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GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET ..
John Keats PATIENT WEAVERS THE WOODMOUSE .. Mary
Howitt A MOUSE'S STORY WISE RATS THE SQUIRREL'S
STORY .. Anna Harris Smith FORBEARANCE .. Ralph Waldo
Emerson THE STEEL TRAP .. Adapted from story by Mrs. C.
Fairchild Allen THE RABBIT DAVID'S STORY LINES FROM
COWPER SOME READY HELPERS A TRIUMPH .. Celia Thaxter

PART III.
THE CANARY'S STORY THE CAGED THRUSH .. R. F. Murray
HOW TO CARE FOR A CANARY AN INDIAN STORY
HIAWATHA'S BROTHERS .. Henry W. Longfellow TO THE
CUCKOO .. John Logan OUR FRIENDS THE BIRDS \ FEATHERED
TRAVELERS | WHEN THE BIRDS RETURN > .. Frank M. Chapman
BIRDS' HOMES | THE ROBIN / ROBIN REJOICE .. Garrett Newkirk
TO A SKYLARK .. Percy Bysshe Shelley FRIGHTENED BIRDS
DON'T ROB THE BIRDS, BOYS .. Anonymous A GOOD SHOT ..
Adapted THE GOLDFINCH BIRDS' TRADES THE SPARROW
SPARROWS CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY .. Celia Thaxter THE
CROW THE BLUEBIRD .. Emily Huntington Miller THE FARMER'S
FRIEND THE WOUNDED CURLEW .. Celia Thaxter THE
SANDPIPER .. " " THE COST OF A HAT THE HALO .. Rev. W. C.
Gannett THE SNOWY HERON WINGED FISHERS WHAT THE
LITTLE SEAL THINKS WHAT THE YOUNG SEABIRD THINKS
WHAT THE BIRDS DO FOR US THE BRAVEST ARE THE
TENDEREREST LINES TO A SEABIRD .. M. A. Stodart THE TRUE

HERO LINES BY SUSAN COOLIDGE SELECTIONS FROM
EMILY DICKINSON AND S. T. COLERIDGE WHAT THE
CHILDREN CAN DO TO THE TEACHER

ILLUSTRATIONS.
Frontispiece, "Loving Playmates." From photograph by Sarah J. Eddy.
"Can't You Talk?" By G. A. Holmes "Speak for It." From photograph
by S. J. Eddy Group of Sheep under Tree. From photograph by T. E. M.
and G. P. White The Connoisseurs. From painting by Sir Edwin
Landseer Odin. From painting by Sir Edwin Landseer Owney. From
photograph by Elmer Chickering Hearing. From painting by H.
Sperling "Saved." From painting by H. Sperling Breakfast. From
painting by H. W. Trood Alexander. From photograph by S. J. Eddy
Kitty's Christmas. From photograph by S. J. Eddy Gentle Kitty Gray. "
" " Cat's Paw Cat's Eye A Happy Pair. From photograph by S. J. Eddy
The Traveling Basket. " " " "Please give me some more. " " " Driven
out. From painting by M. Stocks Friends The Lion at Home. From
painting by Rosa Bonheur Portrait of Rosa Bonheur. From painting by
Rosa Bonheur The King of Beasts. From painting by Rosa Bonheur
The Ship of the Desert At the Watering Trough. By Dagnan-Bouveret
A Norman Sire. From painting by Rosa Bonheur Three Members of a
Temperance Society. By J. F. Herring Natural and Comfortable
Strained and Miserable Mare and Colt. From painting by C. Steffeck
Waiting for Master A Farm Yard A Group of Friends. From
photograph by S. J. Eddy Hen and Chickens. " " " Chickens Drinking A
Happy Family. From photograph by J. M. Eldredge Just Arrived Pig
looking over a Fence Feeding the Pigs Old White Horse A Little
Songster Pussy Willows Paper-Makers A Butterfly Grasshopper and
Cricket. Illustration by Alice Barber Stephens Spider and Web A
Woodmouse Little Freehold. By S. J. Carter An Interesting Family. By
S. J. Carter Frog and Lily-pads Four little Friends A Bird's House
Feathered Travelers Over the Nest A Bird's Nest Swallows Bird and
Nest. From photograph by S. J. Eddy Robin Frightened Bird Mother
Bird feeding Little One The Goldfinch Sparrows A Wintry Day The
Farmer's Friend Head-piece to "The Cost of a Hat" The Snowy Heron
Egret Plumes Sea-gulls Birds on Fence A Band of Mercy. From

photograph by S. J. Eddy Making Friends. " " "

PART I
ROVER AND OTHER STORIES

ROVER AND HIS FRIENDS.
WHY ROVER RAN AWAY.
One morning Rover was very hungry indeed. He had been going from
place to place with his master, and now it was two long days since he
had eaten a good dinner. His master was a poor tinker who traveled
about the country and never stayed long in one place. Rover would
have liked this if his master had been kind to him, but the dog was used
only to blows and kicks.
Rover was a rough, shaggy dog, and his tail curled down under him in a
way that showed he had been ill-treated. But he had good, faithful,
brown eyes, and the drooping tail was always ready to wag at a kind
word.
The tinker's breakfast was on the table. How good it smelt! Rover
looked at it with longing eyes.
"Please give me a bit, master," said Rover. "I am so hungry!"
The tinker did not seem to hear. At last he said roughly: "Be still,
Rover!"
Rover waited patiently for a few minutes, but his master had no thought
of feeding him. At last Rover