THE NEW NEST. 



"Oh!" said Janet. " There is a stone in my shoe! Oh-ee! It 

 hurts. I must take it off." So little girl Janet sat down on the 

 door-step, and took off her shoe. Sure enough, there was a tiny- 

 sharp stone. She shook it out, and Avas rubbing her foot, when 

 suddenly little boy Billy came running by. 



" "Where are you going, Billy boy? " asked Janet. 



" Down to the barn, Jenny girl, " answered Billy, without stop- 

 ping. " There is a new calf, George says, — a black calf. Come 

 along." 



"Oh! a black calf!" said Janet, springing up. "Wait for me, 

 Billy ! Here I am ! " Just then she remembered her shoe, which 

 she had dropped when she began rubbing her foot. " But I can- 



