my little sister Lulu, and she is only three years old, and I
have got a little brother only three weeks old, but he hasn't any
name yet. I told papa I would send a letter, but I could not write
it, and he said it would be fair if Nurse Belle would write, only I
must tell her what to put in--I and nobody else--and so I did it.

LIZZIE F.

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LANSING, MICHIGAN.

A few days ago I was walking with a friend when we saw a rabbit in
the road. We ran to catch it, but could not, for it ran too.
Suddenly it stopped. My friend whistled, and then it ran right up to
her, and we caught it. I suppose that rabbits like music.

LAURA B.

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NEWTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

I am going to tell you about a butterfly my brother Willie brought
in from the woods this winter. It flew about the rooms for a few
days, till one morning he seemed almost dead. Mamma took him to the
door, and he flew away up over our barn and some great tall
pine-trees. I am ten years old this winter.

L. MABEL MARSTON.

What color were the butterfly's wings, and how large was it?

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HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

I once had a pet rabbit. He was gray and white, and I named him
Mac, after papa. Once I gave him a peach, and another rabbit ran
away with it; then he stood up on his hind-legs and begged for
another.

HARRY F.

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George D. B. and Cora B. E., both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also
write of pet rabbits, and Spitz and Newfoundland dogs.

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NEW YORK CITY.

I have a chicken that I hatched out by putting the egg in ashes.
While I am writing this letter it is sitting on my hand. When I
call it, it comes to me. I have also four white mice, which are as
tame as the chicken. I did have a squirrel, but it died. I wish you
would tell me how to feed my mice.

JOSEPH P.

White mice will eat nuts of all kinds, canary-seed, and various other
grains. They will also nibble bread and cake. They must have plenty of
water, and like a little milk now and then. They should be given a soft,
warm nest of dry moss or of flannel.

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J. G. D.--In all rooms where meal is kept, the worms generally breed
much faste