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DORA BURNSIDE.

JIPPY AND JIMMY.

JIPPY and Jimmy were two little dogs:
They went to sail on some floating logs.
The logs rolled over, the dogs rolled in;
And they got very wet, for their clothes were thin.

Jippy and Jimmy crept out again:
They said, "The river is full of rain!"
They said, "The water is far from dry!
Ky-hi! ky-hi! ky-hi! ky-hi!"

Jippy and Jimmy went shivering home:
They said, "On the river no more we'll roam;
And we won't go to sail until we learn how,--
Bow-wow, bow-wow, bow-wow, bow-wow!"

LAURA E. RICHARDS.

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THE JOLLY OLD COOPER.

A JOLLY old cooper am I,
And I'm mending this tub, do you see?
The workmen are gone, and I am alone,
And their tools are quite handy for me.
Now hammer and hammer away!
This hoop I must fit to the tub:
One, two--but I wish it would stay--
The workmen have gone to their grub.
How pleased they will be when they find
That I can do work to their mind!

Yes, a jolly old cooper--But stop!
What's this? Where's the tub? Oh, despair!
Knocked into a heap there it lies.
To face them now, how shall I dare?
The knocks I have given the tub
Will be echoed, I fear, on my head.
They are coming! Oh, yes! I can hear,--
I can hear on the sidewalk a tread.
Shall I stay, and confess it was I?
Yes, that's better than telling a lie!

ALFRED SELWYN.

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THE CAT AND THE STARLING.

THE European starling is a sprightly and handsome bird, about eight
inches long, of a black color with purple and greenish reflections, and
spotted with buff. It may be taught to repeat a few words, and to
whistle short tunes.

A little boy in England, who had one as a pet, which he named Dicky,
tells the following story about it:--

"I took it home with me, and got a cage for it. But Master Dicky was not
satisfied with so little room, and got out, and took possession of the
whole house. One morning I was awakened by his chirping, and, on looking
arou