Gathering pretty posies. Oh, do look at the dove taking a peep at her! and the squirrels know they need not scamper off, for she is too good to hurt them.
HELPING MOTHER
[Original]
Who is this diligent little girl, I wonder? See how she is polishing the table! This is little Mary Tom, the gardener's daughter; and, as her mother is helping in the garden, she is keeping house with her sister Jane. Jane is just setting out to the village to buy something nice for her father's tea; and she is telling Mary to be careful, and not scrub the paint off,—as if Mary would be so foolish!