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so much fun before. _Fannie E. Ostrander._ OFF ON THE WHEELS One summer Alma and her brother Philip spent their vacation with their auntie, who lived in a beautiful village, so near the pretty country that they could take a ride out into it on their wheels, at any time they wished. [Illustration] They both rode very well indeed, and they were always finding pretty little spots along the road-side, where they played camp out; for auntie let them take a lunch if they wanted to, and the air was so fresh and pure that they were hungry almost all the time. [Illustration] One morning they started off quite early with their wheels and their lunch, and they rode out into the country on a pretty road where they had never been before. [Illustration] It had great trees along the side and a little river winding along with it, and they saw the cattle and horses in the fields, and the hens and chickens and turkeys and geese along the road-side, and once they got off their wheels to talk to a pretty bossy and her calf that were very near the fence. [Illustration] The bossy was a little afraid they might hurt her baby, so she wasn't quite friendly. But she didn't try to drive them away. [Illustration] At one side of a farm-house near, a big dog was lying in his kennel, and a great black cat came up to him very slyly and tapped him on the nose with one paw. It was funny to see the dog jump up. [Illustration] The birds sang, and the hens and chickens talked to each other, and once or twice they stopped to let a flock of geese cross the road in front of them. [Illustration] Then they came upon a big flock of turkeys, and the gobbler put on airs and pretended he was going to stop them; but they flew past and laughed at him. [Illustration] By the side of the road in one place, a big, fat, clean-looking pig was standing, sunning himself; but when he saw them, he ran away, squealing. [Illustration] "You needn't run from us," Philip called after him; "we don't want any pork to-day--we've got chicken for our lunch." [Illustration] "Yes," said Alma, "and nice, fresh strawberries, and everything good." They saw a big dog lying near a chicken-coop, with the chickens running over him just as they pleased, and Philip called out again, "Be careful, you little fellows, or you might happen to run down his throat." [Illustration] [Illustration] They got off their wheels an
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