FRONTISPIECE
DEDICATION
HOW MARY FOUND HIM 9
HOW THEY WASHED HIM 15
HOW THEY FED HIM 21
HOW HE WENT TO SCHOOL 27
HOW HE WOULDN'T JUMP 33
HOW LITTLE MARY SPUN 39
HOW HE WENT BOATING 45
HOW DOLLABELLA TOOK A RIDE 51
HOW BOSSY BUNTED HIM 57
HOW THEY PLAYED HIDE-AND-SEEK 63
HOW HE SAVED MARY! 69
HOW HE WON A PRIZE 75
Copyright, 1901, By S. E. Cassino.
Copyright, 1903, By S. E. Cassino.
TO
LITTLE AUNT HANNAH
(ON HER
NINETY FIRST BIRTHDAY.)
[Illustration: HOW MARY FOUND HIM.]
[Illustration: MARY'S LITTLE LAMB.]
I
When little Mary Moffett's mother asked her to go up to the Clover
Farm for some fresh [eggs], Mary felt a little sorry, for she was very
busy making her [doll] a [dress], but she laid down her [thimble] and
[scissors] and [yarn], tied on her pink [bonnet], and set off up the
hill, with her little [basket] on her [arm]. As she was coming home
she heard a queer little patter, patter, behind her. She looked back
and saw something white! [Mary] felt a wee bit afraid, and began to
run but her [foot] struck a [stone] and down she tumbled on her
[nose]! Before she could get up something soft and woolly was rubbing
gently against her [face], saying "Ba-a-a!" "Oh you darling lamb!"
cried Mary, hugging it--and the little [lamb] snuggled close, and said
"Ba-a-a! Take me home with you, little Mary." [Mother] was
astonished. "Whose lamb is it?" she asked. "Oh Mother, I think it's
just a wild lamb! Mayn't I keep it?" begged [Mary]. But Mother said
she must ask Farmer Clover if it was one of his [sheep], first. So
back they went, and found Farmer Clover mending his [fence] and Mary
asked him. But there were two big tears in her [eyes]--she did so want
that dear [lamb]--and the kind old [man] saw them. "Well, yes," he
said, "that's my lamb--but it's an extra one, that I haven't any room
for. If I knew anybody who would be willing to take it and treat it
well--" "Oh, Mr. Clover!" cried [Mary], her eyes dancing, now, and her
[feet] dancing, too. "_I'd_ be willing! _I'd_ treat it well! May _I_
have it?" So Mary and the little [lamb] went dancing home together.
And kind old [Mr. Clover] watched them and laughed till his [axe]
danced in his [hand], and his [glasses] danced on his [nose].
[Illustration: HOW THEY WASHED HIM.]
[Illustration: MARY'S LITTLE LAMB.]