JANE OLIVER.
WHY THE CHICK CAME OUT.
Benny Bright-Eyes, climbing over
Heaps of crisp and fragrant clover,
Spies the dearest, cutest thing,
Hiding under Biddy's wing.
What sees Benny next? A wonder!
Rudely pushed quite out from under
Biddy's breast, an egg comes sliding,
In its shell a chicken hiding.
"Ah!" says Benny as he gazes,
And his merry blue eyes raises,
"I know why his house he's spoiled:
He's afraid of being boiled."
M. J. TAYLOR.
RALPH'S GREAT-GRANDMOTHER.
