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ay they thought they could separate them without any trouble. Fannie's cat was not pleased with this plan. She began to look for and call the third kitten. The next morning, when Mamie went to feed her one kitten, she could not find it anywhere about the barn or woodshed. She went down to Fannie's house, and there she found her kitten. Sometime in the night Fannie's cat went to Mamie's house, found the kitten, and carried it home. Since that time the girls have not tried to part the cat and kittens, and they are a happy family. MAMIE A. AND FANNIE H. [Illustration: {KITTEN IN A BASKET.}] [Illustration: {A COUNTRY SCENE.}] HOW SOME SEEDS ARE PLANTED. Many noble oak-trees are planted by the little squirrel. Running up the branches, this little animal strips off the acorns, and buries them in the ground for food in the cold weather; and when he goes to hunt them up he does not find all of them. Those he leaves behind often grow up into great and beautiful trees. The nuthatch, too, among the birds, is a great planter. After twisting off a cluster of beech-nuts this queer little bird carries them to some favorite tree, and pegs them into the crevices of the bark in a curious way. How, we cannot tell. After a while they fall to the ground, and there grow into large trees. [Illustration: {TREES ON THE BANK OF A STREAM.}] Some larger animals are good seed-planters, and have sometimes covered barren countries with trees. It is very singular that animals and birds can do so much farm-work, isn't it? MRS. G. HALL. [Illustration: {A CAT CATCHES A MOUSE.}] OLD SCORES REPAID, OR TRAGEDY REVERSED. I met a tearful little lass; She sobbed so hard I could not pass, I wondered so thereat; "Oh, dry your tears, my pretty child, Pray tell me why you grieve so wild." "A--mouse--ate--up--my--cat!" [Illustration: {A MOUSE LOOKS AT A CANDY CAT.}] [Illustration: {A MOUSE EATING A CANDY CAT.}] "A mouse ate up your cat!" I cried, To think she'd fib quite horrified; "Why, how can you say that?" Her tears afresh began to run, She sobbed the words out, one by one: "It--was--a--candy--cat!" S. ISADORE MINER. [Illustration: {THREE MICE AROUND A TRAP.}] TIPPY, THE FIREMEN'S DOG. [Illustration: {TIPPY LYING DOWN.}] Tippy was a little, black dog,
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