70 
AN EXCURSION. 
“I tore it up and threw it away,” said 
Annie. “ I did not think it was worth 
showing.” 
“"Worth showing or not, you should have 
kept it, Annie,” said Mr. Crediton. “Al¬ 
ways keep all your drawings. You. will 
find them very useful in showing you what 
improvement you have made. We do not 
expect the works of such young artists to be 
worth much in themselves.” 
Annie looked annoyed. She had thought 
very well of her drawing in the first place, 
and had torn it up in a pet because Kate 
and Richard had made some criticisms 
upon it. 
“And then Aunt Louisa can give us her 
lecture upon wild animals in the woods,” 
said Sidney,—“which will make it much 
more interesting, because we can think, in 
the intervals of her descriptions, that they 
are prowling about and waiting to devour 
us.” 
Daisy looked as though she thought this 
would be rather too interesting to be 
agreeable. “I think it would be much 
pleasanter to have them at home,” she said, 
half pouting. 
