After the little boys were all snug in bed for the night, Norah would go
in to put out the lamp. And this is the story she would tell them, while
they leaned on their elbows and watched her face closely, for “it’s a
_seeing_ story as well as a _hearing_ story,” Teddy said.
[Illustration: THE WAYS NORAH LOOKED.]
“Once there was a man, and he looked just like _this_,” and Norah twisted
her under-jaw around to the right. “And his wife looked like _this_,”
and Norah twisted her jaw to the left.
“And they had a boy who looked like _this_,” and Norah drew her under-jaw
in back of the upper one; “and a girl that looked liked _this_,” and
Norah threw her under-jaw out beyond the upper.
“And they had a dog that looked like _this_,” and Norah pursed up her
mouth to look like a round “O.”
“When it was bed-time the family wanted to blow out the candle.
“And the man would blow like _this_,” and Norah puffed out of the right
corner of her mouth, “but he couldn’t do it.
“And his wife would blow like _this_,” said Norah, puffing out of the
left corner, “but she couldn’t do it.
“And the boy would blow like _this_,” and Norah threw back her under-jaw
and blew downwards, “but he couldn’t do it.
“And the girl would blow like _this_,” said Norah, throwing her under-jaw
forwards and blowing upward, “but she couldn’t do it.
“Then the dog would come along and blow like _this_.”
Out went the light!
“Good night,” said Norah.
The little boys always laughed then, and cuddled down to sleep.
_Mattie W. Baker._
[Illustration: “WHICH IS THE TALLEST?”]