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قراءة كتاب The Nursery, October 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 4
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THE
NURSERY
A Monthly Magazine
For Youngest Readers.
BOSTON:
JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36, BROMFIELD STREET.
1873.
JOHN L. SHOREY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
Boston:
Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co.
| IN PROSE. | |
| PAGE. | |
| Threading the Needle | 97 |
| The Butter Song | 100 |
| Our Pony | 103 |
| Nelly's Kitten | 105 |
| A Morning Ride | 108 |
| Perils of the Sea | 112 |
| In Honor of Rosa's Birthday | 114 |
| Walter's Disappointment | 116 |
| The Tide coming in | 119 |
| Letter to George | 122 |
| Peepy's Pet | 124 |
IN VERSE. |
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| PAGE. | |
| The Singing Mouse | 101 |
| A Funny Little Grandma | 107 |
| Old Trim | 110 |
| Our One-Year-Old | 115 |
| The Boasting Boy | 117 |
| Cakes and Pies | 118 |
| Sunrise | 121 |
| Song of the Monkey (with music) | 128 |
THREADING THE NEEDLE.THREADING THE NEEDLE.
HERE is Lucy all this while?" asked Mrs. Ludlow of Anna, the maid.
"I left her five minutes ago, trying to thread a needle," replied Anna.
"She is a long while about it," said Mrs. Ludlow. "Send her to me."
When Lucy entered the room, her mother asked her what she had been about; and Lucy replied, "I have been teaching myself to thread a needle."
"But you have been a long time about it," said mother.
"I will tell you why," continued Lucy. "When I went to walk with papa yesterday, he saw me get over a stone-wall, which I did rather clumsily: so he said, 'A thing that is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Let me teach you how to get over a wall quickly and gracefully.'"
"So he gave you a lesson in getting over walls,