. St. Nicholas [serial] . s a nice hard place. I 11let it fall on the gar-den walk, where it will be sure to break the firsttime. He let it fall, but it did not break. That is strange! said Mis-ter Crow. I must try a-gain. So he did. He flew up high-er in the air, and let the egg fall righton some stones. It did not break this time. The third time nev-er fails, said Mis-ter Crow. I 11 try oncemore. A-gain he flew up with the egg and let it fall. It did not break e-venthis time, but just bounced like a rub-ber ball on the stones. Now, this is strange, said Mis-ter Crow. It is the hard-est egg I
. St. Nicholas [serial] . s a nice hard place. I 11let it fall on the gar-den walk, where it will be sure to break the firsttime. He let it fall, but it did not break. That is strange! said Mis-ter Crow. I must try a-gain. So he did. He flew up high-er in the air, and let the egg fall righton some stones. It did not break this time. The third time nev-er fails, said Mis-ter Crow. I 11 try oncemore. A-gain he flew up with the egg and let it fall. It did not break e-venthis time, but just bounced like a rub-ber ball on the stones. Now, this is strange, said Mis-ter Crow. It is the hard-est egg Iev-er saw. Per-haps it has been boiled for four min-utes. He flew down and looked at the egg. It did not look like a hard-boiled egg, and he took it up a-gain, and flew as high as the wopd-enroost-er on top of the barn. This time it must break, said Mis-ter Crow. And it only bouncedhigh-er than be-fore, and was as whole as ev-er. I nev-er saw such an egg, said Mis-ter Crow. I am a-fraid it is not FOR VERY LITTLE FOLK. 329. good. I am ver-y hun-gry, and this is tire-some work. I 11 sit on thetop of the barn and rest. Just then the dai-ry-maid came a-long, and see-ing the egg on thepath, she picked it up and said : Gra-cious me ! Here is one of thoseChi-na nest-eggs out in the gar-den. 33° JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. [February,
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