THE SWEET-GRASS HOUSE.
MRS. S. J. BRIGHAM.
Two little mice went out one day
Among the scented clover;
They wandered up and down the lane,
They roamed the meadow over.
“Oh, deary me!” said Mrs. Mouse,
“I wish I had a little house!”
Said Mr. Mouse,—“I know a place
Where nice sweet grass is growing;
Where corn-flowers blue, and buttercups
And poppies red, are blowing.”
“Oh, deary me!” said Mrs. Mouse,
“We’ll build us there a house.”
So, of some sweet and tender grass
They built their house together;
And had a happy time, through all
The pleasant summer weather.
“Oh, deary me!” said Mrs. Mouse,
“Who ever had so nice a house?”
JOHNNY’S GARDEN.
Johnny had a garden plot,
And set it all in order,
But let it run to grass and weeds,
Which covered bed and border.
Two stalking sun-flowers reared their heads,
So firmly were they rooted,
And Johnny, as he looked at them,
Was any thing but suited.