IN PROSE.

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Edith and the Chickens[291]
How the Old Sparrow helped the Young One [293]
Home, Sweet Home[294]
The little Sailor[297]
So Tired[301]
Drawing-Lesson[305]
The Doll that Fanny Found[306]
All True[308]
The Strange Man[310]
A Knowing Dog[311]
The Starling[313]
Daisies and Clover[314]
Helping Mother[316]

IN VERSE.

Popping Corn[290]
In School and Out[296]
The Crickets' Sociable[299]
Lessons[302]
On the Way to Slumberland[309]
Mother's Caller[312]
Curly-Head and Inquisitive Ned[315]
The Squirrel[318]
Roly-Poly (with music) [320]

POPPING CORN.
VOL. XXX.—NO. 4.

POPPING CORN.

Pour the nice corn
Out of the bowl,
Into the popper,
Over the coal,—
The bright glowing coal.
Shake now, for your life,
The fine golden grain;
Now listen! what strife
Goes on there amain!
Hear it! Pop, pop!
Pop, pop! Pop, pop!
Now the popper is full,
The shaking must stop.
Bring the dish, little Rosie,
Come, Jamie and Josie,
And out we will pour
Our nice puffy store.
So crisp and so light,
So tender and white!
What were beads of gold
When put in the hopper,
Into flowers unfold,—
O magical popper!