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 New York. 
 
OUTDOOR FRIENDS. 
 
 N the picture on the cover of this 
 book you can see Jack and Lou, 
 two children who live in the coun- 
 try, and so have lots of outdoor 
 friends. 
 
 They like to help to feed the 
 fowls and animals, and these soon 
 get to know those from whom they receive fa- 
 vors of this kind. You see that one of the 
 geese in the picture seems surprised that they 
 should pass by without giving it something 
 good. 
 
 But if the geese are to be called friends, 
 dog Fido, whose picture is on the other side 
 of the next leaf, needs some dearer name than 
 friend. A wiser and more knowing dog never 
 lived, the children think. He is always ready 
 to join them in play, and watches over them 
 as if they had been put specially in his charge. 
 Not only the children, but all the smaller 
 creatures about the farm are looked on by 
 Fido as proper objects of his care. He never 
 chases or hurts the chickens or other fowls, but 
 
OUTDOOR FRIENDS. 
 
 come to their rescue if any danger threatens 
 them. 
 
 I must tell you how patiently he acted to- 
 wards some very saucy hens and chickens. 
 His food used to be brought to him in a can, 
 and placed before his kennel, which was in a 
 corner of the farmyard. These fowls would 
 gather round, and try to get some of the con- 
 tents of the can. 
 
 Fido was annoyed, of course, 
 
 e warned them to 
 
 away by growling 
 
 howing his teeth 
 
 em. This would 
 
 frighten them 
 
 off for a while, 
 
 but they soon 
 
 came back. 
 
 The good-na- 
 tured dog then, 
 instead of snap- 
 ing at and biting 
 some of them, 
 quietly lifted the 
 
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The Dog 
 
Feeding the Pig 
 
OUTDOOR FRIENDS. 
 
 can in his mouth, and took it inside of his ken- 
 nel. There he finished his meal in peace, 
 while the fowls stood outside, afraid to go in. 
 ., — __i Did you ever see pigs 
 
 fed. Such a squeaking and 
 squalling as they set up as 
 soon as they catch sight of 
 their food is never heard 
 from any other animals. 
 Mary, whom you see in the picture one 
 page back, thinks it great fun now and then 
 to take a pan of meal and milk to the sty, just 
 to see and hear the commotion that takes 
 place amongst them. 
 
 There is one big greedy fellow who almost 
 climbs out of the sty in his eagerness to get 
 his share of the treat. The food is all sucked 
 up the moment it is put in the trough, and 
 then there is a squeal for more. 
 
 A donkey, called Neddy, whose picture is 
 
 also in this book, once succeeded in making 
 
 two pigs, that were put in the field with him, 
 
 quit for a while their noisy way of feeding. 
 
 Neddy was quietly nibbling the grass, when 
 
UTDOOR FRIENDS. 
 
 he heard, oh, such a squeaking! He looked 
 up and saw the pigs fighting for some apples 
 which had just been put in the field for them. 
 
 If the pigs had been wise, they would have 
 ^aten the fruit in silence. When the donkey 
 found he could not eat his grass in peace, be- 
 cause the pigs squeaked and squalled so, he 
 gave a loud bray, and ran up to them. 
 
 He then took one of them by the ear, 
 swinging him off the ground, and after giving 
 him a good shaking he dropped him. The 
 pigs had now got such a fright that they made 
 no more noise, but kept themselves in one 
 corner of the field, as far from the donkey as 
 they could. 
 
 Here is another story about Neddy. His 
 lodging-place at night was in a shed, in front 
 of which was a small yard. On one side of 
 the yard was the kitchen garden, separated 
 from the yard by a wall, in which was a door 
 or gate, fastened by a bolt. 
 
 Neddy could go into the yard, but was not 
 supposed to be able to enter the garden. One 
 morning, though, prints of his feet were found 
 
The Donkey 
 
Rabb 
 
 ITS 
 
OUTDOOR FRIENDS. 
 
 on the beds and 
 walks. No one 
 could guess how 
 this could be, but 
 a watch was kept 
 the next night, and 
 Neddy was seen to 
 come out of his 
 shed, rear up on 
 his hind-legs, and 
 draw back the bolt 
 that fastened the 
 gate into the gar- 
 den. 
 
 In a few minutes 
 he came back bringing a large bunch of car- 
 rots. He took them into his shed, and then 
 went back to latch the gate, after which he set 
 about munching his plunder at his leisure. 
 
 A lock was put on the gate the next day, 
 and so poor Neddy's supply of stolen goodies 
 was cut off. 
 
 Rabbits are animals that many boys and 
 girls make friends of; and they are such pretty, 
 
OUTDOOR FRIENDS, 
 
 cunning-looking creatures that one can hardly 
 help liking them. 
 
 Eddy and John had some very pretty rab- 
 bits for pets. They were so kind to them 
 that they became very tame and learned some 
 funny tricks. 
 
 At length they trained the rabbits to run a 
 hurdle race, and that made such a funny sight 
 that all the friends of the boys liked to see it. 
 
 The race-course was a ditch which the boys 
 had made, leading from the rabbit hutch 
 quite a sweep around, and back. 
 
 Across the ditch, at short spaces, some lit- 
 tle sticks were placed. When there was to be 
 a race, Eddy raised the door of the hutch and 
 whistled. Out came the rabbits, hopping 
 along as fast as they could go. They jumped 
 over each stick as they came to it; this made 
 it a hurdle race you see. 
 
 Round the course they went, and back into 
 their house again. How the friends did laugh 
 and clap their hands. You may be sure the 
 boys were asked to show off their rabbit-race 
 very often. 
 
A Visit to the Geese 
 
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 Clara and Her Pet Rabbits 
 
RABBITS. 
 
 IN the picture on the cover you can see 
 Clara and her pet rabbits. 
 
 She has five of them. Two are white, one 
 black, one gray, and one black and white 
 mixed. 
 
 What pretty long ears they have, and what 
 soft silky fur! 
 
 Clara keeps them in a hutch; but she often 
 puts them on the ground, and it is such fun 
 to see them move and leap about. 
 
 They are so tame that they will eat out of 
 her hand, though I am sorry to say that at 
 times they are like some naughty boys and 
 girls — they fight. 
 
 Clara is not like some careless children, who 
 neglect their pets after they have had them a 
 while, and they have ceased to be a new play- 
 thing to them. 
 
 She sees that their hutch is kept dry and 
 clean, and never forgets to feed them. Cab- 
 bage leaves and carrots are what they like best 
 to eat, but she also gives them oats and 
 bran. 
 
SQUIRRELS. 
 
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 WHEN kept as a pet, the squirrel is an 
 amusing little creature. It will become 
 so tame and playful 
 as to crawl into its 
 master's pockets in 
 search of nuts. 
 
 But it is in its na- 
 tive woods that it is 
 seen at its best. At 
 one moment you be- 
 hold it scampering 
 up and down a tree 
 as if it were playing 
 hide and seek among 
 the branches. A t 
 another you will see it 
 sitting upright, gnawing at a nut it has plucked. 
 
 It is a wise and thrifty little animal, too. 
 In autumn, when the nuts are ripe, it gathers 
 a store which it hides away in places where it 
 thinks they will be found only by itself. Then 
 when winter comes there is no danger that it 
 will suffer through want of food. 
 
Squirrels 
 

 
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 A Snapshot at Neddy Bray 
 
NEDDY BRAY. 
 
 NEDDY BRAY, who is being photo- 
 graphed in the picture over the leaf, is 
 a very sly donkey. 
 
 One day George took him out for a drive. 
 In a short time Neddy fell lame. George said, 
 " Poor Neddy ! I won't drive any further to- 
 day, but will take you slowly home." 
 
 A stone in his shoe had caused Neddy's 
 lameness, and when it was taken out he soon 
 got well. But the next time George took him 
 out, he very quickly fell lame again. 
 
 George, in great concern, turned his head 
 toward home. Then Neddy put up his ears, 
 and started off at a lively trot. 
 
 He was not lame at all, but had said to 
 himself, " I don't feel like trotting to day. 
 I'll pretend I am lame and then I shall be 
 taken home." 
 
 Neddy was sly, but not quite sly enough. 
 He should have kept lame till he reached home. 
 As it was, George turned his head again, and 
 went on with his drive ; but he could not help 
 laughing at the cunning trick of his donkey. 
 
THE CAT. 
 
 PUSSY is surely no stranger to you, for of 
 all our animal friends she is the one that 
 most of us first get acquainted with. It is rare 
 to find a house in which there are children 
 that is without a family cat. 
 
 Some folks who do not like her say that 
 she is sly and thievish, and perhaps she has 
 those faults to some extent, but then think 
 of all the virtues she has to make up for them. 
 
 How neat and tidy she is in her habits ! 
 How quietly she goes about the house ! How 
 patient she is when children play roughly with 
 her ! She will let Tilda 
 squeeze her, and Tom 
 tease her, and 
 let Baby even 
 pull her tail 
 without once 
 scratching. 
 
 Of course there is no need of mentioning 
 her usefulness as a rat and mouse catcher. 
 That is generally the first thing that comes in- 
 to our minds whenever we think of the cat. 
 
The Cat 
 
The Goat 
 
JERRY, THE GOAT. 
 
 THE goat is an active 
 and good-tempered 
 animal, and it is no wonder 
 that it is a great favorite 
 with children, for it seems 
 to delight in their company, 
 and to love to receive their 
 caresses. When trained to draw a little car- 
 riage, it will pull it about cheerfully, as long as 
 it is kindly treated. 
 
 But it will stand up for its rights if it thinks 
 it is being imposed upon. I have heard of one, 
 named Jerry, that had always been very good- 
 humored till Fred, his little master, whipped 
 him, one day, because he could not keep up 
 in a race with a pony that belonged to 
 a young friend of Fred's. 
 
 Jerry reared up and backed till the wagon 
 tipped over and spilt Fred into a ditch full of 
 muddy water. Then he trotted home with 
 the wagon, while Fred had to follow on foot. 
 A very forlorn-looking figure he was, with 
 the mud sticking all over him. 
 
JUDY, THE MONKEY. 
 
 MONKEYS are very amusing pets — -pro- 
 vided you are willing to put up with 
 more or less mischief for the sake of the fun. 
 They like particularly to tease all other ani- 
 mals that live near them, and many strange 
 stories are told of their tricks on creatures 
 more simple than themselves. 
 
 One named Judy lived in the house with a 
 cat that had a little white kitten. Judy often 
 tried to get hold of the kitten, but the cat 
 guarded it carefully. 
 
 One day Judy found it in the kitchen while 
 the mother was out, and took it up. Just then 
 the cat came in and sprang at Judy. Out 
 doors went the mon- 
 key with the kitten, 
 and climbed up to 
 the roof. There she 
 sat chattering with 
 joy, and rocking and 
 patting kitty in her 
 arms as a nurse would a baby. After a while 
 she brought it back safe to its mother. 
 

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 A Necktie for the Colt 
 
The Baby C 
 
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THE COUNTRY VISIT. 
 
 A VISIT to the country 
 is full of pleasure for 
 to most children, because 
 ,3? they like the animals, and 
 ;^l birds, and other things 
 they can see there. So 
 it was with great joy that 
 Tom, Clara, and Bessie Allen heard from their 
 parents that they were going to send them to 
 pay a long visit to an uncle and aunt who 
 lived on a large farm. 
 
 It was a fine sunshiny afternoon when they 
 arrived at the farm. There were all sorts of 
 sweet scents in the air from the wild flowers, 
 and the fresh grass, and there were pleasant 
 sounds of lowing cows, and bleating sheep, 
 and the hum of bees in the fields of clover. 
 
 Their uncle and aunt were glad to see 
 them, and told them they must turn farmers 
 now, and run about in the green fields, and 
 get all the fresh country air they could. 
 
 Each hour of every day at the farm showed 
 something fresh to the delighted children, who 
 
THE COUNTRY VISIT. 
 
 soon made friends with all the people at the 
 farm, and with most of the animals and birds. 
 
 They would be up as early as they awoke, 
 but however early they were about, they al- 
 ways found that the farm men were still earlier. 
 
 It was a great delight to scamper off to the 
 poultry yard and the barns to fetch new-laid 
 eggs for breakfast, and to hunt in out-of-the- 
 way corners where some of the cunning hens 
 had made their nests. 
 
 There was a funny little puppy dog kept in 
 one of the out-buildings who learned to look 
 for a greeting from them every morning. He 
 was so small that he could 
 hardly climb down steps of 
 ordinary height, and often 
 tumbled over himself when 
 he ran to meet them. 
 
 Then too they would try 
 to help the men who were 
 feeding the animals, from 
 the long-legged young calf, or " baby cow," as 
 Bessie called it, to the great big work horses. 
 The " baby cow " became quite a pet of 
 
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 Petting the Guinea Pigs 
 
A Young Horse 
 
THE COUNTRY VISIT. 
 
 Bessie's, and in the picture on the cover you 
 can see her with her arm around its neck. 
 
 But Tom and Clara's most particular busi- 
 ness was to feed four little guinea-pigs that 
 were kept as pets on the farm. They would 
 sit down on a platform in the rear of the 
 stable, and the little creatures would climb in- 
 to their arms, and eat a carrot or other vege- 
 table from their hands. 
 
 After breakfast they spent the morning in 
 the barns and lofts climbing into all sorts of 
 places. They would help turn the handle of 
 the hay-cutting machine, the sharp blades of 
 which clip up the hay into tiny bits which were 
 mixed with bran, and oats, and other things, 
 and put in the nose-bags to be taken out in 
 the fields with the horses for them to eat. 
 
 Sometimes they would go off with their 
 aunt to the hen-house to see if a fresh brood 
 of chickens was hatching out, and great was 
 the joy of them all when they were told that 
 they might carry the basket in which ten fluffy 
 little chickens were crying " peep, peep ! " at 
 being taken from their warm nest to the coop 
 
THE COUNTRY VISIT. 
 
 on the grass. A great noise was made by the 
 
 poor mother-hen as their aunt carried her along 
 
 by the legs, for she did not know what was 
 
 being done to her little 
 
 ones. But soon they were 
 
 got to their new home, 
 
 and the hen was clucking 
 
 in the coop made of a 
 
 barrel, and the chicks were 
 
 running in and out between 
 
 the bars. 
 
 All the children tried their hands at milking 
 the cows, but found they could not do it, 
 although it looked so very easy. Having seen 
 the cows milked, they also wished, of course, 
 to see how it was that the milk was turned into 
 butter, so they spent a morning in the dairy 
 with their aunt and Sue, the dairy-maid. 
 
 They saw the pans of milk skimmed of their 
 cream, and then saw the cream churned till the 
 butter came, and were much interested, 
 although they thought that the spoonsful of 
 thick cream which their aunt gave them now 
 and then were the best part of it. 
 
Tiik Sheep 
 
Pigs 
 
THE COUNTRY VISIT. 
 
 Some days our young folks would go out 
 into the pastures to see the sheep and lambs 
 grazing. They were told not to go too near 
 
 them, for there was a ram 
 
 amongst them that was rather 
 
 ^W'^mW^^r-^ cross, and might take a 
 
 l#^»i mSlIf ' notlon to use his horns on 
 
 iy\I2II^»^i|them if he thought they 
 ^^^^«!5^^-meairt to molest the flock. 
 
 There were a good many pigs on the farm. 
 The children did not much admire the big ones, 
 they seemed so dirty and greedy ; but there 
 were two young ones in a pen with their mother 
 that used to amuse them very much, they looked 
 so funny, and gave such squeals of delight when 
 a green apple or anything of that sort was 
 thrown to them. 
 
 Haymaking time soon came on, and gave 
 the children much to see that was interesting. 
 Later in the season came the harvest, when the 
 wheat crop was reaped. After it was all in the 
 barn, a steam thrashing machine came and 
 thrashed the wheat, that is, separated the grain 
 from the straw. 
 
THE COUNTRY VISIT. 
 
 The straw is kept on the farm for the cattle, 
 but the grain which is to be made into bread 
 is sold either to the millers, or to dealers who 
 in their turn sell it to them, and the millers 
 grind it into flour. In the small picture on 
 this page, you can see an ox-cart loaded with 
 bags of grain which a man is going to take to 
 market to sell. 
 
 The gathering of the apples and other fruit 
 was the last farm work which the children saw, 
 and they thought it was quite as good fun as 
 
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 anything which had 
 gone before it. The 
 summer and early au- 
 tumn were now past, 
 and papa and mamma 
 thought it was time they 
 should come home, and 
 resume school work. 
 
 So one cool but beautiful day, when the 
 trees were wearing their brightest dress of red 
 and gold, they bade good-by to their uncle 
 and aunt, and to all the good friends they 
 had made during their " Country Visit." 
 
Going to Market 
 

 A Treat for the Ducklings 
 
FARM FAVORITES. 
 
 HpHE Farm is full of animals — cows, and 
 J- pigs, and horses, ducks, and hens, and 
 geese and turkeys. I do like the farm $ there 
 is always something to see and hear in it, and 
 the animals are all so friendly, as the farmer 
 and his wife are so kind to them. 
 
 I will tell you about some of them. My 
 pets are pigeons ; these live in a dove-cot. 
 
 One has a tail like a fan, and tumbles when 
 he flies. 
 
 Another has a round breast like a ball, and 
 cannot fly well. 
 
 Another can fly for miles and miles ; if you 
 take it away fifty miles by train even, and then 
 let it go, it will find its way home. 
 
 All these birds are very tame, and will feed 
 from my hand, as you may see in the picture 
 on another page. 
 
 Just over one leaf there is a picture of the 
 rooster strutting about in a very lordly way. 
 He is always ready to fight if another rooster 
 should dispute his claim to be master of the 
 yard ? and when he wins he bears himself with 
 
FARM FAVORITES. 
 
 the air of a king a- 
 mong fowls. 
 
 Here is a picture of 
 a nice old hen that we 
 call Speckle. She has 
 raised several broods 
 of little chicks, and 
 seems to enjoy having 
 a big family to care for. 
 
 What dear fluffy little puff-balls young 
 chicks are ! No one would ever think they 
 could grow up to be big hens and roosters. 
 But they do grow fast. Why, soon they are 
 not baby chicks at all, and are able to run a- 
 bout and scratch for themselves. 
 
 You know that each little chick, in the first 
 place, is hid away in an egg. The old hen 
 must sit on this till the chick is hatched. 
 
 Poor Speckle was once fooled by having a 
 china egg put under her along with some others. 
 When the chicks had come out of the others, 
 she tried to break this one with her bill, but it 
 would not break. At last she had to give up, 
 and walked away in a rage. 
 
The Rooster 
 
Sly Pussie 
 
FARM FAVORITES 
 
 There is a cat at the farm whose name is 
 Slyboots. Her home is in a shed where the 
 farmer keeps some loose straw and hay, and a 
 large old basket which makes a cosy bed. She 
 is called Slyboots because she has so many 
 cunning tricks for catching rats and mice. 
 
 She sometimes catches birds, too, and for 
 that reason I am not as fond of her as I should 
 be if she let them alone. She often stays away 
 from the house for days hunting them. 
 
 One day that she did stay at home, she lay 
 down in the hall near a stand of plants and 
 flowers. She was nearly going to sleep when 
 she heard a faint flutter, and there, just over 
 her head, was a bird that had come in at the 
 open window. 
 
 Slyboots crept round under the shadow of 
 the plants, and watched the bird till it settled 
 on the edge of a large vase that stood on a 
 table. With one bound she sprang upon it, 
 and by her weight brought the vase to the 
 ground, where it broke into twenty pieces. 
 
 Slyboots away ran in a dreadful fright, and 
 we did not see her for many days after that. 
 
FARM FAVORITES. 
 
 A very great pet on the farm is a dog called 
 Rover. He helps to take care of the sheep. 
 He is very mild and gentle, and never hurts 
 the animals. 
 
 A queer duty that Rover 
 has taken on himself is to find 
 the eggs when the hens do not 
 put them in their proper nests. 
 
 Quite by accident, he once 
 found a hen's nest behind a 
 tree in a little hole by the root. The hen 
 jumped off when Rover came, and ran away 
 cackling so loud that we all knew that she had 
 laid an egg somewhere. 
 
 When we went up to where she was, we saw 
 the tree and Rover standing be-side it. There 
 was an egg in Rover's mouth, and another in 
 the nest. Rover seemed puzzled to know 
 what to do, but at last he came up and put the 
 egg down at his master's feet, and never broke 
 it. Of course he was praised by his master 
 and made much of. 
 
 So ever since that time Rover has taken to 
 hunting for eggs, and bringing them back ; and 
 
Feeding the Pigeons 
 
The Turkey 
 
farm favorites. 
 
 when we think that the fowls are hiding their 
 nests, we call Rover and say, "Eggs, Rover, 
 Eggs ! " and he rushes away and nearly always 
 finds some. 
 
 The pigeons, as I have told you, are my 
 special pets. My little sister Susy has taken 
 for her pets a brood of six little ducks. You 
 can see her feeding them in the picture on the 
 cover. They have learned to swim already, 
 and when they are in the water make as pretty 
 a sight as one could wish to see. 
 
 On the page just 
 before this one, you 
 can see a picture of 
 the big turkey gobbler. 
 He is rather handsome 
 as he struts about with 
 his tail feathers spread 
 out, but he is too cross 
 to be made a pet of. 
 But that is not the case 
 with a dear, gentle old horse that we have on 
 the farm, named Betsy. Betsy is now getting 
 very old, and knows all about the farm and our 
 
Farm favorites. 
 
 ways, because she was born there, and has 
 never been away from it, and has always been 
 kindly treated. 
 
 Every one loves Betsy. My little cousin 
 Fred, who stayed with us on the farm all last 
 summer, grew so fond of her that he used often 
 to go out to the pasture to share his torenoon 
 luncheon with her. 
 
 Mamma would give him two biscuits, two 
 apples, and two lumps of sugar in a little basket, 
 and he would take them to the pasture. Betsy 
 soon learned to expect him, and waited for him 
 at the bars. She knew that half of what was 
 in the basket was meant for her. 
 
 In the farm-yard, there is a pump, with a 
 trough in front of it from which all the animals 
 drink. Without any one teaching her, Betsy 
 learned how to work this pump. 
 
 One day she wanted a drink, but the trough 
 was empty. What did she do but take the 
 pump handle in her mouth and work it up and 
 down with her head till she had drawn water 
 enough for herself! Pretty smart for a horse, 
 wasn't it? 
 

 Nero on Guard 
 

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 lover for Molly 
 
THE COW. 
 
 "TV/T^ name ls Molly. This is the name 
 -"- ▼ A my mistress gave me, and now every 
 one calls me by it. 
 
 " Four years ago I was a little calf. At 
 first I was as helpless as a babe, and had to 
 be fed with my mother's milk. 
 
 " At that time I was of no use to my mas- 
 ter ; but the children were very fond of me 5 
 and they often came into the field to play 
 with me. 
 
 "Sometimes they tied ribbons round my 
 neck, and called me pet names, and we all 
 had a good romp together in the meadow. 
 
 "Now I am a grown-up cow, and I give 
 milk to all the little children who live at the 
 farm. 
 
 " I do not play with them now as I did 
 when I was a calf; but when they offer me a 
 bunch of nice clover, I am always glad to eat 
 it. 
 
 " There comes Nancy, the milk-maid, with 
 the milk-pail. She is coming to milk me, 
 and I am glad I have plenty to give her. 
 
THE COW. 
 
 "My master is very kind to me. In win- 
 ter, when the cold weather comes, I have a 
 nice home to live 
 in, with plenty of 
 clean straw to lie 
 
 on. 
 
 " In summer I 
 am out in the 
 green fields all #'' 
 the day long. I 
 have plenty to eat, and nothing to do. 
 
 " I do not work like the horse. So the 
 least I can do is to supply my master with 
 plenty of milk ; indeed it is for my milk that 
 he keeps me. Perhaps you do not know how 
 useful milk is. Cream, butter, and cheese are 
 all made from it. 
 
 " And now little boys and girls, after this 
 long talk I must go down to the river side 
 and cool myself." 
 
 The good cow marched away down to the 
 river. She was soon standing in the water, 
 and using her long tail to whisk away the 
 flies that were buzzing about hen 
 
The Calf 
 
The Horse 
 
HOW THE CALF WAS FED. 
 
 THERE was a calf in the lot, and Al took 
 the tin pail in his hand and went out 
 to feed it. 
 
 Al thought it would be quite as glad to get 
 its breakfast as the pigs were to get theirs. 
 
 But the calf did nothing of the kind. It 
 had no horns as yet, but there were two knobs 
 on its head which would soon grow up into 
 sharp horns, and when Al came out with the 
 tin pail, the calf bent her head and gave the 
 pail a butt with these hard bits of horns. 
 
 " Well," said Al, " I can not force you to 
 eat if you do not want to." 
 
 So he went back to the house and set the 
 pail down in the yard, and said to Em, " I 
 tried to feed the calf, but she would not eat, 
 and now it is time for me to go off to my 
 work." 
 
 " Would not eat ? " said Em. " I will see 
 about that." So she took up the tin pail and 
 went out to the lot where the calf was tied. 
 
 Em came up to where the calf was, gave 
 her one or two pats on the head, and three 
 
HOW THE CALF WAS FED. 
 
 strokes down the side, and called her all the 
 pet names she could think of. 
 
 Snow-drop," she said, 
 
 "N 
 
 ow. 
 
 my pet 
 " here is a nice 
 breakfast I have 
 brought you, and I 
 want you to eat it 
 all, so that you can 
 grow fat and strong. 
 You will, won't 
 you ? She was my 
 own dear little pet calf so she was; and no one 
 shall be cross to her or hurt her. Here is 
 milk, and bread, and all sorts of nice things ; 
 now come and eat." 
 
 And what did that calf do but put her head 
 in the pail and eat as if she would never get 
 her fill. She licked, and licked, and licked 
 the pail, while Em stood by and laughed, and 
 said to herself, " Well, a calf is just like a 
 child. When it will not eat, you must just 
 coax it, and pet it, and not scold or use cross 
 words or looks. It is strange that e-ven the 
 dumb beast feels the force of a kind word." 
 
A Mischievous Goat 
 
The C 
 
 ow 
 
THE HORSE. 
 
 I AM sure that all of you know me, and 
 think that I am a useful sort of creature. 
 I suppose most of you have had a ride in a 
 wagon o r car- 
 riage drawn by 
 me or some 
 other horse. 
 
 When I was 
 a boy-horse I was 
 called a colt. I 
 lived then on a 
 farm, and did no 
 work, but played most of the time in the fields. 
 You may see by the picture on this page that 
 I was made quite a pet of by the young folks 
 on the farm. Pleasant times, indeed, those 
 were with me ! 
 
 But when I was about four years old, I was 
 " broken in." You may not know just what 
 that means, so I will tell you. It means to 
 teach a horse to work. He must get used to 
 having a bit in his mouth, and learn to wear a 
 bridle, a collar, a saddle, and a crupper. 
 
THE HORSE. 
 
 He must submit to being harnessed, and 
 hitched to a wagon or carriage. He must 
 stand still when he is told to, and walk or trot, 
 fast or slow, just as his driver wishes. 
 
 He must not start nor jump at anything he 
 sees, nor bite, nor kick, nor have any will of 
 ^is own, but always do his master's bidding. 
 A horse when he feels good is inclined to show 
 his joy by prancing about, and when tired he 
 likes to lie down ; but he must learn not to 
 follow these inclinations when he is in harness 
 or undei the saddle. 
 
 Just thnik what a disagreeable thing it would 
 be to have a bit in your mouth ! A piece of 
 hard, cold metal pressing on your tongue, and 
 held on by straps about your head so that you 
 cannot get rid of it. I thought it was dread- 
 ful at first, but after a while grew so used to it 
 that I did not mind it. 
 
 It was so with all the other things. It took 
 time to make me reconciled to submit to them, 
 but by degrees they seemed easier and easier, 
 and now, as I have a kind master, I am 
 glad that I am able to be useful to him. 
 

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THE REINDEER. 
 
 THE Reindeer is found in its wild state in 
 the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and 
 America. We know the most of it, however, 
 in Lapland, where it has been tamed, and 
 where it takes the place of the horse, the cow, 
 the sheep, and the goat ; for none of these 
 animals can live in that cold land, on which 
 the sun does not rise during the whole winter. 
 The reindeer lives chiefly upon lichen, a 
 plant which grows in those regions. Although 
 this lichen may be deeply covered with snow, 
 the reindeer will grub for it with its nose. It 
 will also eat the twigs of young trees. When 
 the winter is so hard that there is not enough 
 
of these foods, the animals die of hunger ; for 
 it is of no use for their masters to lay in a 
 stock of food for the winter, as they will not 
 eat anything that is dried. 
 
 The uses to which the Laplanders put the 
 reindeer are very many. They draw sledges, 
 laden with heavy burdens, over the snow, and 
 go for many hours at the rate of ten miles an 
 hour. Their flesh is good to eat, and 
 their milk to drink, and their tongues are dain- 
 ties. Their fat is used for lighting the houses 
 during the long winter 5 the skin makes warm 
 beds and clothing ; the sinews make cords and 
 harness ; and the horns and bones are formed 
 into spoons, cups, and other useful articles. 
 
 THE ELEPHANT. 
 
 ELEPHANTS are the largest animals in the 
 world. Their size gives them a majestic 
 appearance, but otherwise they are not hand- 
 some animals. Their eyes, though bright, are 
 very small ; their tail hangs down like a stiff 
 rope ; their legs are thick and straight ; and 
 their feet misshapen. But though clumsy in 
 
The Reindeer 
 
Elephants 
 
looks, these legs and feet are well fitted for use, 
 and the immense animal travels with ease and 
 freedom. 
 
 The most remarkable feature of the elephant 
 is his trunk, which is really his nose and upper 
 lip prolonged till they have the length of a tail. 
 
 This trunk is of the greatest possible use to 
 the elephant ; in fact without it he would die 
 of thirst and hunger, as his neck is so short 
 that he could not stoop his head low enough 
 to graze or drink. 
 
 At the end of the trunk is a finger-like hook 
 with which objects can be picked up, no matter 
 how small. The trunk itself can be bent in 
 any direction, and easily carries the animal's 
 food to his mouth. 
 
 THE CAMEL. 
 
 THE Arabs call the camel " the ship of the 
 desert," as it can travel over hot sandy 
 parts of the earth which no other animal can 
 cross. Its spreading feet keep it from sinking 
 in the sand, and it can store up a supply of 
 
water in its stomach that will last it for a jour- 
 ney of six or seven days through dry regions 
 where there are no streams or wells from which 
 to obtain a drink. 
 
 Camels have to carry heavy burdens on their 
 backs, and they are so tall that they must 
 kneel down to be loaded. They are trained 
 to do this when quite young. Hard leathery 
 pads forms on their knees in a short time, 
 which serve to prevent sore places being 
 caused by their frequent kneeling. 
 
 They know when they have as much on 
 their backs as they can carry, and will not stir 
 if they think the load is too much for their 
 strength. They are not at all good-tempered, 
 and quarrel a great deal among themselves, 
 kicking and biting one another with great fury. 
 
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THE LITTLE HEN-WIFE. 
 
 " A yTY name is Alice. At 
 -L V A the farm they call 
 me the lit-tle hen- 
 wife." 
 
 How many hens 
 have you at the 
 farm ? 
 
 " We have a 
 great many $ but I 
 am too little to look after them all. 
 
 " I have three hens of my own. One is 
 white and two are brown. I feed them every 
 day. 
 
 " We have a fine old hen whom I call 
 Speckle because she has speckled feathers. 
 She has a brood of chickens just now. There 
 are ten, and they are only a few days old. 
 
 " They are pretty little things, covered with 
 soft feathers. Look how they run to their 
 mother if any one goes near them ! " 
 
 Yes, Alice, even little chickens know that 
 they are in safety at their mother's side. God 
 has taught them to feel so. 
 
How often do you get eggs from the hens 
 at the farm ? 
 
 " I go every morning with my basket, and 
 sometimes I get as many as ten." 
 
 What do you do with so many every day ? 
 
 " 1 put them in the egg-closet, where they 
 are kept till we have a large number. 
 
 "Then they are sent to market. Father 
 lets me have all the money that is received 
 for the eggs which my own hens lay. 
 
 " Last year I sold so many eggs and chick- 
 ens that when winter came I was able to buy 
 a thick warm shawl for poor old Mary." 
 
 Who is old Mary ? 
 
 " She used to live at the farm. She was our 
 maid at one time, but she is too old for work 
 now. 
 
 " She lives in a small cottage in the village, 
 and I often go to see her. I take my little 
 basket with me, and carry some of my own 
 fresh eggs to good old Mary." 
 
 Thank you, little hen-wife. I think it 
 would be a good thing for other little girls to 
 keep hens and chickens, if they made as good 
 use of them as you do. 
 
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