LITTLE ONES AT HOME. 159

shreinentininapenninenlnhitesk aig Maleate oa oid cae
When papa or mamma had a job to be done,

These good little girls would immediately run,

And not stand disputing to which it belonged,

And grumble and fret and declare they were
wronged.

  
    
   
    
     

Whatever occurred in their work or their play,

They were willing to yield and give up their
own way:

Then let us all try their example to mind,

And always, like them, be obliging and kind.

Taylor.

      
       
 
   
 
 

THE BEST WAY FOR MOLLY TO BE HAPPY.

She said, “I should like to be happy to-day,
If I could but tell which was the easiest way ;
But then I don’t know any pretty new play :

 
      

And as to the old ones, why, which is the best?

There’s old blind-man’s-buff, hide-and-seek, and
the rest——

Or pretending it’s tea-time, when dollies are

dressed.

     
     
 

But no; let me see—now I’ve thought of a way

Which would really, I think, be still better than
play :

I'll try to be good, if I can, the whole day,