My papa gave me HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE for a birthday present. I
like it very much indeed. L. Pearlie S. said she had a hen that
killed all but the black ones in her brood. Mamma says she once had
a hen that did not like black chickens, so she tried to kill all
she saw in her brood, and others too. I like chickens very much. I
have twenty-one chickens--nine hens, one rooster, and eleven little
chicks. One year I had thirty-eight chickens, two turkeys, and four
Pintados.
I don't see how any one can help liking sweet, gentle, loving cats.
I have a cat nearly four years old. She can't do any tricks; she
only curls up under the stove when she can't get into my lap. But I
like her very much; she is the only pet I have. I have no brother
nor sister, except a grown sister who is married.
I have a flower and a vegetable garden. I like to go to school very
much, but I do not go now, as I was sick and had to stop. I think
Jimmy Brown's adventures are so very funny! I make a good many
Wiggles, but I have never sent any. I often see some just like
mine, though.
I am making two quilts. One is made out of the pieces that are too
little for the other, and the other is a "memory quilt." Maybe some
of the little readers would like to know what a memory quilt is. It
can be of any pattern, provided it has a light-colored piece in the
middle. The little girl who has it makes a square, and gives it to
one of her friends, who makes another like it for her. The name can
be worked or printed in the middle. When all her friends have made
one, she puts them together, and has a quilt.
I would be very glad to see this in print, as no one knows I am
writing it except mamma. Good-by.