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WHO GOT THE CBUSTf 



" I don't think he ever had a tail," said I. " This is not a mouse, 

 as you suppose, but a bat. You never saw one before, and we will 



look at him, and see where 

 he is not like a mouse. Then 

 you will know a bat the next 

 time you see one." 



Harry was much pleased 

 with what he learned. He 

 often speaks of the bat he 

 found, and is on the lookout 

 for a live one. He would like 

 to see anything so much like a mouse flying through the air 

 like a bird. 



WHO GOT THE CRUST? 



YoxT see, if I had stopped to finish my breakfast in the house, it 

 would never have happened; but I wanted to speak to Thomas 

 before he started for town, so I came out into the yard with a piece 

 of toast in my hand. ]!!^ow, when the hens saw me eating the 

 toast they all came running towards me, expecting their breakfast. 

 First came Johnny, the rooster; he always came first, because he 

 was the greediest; then pretty Miss Brown came, with a scarlet 

 comb in her hair; and after her came Speckle, and Cluckety, and 

 Topknot, and all the rest of them. I sat down on the steps, mean- 

 ing to break up the crust (for nothing more was left now) into 

 tiny bits, and give them each a taste; but, while I was waiting for 

 Topknot, who was lame, and could not run as fast as the others, 

 to come up close, that impudent Miss Brown stole up behind me, 

 snatched the crust from my hand, and made off with it. Oh! what 

 a hue-and-cry arose then ! "Cackle! Wackle!" "Craw! Craw! 

 Craw!" " Cut-cut-ke-deh-cut! " HuiTy-skurry, helter-skelter, 

 off they all went after Miss Brown, bills open, feathers ruffled, eyes 

 blinking with anger and envy. 



Eun, Miss Brown, run as fast as your short legs will carry yon. 



