“Take hold of the string, little boy,” said the man. “Don’t let it get away from you.”
“Please, sir,” said Betty. “I want to buy a balloon.”
“Which one will you have, little girl?” asked the balloon man.
“I want a yellow balloon, if you please,” said Betty. “Here is a dime.”
The balloon man took the dime and said, “Be careful, Miss. Keep hold of the string.”
For study and play:
Now boys, now girls, come buy a balloon,
’Twill fly so swiftly up to the moon;
Come buy them, blue, red, yellow, or green,