Lockport, Illinois.
I want to tell you about some fun I had the other day. We have a barrel sunk in the yard with water-lilies in it. There was a lizard in it too. I made a noose and caught it, and put it into mamma's big dish pan, which I filled with water. Then I caught two little toads; one was a little brown fellow about an inch long, and the other a little larger. I put a little piece of board in the water, and fastened it to the end of the string that was round the lizard's neck. Then I put the little toads on the board, and the lizard drew them all around.
Emma H.
Scottsville, New York.
I am five and a half years old. I can not read, but I can write letters, although mamma says nobody can read them, so she is writing this for me. Mamma and sister read me the stories in Young People. I liked "The Moral Pirates" best of all, but I was afraid Jim would get shot when he took the borrowed boat back.
I have a cat that eats milk and everything with its paw. And I have three rabbits.
Yesterday I took mamma and papa over to the depot, a mile away, and drove home all alone.
I go fishing with papa, and have caught a good many fish.
Milton B.