d to look,
And saw your bantling in the brook!"

"Gob!" shrieks Turkey, "gob, gob, gobble!
Mrs. Hen, you're in a hobble!
Why don't some one stir about,
And help your little chicken out?"

"Moo!" roars Sukey, "moo, moo, moo!
What is there that I can do?"
"Uff!" grunts Piggy, "uff, uff, uff!
Say you're sorry, that's enough."

"Quack!" says Ducky, "quack, quack, quack!
I have brought your chicken back!"
"Oh!" says Biddy, "cluck, cluck, cluck!
Thank you!--_thank you!_ Mrs. Duck!"

THE SQUIRRELS AND THE CHESTNUT-BURR.

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Four squirrels once saw a chestnut-burr growing on a tree. They wanted
the chestnuts in the burr, but were afraid to touch it, because it was
full of sharp points. Just then, along came a flying-squirrel. "I will
tell you what you must do," said he: "wait until the burr opens, and the
chestnuts fall out. The burr always opens when the right time comes." So
they waited, and got the chestnuts.

It is a good rule to wait until things are ready for us.

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JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT.

Vacation's over! School's begun! A splendid holiday time you've had, no
doubt, my dears, and now you feel like setting to work again with
earnest good-will. That's right. But don't try to do to much at first.
Better start easily and keep up the pace, than make a quick run for a
while only to falter and grow weary before you are half-way.

MOQUI PEEKEE.

Word is sent to me of a queer kind of bread called "Peekee," which is
used by the Moqui American Indians. It comes in square loaves that are
made by folding, twice across, several sheets of what looks like very
thin bluish-green crust.

First, the meal is made by women, who grind it into flour between two
stones, and then it is mixed with water until it is a thin blue paste or
batter, when a little cedar-ash is sprinkled into it. The oven is a
smooth-faced stone heated by kindling a fire under it. The batter is
smeared over the hot stone, and is soon baked into a thin sheet, about
two feet long and a foot and a half wide. Several sheets are folded,
while yet warm and soft, to make a loaf, which is then set aside to dry.

This curious bread is very brittle and is eaten by breaking off little
bits with the fingers. People who have never eaten it before soon become
quite fond of it.

POTATO BLOSSOMS AS ORNAMENTS.

"Potato plants used to be grown, a very long time ago, in front yards on
Broadway,