A Grasshopper’s Trip to the City. 123

‘T was a high jump, ’t was a long jump, and his
next landing place was not land at all, but water,
for the poor little fellow found himself in a pond.
It seemed like the ocean to him, and he called

loudly for ‘help, help!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just then he saw, floating on the water, some-
thing green. He made a great effort and suc-
ceeding in reaching it, scrambled up on a large
leaf. It was a lily-pad, and beside it grew a most
beautiful pink water-lily.

‘Poor little fellow,” said the Leaf, “rest on