It is interesting to notice the recurrence of the theme in these pictures. There is still a dog, and the children must be a generation younger than those in “Pluck,” but they are the same sturdy, industrious, plucky little people.
Mr. Willard’s children are always wholesome and attractive. They are honest, happy, unspoiled little folks, full of fun and ingenuity, and good companions for boys and girls everywhere.
INTRODUCTION
This is the tale of a pumpkin pie
And of Charlie and Fred. Just how and why
They labored with their sister Nell
And Towser helped, this book will tell.
All boys and girls who read it through
Will know what they themselves should do.
If they will work, and wait, and try,
They, too, may have a pumpkin pie.
Where shines the sun with mellow light,
And grass grows green and flowers are bright,
There live our girl and jolly boys,
In all the farm home’s cares and joys.
They drive the cows adown the lot
Where cool the creek, though days are hot;
In health and happiness they dwell,
And what they do I now will tell.
