in his grandfather's chair; but he was no sooner down than up he jumpt crying, "Woe's me! woe's me!" for the Needle still sleeping there had prickt him sorely! and now he was sō completely wild, and so suspicious that his troubles came from the guests who had arrived the night before, that he ran out to look after them, but he soon found they were gone; wherefōre he earnestly declared that he would never again take into his house such a set of ragamuffins as these were, for they paid no reckoning, destroy'd his goods and gave him ōnly mischievous tricks instead of thanks.From "Stories by the Brothers Grimm.”

THE LAPDOGS' HOLIDAY.

Two beautiful little dogs once lived in a fine lärge house; there they were washt and comb'd, and fed with the greatest care; pretty little children, in very wide frocks and tight frill'd trousers, nursed and play'd with them on the soft cärpet in the drawing-room, and viṣitorș said, “What chärming little dogs!" but some of them trod upon their toes and püsht them away with their feet slily âll the time.

Sometimes the little lapdogs were allow'd to play upon the smooth green lawn when the

weather was fine and dry, but they had never been outside the gate at the end of the carriagedrive in all their lives. So they had a great deșire to go and see something more of the world than they learnt in the drawing-room and on the lawn in sunny weather.

Now it happen'd that one fine morning the housemaid left the hâll-door open while she went into the kitchen, and the two little dogs, seeing it, determined to slip out unperceived and to gō as far as ever they could.

On they went, ōver the lawn to the iron gate, through the bärs, across the road, into the fields beyond.

The dew was heavy upon the grass, for it was very early, and the little dogs didn't hälf like the chilly feel of it; but the sun soon shone out stronger, and they began to look about them curiously. They saw the spiders' webs in the grass fill'd with thousands of tiny dew-pearls, and couldn't think what they were; they wonder'd to see only daisy buds in the field and nō füll-blōwn flowers, for they knew nothing about daiṣieș clōṣing in sleep at night. They heard the lärk singing, and the notes were very sweet, but they didn't understand âll hē said: hiṣ song was about being free, and they had never heard about Freedom befōre.

Well, on they went over many fields, and at last came out by a wooden gate into a pretty lane, and there they lay down, clōse croucht together, to see what would come past, for they were afraid to go further still from the house.

The little dogs lookt very pretty and gentle as they caresst each other playfully, and lickt each other's long silky hair, to smooth it after the wetting it had got in the long grass.

They had not been there very long when they heard a bärk in the wood above them, and a sharp, lively bärk it was. After awhile a rough (pr. ruf) terrier came bouncing towards them the lapdogs were astonisht, for they had never seen a terriër before, and they thought âll dogs lookt like themselves, or like the smooth spotted carriage dog that lived in the stable. But when they saw his bright round eyes, looking kindly out of his hairy face, they felt as if they should like him, and were quite pleased when he came to speak to them at the gāte.

Dogs are not obliged to wait to be introduced, as we are, before we can say "Good morning!"

The Lapdogs soon told their new friend how they had slipt away from the great house. The Terriër laughed (pr. läft) and show'd âll

his white teeth, and actually scamper'd about with amuṣement at the idea of its being far from the house; but after awhile he settled down a little, and began to tell them about himself.

He told them he came from the Island of Skye, and that his name was Jack. This puzzled the Lapdogs räther. They did not know of such a place, and hälf-suspected the Terriër was hoaxing them. Then Jack was such a queer name, not a bit like theirs they were câll'd Fairy and Fidéle (pr. Fidāle)—and ṭhat had such a very different sound! However, they did not say anything, and Jack went on to tell them he had been a great traveller.

What, all by yourself?" cried the Lapdogs.

No, but with my mäster," said Jack. "I assure you it is quite pleasant to travel with an intelligent mäster like mine. I should not think of remaining with any other myself. To travel by rail in a därk box, or to be shut up in a stable when one's mäster goes out to see the town, is what nō dog of spirit would submit to; but my mäster (he's somewhere in the wood with his book) is really uncommonly attentive to me, and by taking pains he can māke out almost every thing I say. And I, on mỹ pärt, am cāreful not to give him unnecessary

trouble, and sō we are very good friends ūŝüally."

The Lapdogs were quite amazed to hear Jack talk in this off-hand manner, and they began to feel great respect for him. They had never heard of dogs making friends of men befōre; they felt they had never been anything but playthings themselves, and they grew quite serious.

When Jack saw this, he worried them goodhumoredly about the neck, and told them to cheer up, and come and take some breakfast with him: hẽ had a capital stōre of bōnes in the wood. You may imagine neither Fairy nor Fidèle had ever breakfasted upon ōld earthcover'd bōneş before; but to-day they were dispōṣed to follow their fortuneṣ bōldly, come what might so they managed to gnaw the bōneş âlmōst as well as Jack, for the morning air had improved their appetites wonderfully.

When the feast was done, and Jack had buried (pr. berrid) the rest of the bōnes, he shook off the earth from his funny hairy face, and lay down on the grass in a cōsy spot, with hiş two little guests, and began to tell them stories about dogṣ hē had knōwn in different

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