ready to die with fear; for through the open door he heard the great dogs barking.

But soon the house was quiet again, and the country mouse said to his city friend, "If this is your city life much good may it do you; but I want none of it. Give me my poor, quiet hole in the country again, where I can live without fear."

AESOP.

LULLABY.

Fainter, fainter grows the light,
Sing--but sweet and low;

Baby Bright will sleep to-night
Where the dream winds blow.

Faintly, faintly toll the bells,
Ringing clear and low;
Baby dwells in fairy dells,
Where sweet flowers grow.

Gently, gently lay him down,
Sing--but soft and low;
Baby's gone to Sleepy Town,

Where drowsy waters flow.

WHO LOVES THE TREES BEST?

Who loves the trees best?

"I," said the Spring,

"Their leaves so beautiful To them I bring."

Who loves the trees best?" "I," Summer said,

"I give them blossoms, White, yellow, red,"

Who loves the trees best? "I," said the Fall,

"I give luscious fruits, Bright tints to all."

Who loves the trees best?
"I love them best,"
Harsh Winter answered,
"I give them rest.”

ALICE MAY DOUGLAS.

THE FOOLISH WISHES.

Long ago there lived a man who was very poor. He lived with his wife in a little hut in the woods. Every morning he went into the forest to cut wood. Every day he said to himself, "How poor I am! I work all day cutting wood and yet cannot get enough to eat. Yes, I am very poor and very unhappy."

One day as he said this, he saw before him a fairy. The fairy said to him, "I have heard all you have said. I know how poor you are, and I am sorry for you. I will give you three wishes. Wish what you please, and you will get it."

The poor wood-cutter, who had stood with his eyes upon the ground, looked up to thank the fairy; but she was gone. He was alone in the forest, but he was no longer unhappy. He said to himself, "I will go home and see my wife about the three wishes the fairy has given me."

seen a fairy in the him three wishes.

He went home and told his wife that he had forest and that she had given His wife was greatly pleased. She said, "Let us sit down and think what we shall wish for."

They sat down at the table. "Let us have something to eat," said the wood-cutter. "I am very hungry. We can talk about the wishes while we eat."

The poor wood-cutter and his wife sat down at the table and began to eat and to talk about what they should wish for.

"We can wish for great riches," said the man. "We can ask for a beautiful house," said the

woman.

"We can wish to be a king and a queen," said the wood-cutter.

"We can ask for gold and pearls and diamonds," said his wife.

So they talked on, but could not make up their minds what to wish for first. The man was very hungry, and, as he ate his dry bread, he thought how good a sausage would taste, and said without thinking, "I wish I had a nice sausage to eat with this dry bread." As he spoke a large sausage fell upon the table. The man and his wife looked at the sausage in great surprise.

Then his wife said, "You have been very foolish.