87

An Original Valentine 97

When Johnnie Jones Was a Cry-Baby 105

Johnnie Jones and the Man Who Cried "Wolf" Too Often 113

Johnnie Jones's Birthday Party 119

Mother's Story of the Spring: The Sleeping Beauty 127

Johnnie Jones and the Butterfly 134

Mr. and Mrs. Bird and the Baby Birds 142

The Coming of Little Brother 151

Little Brother and Johnnie Jones 156

Elizabeth With the Children 161

Johnnie Jones and the Hoop-Rolling Club 168

The Fire at Johnnie Jones's House 175

Johnnie Jones and Fanny 182

Fanny and Little Brother 188

When Johnnie Jones Learned to Swim 193

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Johnnie Jones

Max wagged his tail and began to trot home--

Such a merry time as the children had!

Each child came up and shook Jack's paw--

When he spread his wings and flew away--

Then Johnnie Jones was the proudest, happiest little boy--

The little brown pony would eat out of their hands

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Johnnie Jones and the Cookie

One day, when Johnnie Jones was a wee little boy, only three years old,
Mother came home from down town. Johnnie Jones ran to meet her. "Mother
dear, didn't you bring me something?" he asked.

"Yes, indeed," answered Mother, and she gave him something tied up in a
paper bag. "Be careful," she told him, "or it will break."

So Johnnie Jones was careful as he untied the string and opened the bag.
When he saw what was inside he was glad he had not broken it, for it was
a round yellow cookie with a hole in the centre.

"Thank you, Mother," said Johnnie Jones, and he rolled on his back and
kicked up his heels, which meant that he was happy. Then he sat up and
began to eat his cookie. It was very good, and tasted as if it had
molasses in it, Johnnie Jones said. But by and by, after he had been
taking a great many bites, there wasn't any of the cookie left in his
hand, because he had eaten it, every bit. Johnnie Jones looked at his
hand where the cookie had been, an