120 A Grasshopper’s Trip to the City.

Southworth thought that Propriety’s eyes were
green because she ate so many grasshoppers. I
can scarcely believe it was so, however, because
some cats drink only milk, and I never saw any
cat with white eyes, did you?

Now the Grasshopper who lived under the
daisy, asked his mother one day if he might take
a “hop.” He didn’t say walk as you do, as he
did n’t know how to walk. His mother said yes,
but told him to be very careful to keep away
from Propriety. He said he would, and off he
hopped.

He had a lovely time, looking at all the pretty
flowers in the field. He saw a great, ripe rasp-
berry hanging temptingly just where he could
reach it. Now, a few days before, he had seen
Southworth eating a raspberry, and had heard him
say, “How delicious!” so he thought he too
would taste this berry. But he did not like it at
all, so popped it out as quickly as he could, and
looked sadly down at his pretty green coat that
was all stained with the red juice. He was a
neat grasshopper, and he wiped his little mouth