Uncle Robert looked into the bag, and sure enough Freddie was "all packed."
"Well, Freddie," said his uncle, "I am not going now. When you are older you shall go."
Freddie did not at first want to give up the idea. Uncle Robert talked kindly, and gave him a gold dollar. So Freddie behaved like a good little boy, and waited until he was older.
—ELIZABETH ORR WILLIAMS.
MAKING MAPLE SUGAR.
Let's go down in the wood-lot," said John to his little brother Tim, one day, "and tap a tree and make maple sugar. I can't find the gimlet, but I've got a big nail and the hammer."
