And when they can fly
In the bright blue sky,
They'll warble a song to me;
And then if I'm sad

It will make me glad

To think they are happy and free.

LYDIA MARIA CHILD.

16

I LOVE LITTLE PUSSY

I never will vex her,

Nor make her displeased,
For Puss doesn't like

To be worried or teased.

JANE TAYLOR.

KITTY IN THE BASKET

"WHERE is my little basket gone?”

Said Charlie boy one day.

"I guess some little boy or girl Has taken it away.

"And kitty, too, I can't find her.
Oh, dear, what shall I do?
I wish I could my basket find,
And little kitty, too.

"I'll go to mother's room and look;
Perhaps she may be there,
For kitty loves to take a nap
In mother's easy-chair.

O mother! mother! come and look!
See what a little heap!

My kitty's in the basket here,
All cuddled down to sleep."

He took the basket carefully,
And brought it in a minute,
And showed it to his mother dear,
With little kitty in it.

ELIZA LEE FOLLEN.