ttle girl
and her name is Ruth (one of children's names). She sleeps in a little
bed in a room with a big window opening on to the street. She sleeps all
night in the little bed with her eyes closed tight. In the morning she
opens her eyes and it's just beginning to get light. Then she stretches
and stretches her legs. Then she stops still and listens. For she hears
him coming, coming, coming down the street. Clopperty, clopperty,
clopperty, clop! comes the milk horse down the street! He stops in front
of Ruth's house. Ruth hears him. Then she hears the driver jump out and
pat, pat, pat, she hears his feet coming to the door. Clank, clink,
clank, go the milk bottles in his hands. Clank! she hears him put them
down. Then fast she hears his feet, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.
"Go on, Dan!" she hears him call, and clopperty, clopperty, clopperty,
clop! off goes the milk horse down the street.

Then after a while she hears something else. It's quite light now. Ruth
thinks it must be time to get up. She stretches and stretches her legs.
Then she stretches and stretches her arms. Then she stops still and
listens.

For she hears him coming, coming, coming down the street. Clippety, lip,
lip, lip, clippety, lip, lip, lip! comes the bread horse down the
street. He stops in front of Ruth's house. Ruth hears him. Then she
hears the driver jump out and pat, pat, pat, she hears his feet coming
to the door. Rattle, crackle, goes the paper as he puts down the loaves
of bread all wrapped up to keep them clean. Then fast she hears his
feet, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. "Go on, Bill!" she hears him
call and clippety, lip, lip, lip, clippety, lip, lip, lip! off goes the
bread horse down the street.

After breakfast when Ruth is all ready to go to school she hears a big
auto coming down the street. Kachug-a-chug-a-chug comes the grocery auto
down the street. It stops at Ruth's house. Ruth runs and looks out of
the window. She sees the driver jump out and take from the back of the
auto a basket all full of things. She can see spinach and potatoes and a
package of sugar and----and----and----.

Then pat, pat, pat, the driver runs to the door. Prrrrrr! she hears the
bell ring and Ruth knows that the driver is giving Bessie all the things
at the kitchen door. Then pat, pat, pat back comes the driver, jumps
into the auto and kachug-a-chug-a-chug! off goes the grocery auto down
the street!

On the way to school Ruth passes anothe