Her mother sighed, and said, “My dear,
Your sister cannot go;
They have not made a path, I fear,
Since this great fall of snow.”
Here James ran in with joy, and said,
“Dear mother, come and see;
John Mason’s here with his new sled,
He offers it to me
“To take our Nell to school to-day;
I am to be the horse;
Please wrap her up without delay,
You’ll let her go, of course!”
“And Susie, too,” John Mason cried,
“I’ll take her on my back;
Nell and the dinner, both can ride,—
John, follow in my track!”
The mother’s heart was filled with joy,
She watched them from the door,
A happy group! And that dear boy
Who thought upon the poor,
Think you, he was not happy, too,
When he went home at night!
If you would hear the story through,
Read “Right, and About Right.”[3]
RIDE TO SCHOOL IN WINTER.
“We are ready;
Let us go
Swiftly over
Ice and snow;
Nell and Susie,
Side by side,
You shall have
A glorious ride!”
See the happy children go
Smoothly o’er the ice and snow!
“Clasp your arms
Around me tight;
Hold on, Susie,
That is right;—
Nellie, keep
The basket still
When we dash
Down yonder hill!”
Thus the happy children go
Briskly o’er the ice and snow.
“Wintry weather
Cannot harm us,
Nor Jack Frost
E’er alarm us;
How exciting!
Onward move,
Hearts uniting
Thus in love.”
Merrily singing, on they go
Quickly o’er the ice and snow.