“One time, when three little boys went up the mountain, they set their lunch basket down on the tip-top. In about two minutes they heard a noise at their basket, and a chipmunk stood there, and the chipmunk had one of their cookies in his paws!”

M. Dunleath.

THE NIMBLE PENNIES.

Draw a small circle around a small cent, a large circle around a large copper cent (or a two-cent piece, or a silver quarter), as in the designs—and then in a twinkling you will have a picture of a baby hen—that is, a chicken.

I stands for me, because my name is Ink;

And why it’s so you’ll surely never think,

Until you see the black,

Black spot upon my back—