WASHING-DAY.

And now we'll have to hurry
Because it's getting late -
Poor dolly is n't dressed yet,
But dolly'll have to wait.
I'll pour, and you can rub 'em,
Whichever you had rather—
But seems to me, if I keep on,
We'll get a quicker lather.
Maybe, when mother sees us
Takin' so much troubles,
She'll let us put our pipes in
And blow it full of bubbles:
But now we'll have to hurry,
Because it's getting late-
And dolly is n't dressed yet,
But dolly 'll have to wait.

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THE LITTLE MOTE.

A LITTLE mote lived in a sunbeam,
And danced in its light all day;
But she jumped with surprise one morning,
At hearing the housemaid say :—

"Oh, the dust! How it keeps one a-working!

It settles all over the room

And the air is so full, it is folly

To labor with duster and broom!"

"Poor thing!" sighed the mote, "well, I'm sorry I think I'll go hide in her hair

I'm such a wee speck of a dustlet
She never will know I am there."

WHEN I was little,
Thought I was big;
Now I'm a giant,
Don't care a fig.

When I was nobody,

Felt quite a chap;
Now that I'm somebody,

Don't care a snap.

THE ALPHABET.

LITTLE boys with pockets,
Little boys with none,
Little bright-eyed lassies
Gather, every one!
Crowd around me closely.

Would you master books?

You must first discover

How each letter looks.

A has a bar

Where a fairy might ride;

B is a post

With two loops at the side.

C might be round

If a piece you would lend;

D is a buck-saw

Standing on end.

E has a peg

In the middle, they say;

F is an E

With the bottom away.

G is like C,

With a block on one end;

H has a seat

That would hold you, depend.

THE ALPHABET.

I is so straight

It would do for a prop;

J is a crook

With a bar at the top.

K is a stick

With a crotch fastened to it;

L is a roost,

If the chickens but knew it.

M has four parts,

As you quickly may see;

N, the poor fellow!

Is made out of three.

O is so round

It would do for a hoop;

P is a stick

With a top like a loop.

Q to be curly

Is constantly trying;

R is like B,

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