ad their money as well as he.
When he got home, he went about the house, up and down, through
parlor and chamber, kitchen and shed, springing his rattle, and
calling out, "Stop thief! Stop thief!" or "Fire! Fire!" Every body
got tired, and asked him to be still; but he did not mind, until,
at last, his father took his rattle away from him, and put it up
on a high shelf.

Then Selfish and Shallow went out and found Wise playing
beautifully with his ball in the yard; and he invited them to play
with him. They would toss it up against the wall, and learn to
catch it when it came down; and then they made some bat-sticks,
and knocked it back and forth to one another, about the yard. The
more they played with the ball, the more they liked it, and, as
Wise was always very careful not to play near any holes, and to
put it away safe when he had done with it, he kept it a long time,
and gave them pleasure a great many times all summer long.

And then his inkstand box was a great treasure. He would get it
out in the long winter evenings, and lend Selfish and Shallow,
each, one of his pens; and they would all sit at the table, and
make pictures, and write little letters, and seal them with small
bits of the wafers. In fact, Wise kept his inkstand box safe till
he grew up to be a man.

That is the end of the story.

The Toy-Shop.

"I wish I could get an inkstand box," said Rollo, when the story was
finished.

"I think he was very foolish to throw away his grinning monkey," said
James, "I wish I could see a grinning monkey."

They continued talking about this story some time, and at length they drew
nigh to the city. They drove to a stable, where Jonas had the horse put
up, and then they all walked on in search of a toy-shop.

They passed along through one or two streets, walking very slowly, so that
the boys might look at the pictures and curious things in the shop
windows. At length they came to a toy-shop, and all went in.

They saw at once a great number and variety of playthings exhibited to
view. All around the floor were arranged horses on wheels, little carts,
wagons, and baskets. The counter had a great variety of images and
figures,--birds that would peep, and dogs that would bark, and drummers
that would drum--all by just turning a little handle. Then the shelves and
the window were filled with all sorts of boxes, and