"We'll dance all the way, for we know how to play,"
Said the three little bears to everybody.
"And with our best compliments we wish you good day."

"Good day and good luck!" said everybody.

THE SNOWMAN

BY W. W. ELLSWORTH

One day we built a snowman.
We made him out of snow;
You'd ought to see how fine he was--
All white from top to toe!

We poured some water on him,
And froze him, legs and ears;
And when we went indoors to bed
_I_ said he'd last two years.

But in the night a warmer kind
Of wind began to blow,
And winter cried and ran away,
And with it ran the snow.

And in the morning when we went
To bid our friend good day,
There wasn't any snowman there--
_Everything_'d runned away!

#ANIMAL STORIES#

TINY HARE AND THE WIND BALL

A STORY FOR VERY LITTLE FOLK TO READ. NO WORD IN IT HAS MORE THAN
FOUR LETTERS

BY A. L. SYKES

"I want to do just as I like," said Tiny Hare to his Mama one day, as he
ran to the door of his home.

"What do you want to do, my dear?" she said.

"I do not know, but I want to do just as I like," said Tiny Hare.

[Illustration: "SOON MAN CAME BY."]

"You may run out a wee bit of a way, and run and jump and play in the
sun," said his Mama.

"I do not want to run and jump and play. I want to do just as I like,"
said Tiny Hare.

"You may eat the good food that you can find near our home," said his
Mama, "but if you go far MAN may get you, or DOG may eat you, or HAWK
may fly away with you."

"I do not want to eat the good food that I can see here. I want to do
just as I like."

Papa Hare then said very low and deep, "_What_ do you want to do, my
son?"

"I do not know," said Tiny Hare, "but I want to do just as I like."

Then said Papa Hare, "Do not wake me from my nap any more now, and when
the big moon is high in the sky, and it is just like day. I will take
you far out in the wood, and you may run and jump and play and eat, and
be very safe, for MAN will be in his home, and DOG in his, and HAWK in
hers."

"I do not want to go out in the wood, and run and jump and play when the
moon is high in the sky. I want to do just as I like."

"Do not wake me," said Papa Hare, and he shut his eyes and put his ears
down.

"Come here," said Mama Hare, "and I will tell you a tale of the cold
time of the year when snow is over bus