So he took a big piece of cloth, and spread it on the ground, and laid Baby Elephant down on it, and cut a coat just like him, but he got it a good deal too big, and it has wrinkled ever since.
But Baby Elephant liked it, and was very proud of his pretty new things, and promised his Daddy he would keep them all very nice. And when he got home he ran and kissed his Mammy Elephant, who had just begun to wonder where he and Daddy had been all day.
And then they all had supper.
LITTLE BROWN HEN
Little Brown Hen, one warm spring day,
Made a nest in the barn, in the clover hay.
Said Little Brown Hen, "Eggs are so dear,
The Farmer Boy might come in here,
“So I really believe it may be wise,
To hide my nest from his bright blue eyes.”
The Bossy-calf saw her very well,
But she knew the Bossy-calf wouldn’t tell.
And every day when the clock struck ten,
With a cheerful song that Little Brown Hen