“I think,” said Anna, as soon as she could speak, “that no little girl ever had such a splendid, splendid grandpa as mine!”
“Isn’t he, though!” said Harry. “And now I’ll get out Boy Blue and we’ll ride over and thank him.” Boy Blue is Harry’s pony.
Do you know where these lovely little Shetland ponies live when they are at home? They live in the northern islands of Great Britain.
RALPH AND THE BUTTERFLIES.
RALPH was walking with papa in the fields, when he saw a red and black butterfly. It was on a thistle.
“I will catch him,” said Ralph. So he walked slowly up to the thistle and put out his hand to catch the butterfly. But the butterfly spread his wings and flew up in the air. In a moment he came back and lighted on the thistle again.
Ralph wanted to try to catch him again, but papa said, “The butterfly is eating his dinner.”
“Does he eat the thistle?” asked Ralph.