To parents, friends, and teachers,
Be docile, true, and fond,
And you will work more wonders
Than with a fairy's wand."
GEO. BENNETT.
[Illustration: Outline Drawing by MR. HARRISON WEIR, as a drawing lesson.]
[Illustration]
GRANDPA'S PIGS.
Mamma says that I am only
a little boy; but I think I am
quite big. I shall be six years
old next May.
Last summer, mamma took
me to grandpa's, to stay a few
weeks. When we got to the
house, I asked grandpa if I
might go with him every day
to feed the pigs. He said,
"Yes."
So the next morning I went.
There were four large pigs, and
six little ones; and, when the
food was put into the trough,
they were all so eager to get it,
that they kept tumbling over
one another.
One morning, there was not
a pig in the pen. We hunted
everywhere, but could not find
them. At last, grandpa said,
"They must be in the turnip-
garden." Sure enough, there
they were.
The moment they saw us,
they scampered; but, after a
while, we got them all back in
the pen. Then grandpa said
he wanted to know how they
got out: so we hid in the barn.
By and by, an old pig peeped
around, to see if anybody was
watching. As he saw no one,
he grunted, as much as to say,
"All right," and started for a
large hole beneath the fence.
But, before he could get out,
grandpa nailed a plank over
the hole.
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