We Three
Three little dogs
On mischief bent
Out to play in
The garden went.
Nip lost a shoe,
Rip tore his clothes,
And Chip fell down
And broke his nose—
Chip chased the cat,
Rip drowned the pig
And Nip made mud-pies!
In the gig.
At last their mother
Came out to see;
Then—off to bed
Without their tea!
Under the Big Hat,
or, Jackie and Me.
Jennie and Jackie were twins. They had two dearly-loved playmates, Fifie the puppy, and Fipps the kitten. Fifie was nearly always in disgrace.
One day Fifie thought, “Now I will be good to-day. I will sit in the field and there will be nothing to make me naughty.”
But as he passed through the hall he spied Jennie's doll on a chair.
“Ah!” said Fifie, “Betsy Ann enjoys the fresh air. I'll take her with me.”
So he carried her off and carefully laid her on the grass.
After a while he grew fidgetty and then he saw that Betsy Ann was staring at him with her great eyes.
“Don't stare at me like that!” he barked.
But she took no notice and went on staring. This made him so angry that he bit her foot, and when it came off in his mouth he tore her arm, and then rolled her over and shook and worried her, until she was lying scattered all round him in lots of pieces.
When Jennie ran up with her ball, he was just gnawing off Betsy Ann's left hand.
Jennie was terribly upset about it, and when Nurse came, Fifie was soundly smacked.
Not long after there were fearful mi-ows from the pond. Jennie rushed with her butterfly net, and was just in time to save Fipps from drowning.
He had been trying to catch fish in the pond and had fallen in.
So Jennie carried him home and put him in Betsy Ann's bed.
Jackie used sometimes to dab a little butter on the tip of Fifie's nose just for the fun of seeing him try to lick it off with his tongue and roll his eyes round and round to try and see it.
When Mother heard of Fifie's naughtiness with Betsy Ann, she said that Fifie must wear a muzzle for some hours every day until he learnt to behave better. Poor Fifie! how he hated it and longed to join in the romps with Jennie and Fipps.
However he was so good for a week, that Mother said the muzzle might be left off.
And here you see Jennie with Fifie and Fipps, celebrating the happy occasion with fairy cakes which cook had given them.
Out in the Cold.
There once lived three children named Jones,
Who were constantly breaking their bones;
The youngest, named Jack,
Fell flat on his back,
And uttered some terrible groans.
