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Otago Witness, Issue 1502, 28 August 1880, Page 27

Children's Corner.

' 'As " Woolly . said, the bears must feed, „. •. The lunch bell now all quickly heed ; ' l • Bounding and flying down the stairs ' " ' ' | Go the whole troop.of grizzly bears, v. ■ i ; , 'f/iTpward the, dining-rqom they clatter, . -, ' i • ' Both' hears and birds, so full of chatter j, r , ; The tiny f waiters and high chairs' 1 ' ' JJ ~ n.' Stand ready for the younger beara, " - .' ■ • While the two elder greatly scorn . •,■<!. These properties of days well gone. ,' .. ' Aye, scorning, as'they would a flb, , ' J The wearing of an infant bib !••' ' ' , The " tucker " is anbtfterlthing, -' . ,■ ■ I ' Minus the scooped-out neck and' String I , ■ J 'But now we' see them seated round, , > * 1 By mother's eye in order bound. : , .' : That is," the eye intends to rule ';>'• ', As schoolmistress in.distript school ; , \ And quite as hopelessly it fails, ,. , , For.no authority avails "". , ' ' ; j vflto'clieck at once the talk and fun > i Up in the nursery begun.' . ' ■■: Thef mother wisely, thinks she'll wait, x * j r • And with 'the beara with te'mpting'bait; i And so at last the dear eye reigns .• " -V Ttieitiears are bound in loving chains. - • , I ,•! rr 'M. B.H. t.v>v. .« -■ .v-i-r-^ ' ■ ! MISS SAIDIE'S PUSS, What a' cold night it was. The wind whistled about the house, find the'snow fle_w around the ■ oornerp, this way and that,* a longtime before it made up its mind to settle down for good in some big drift. -It; was dark, too, but ,all this was only outside, for in the. sitting-room where Miss Saidie and her mamma sat there was a bright, warm fire, which,, took' away, the cold, ,and plenty {of 'gaslight to take away the darkness. ! . ,v"'Time for bed, Saidie," said mamma, ias the plock Btrnok eight. ' > ; "0, just one minute, one little minute, please;" answered Saidie,. as she began ' to ,' 'Spamper through the rest of the story she was reading. "There's a little iboy tumbled into the water, and a big dog has gone after him, and I want to see if he gets out all right." . • ' •/Well," said mamma, "you may have • until that 1 long hand points to III," and • "Saidie* settled down to enjoy her fifteen minutes just as -muoh as possible. • 7 ■' " If you please, Miss Saidie,' there's a man ' in.the feitohen who wants to see you," said ' ■ the oook, opening the door. ."'Who iß'it?"- asked Saidie. f John^'thegardener." Now John didn't live with them, but in a 1 little-brown home -nearly half a mile down the road, and whenever anyone in the village wanted anything! done, from ' nailing up a fenceto cutting off chicken heads at Thanks<i giving' time,. he was. the one they went to. rv, Saidie found him standing by the range, with If" hia greatcoat wet with' melting snow. Some- . " , thing iwaß: ins jde : [this greatcoat, under his arm, but she had no idea what it was. < - ' ' t V Gdodievening, Miss Saidie," said he. , v./," Good 'evening, Mr John," repliediSaid,ie, politely. '•'. • ' ' ■ \ •'V ',o. ! '.* P; lease sit down in that ohair." ria.So Saidie sat down, .very, ourious to learn what was going to happen next. , John 1 opened bis coat carefully, and, after telling ;i her to shut her eyes, put something softly down .on; her lap. •' \ ..'.iAlittle.grey kitten. . " „ . . toßut.whatt oßut.what an nnhappy-lookrog.,kltty she was, for her soft fnr was wet and cold, and altogether, kitty looked as if she never would , part) again as long as she, lived. "I found her on the road," said John, " and I thought you would take as good care of her aa any one I could think of." "O.ihank you, thank you, Mr, John," replied gaidie. .'/I will make her, bo, happy, she never, never will go away." So John patted Kitty, bade them good night, and went out into ,the storm. I'll not tell | you how many good things cook put ato his pocket though before he started. Taking the kitten, Saidie 'went into the , sitting-room, where her wet' treasure waßw aß carefully done up in warm flannel and given a position of honour on the oounter-table in an old work-basket. After a short time pussy a eyes began to get bright onoe more, and very soon she gob upon her legs and stretched her back until it looked like a mountain No place was good enough for ,

puss that night except Saidie's own bed, and the little girl was so afraid she would roll over on kitty that she didn't sleep half as well as usual. It doesn't take little kittens and little girls long to make up their minds to love each other just as dearly as dearly oan be, so you will not be at all astonished when I tell you that whenever Miss Saidie comes into any room in the house, right at her heels you will be sure to see the nose of Miss Saidie's puss.