Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . were very different from the bad peoplein the town, and as soon as they saw the two mencoming they hurried to the gate as fast as their oldfeet would take them, and Philemon cried: Come in! Come in! Have those sauc)^ childrenand those snappy dogs been treating you as theytreat every stranger ? Youll find no saucy childrenor snappy dog here. Jupiter and Mercury, smiling at each other, fol-lowed the old people to the cottage door, and satdown on the bench there. Im very sorry, sa
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . were very different from the bad peoplein the town, and as soon as they saw the two mencoming they hurried to the gate as fast as their oldfeet would take them, and Philemon cried: Come in! Come in! Have those sauc)^ childrenand those snappy dogs been treating you as theytreat every stranger ? Youll find no saucy childrenor snappy dog here. Jupiter and Mercury, smiling at each other, fol-lowed the old people to the cottage door, and satdown on the bench there. Im very sorry, said Baucis, that there is solittle in the house to give you to eat. You can seewithout my telling you that we are very poor. Butwhat there is I shall be very glad to give j^ou. While Philemon talked to the visitors and broughtwater in a wooden bowl that they might wash, hisold wife got supper. And even though she thoughtthe visitors were only beggar men, she was just ascareful about the meal as she would have been hadshe known that they were really gods. Baucis and Philemon BM[Ml|MI[PJ[^lBllMllMll^fMJPifMJ[^. MERCURYJUPITER BAUCIS W|-:illlHI I , WHITK Finally, she called Philemon in and said:Everything is ready, but this table is so crookedthat I am ashamed to ask them to sit at it. Oneleg is shorter than the rest. It was hard for Philemon to get down on hisknees, for he was old and stiff; but he knelt andshoved pieces of slate under the short table leg untilthat corner was as high as the rest. Then Baucisput the supper on the table and called the guests. 436 Baucis and Philemon And after all, it was not such a bad supper. Therewas a stew—not very rich or very strong, it is true,but piping hot and nicely seasoned; and there wascheese and brown bread and honey and milk. Tobe sure, the pitcher that held the milk and the bowlthat held the stew were of the commonest brownware, while the cups and the plates were of these things the visitors did not seem to minda
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