% / V X % t£ THE osnnMEWS OWN STORY BOOK OR SIMPLE TALES NEW HAVEN. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY S. BABCOCK, • v. j ,, I zg, (•>. ST rfh <*® @^ *tf® ,1 *tfi> ES3 Ik VJ r ^ * ® $ m mi m m m m m m mi &&&&& THE '0 IS n JLi 32) 3 OWN STORY BOOK. OR SIMPLE TALES NEW HAVEN. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY S. BABCOCK. T IIIIIISIIIIIISI m 2 THE NEW BOOK m m. m m m m m m T m m m m m m m m m m £5 m m m m m m m m i iins ■MBHMMHBBHMI pQQQBOeOQBQOQQBBBQOI m JS3 THE i CHILD'S OWN STORY BOOK. H m m MARY AND HER MOTHER. H m "lam glad you have come home „ g« a g a m, mamma," said Mary, when she |f |g saw her mother get out of the coach, M §f which brought her to her own house, m || whence she had been gone about a m gj month. « Indeed, mamma, I am very II g glad to see you once more." *~ m "And I am very glad to see you „ jg again, Mary, and in such good health M m too. What have you done while I have H ^ been away from home, my dear?" |j H A great many things, mamma. One B jg day Cousin Jane came here, and she fei gf A great many things, mamma. One M gg day Cousin Jane came here, and she j p brought her pretty new book, and i H Harry sat down with us under the H p old tree, and read all the stories to us ; fl g and I have read all through my book |f |lj of Little Lessons, and I have kept my jf" ^BHBnnnBM»nflBBHOBBOBDBBBHBg P 4 MARY AND HER MOTHER. gSJ m m || little garden very neat. Will you g || come and see my roses 1 m m " Bye-and-bye I will ; but tell me, gj ia first, have you been very good, Mary?" j|j H " Not always, mamma ; for once I Kg m would not lend Harry my rake ; and I m H have cried three or four times ; but I m I! have sometimes been good all daylong, h §f I think Harry has been quite good." g fgj "lam glad you tell me the truth, (^ || Mary, and I like to hear you speak so gf M kindly of your brother. I have brought || H you a pair of shoes for your doll, and m H a new book and a new kite for Harry, m H which, I think, will please him much." ja • O, I am sure we shall both feel m || very happy. But have you not brought |g Q a toy for the baby V m m " Yes, a soft ball, which you can g| p roll along the floor, and then she will || p learn to walk after it. Now I will go JJ ftj and see your little garden." _ g H " Look at mv rose-bush, mamma ; it m jg is quite full of buds ; and here is ~a g §j white rose. I have two pinks on this §| yMigl MngH gBQOflflBBBMflBg m JIMMMIMMIMMMMIIIIIIllllliiiiii!^ || MARY AND HER MOTHER. 5 H ^j side, and many more pretty flowers. g| gj There are no weeds here, mamma. || gj Now come and look at our new swin°- : saj || one end of the rope is tied to the old g |g elm tree, and the other end to the big m m maple. This piece of board makes a H g| fine seat. When John got up into the H m elm to fasten the rope, he found a nest ^ tj with some young birds in it; but now §f j|j they have all flown away. I thought f| 11 birds always lived in their nests." M gj "No ; they perch on the branches of II Bg trees, or in thick bushes, in holes in the II || Avail, in the roofs of houses, or on the || m ground. Some sleep all day, and fly ij m about at night, such as owls. Some II B3 wake as soon as it is day, and go to |f g rest when the sun sets. As the sun is Q |§ down now, I think, my dear Ann, you j| || had better go to bed too." issj g "Good night, mamma ; I have not Hi g said good night to you for a long time, m fci; but I have often wished you a good Hj H night's rest, though I could not see g H you to tell you so)' m iiiwiiHiMimiiiHiPiiimiwmMiiiiMiiiiiiH m mi B THE BIRD'S NEST. w gj Oh, Jane, I saw such a cruel boy || || to-day ! said little Henry Manly to his || m sister. I will tell you all about it. m m As I was walking with papa in the m m fields, near Blake's farm, last week, H m we saw a bird's nest with one tiny little m H white egg in it; and we have walked m H that way every day since. On Mon- II day there were four eggs in it ; to-day, || g| when we went, nest and eggs, and all jgj M were gone. We were very sorry for m this, and as we came back Ave saw m Thomas Norman in his father's yard, m H with the nest in one hand, and the old jg^ H bird in the other. Papa asked him why || HH he had taken the nest, and he said,— || n " Because the birds eat the corn and || g|j fruit, and do so much mischief; so my || m: father told me to take as many nests JgJ ^las 1 can find. && H Then papa said to him, " But why jp H have you taken the old bird, and what !| are you going to do with her ? You m 8 THE BIRD S NEST. m m m mi mi m ft*.-.*-* ^-.-- A *>4 m mi m *A m m m hurt her, I am sure, by holding her so fast in your hot hand. Why do'nt you let the poor little thing go ?" " Because," said Tom, " when I tried to take the nest, she flew in my face and pecked at my eyes. She is a savage thing, and I mean to hurt her for trying to hurt me/* "She only did it in defence of her nest," said papa ; " do not be so cruel. A bird like that could not hurt you." "Oh, but it could," said he, " and I'll teach her to be savage !" And then, Jane, before papa could stop him, he threw the poor bird to an old cat, which stood by. We then saw that he had tied a string to the leg of the poor bird, and when the cat laid hold of it with her sharp claws, he dragged it away from her, so that the poor little thing was torn in pieces ! Papa talked to him a long time, and told him that God made the little birds, and that He was displeased with all those who were cruel to His creatures. IMIIMIMMIIMIIIIMIIIS m m m m m m m mi m m m m m m m m £3 mi m mi m mi m ma mi m m mi m m mi m ........ mi m m i " PS II LITTLE ARTHUR, fl [g " Mamma," said Arthur, as he came || gg in from a visit to his aunt ; " I have &$ |g seen a great many things to-day. m m Shall I tell you all I have seen ?" &3 gil " Yes, Arthur, for you seem quite m H happy, and I should very much like H HI to hear what has pleased you." || H " Well, mamma, now I will tell you. J|| p First I saw a boy with a cage full of || || white mice ; they had small red eyes jg| m and long tails, and as they ran up the lis m cage, it turned round and round with m ggg them. Next I saw a boy in a small m H cart, with two dogs dragging it. It put §| H me in mind of the dogs I read of, who |f H draw people about on the snow. Then || g§ I went past that shop with the shells M g§ and stones in the window, and I stood M air and looked at them a long time. They gg &*: are very beautiful." sag tea " They are so, my son ; I have often m Hf admired them. But did you see any jlj (j thing else?" g [IIMMIIIIIIIIffllllll £3 m m mi m m m mi &z m m m m m m: m m mmmw^mmmmmmmm 10 THE BROKEN PITCHER, II ll*t i---VN tUsiftfiftittvBMvyrwrv IMMIMSMMMIMIMMMMIMIMSIIIMMISIMMi £3 LITTLE ARTHUR. 1 1 $2 ^ £3 I isg "Yes, mamma; I saw a little girl || J H w ^ bare feet, who looked quite poor. j|| || She said she was very hungry, and I gj| p gave her a penny ; it was all I had to m p give her. When 1 was coming home, m * H I saw a little boy who had broken his m m pitcher in getting over the bars near || m farmer Oakley's. The pitcher was || 1 || filled with milk, and it slipped out of p j || his hand and was dashed in pieces, g* 1 II While the poor boy was telling me fes || about it, and lamenting his careless- m 1 |l nees > a woman came and stood by the H I tgj bars and heard all he said. The boy U j m told me that his mamma would be very || ] m angry at him for being so heedless. j|| H Then the woman laughed, and said || 3 HJ he had better tell his mother that a boy p| j jjgj knocked the pitcher out of his hand || |g| and broke it ! Was she not a wicked #k &§ woman, mamma ?" fc^ isil " Yes, my love, a very wicked one. m I res: But did the boy agree to tell the lie H H which she wished him to tell ?" H H ''Oh, no, mamma; he said to her, m E£3d THE POOR OLD MAN. m m m m m m m m mi m m m m m m m m i^-v-i m m m m m m ESI m m rm mi mi m wmsssm ^SIIIIIIIIISIIIIIMSIMIIIIIIIII^ &81 LITTLE ARTHUR. IS m m && jgj 'That would be a lie, and I will not tell £jj H a lie ; I will tell the truth, even if my §| P mother whips me.' ,% H || " Well, Arthur, do you remember M $& this good little boy, and never allow gg! m the fear of punishment, or any thin ~ m else, to tempt you to tell an untruth." g| H "I am sure I shall not forget him, H H mamma. After I left him, I saw an old, || H very old, man ; he could hardly walk, g || and he had a staff in his hand, on || jgj which he leaned for support. Poor m A old man! he could hardly see, for his m m eyes were dim ; he was weak and m II could but just totter along the road, m || So I went up to him, and led him along H || over the rough parts of the road, and || || he said he thanked me very much in- 1§ gj deed. I did right, did I not, mamma?" j| H "Yes, my son. Your walk seems || tfi to have done you good in more ways || If than one. Your cheeks are rosy, you p H have learned something new, and you g || have been kind to a poor hungry child, || |ft and to a feeble old man." I m m m m SSSSM1IISMIMMMIIIIMIIIIMIIIIM3 l£32 14 THE POOR BOY. m &*: m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m BBBBBSjnn HIP r ibsi m H THE STRAW BONNET. g jH Helen Russel, a little girl about sev- 1| ESI en years old, had a puppy given her ^ || by one of her friends. It was a pretty 1 bsi little pet, and Helen was very fond of £3 m it. She called him Prince. m Esg When the dog's teeth began to grow, fej H Helen's father told her he was afraid it H |H would gnaw and bite every thing that || H came in its way, and that it had better || gj be tied up. But Helen could not bear gj || to part with Prince, and she promised || ksg to take care that he did no harm. B^J m One day, when she had just come in m |f from a walk, her brother called her $& [Q and said, " There is a poor boy at the H || door, who is "^ery hungry, and has no || 8Q hat nor shoes ; come, Helen, come and || m see him." 11 gsi So Helen untied her straw bonnet || m in great haste, and threw it down, with m Eg her gloves, on a chair in the hall, and &3j || ran with John to the door, leaving || jH Prince behind her. || £3 1G THE STRAW BONNET. M m m H John and Helen were both very sor- {gj |f ry for the poor boy. John gave him ^ || one of his old hats, and a pajr of his || gg shoes, and Helen ran into the kitchen bbg ^i i . •,. I*3j £•? to get him something to eat. m £$s When the boy had gone, Helen went m K3 back to look for Prince. He was still p jr! in the hall ; but what was he doing ? H H Biting Helen's new straw bonnet in £| H pieces ! The ribbon had hung over || || the chair, and he had pulled at it till || gi he dragged the hat on the floor, and J%| £3 then he gnawed it all in pieces ; one m &§ of her gloves was also spoiled by him. m || "Oh ! you bad Prince," cried Helen, H || " you have spoiled my nice new bon- Hj |f net. I wish I had taken papa's advice, H || and tied you up before you had done || j£$ this mischief. It is my fault more than W$ g§ vours, lor 1 suppose you did not know M M vou must not bite straw bonnets as issa &£ well as bones. But you shall be shut m ^ up before you do any more mischief, |H and I must wear my old straw bonnet. jH I wish I had taken papa's advice." ^ CVB3Y3 a. s ri*l d v-» • w i^ &' (g © f ® .'.? @? £ £> # £? ■sirs) 7 @£* $tflX i ii i mi ■■iiMMiMmm f§ff mm MORAL, INSTRUCTIVE, AND EN- TERTAINING TQY BOOKS, jas BEAUTIFULLY WITH SUPERIOR ENGRAVINGS, F,OR THE MIND AND THE EYE, mmw mwK^E©m '? OF ALL THE QIFFERENT SIZES, JUST PUBLISHED. P ( C^^^' ^K&S 5 'd^F* 5 C^9^ mx~ 3 i *3 ®a s 1 "^^is^i^iP*^ &gife