nswered Daisy's mother, while Lillie crept to the opposite side of the
room.

But after a while the two babies were sleepy; so their mammas laid them
down side by side in the wide crib, and then went down stairs to lunch.

"We'll leave the door open, so we can hear them if they cry; but I know
they won't wake for a couple of hours," said one of the mothers; and the
other one said, "Oh no; of course not; they'll sleep soundly, the
darlings!"

But in a very few moments something strange happened--something _very_
strange indeed. The babies opened their eyes, looked around the room,
and then at each other.

"We're alone at last, and I'm so glad," said Daisy.

"Yes," said Lillie. "Now we can have a nice little chat, I hope. Isn't
it dreadful to be a baby, Daisy?"

"Of course it is," sighed Daisy; "yet I suppose it is very ungrateful to
say so, when every one loves us so much, and is so kind to us."

"That's the worst of it; I don't want every one to love _me_, because
they will kiss me, and I hate to be kissed so much," objected Lillie.
"Ugh! how horrid some people's kisses are!"

"It's enough to make any baby cross, _I_ think," added Daisy. "I wish no
one but mamma would ever kiss me, and even she does too much of it when
I'm sleepy."

"Why, Daisy Brooks! what a thing to say about your own dear mamma!"
exclaimed Lillie, looking shocked.

"I don't mean to say anything unkind of mamma, for I love her dearly,
you know, Lillie; but it _is_ hard to be kissed and kissed when you're
hungry or sleepy, or both, and sometimes I have to cry," answered Daisy,
quickly.

"Well, I'll tell you something else I hate," continued Lillie, "and that
is to have people who don't know anything about it try to amuse me. They
have such a dreadful way of rushing at you head-first, and shrieking,
'Chee! _chee!_ CHEE!' or 'Choo! _choo!_ CHOO!' that you don't know what
may be coming next."

"Yes, or else they poke a finger in your neck, and expect you to laugh
at the fun. I do laugh sometimes at the absurdity of their behavior,"
said Daisy, scornfully.

"Yes, and then they always think you're delighted, and go on until you
are disgusted, and have to scream, don't they?" asked Lillie.

"Of course. Oh, babies have a great deal to suffer, there's no doubt of
_that_," said Daisy.

"And there's another horrid thing," Lillie added, after thinking a
moment. "I mean the habit people have of talking to babies about their
family affairs in pu