again;
So laugh at it!

If you chance to tumble down,
Though you bump your little crown,
Never cry or pout or frown,
Just laugh at it!

When the sum is hard to do,
Rub it out and try anew;
When you get the answer true
You'll laugh at it!

C.B.

[Illustration:]

The Dancing Academy

This is the way, on a rainy day,
We teach our dolls to dance--
The doll in blue, and the Scotchman true,
And Lady Belle from France.
It's heel and toe and it's to and fro,
They all can do it well;
But the best of all our pupils small
Is darling Lady Belle!

They're very good, but they're only wood,
So they have to be shown
The step to take and the bow to make--
They cannot dance alone!
Quadrille, gavotte, and I don't know what,
They soon will clever be!
So, dolls who sigh to be dancers, try
Our Dolls' Academy!

C.B.

[Illustration:]

[Illustration: A JOLLY RIDE.]

A Visit to the Dale Farm

[Illustration:]

When Dorothy's and Oliver's father and mother had arranged to go
abroad for six weeks, the question arose: "What shall we do with the
children?" They had many aunts and uncles who would willingly take
care of them, but their mother wanted them to be in the country; so,
in the end, it was decided to send them with their nurse to stay at a
farm, the mistress of which had once been a nurse to their mother, and
who was sure to take good care of them.

There was a great deal of excitement and bustle, but at last all was
ready, and the day came for them to say good-bye for a short time to
their home. Their ponies had already been sent on, and the terrier
Patch was to go with them.

Their mother was going with them, and their father saw them off at the
station.

When they arrived at the Dale Farm there was a warm welcome for them.
Their mother and her old nurse had a lot to talk about, and then they
went into the quaint farm-parlour for tea, and how they all enjoyed
the honey and cream and hot scones!

After tea they had to say good-bye to their mother, for she had to be
driven back to the station.

The following morning the children were wakened by the crowing of the
cocks and the cackling of the hens and other noises unfamiliar to
them. After breakfast, they went on a tour of inspection round the
farm places. They also went to greet their ponies, who seemed quite
re