"Baa, baa! we won't let you by:
It's no use for you to begin to cry.
You can't come this road, it's no use to try;
So never mind asking the reason why."
ELFRIDA'S PRESENT.
LFRIDA is a little German girl who lives in Bonn. She has a brother in New York. He sent her, not long ago, a bound copy of "The Nursery." She was greatly pleased. She spent much time looking at the pictures. Then she said, "Oh, how I wish I could read the stories!"
"You have been saving up your money for some time," said her mother. "For what have you been saving it?"
"To buy one of those beautiful dolls that can walk without being touched: I do so long to have one!" said the little girl. "But why do you ask, mamma?"
"It was only a passing thought," said mamma.
"But I want to know your passing thought," said Elfrida.