Part 13 (1/2)

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”HOW DO YOU DO, POLL?”

”Poll” is a fine parrot, and seems very happy and contented, swinging there on his perch. He likes to be talked to, and can answer very plain.

If you say to him, ”How do you do, Poll?” he will answer you, ”Quite well, thank you, and how are you?” Poll is quite a companion, he is so intelligent.

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JOHN'S NEW TOY.

John is in high glee, for his aunt has bought him a new toy. It is a figure made of paste-board, and it throws out its legs and arms.

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THE SECRET.

Emma seems whispering something in her sister's ear as if it was a secret.

I do not know why she should whisper, for no one seems near to overhear them. I suppose it is something about their dolls, else about little Fan, who is lying beside them on the floor, and who seems to be very tired.

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ELLEN'S DREAM.

Ellen is very fond of animals, and likes to read about them. Papa has just bought her a pretty book, in which she has been reading a good deal about sheep and shepherds. I suppose it is owing to this that she dreamed last night she was a shepherdess, with a crook in her hand, and her sheep lying in the fields around her, just as our artist has drawn in the picture.

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QUARRELLING.