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| “It is a fine big box, with the sides raised so that Johnny and the sand will not fall out.” (See [page 1]) | [Frontispiece] |
| “They found Old Cat in the Barn sitting on a truss of hay, washing herself” | [22] |
| “He held them up so that the Boy Over the Fence could see them” | [48] |
| “Then she made two little stars and pasted them on the tips of his ears” | [62] |
| “Now he gave her one in the rosy-posy dish” | [71] |
| “The battle was long and fierce on both sides” | [96] |
| “Twice one is two, we make our bow to you” | [125] |
| “Now the doors wide open throw, that we into church may go” | [148] |
Three Minute Stories
JOHNNY AND HIS SAND BOX
Johnny’s sand box is in the back yard. It is a fine big box, with the sides raised so that Johnny and the sand will not fall out. The sand is fine and dry, and almost white; it came from the seashore, and sometimes you find a little shell in it.
The things that belong in the sand box (beside Johnny himself!) are the blue tin pail to hold sand, and the red tin pail to hold water, and the shovel, and the rake, and the old kitchen spoon. The things that do not belong there (some of them) are the woolly dog (because the sand gets all into his wool, and then shakes out on the nursery floor, and Maggie says it is a Sight!), and Johnny’s shoes and stockings (he likes to take them off and sift the hot, clean sand between his bare toes), and the neighbors’ cats.