Willie’s grandpa did happen to say to him that morning, “You catch me a blackbird, and I will give you five dollars.” He said it just out of fun. He did not think that Willie would ever try to do it.
THE DOG.
Do you see the dog and the hen? The dog bit the hen, and she was mad. My dog bit a fox on the hip. One day the fox bit the dog on the lip and ran off. Tom and I had a gun, and we set off to get the fox; but the sun was so hot we did not go far, but sat on the hay, and had fun.
A LETTER TO FRANK.
DEAR FRANK,—One day a rabbit came out of the woods to see if he could find any clover. Some boys saw him, and tried to catch him. He ran under the barn; then came out, sprang through the fence, and so got clear.
