back. I
should be too heavy a load. I must not mind wetting my boots and
stockings."

"Then, place your hand on my shoulder, and come along," said Rodney.
"The tide is gaming on us very fast."

"I don't know what you mean by the tide," said Julia.

"Why, cousin," said Rodney, "you must know that the tides are the rise
and fall of the waters of the ocean. It will be high tide an hour from
now; then the water will cover all these rocks you see around us. After
that, the water will sink and go back till we can see the rocks again,
and walk a long way on the sand; then it will be low tide. But we must
not stay here talking: the water will soon be too deep for us."

So Rodney took Rose in his arms, and Julia placed her left hand on his
right shoulder; and in this way they went through the water to the dry
part of the beach.

"We must look out for this sly tide the next time," said little Rose as
she ran to tell papa of their adventure.

UNCLE CHARLES.

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SUNRISE.

COME and see the sunrise,
Children, come and see;
Wake from slumber early,
Wake, and come with me.
Where the high rock towers,
We will take our stand,
And behold the sunshine
Kindling all the land.

You shall hear the birdies
Sing their morning lay;
You shall feel the freshness
Of the new-born day;
You shall see the flowers
Opening to the beams,
Flooding all the tree-tops,
Flashing on the streams.

EMILY CARTER.

LETTER TO GEORGE.--No. 2.

DEAR GEORGE,--When I sat by the door last evening, a great toad hopped
up on the door-step. A bug flew along, and he caught it. He looks very
ugly; but he will not hurt you.

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The dog Prince sits and watches the little new chickens every day. I
suppose he wonders what they are. He knows it is wrong to touch them,
because I have told him so.

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But he thought he would like to just smell of one: so he put his nose
close to the little soft bunch, and smelt of it. But the chicken's
mother put her head out of the coop, and pecked him so that he cried.

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Prince found a bone, and hid it in the ground. But he was afraid the pig
would find it: so he dug it up, and carried it behind the wagon, i