pity, and eat us yourself!"

13. And this is the story the small lips told
To dear Pearl Honeydew, six years old,
When she laid her head on the strawberry bed
To hear what the red-cheeked berries said.

DEFINITIONS.--3. Thrive, to grow well, to flourish. 5. Nes'tled, gathered
closely together. 6. Mold, fine, soft earth. Run'ner, a slender branch
running along the ground. 8. Mel'low, to ripen. 9. Di'al, the face of a
timepiece. 10. Feast, a festive or joyous meal, a banquet. 12. Pelf,
money.

EXERCISES.--What did little Pearl ask of the strawberries? What did they
reply? Can you tell what name is given to this kind of story?

XVV. HARRY'S RICHES. (74)

1. One day, our little Harry spent the morning with his young playmate,
Johnny Crane, who lived in a fine house, and on Sundays rode to church in
the grandest carriage to be seen in all the country round.

2. When Harry returned home, he said, "Mother, Johnny has money in both
pockets!"

3. "Has he, dear?"

4. "Yes, ma'am; and he says he could get ever so much more if he wanted
it."

5. "Well, now, that's very pleasant for him," I returned, cheerfully, as a
reply was plainly expected. "Very pleasant; don't you think so?"

6. "Yes, ma'am; only--"

7. "Only what, Harry?"

8. "Why, he has a big popgun, and a watch, and a hobbyhorse, and lots of
things." And Harry looked up at my face with a disconsolate stare.

9. "Well, my boy, what of that?"

10. "Nothing, mother," and the telltale tears sprang to his eyes, "only I
guess we are very poor, aren't we?"

11. "No, indeed, Harry, we are very far from being poor. We are not so
rich as Mr. Crane's family, if that is what you mean."

12. "O mother!" insisted the little fellow, "I do think we are very poor;
anyhow, I am!"

13. "O Harry!" I exclaimed, reproachfully.

14. "Yes, ma'am I am," he sobbed; "I have scarcely any thing--I mean
anything that's worth money--except things to eat and wear, and I'd have
to have them anyway."

15. "Have to have them?" I echoed, at the same time laying my sewing upon
the table, so that I might reason with him on that point; "do you not
know, my son--"

16. Just then Uncle Ben looked up from the paper he had been reading:
"Harry," said he, "I want to find out something about eyes; so, if you
will let me have yours, I will give you a dollar apiece for them."

17. "For my eyes!" exclaimed Harry, very much astonished.

18. "Yes," resumed Uncle Ben, q