This afternoon, Harry asked leave to show Lily a picture-book which his father had given him, and Mary told him he might sit by Lily, as soon as she had finished a finger’s length of hemming. Harry waited till the sewing was done, and then he sat close to Lily, and showed her his picture-book.
First Day.
One of Harry’s Pictures. p. [31].
There was a picture of two little humming-birds and a nest; and one of a horse, with a boy and a bag of flour on his back; and Harry told Lily, the little boy was coming home from the mill, with a bag of flour to make some cakes for supper; and Lily said,
“Harry, I would like to have some of the cakes; wouldn’t you?”
Harry’s book had more pictures than these two in it. There was one of a little girl feeding chickens, and one of a shepherd and his sheep, and one of a boy spinning a famous top.
Lily liked the picture of the little girl feeding chickens best: and Harry liked the picture of the boy and his top best. And Harry said to Lily,
“Lily, if you will look at my picture first, then I will look at your picture;” but Lily was tired of looking at Harry’s picture; and she said it was ugly; and she moved away from Harry.
This offended Harry, and he told her he didn’t love her any more, and she should not see his book. And he went away from Lily and took his book with him.
When the boys, who had been saying a geography lesson, had taken their seats, Mary called Harry and Lily to come and repeat the multiplication table.