The Nursery, April 1873, Vol. XIII

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Various. The Nursery, April 1873, Vol. XIII

"TRY, TRY AGAIN."

THE PRISONER

THE SONG OF THE KETTLE

CLARENCE'S KITTENS

THE TIGER'S TOILET

PETERLIN ON HIS TRAVELS

ON THE GATE

GEORGE'S BOAT

THE LITTLE CARPENTER

LITTLE MISCHIEF

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XI

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WALTER'S DOG

THE HORSE THAT LOVES CHILDREN

HOW TADDY LEARNED HIS LESSON

THE OLD CLOCK

IN THE MAPLE WOODS

WHERE IS THE BABY?

THE BIRD'S RETURN

THE DUCKS AND GEESE

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Eva is six years old, and has deep-blue eyes. Ernest is almost four years old, and has very black eyes. Jessie will be two years old next week, and has large brown eyes. Their papa, who has been kept at home by illness for a week, thinks that he is just getting acquainted with them, and never knew before that he had three such fine children.

He noticed, the other day, that every hour, almost, they would run into the sitting-room with cake or sugar or bread-and-butter, scattering crumbs all over the carpet, and keeping their mamma busy much of the time in sweeping up. So he thought he would call a council to consider the matter, and see what could be done about it.

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This was thought to be about the right thing: so the bedroom was selected for a jail, and Ernest was made jailer. Eva wanted to know, since she was judge, and Ernest was jailer, what Jessie could be. Her papa said that Jessie would probably be the first prisoner. As to Ernest, he went at once and told his mamma that he was "no more a little boy, but a jailer-man."

Well, that day no more crumbs were scattered; and Ernest did not get a prisoner, though he kept a bright lookout for one. But the next day he got one; and this is the way it happened. Papa said he would like an apple. Eva brought him one; and, while he was paring and eating it, he dropped some of the peel on the floor. In an instant, to his great dismay, he was arrested and locked up; and he might have languished in jail full five minutes, if Ernest had not been such a kind jailer that he let him out in two.

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