And roll among the hay.
Charlotte Fox.
At length the time came when Alfred’s pleasant visit must end. When he was going away, Walter gave Flora a very beautiful box, as a keepsake. The box was filled with sugar-plums.
He also gave one to Alfred, on which was a picture of a boy flying a kite.
When they were in the steam-boat, Alfred brought the box to his mother, and said,
“Mamma, how many of these sugar-plums may I eat to-day?”
His mother said,
“You had better give me the box to keep for you, my dear; and when you say your lessons well, I will give you a few sugar-plums at a time, as a reward.”
Alfred loved sugar-plums very much; and he said he would rather keep the box himself, and eat them just when he liked.
His mother told him that if he did he would eat them all up, as the boy in the story-book eat his cake, and very likely get as sick as he; therefore he had better give them to her to deal out to him. So Alfred consented that his mamma should do this.