“Oh,” said his mother, “what fun that will be! I love to weed, and it is such a fine day! Mayn’t I come and help?”
“Why, yes,” said the little boy. “You may.” And they weeded the garden beautifully, and had a glorious time.
[CHILD’S PLAY]
Once a child was sitting on a great log that lay by the roadside, playing; and another child came along, and stopped to speak to him.
“What are you doing?” asked the second child.
“I am sailing to the Southern Seas,” replied the first, “to get a cargo of monkeys, and elephant tusks, and crystal balls as large as oranges. Come up here, and you may sail with me if you like.”
So the second child climbed upon the log.