My First Summer 



stream-bank trees and scatter over the rocky 

 pavement. Then with the aid of the dogs 

 the runaways would again be gathered and 

 made to face the stream, and again the com- 

 pacted mass would break away, amid wild 

 shouting and barking that might well have 

 disturbed the stream itself and marred the 

 music of its falls, to which visitors no doubt 

 from all quarters of the globe were listen- 

 ing. "Hold them there! Now hold them 

 there ! ' shouted the Don ; "the front ranks 

 will soon tire of the pressure, and be glad 

 to take to the water, then all will jump in 

 and cross in a hurry. >: But they did nothing 

 of the kind ; they only avoided the pressure 

 by breaking back in scores and hundreds, 

 leaving the beauty of the banks sadly 

 trampled. 



If only one could be got to cross over, all 

 would make haste to follow; but that one 

 could not be found. A lamb was caught, 

 carried across, and tied to a bush on the 

 opposite bank, where it cried piteously for 



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