“OQ mam-ma, mam-ma!” she cried,
“do come and see what I have
found—it’s just what I want-ed —
but who put it there? where did it
come from?”

Mam-ma o-pened her eyes ver-y
wide when she saw the fun-ny black
ba-by in the play-room. How it
came there she could not tell, and
no-bod-y in the
house knew any-
thing a-bout it.

The door of the
play-room and the
out-side door were
both wide o-pen. |
Jill ran to look out, but all she
could see was Tab-by, the cat, watch-
ing the old white hen and her chick-