She can talk in baby language,
She can laugh, and she can crow;
She's the pet and she's the darling,
She's the sweetest one we know.
Mother says that she will always
Be a sweet and gentle child,
If, in all our actions towards her,
We are loving, good, and mild.
Let us, then, be kind and pleasant
Ever to our little pet;
Nor to thank the God who gave her,
Morn and night, let us forget.
[Illustration]
I AM HAPPY WHEN I DO RIGHT.
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Letter H.]
How glad it makes me feel at night,
When sitting on my mother's knee,
To hear her whisper "You've done right,
And tried my gentle child to be."
But then I feel ashamed and sad
If I've been cross and disobeyed,
Or if my selfish way I've had
When I with other children played.
So if at night I'd call to mind
A day of undisturbed delight,
The only way that I can find
Is to be loving and do right.
[Illustration]
THE LITTLE BEGGAR-GIRL.
[Illustration: Signed HOWLANDS.]
I've just looked from the window
To see the snow come down,
And make the streets look nice and white,
That lately were so brown.
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