YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



turned somersaults; I jumped on the great 

 white bed and ran around in a circle, like a 

 fawn-and-white whirlwind, and shook down 

 the starched linen shams; I grabbed a ball 

 of blue worsted from the table, and shook it, 

 and tossed it, and laid it at his feet; and 

 when he stooped to give it a throw for me, 

 I saluted him on the tip of the nose, and 

 scuttled away after the ball, to the farther 

 end of the room adjoining, and was back in 

 a twinkling, fetching the ball for him to 

 throw again, till they both laughed gaily. 



"Well, mother, I guess you'll have a time 

 of it in the next two weeks, but we must go 

 to dinner." 



So I could see I had broken the ice, and 

 brought a ripple of sunshine into their home. 

 I followed gaily, carrying the ball, batting it 

 ahead of me with my little fore feet. I 

 would play it was a mouse, and rush upon it, 

 and grab it and shake it, though in my heart 

 I would not harm a living thing. 



" What shall we call her ?" said the gen- 

 tleman. 



"Let us call her Fairy," answ r ered the 

 lady, "she is so graceful and airy. See, 

 her little limbs are almost transparent when 

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