birthday last may have the privilege to decorate the lamb's 

 neck with a new ribbon. 



Rabbits may be hutched with the lamb. Both will be on 

 the ground floor and both permit friendly association. Above 

 them the squirrels shall have their housing, and their caging 

 and nest-building shall be in full view of the children. Guinea 

 pigs can well be omitted from our collection. 



Of other animals let the following be represented. Gold- 

 fish can be kept in a glass for years, and it is well for the 

 children to be called in when the changing of the water 

 takes place. A Turtle may be kept if the tub with water- 

 plants is level with the ground. Lizards and Horned Toads 

 should also be on hand. They do not require care nor feed- 

 ing, and if only left alone will domesticate in a short time. 



Before I speak a good word for the last named animal which 

 I propose housing with us, the Toad, an animal despised 

 wherever spoken of, let me mention some facts which are 

 known to everybody but not realized in their meaning. They 

 go to prove a companionship the extension of which we 

 ought to cultivate with religiousness. 



There actually are at this day of our civilization some 

 animals which refuse to be scared when they behold us. I 

 will mention a few well-known cases. The first is the Lady- 

 bird. Whether it is that nobody harms the pretty insect, or 

 whether it is that those who were harmed did not survive 

 the ordeal to report to the others, it is a fact that they as- 

 sociate with us wherever found. They will walk back and 

 forth on our hand and take wing whenever they choose, no 

 matter how much you may finger around them. Of birds I 



