnny, eagerly. Well take off our skatesand give her a slide. Its first-rate sliding, here by the bank,and its quite safe. So Miss Polly, chuckling with delight, was lifted from thewagon, while Johnny and Pep pulled off their skates, but shewas a little frightened when she felt the slippery ice under herfeet, and hung down like a rag doll, as Johnny said, insteadof putting hers
. Little helpers . n they begged for Polly — Tiny had been allowed to leavethe wagon when it first arrived, and was successfully and joy-fully sliding. Oh, do let us have Polly, if its just for five minutes,mamma! said Johnny, eagerly. Well take off our skatesand give her a slide. Its first-rate sliding, here by the bank,and its quite safe. So Miss Polly, chuckling with delight, was lifted from thewagon, while Johnny and Pep pulled off their skates, but shewas a little frightened when she felt the slippery ice under herfeet, and hung down like a rag doll, as Johnny said, insteadof putting herself in sliding position. Stand up straight, Polly, and put your feet down flat, so,said Johnny, as Polly slid helplessly along onthe backs of herheels, resting all her little weight confidingly upon the , after two or three earnest explanations from Johnny andPep, she suddenly seemed to understand; she stiffened up,grasped a hand on each side, and went off in such style that the PrTF r / Jf4x T /- %/w y ^. THE SKATING LESSON. LITTLE HELPERS. 77 boys had almost to run to keep up with her, and she obeyed hermothers call very unwillingly. Wasnt it fun to see her little face, though ! said Johnny,as he and Pep walked home, having declined the proffered drivefor the sake of a little more skating. I think she thoughtsomething had made her feet slippery, all of a sudden-- shednever been on ice before. The thaw came very soon after this, as thaws will come, evenwhen people have new steel skates, but happily, there are alwaystops and marbles, and, as . some wise person has re- \_ i i - -nri n marked, When one doorshuts, another opens. Johnny did not playmarbles for keeps ; hisfather had explained to himthat taking anything with-out giving a fair return forit is dishonesty, and as he quite understood this, he had no desire to win marblesfrom boys who could not shoot so well as he could, but heenjoyed playing fully as much as anybody did, and foundthe game exciting enough when p
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