I know about everything underneath the skies!"
At that he hopped such a big hop, Billy could not see where he went. So he called out, "Good-bye, Grasshopper!"
Then he looked at his sad little toys, lying on the ground, and said, "I'll be back after while to play with you! I am going in to help my mother shell the peas!" And away he ran as fast as his little legs would carry him.
A HAPPY DAY
Billy was off for a walk. He had kissed his mother good-bye; he had stood his toys up in the corner; and now, with his little lunch-basket in his hand, he was running down to the gate when somebody said, "Good-morning, Billy! Where are you going?"
He looked around and there sat a grasshopper on a blade of grass.
"Good-morning, Grasshopper," said Billy. "I'm going for a walk."