The Tale of Snowball Lamb

SLUMBER-TOWN TALES (Trademark Registered) BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY AUTHOR OF SLEEPY-TIME TALES (Trademark Registered) TUCK-ME-IN TALES (Trademark Registered) ——————————
SLUMBER-TOWN TALES (Trademark Registered) ——————————
Author of SLEEPY-TIME TALES (Trademark Registered) and TUCK-ME-IN TALES (Trademark Registered) ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY L. SMITH NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS —————————— Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP

Hurrah! Johnnie Green shouted. And he dashed out of the woodshed and ran to the barnyard as fast as he could scamper.
There was a good reason for his high spirits and his haste. His father had just told him he might have a lamb for a pet.
Farmer Green followed Johnnie at a slower pace. When he reached the barnyard fence Johnnie was already on the other side of it, trying to catch a certain black lamb.
Now, Johnnie Green was spry; but this black lamb was sprier. Whenever Johnnie thought he had the lamb the black rascal always managed to slip out of his clutches.
I'll help you, said Farmer Green. And climbing the fence, he soon had the lively lamb cornered and caught.
Then Johnnie lost no time in taking his new pet in his own arms.
I'm going to call him—— Johnnie began, as his father let go of the struggling black armful.