HOW TO TREAT A KITTEN.
There was once a boy named James, and one day his father came home and said, “James, I have got something for you.”
“What is it, father?” said James.
“Oh, I will show it to you presently,” said his father.
“Where is it?” said James.
“It is in a little basket, which I left out in the other room.”
So when James’ father had put away his hat and whip, he went out into the other room, and presently came in bringing a basket in his hands, which he was holding carefully by the handle.
“Oh, let me see, let me see,” said James; and he came up to his father, and began to pull down the basket.
This was wrong, for children ought never to attempt to pull any thing away from their father. It was foolish too, as well as wrong, for James could not succeed in pulling it away. The more he pulled, the higher his father held up the basket, until at last his father told him to let go. He obeyed.