nd Dolores were poor children.

They had never seen the country.

They lived in an orphan asylum.

They hoped to go to the country some
day.

Mr. Blas was a rich farmer who had
a very pleasant home.

He wished to see children in it.

He sent to several people in the city.

He asked them to send him two
poor children.

They sent him James and Dolores.

How happy the children were!

They were always running in the fields.

They picked fruits and flowers.

They heard the birds sing.

They could help Mr. and Mrs. Blas
in many ways.

James learned to milk the cows.

Dolores learned to skim the milk.

James could rake the hay.

Dolores could rake the hay too.

The children rode on the hay cart.

Mr. Blas let them drive the horses.

They enjoyed taking drives about the
country very much.

They saw many wonderful things.

"What a beautiful world this is!"
they said.

"We didn't know before that it was
so beautiful."

"They shall not go back to the asylum,"
said Mrs. Blas.

"They shall stay to live with us."

James and Dolores were very glad.

Fred's mother had told him that
some worms turn to butterflies.

He wanted to see one change to a
butterfly.

One day he got a worm in the garden.

He carried it to his mamma on a leaf.

She gave him a box to keep it in.

Fred gave it fresh leaves to eat every
day.

Pretty soon the worm stopped eating.

Fred thought it would die.

His mamma told him, "No, Fred, it
is going to sleep.

When it wakes up it will be a
butterfly."

The worm spun a web round its body.

It was stuck to one side of the box.

"It is dead, mamma," said Fred.

"It does not move nor eat."

"It is not dead," said mamma.

One day Fred looked at the box.

He saw a strange-looking insect.

Its wings were not pretty or bright.

He called his mother to see it.

"It is your butter