A MATTER OF DIRECTION.

A little boy met on his way to school
A savage old bear in the forest cool.
"Which way is he going?" growled Bruin, aside.
"The same way as you, sir," the laddie replied.

"I wonder why they call that a lady-bug?" queried Harry.

"Because it's got good manners and behaves itself, and doesn't go shouting around like a boy, I guess," said Polly.