A Grasshoppers Trip to the City. 125

the green growing things. They have been happy
in seeing the lilies, and the lilies themselves have
been happy in the knowledge that they were giving
pleasure, and so doing good.”

She had scarcely finished speaking, when
voices were heard, and two boys appeared, one
holding a large bunch of beautiful water-lilies.

“Oh,” said he, pointing to our lily, ‘‘ here is a
fine pink one. I must pick that.”

Meanwhile, the Grasshopper had been thinking
over what the Lily had said, and he, too, longed
to do good. He knew he was a fine jumper, for
his father had often told him so, and he also knew
that he was a pretty little fellow, being very green
and having long slender legs. He thought:
‘‘Now perhaps those poor city people would like
to see a grasshopper fresh from the country.” In
a twinkling his mind was made up. He, too,
would go to the city; so he jumped right into
the very heart of the Lily. She was surprised, but
pleased.

The boy, meanwhile, waded into the shallow
water, picked the Lily, and walked with it a long