Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets Fully Illustrated

THE MOONBEAM. THE MOONBEAM. THE MAGPIE. T he magpie is very watchful and cunning. Its colors are black, white, and blue, and its cry is harsh and unpleasing. Its tail, which is always in motion, is quite long, and its flight is heavy because of the shortness of its wings. It builds its nest in high trees, towers, and church-steeples. The nest is made of strong twigs and is plastered inside with mud. It lays six or seven eggs, whitish gray in color, mottled and dashed with black. The magpie is easily tamed, is a good mimic, and can be taught to say a few words; but when tamed it is apt to become too familiar. It is a great thief, and will cany off small articles, especially such as sparkle. Thimbles, ear-rings, silver spoons, bows of ribbon, and pieces of lace have been often found in the nest of the magpie. Children and servants have been charged with taking them, when the magpie was the real thief. A lady once owned a pet magpie. It would perch upon her shoulders and thrust its bill between her lips, to feed her with ripe cherries, just as she sometimes fed him. But what was her surprise and disgust when one day, instead of a cherry, he dropped a large green fat worm into her mouth. —FRANK H. STAUFFER. THE CIRCUS I went over to Mrs. Good's to spend the day. I did not know there was to be a circus that day. After dinner Mrs. Good said it was time to go to the circus. Mrs. Good had ten children. They were all going to the circus but the eldest. The circus ring was under the big oak. On one side were chairs and benches to sit on; on the other side were animals in cages. Walter Good was the showman. He took us around to see the animals. He was a good showman. "Here," said lie, "is the beautiful ostrich of Arabia. Its wings are too small to fly with, but they help it in running. Look at its long legs. The ostrich can run faster than any horse except our Selim. Its feathers are used to trim hats. They cost a great deal. My sister cannot afford to buy one for her hat." We all admired the ostrich. It was in a cracker-box, with strips of shingles nailed over it. "And now," said he, "I will show you the greatest wonder of all. A royal Bengal tiger with cubs! Every circus has a tiger, but not the cubs. The tiger, as you all know, belongs to the cat family. It has cat claws and cat teeth. It prowls about in the night for food, like a cat." He did look very much like a cat. Then Walter showed us the lion. He was tied to a chair-leg. When the lion roared, it sounded like a dog barking. When we had all sat down, a pair of ponies came prancing into the ring, Bruno and Bose. Ernest drove them with long lines and a whip. Then there was a fine trapeze performance by Benton in the swing. After this we had a beautiful concert, with songs and readings by Alice, Jeanie, and Willie. It was the best circus I ever went to. It was well worth two pins. MRS. L. A. B. CURTIS. These sisters have a brother, John, Who to a foreign land has gone; They are much pleased from him to hear Because he is so very dear. What a great pleasure 'tis to see A happy, loving family. THE DOG THAT RAN UP A TREE. S pot is a great, good-natured, black-and-white dog, as full of fun as his skin can hold. If there is anything he loves to do, it is to chase a cat, just to see her run. He has not the least wish to hurt her. One day as he was following his master's team he went by a house where a white cat lay on the porch. Spot made a dash for her. She left the porch and ran like a white streak straight up a large tree in the yard. Spot was right at her heels. And because she went up the tree, he followed. I suppose he had never thought but that a dog could climb a tree just as well as a cat. He was running so fast that he did go up the tree, quite a little way, six feet or more. But about that time he began to slip, and then something fell heavily to the ground. It was Spot! When he picked himself up, he took no further interest in that cat, but just ran on, somewhat stiffly, to be sure, after his master. I think if he could have spoken he would have said, "Let cats climb trees if they wish to, I prefer to run on the ground!" —C. W. B. Vermont. PUSSY Pussy out in the falling rain:— He's peeping through the window pane. By staying out too late at night, He suffers thus in painful plight. Learn from this careless kitten's fate And never tarry out too late. THE HEN THAT BROODED KITTENS. C ome with mamma, Willie, and we will hunt for eggs." We went out to the barn, Willie knew how to find the clean white eggs. I carried the basket, and the little boy hunted. Up and down the barn he trotted, and tumbled into the sweet-smelling hay. He found eggs by dozens. "Come, Willie! I think there are no more." "Yes, there are, mamma, for old Blackie is on her nest." "Never mind, dear. Don't drive her off." I had spoken too late, for "Shoo," said Willie, and away flew Blackie. "O mamma, mamma! look, look!" He was bending over the nest, and beckoning to me with one hand. I jumped down into the bin and peeped over his shoulder. There, in old Blackie's nest, were three little kittens that had not "lost their mittens." Willie was wild with joy, and every day he came to visit them. He always found old Blackie brooding them, while the kittens purred contentedly under her warm feathers. The old mother cat enjoyed the strange sight as she nestled in the hay near by. When the kittens' eyes were open they began to wander about at their own sweet will. Then Blackie was in trouble. In vain she clucked and scratched on the barn floor. The strange little nurslings would not come to her. At last Blackie went away by herself. In a few weeks we saw her proudly marching along with six little downy chickens running after her. "Cluck, cluck!" said the hen. "Twee, twee!" said the chickens; and Blackie was contented. —CHRISTINE GOLDERMAN THE WHITE BOWL. A STORY FOR CRY-BABIES. L ittle Ned's brother Tom called him a cry-baby, because his eyes were always full of tears. His mother said that Ned had little buckets just back of his eyes that were always in a hurry to tip over if he hurt his toe or his finger, or did not have everything to suit him. [Ill 0157] "Now, Ned," she said, "cry real hard. I want to get the bowl full to-day if I can, so that I may buy the little fish to-morrow morning when I go to market." Ann came into the room with a big white bowl. When he cried he must put tears into that bowl. But Ned could not cry any more. The tears would not come. Ann said she would have to wait until the next time Ned cried. So she put the bowl on a table near by, that it might ready for the tears as soon as they started again. But not a drop of salt water out of Ned's little tear-buckets ever fell into the bowl. As soon as it was put it under his eyes Ned always stopped crying. The little fish was never bought. Ann said he could not live in the bowl without any salt water to swim in. But Ned was cured of crying. Tom could not call him a cry-baby any more. When Ned heard of other little boys who cried very often, he always told their mothers about his sister Ann's big white bowl, and the funny way he had been cured of being a cry-baby. —FLORENCE H. BIRNEY. THE KATYDIDS. O little noisy Katydids, And very plainly you can talk Each tree within the glen In tones both grave and gay; A village is, all peopled by But, "Katy did n't, Katy did," You small green-coated men. Is all you ever say. I very much would like to know What did poor Katy do, That you should quarrel with your friends About it all night through. But though I listen every night, And question all I may, Yet, "Katy did n't, Katy did," Is all you ever say. —NELLIE M. 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