noise. The dog seems
amused too, for he is jumping up to see what it is all about.

[Illustration: VERY HAPPY.]

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WAYSIDE FLOWERS.

It is a pity there is not more interest taken in wayside and field
flowers, some of which are so very beautiful.

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THE CONFECTIONER'S.

This is the shop of Mr. Sweet, the pastrycook. The children have just
bought some sweets, and his lad is taking out a large cake on a tray.

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OUT IN THE GARDEN.

It is half-holiday to-day, but it is too warm to run about the fields. So
Susan and Emma are sitting in the wheelbarrow, at the kitchen door, and
enjoying themselves as much as if they were sitting in a fine arbour. They
have got puss with them, who seems to like it as much as they do. When the
sun sets they will water their flowers, for they have got a nice
flower-bed of their own, and some of the flowers are just beginning to
blossom.

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BEING WASHED.

Baby brother is being washed this morning. He does not sit so quiet as he
ought to do, and so his sister has, quite by accident, put the sponge in
his eye. No wonder he should be making a wry face over it, and crying. If
he had been still this would probably not have happened, as his sister is
very careful not to hurt him. I hope the next time he is washed he will
try to keep himself quiet.

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ONLY A TOADSTOOL.

The children are out early this morning in the wood, to gather mushrooms,
and have brought a basket to put them in. They have just found something
among the roots of this old tree, which they thought at first was a
mushroom, but I fear it is only a toadstool, it looks so very strange.

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WATCHING THE MOON.

It is time to put baby to bed, but her sister is showing her the moon,
shining out so brightly to-night in the deep blue sky. Baby is looking up
at it, and is perhaps wondering what it is up there in the sky, so bright
and round. It will shine into her little bed-room nearly all the night
long.

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FIRST STEPS.

Baby is learning to walk, and is stepping out boldly. Puss looks on
quietly, but Tiny is barking with joy.

[Illustration: THE DUCKLINGS.]

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SUSAN'S SHOP.

Susan is playing at shop, and has placed herself behind a large chair, and
is looking out for customers. She has dressed baby up in cook's great
bon