THE COW THAT SAID "PLEASE." 



Freddie was a sad little coward. He always wanted mamma to 

 sit close beside him when he was going to sleep. One night, when 



he called for his 

 usual go-to-bed 

 story, mamma 

 told him this 

 one : " Once up- 

 on a time there 

 was a lady who 

 had a little boy, 

 and one night 

 she said to him, 

 ' !N^ow, if you 

 will be brave and 

 go to sleep all 

 alone, I will pack 

 a trunk, and to- 

 morrow we will 

 go out to see 

 Uncle John and 

 Aunt Bessie.' " 

 That was the 

 shortest story 

 she ever told 

 him, but Freddie 

 thought it the 

 nicest, for he 

 guessed in a 

 minute who the 

 lady was and who the little boy was. He thought so much of the 

 good times coming that he was not afraid, and the first thing he 

 knew it was bright morning. 



They got out to the farm just in time for dinner. Freddie could 

 hardly stop for that, though, he was so impatient to go out to the 

 barn to see all the animals. 



