and forced
her thus to take flight to save her family from destruction?

Perhaps she had been burned out. Or was it the first day of May to her?
and had her landlord forced her out of her house because she could not
pay the rent?

Alas! she could not tell me; and I left her there in the road with all
her little ones about her.

E. M. DAVIS.

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HOW TO DRAW A GOOSE.

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The Goose has a body
the shape of an egg.

With a round head
a long neck and bill.

When the weather is cold
she can stand on one leg
With some wings she can fly
if she will.

Now we give her a tail
more for beauty than use
And out of our egg comes
a very nice goose.

WHY UNCLE RALPH DID NOT HIT THE DEER.

MANY years ago, when I was a little fellow, I went on a sail with my
Uncle Ralph on one of the prettiest of our northern lakes. The day was
fine, the air was mild but fresh, and the hills and banks around us were
clothed in green.

Besides Uncle Ralph, in the boat were my Aunt Mary, and cousins Walter
and Susan Brent. Uncle Ralph was a sportsman, and he had a gun, with
which he hoped to bring down a deer, in case he should see one.

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I did not at all like this part of his plan. I knew it would mar my own
and my aunt's pleasure, if we were made to see the death of a noble stag
or a gentle fawn. But I was too fond of a sail to express my dislike of
Uncle Ralph's plan.

At the foot of a hill we stopped in our little boat to pick berries.
Aunt Mary said she would stay and read. The rest of us went with Uncle
Ralph to a clearing near by, to pick raspberries.

We had not been gone long, when Uncle Ralph sent me back for a mug with
which to get water from a cool spring. As I came within sight of the
boat, I saw Aunt Mary take the ramrod of the gun, extract the bullet,
and then put in fresh wadding, and ram it down.

I understood it all, but said nothing. After we had got berries and
water enough, we set sail again, and this time for the opposite shore,
where Uncle Ralph's keen eyes had detected a stag and two fawns.

We landed in a little cove out of sight of the deer. Uncle Ralph took
his gun, and crept through the woods. In about fifteen minutes we heard
him fire. Aunt Mary smiled, and took