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قراءة كتاب The Nursery, April 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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The Nursery, April 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
THE
NURSERY
A Monthly Magazine
For Youngest Readers.
BOSTON:
JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET,
1877.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by
JOHN L. SHOREY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
FRANKLIN PRESS:
RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY,
117 FRANKLIN STREET,
BOSTON.
IN PROSE.
| "Why did Elfrida go to Sleep?" | 97 |
| The Prairie-Dog | 100 |
| Strut | 101 |
| Third Lesson in Astronomy | 103 |
| The Robbery | 104 |
| The Little Recruit | 107 |
| One good turn deserves another | 109 |
| A Letter from Texas | 110 |
| Drawing-Lesson | 113 |
| A Story of a Seal | 114 |
| Fun in Winter | 117 |
| Old Whitey | 118 |
| Why do they all Love Freddy? | 122 |
| My Rabbits | 125 |
| The Council of Buzzards | 127 |
IN VERSE.
| The Caterpillars | 102 |
| Puss and her Three Kittens | 106 |
| Fred and Ned | 120 |
| How the Morning comes | 124 |
| A Mother Goose Melody (with music) | 128 |
"WHY DID ELFRIDA GO TO SLEEP?""WHY DID ELFRIDA GO TO SLEEP?"
HAT was the question, "Why did Elfrida go to sleep?" She had been sent to the grocer's in the village; and the grocer's was only half a mile off from Brook Cottage, where she lived with her aunt and five cousins. She had been sent to buy a pound of sugar, half a pound of coffee, and five small rolls of bread.
Usually she would go to the shop and return in less than half an hour. Now a whole hour went by, and no Elfrida was to be seen. What could be the matter? Had she run a thorn into her foot, and been lamed? Had she stopped to talk with the children on their way home from school? Had she been run over by a fast horse?
"Let us go and find her," cried James, the eldest of the three boys. "Let us all go!" echoed Susan, his youngest sister. "Shall Sport go with us?" asked Emma. "By all means!" said James. "Here, Sport, Sport! Where are you, old fellow?" A big black-and-white Newfoundlander soon rushed frisking in, wagging his tail, and seeming ready to eat up every one of