The Nursery, October 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 4

VOLUME XIV.—No. 4 BOSTON: JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36, BROMFIELD STREET. 1873.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by JOHN L. SHOREY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Boston: Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co.

THREADING THE NEEDLE.

HERE is Lucy all this while? asked Mrs. Ludlow of Anna, the maid.
I left her five minutes ago, trying to thread a needle, replied Anna.
She is a long while about it, said Mrs. Ludlow. Send her to me.
When Lucy entered the room, her mother asked her what she had been about; and Lucy replied, I have been teaching myself to thread a needle.
But you have been a long time about it, said mother.
I will tell you why, continued Lucy. When I went to walk with papa yesterday, he saw me get over a stone-wall, which I did rather clumsily: so he said, 'A thing that is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Let me teach you how to get over a wall quickly and gracefully.'
So he gave you a lesson in getting over walls, did he?