ONCE UPON A TIME.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 37, 13 September 1890, Page 19

ONCE UPON A TIME.

ONCE upon a time, there was a little girl, just like you, who couldn’t count two. And she had a dreadful time about it! She didn't know she had two feet, so she sometimes forgot to put OTI both her shoes : she didn't know she had two eyes, so she would sometimes go to sleep with one eye, and stay awake with the other ; she didn't know she had two ears, so she would sometimes hear half of what mamma said, and not hear the other. One. day mamma called to her and said, ‘ Pet, I want you to take this syrup and put it in mv closet ?’ Now Pet was only listening with one ear, and so she only heard the first half of what mamma said : ‘ I want you to take this

san I : i want you to taKe tins syrup.’ That was what she heard. She liked the syrup very much, for she had ten drops in a teaspoon whenever she had a sore throat, and she had always wished mamma would give her more. And now she was just to ‘ take it.’ That must mean take the whole bottle if she liked. She put the bottle to her lips, and took a good, long draught. It was more than half-empty when she stopped to take bieath, and then the syrup did not seem to taste good any longer. She put the bottle down. Ob-dear—me! In about ten minutes Pet was the very sickest little girl you ever saw in your life. Mamma put her to bed, and sent

Pet. for the doctor, and she had to take four different kinds of medicine before she got well, not one of which tasted good at all. So now, you see, it is a very good plan for little wee girls to learn to count two.