So they both let go of it; and off the wind bore it up among the bushes by the side of the house.
In order to explain the matter still further to his sister, Harry made a little flat boat out of a shingle, and put in it a mast, and on the mast a paper sail.
Then they went down to the river and launched it; and, much to Anna's delight, the wind bore it far out towards the middle of the stream.
Bravo swam out, took it in his mouth, and brought it back; and Anna was at last quite satisfied that she knew how it is that the wind makes the vessel go on the river.
Dora Burnside.
MOLLY TO HER DOLLY.
Well, dolly, here I am again,
Just home from school, you see:
Let's come down to our cubby-house
Beneath the willow-tree.
There, dolly, now we're snug and safe,
Away from horrid boys;
Oh! don't we hate their teasing tricks,
Their rudeness and their noise!
Come, let me press your little cheek,
So rosy and so cool;
And I will tell you all about
The times I had at school.
I said my tables pretty well,
But missed on five times seven:
In spelling I went to the head
(The word, dear, was e-lev-en).
At recess, Nelly Fay and I
A splendid "teter" made:
O dolly! we went up so high,
You would have been afraid.
And Nelly promised she would come
And spend this afternoon:
So, dolly, I must change your dress,
For she will be here soon.
She'll bring with her her stylish doll,
(Miss Maud May Rosalie)
Who wears real ear-rings and a watch
(As vain as she can be)!
Ah, dolly! by her Paris dress
Yours will look plain, I fear;
But you have twice as sweet a face,
My ownty darling dear!