And I beg him tell another.

“Well,” reflectively, “I’ll ’mence.

Mamma, I did see a doggie,—

Great—big—doggie,—on the fence.”

“Rather similar,—your stories,—

Aren’t they, dear?” A sober look

Swept across the pretty forehead;

Then he sudden courage took.

“But I know a nice, new ’tory,—

’Plendid mamma! Hear me ’mence.