_Mother._ Now get up; it is six.
_Boy._ O, me! is it six?
_Mother._ Yes, it is; and the dew is off.
_Boy._ I see the sun. Is it fit for me to go out?
[Illustration: Boy with stick]
_Mother._ Now it is; but by ten it may be hot. So get up now.
_Boy._ May I go to-day, and buy my top?
_Mother._ Yes, you may.
_Boy._ A peg-top? _Sam_ has a peg-top. He has let me use his. One day
he did.