PILLOW·LAND

GOOD-NIGHT.

Suck-a-Thumb,

Bed-time’s come.

Dressed in white,

Shut eyes tight.

“Nighty, night!”

“HOW MAMA USED TO PLAY.”

IX.—THE ELM-TREE.

Out in one of the meadows was a big elm-tree. It was very tall, and in summer it looked like a monster bunch of green plumes.