The Bodleys telling stories . girl, and it was plain that JohnnyPringle was dreaming of it, for did not his mouth twitch ? He wouldsurely have burst into alaugh, if the Thatcher andMr. Bodley, who were be-hind the folding-doors, hadnot at this moment shutthe doors, and the childrenair broke out into laughterand talk. Was it a realchimney ? Did the firereally burn ? Was that areal little srirl in the hre-place ? How were the ratsmade ? Was there to beany more ? Mother Goose herself hadto go out to arrange thenext tableau, and presentlyshe came to the door andcalled : — • Bessie Bell and Mary Gr
The Bodleys telling stories . girl, and it was plain that JohnnyPringle was dreaming of it, for did not his mouth twitch ? He wouldsurely have burst into alaugh, if the Thatcher andMr. Bodley, who were be-hind the folding-doors, hadnot at this moment shutthe doors, and the childrenair broke out into laughterand talk. Was it a realchimney ? Did the firereally burn ? Was that areal little srirl in the hre-place ? How were the ratsmade ? Was there to beany more ? Mother Goose herself hadto go out to arrange thenext tableau, and presentlyshe came to the door andcalled : — • Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, and the two girls ran out, wonder-ing what was to happen. Then Nanny Etticoat was called for, andBopeep and Big Johnny Stout, Miss Jane, little Miss Muffet, littlePoll Parrot, and several others, who disappeared from the parlor andwere heard whispering very loud in the other room. It took sometime to arrange the next scene, and the children grew rather im-patient, but at length Mother Goose returned and took her place. 94 J111-: lioDLiiYs \(; storiks. at till ])i;tn(), wluic she jilaycd a littli and then saiiu. slu\vl\ andclearly as belore, twice over,— Tho ruts and the iiiirc tlu-y led nic sudi a lifeI was forced to <fo to London to buy me a wife. When she had sniiii; it the second time, the doors opened andthere ^vas seen a platlbrni upon which were the little «--irls IVoni
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