o.

Then Billie came along and of course they had to invite him.

But they had forgotten how fat Billie was, so their ride ended very
suddenly!

THE ADVENTURES OF THREE LITTLE KITTENS

[Illustration: "HURRAH! WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE WORLD!"]

[Illustration: "OH DEAR, THIS IS DREADFUL!"]

[Illustration: "YES, IT IS SWEET MILK; IT'S YOUR TURN NEXT."]

[Illustration: BUT THEY MADE SUCH A NOISE THAT--]

[Illustration: JACK CAME OUT AND SO FRIGHTENED THEM THAT--]

[Illustration: THEY RAN HOME AS FAST AS THEY COULD GO.]

THE LITTLE KITTENS' SURPRISE

[Illustration: I. "NOW KITTIES, LIE DOWN AND GO TO SLEEP."]

[Illustration: II. "WHAT'S THAT NOISE? SEE! A MOUSE TAIL!"]

[Illustration: III. THEY MAKE A DASH FOR THE DOOR, AND--]

[Illustration: BEGIN TO PULL.]

[Illustration: NOW, "ALL TOGETHER!"--]

[Illustration: BUT THIS IS WHAT IT WAS.]

TED'S FOOLISH WISH

"I WISH I WAS AN OWL"
SAID TEDDY, WITH A SCOWL,
"CAUSE THEN I COULD SIT UP THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH."
BUT SOME FAIRIES HEARD HIM SCOLD,
AND HERE YOU MAY BEHOLD

[Illustration: HOW THEY]

[Illustration: MADE THAT]

[Illustration: AWFUL WISH]

[Illustration: COME TRUE!]

CHARLES FITCH LESTER

Nonsense Rhyme.

from the Negro quarters

Jay-bird a-sittin' on a Hickory limb.
He winked at me, I winked at him.
'Taint gwine to rain no mo'.

Hawk and Buzzard went to law;
Hawk fell down and broke his jaw.
'Taint gwine to rain no mo'.

Oh, de Wren and de Thrush go clackety-clack,
Dey bofe talk at once an dey bofe talk back,
Dey say: "Jim Crow, my but you =is= black!"
'Taint gwine to rain no mo'.

TIMOTHY TRUNDLE.

By FREDERICK MOXON.

Oh! Timothy Trundle was bouncingly fat,
As round as a robin was he;
The jolliest babe ever sat on a mat
To frolic and gurgle with glee!
His father who tossed him now up and now down,
Called him "Timothy Trundle of Topplety Town."

When Timothy Trundle grew up to be "Tim",
A rotund, jolly chunk of a lad,
The hoop that he played with looked slim, beside him,
Such a sphere of a shape as he had;
And folks on the street lost all signs of a frown,
To see Timothy Trundle of Topplety Town.

Once Timothy Trundle went out for a slide,
He dragged up the sled with a will;
But as he pu