ELLA AND THE ROCKY MOUN- 

 TAIN GRASSHOPPERS 



ONE could see for miles and miles over 

 the level prairie covered with bunches 

 of buffalo-grass, clumps of sage-brush 

 and a bunch of cactus here and there, with not 

 a tree or a house in sight. These were the 

 lonely surroundings of a little girl who lived 

 with her parents on a farm on the plains of 

 South Dakota. 



Ella, for that was the name of this little 

 western girl, lived contented and happy in their 

 sod house and thought it a very nice home; it 

 was the only one she had ever known. She 

 had no brothers or sisters; her only compan- 

 ions, besides her mother and teacher, were the 

 birds, the mammals and the insects which she 

 found living around her. 



Ella was naturally a thoughtful and studious 

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