ap'ing

XXII. OUR DARLING.

kick'ing smash'ing split'ting

bound'ing precious spoiling tum'bling building saucer sprawl'ing un der neath'

1. BOUNDING like a foot-ball,

Kicking at the door; Falling from the table-top, Sprawling on the floor; Smashing cups and saucers, Splitting Dolly's head; Putting little pussy cat Into baby's bed;

2. Building shops and houses,
Spoiling father's hat;
Hiding mother's precious
keys

Underneath the mat;
Jumping on the fender,

Poking at the fire;

Making mother's heart leap

Fifty times a day; Aping everything we do, Every word we say ;

3. Shouting, laughing, tumbling, Roaring with a will;

Anywhere and everywhere,

Never, never still;

Present,

bringing sunshine;

Absent, leaving night;

That's our precious darling,
That's our heart's delight.

1. PLANTS have five parts.

These parts are the root, the stem, the leaf, the flower, and the fruit.

2. The root holds the plant firmly in the

ground. By the root, also, the plant takes up food from the earth to keep it alive and help it grow.

3. The stem is the main part of a plant. The stem springs from the root, and supports the branches and other parts above the root.

4. The leaf, like our skin, is full of little holes or pores. Through these pores the air gets to the plant and keeps it in health.

5. The flower is that part from which the fruit or seed is formed; the flower is the prettiest part of the plant.

6. The seed is the most useful part of the plant. From it other plants of the same sort grow. The great work of a plant is to bring out seed. child of the plant.

The seed is the little

HEN the corn begins to sprout,
Two wee leaves come peeping

out.

When the leaves are fresh and

green,

A slender stalk shoots up between.

While the stalk keeps on to

grow,

The tiny ears begin to show.

When the ears are long and

thin,

The pretty silk begins to spin.

When the pretty silk is

spun, It turns the color of the sun.

When the summer sun is gone,

It's time to gather in the corn.

* Adapted from "Youth's Companion," by permission of Lothrop & Co.

village

grand moth er sweet'ly

1. FAR away in a pleasant village lived a little girl. She was one of the prettiest and best children you ever saw.

2. Her mother loved her dearly, and so did her grandmother, who lived in a little house all by herself. Grandma had given the dear child a little hood of red velvet, and so everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.

3. One day her mother said to Little Red Riding Hood, "Take this cake and pot of jam to grandma, for I hear she is ill in bed." So Little Red Riding Hood took the things on her arms, and off she went. The village where grandma lived was on the other side of a thick wood.

4. Little Red Riding Hood had to pass through this wood; and, just as she came to the dark part of it, what should she meet