"This," said she, "is what is called a deed, and Mr. Willard has given you the house we live in and the woods you love so much."
"For my own?" cried Nelly, opening her eyes very wide.
"Yes, dear," answered her mother.
"And the rabbits and squirrels and birds and everything in it?"
"Yes, dear, all of them."
I can not tell you all that Nelly said, or how much happiness there was in the little cottage. After this Nelly and Mr. Willard became close friends. He called her his "Wood Fairy," and they could be seen almost every day wandering hand in hand through Nelly's wood.
LITTLE MOTHER HUBBARD.