FATHER BUYS BOBBY A NEW HAT

Betty showed her new hat to Father.

“That’s a very nice hat,” said Father. “Did Mother buy one for Bobby?”

“No, Daddy,” said Betty. “Mother and I went to the milliner’s shop. The milliner doesn’t have hats for boys as big as Bobby.”

“That’s so,” said Father. “Bobby can get a good hat at the dry-goods store.”

“Won’t you take him there in the morning?” asked Mother.

“Yes,” said Father. “I’ll take him with me tomorrow morning. I pass the store on my way to work.”

Bobby knew nothing about going until the next morning.

Then Mother said, “Bobby, Father says you may go with him this morning.”

“Good!” cried Bobby. “That will be fun. Daddy, where are we going?”

“To the dry-goods store,” answered Father.

“Is that the store where I got my new suit?” asked Bobby.

“Yes, Bobby,” answered Father. “We will see if we can find a hat in the store for a boy of your size.”

“It’s for me, Daddy, isn’t it?” asked Bobby.

“Have you been a good boy?” asked Father.

“When Betty went with Mother to get her hat, I stayed with baby,” said Bobby. “I played with him.”

“That’s a good boy,” said Father. “I think we can find a hat for you in the dry-goods store.”

“I am sure we can, Daddy. They have ever so many things in the dry-goods store.”

When Father and Bobby went into the store, a salesman asked, “What can I show you?”

“Boys’ hats,” replied Father.

The salesman showed Father and Bobby the way to the place where boys’ hats were kept.

Bobby tried one on.

“That’s too small,” said Father. “Find a larger one for him.”

“This hat is larger,” said Bobby.

“How does it feel?” asked Father.

“All right,” said Bobby.

“I’ll take the hat,” said Father.

Father paid the salesman for Bobby’s hat.

Then he turned to Bobby and said, “Take your hat, young man. Now run home.”

Baby shall have a new bonnet,

And baby shall go to the fair.

And baby shall have a blue ribbon

To tie up his bonny brown hair.

There’s a garden that I ken,

Full of little gentlemen,

Little caps of blue they wear,

And green ribbons very fair.

Flax

What goes up when the rain comes down?

An umbrella