MAY DAY, &c.
CHAPTER THE FIRST.
THE STORY.
Miss Lydia Lively was sitting one day in the parlour, upon a little stool, reading the History of Little Ann and Little James, when her Mamma, who had been out some hours on a visit, came in. The little girl ran to her with great joy, and told her, that her aunt had called, and had given her the prettiest little book she ever read.
Lydia.
It is about a little girl, Mamma, just my age; and it tells you every thing that she did; and how well she behaved; and there are some nice pictures in it—I wish I had a great many such little books.
Mamma.
Then you like to read stories about good girls, do you, Lydia?
Lydia.
Yes, I do; do not you, Mamma?