A hare runs away,
And little boys play;
And girls they have skippers,
While maidens work slippers.
THE YOUNG SPORTSMAN.
Henry Downing's father was a gamekeeper; so you will not be surprised to hear that he was very fond of playing at hunting and shooting.
His dearest friend was little Minnie Warren. He ran up to her one fine September day, and said, "Oh! Minnie, father has been so kind; he has given me a hare, and after you and I have had a game at hunting it, I'm to give it to you, and you're to give it to your mother to jug. There! what say you to that?"
Minnie was pleased.