der after him. Then Solomon
ran up the roof to the ridge; but the bear followed. Solomon ran down
the other side of the roof, and so did the bear. Solomon jumped down to
the cow-house, and still the bear followed him. Then Solomon jumped on
to a shed that was close by the cow-house, and the bear jumped too.

Solomon now began to think that his time had come. He gave one more jump
from the shed to the ground. This was too much of a jump for the bear to
take, and so Solomon made good his escape.

I do not remember how the bear got down; but I am sure, that, when he
did, Solomon did not care to feed him any more with green chestnut-burs.
I think Solomon was too glad to escape a hugging to try it very soon
again.

This is a true story.

AUNT EM.

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AT DINNER.

MY little kittens, here, you see,
Are just as good as they can be;
Not often do three children dine,
Who are as well-behaved as mine.

I've taught them how to be polite,
To keep their bibs all clean and white,
To say, "Mee-oo" for "If you please,"
And never to be cross, or tease.

My darlings, Muff and Puff and Fluff,
Stop always when they've had enough:
They never come unwashed or late,
They never crowd or push the plate.

My care has not been vainly spent;
That's why I purr with such content;
For I'm the milk-white puss, you know,
That sits close by--their mother--SNOW.

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SIXTH LESSON IN ASTRONOMY.

DID you ever hear of a great bear and a little bear made of stars? And a
big dog? And a lion? If you never did, I suppose you would like to be
told where they are,--such astonishing things as animals made of stars.
But, if you think a minute, you will see that every thing that has any
thing to do with stars must be up in the sky.

Now this very night, if the stars come out before you go to bed, I want
you to look for the Great Bear. It is not a real bear, of course; but it
is a kind of picture of a bear. I wish it could growl, to give you an
idea where it is, because, it really looks so little like a bear, it is
very hard to find. It is nearly overhead now; but you needn't be a bit
frightened. The Great Bear has never been known to drop down on little
girls and boys.

There is a funny thing ab