Sarah

shall

merry

KATIE. What shall we play to-day?

JENNIE.—I like to play with my dolls. I will run home for my new doll.

KATIE. I like to play with dolls. If you are going home, ask Cousin Mary to come and bring her dolls.

JENNIE. Yes, I shall be glad to have Mary play with us.

KATIE. Let us ask Nettie Hamilton

to come.

JENNIE. O, Katie!

Nettie has no

pretty doll; only an old rag one. I do

not want my dolls to play with such a doll as Nettie has.

KATIE. I will let Nettie take one of

my dolls. I am sure she will enjoy playing with a pretty doll.

JENNIE. Nettie has only old dresses.

KATIE. But her mother is ill and my mother says they are poor. We will act as if we did not see her old dress.

JENNIE. My mother says you are a good girl, and she likes to have me play with you. I will tell Nettie to come. Shall I ask Sarah?

KATIE. Yes, and we will have a merry party. I will ask mama to give me some things to eat. I will set the table.

(Tell what the children did at the party.)

beautiful

wonderful

curled climb

THE COUNTRY.

What a beautiful tree!" said Sam, as

he pointed to a large tree near the bank · of the river.

"See the tree in the water. It is as beautiful as the large tree that points to the sky."

"See the squirrel running up the tree," said Ben. "There he goes out on the

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bough. See! see! His gray tail is curled. When he is running it is not curled."

"I like the tall tree better than the squirrel," said John, a boy whose home was in New York City. We have large