. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . us well,With a large piece of cheese of most exquisite Oh, what a dreadful fright he got!But he hurried all the way to school as hard ashe could go,Dusty and terrified and hot. smell;T was so nice, I had put my head in to go through,When I thought it my duty to come and fetch you. Ah, child ! said her mother, believe, I entreat,Both the cage and the cheese are a horrible not think all that trouble they took for our good;They would catch us and kill us all there if they could,As they ve caught and killed scores; and
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . us well,With a large piece of cheese of most exquisite Oh, what a dreadful fright he got!But he hurried all the way to school as hard ashe could go,Dusty and terrified and hot. smell;T was so nice, I had put my head in to go through,When I thought it my duty to come and fetch you. Ah, child ! said her mother, believe, I entreat,Both the cage and the cheese are a horrible not think all that trouble they took for our good;They would catch us and kill us all there if they could,As they ve caught and killed scores; and I never could learnThat a mouse, who once entered, did ever return! As into school he wriggled, they were puttingbooks away—Oh, says the master, is it you?Stand upon that stool, sir, while the others goto play;That s what a truant has to do. THE MELANCHOLY PIGBy Lewis Carroll There was a Pig, that sat alone, Beside a ruined day and night he made his moan:It would have stirred a heart of stoneTo see him wring his hoofs and groan, Because he could not y&yqp BY ERIC PARKER The King of UnsergartenWent forth to fight the foe; He took with him his trumpet,His shield and sword and bow. Along the gravel pathway And round the lawn he passed; He stopped at every cornerAnd blew a fearful blast. His quiver and his bucklerHe brandished in the breeze; He shot a score of arrowsInto the ambush POl MS I OR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES 21
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