The Nursery, October 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 4

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Various. The Nursery, October 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 4

THREADING THE NEEDLE

THE BUTTER SONG

THE SINGING MOUSE

OUR PONY

NELLY'S KITTEN

A FUNNY LITTLE GRANDMA

A MORNING RIDE

OLD TRIM

PERILS OF THE SEA

IN HONOR OF ROSA'S BIRTHDAY

OUR ONE-YEAR-OLD

WALTER'S DISAPPOINTMENT

THE BOASTING BOY

CAKES AND PIES

THE TIDE COMING IN

SUNRISE

LETTER TO GEORGE.—No. 2

PEEPY'S PET

SONG OF THE MONKEY

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When I was a little boy, I often helped my mother when she was making butter.

I liked to stand in the cool spring-house, and churn for a little while; but I liked better to look out of the window, and watch the ducks swimming in the creek, or the little shiners and sunfish darting back and forth through the clear bright water.

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One day I wanted to churn very fast; for my mother had told me that I might take a swim in the creek when my work was done.

So I sang a little song that our German girl Bertha had taught me. She called it the "Butter Song;" and here it is:—

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