—Taken from the New York Tribune.
THE PLANET MARS AND THE BABY PLANETS.
Next morning Harry and his little cousin Nellie, with her doll, awaited Mary. Harry had told Nellie about his delightful ramble on the moon the evening before, and she was delighted with the stories of the man, the woman, and the toad in the moon.
"I wonder what cousin Mary will tell us about this morning," she said.
"I am going to tell you about a pretty little planet named Mars," said Mary, as she came into the room and overheard Nellie's remark. Picking up Nellie, and placing her on her knee, she began the story of Mars as follows:
STORY OF PLANET MARS.
"Next door to our own planet earth is a beautiful little world tinted with red. It has snow-white caps at the north and south poles just like our earth, and trees and flowers perhaps far prettier, for all we know. But there is not much water on Mars, because Mars is an old planet."
"How do you know it is old?" asked Harry.
