See It Go#
“Look,” said Dick. “See it go. See it go up.”
Jane said, “Oh, look! See it go. See it go up.”
“Up, up,” said Sally. “Go up, up, up.”
Down it comes. Run, Dick. We can find it.”
“See me run,” said Sally. “See Spot run. Oh, oh! This is fun.”
“It is Father. Oh, my! Father looks funny.”
Jane said, “My, my! This is not fun. This is not fun for Father.”
Dick said, “Guess, Mother. Guess, guess.”
Mother said, “I can guess. It is Dick.”
“Yes, yes,” said Sally. “It is Dick.”
“Who is this?” said Father. “Can you guess who it is?”
Mother said, “It is not Dick. It is not Jane and not Sally. I can guess who it is. It is Father.”
“Yes, yes,” said Jane. “It is Father.”
Jane said, “Guess, Mother. Guess who it is.”
Mother said, “I can guess. It is Jane.”
“No, no,” said Sally. “No, no, no. Oh, my! This is fun. Mother can not guess.”
“I can guess,” said Mother. “I can guess who it is. It is Baby Sally.”
“Yes, yes,” said Dick. “It is Baby Sally. Funny little Sally.”
“Oh, look!” said Mother. “My family is here. My funny, funny family.”
Something for Sally#
Father said, “Look, Sally. Find something. Find something for Sally.”
Sally said, “I see something. What is it, Father? What is it? I can not guess.”
“Oh, my!” said Sally. “Here is a ball. Here is a red ball. A red ball for me.”
Father said, “Look, Sally. Look in the ball. Something is in it. Something is in the red ball.”
“Oh, Father!” said Sally. “Here is a blue ball. A blue ball is in the red ball. See this little blue ball. Is something in it?”
Father said, “Yes, Sally. Something is in the blue ball. Look and see. See what is in it.”
“Oh, look!” said Sally. “See this yellow ball. Here are three balls. Yellow and red and blue.”
Father said, “One, two, three. Three balls for Sally.”
“No, no,” said Sally. “One ball for Dick. One ball for Jane. And one for Baby Sally.”
Do What I Do#
“See me jump,” said Dick. “Oh, my! This is fun. Come and play. Come and do what I do. Look, look! Who can jump? Who can do what I do?”
“I can jump,” said Jane. “I can jump,” said Mother. “I can jump,” said Father. “See me jump,” said Sally. “I can jump and play.”
“No, Sally,” said Dick. “You can not play. You are too little. You are a baby.”
“Do this,” said Father. “Who can do what I do?”
“I can,” said Mother. “I can,” said Dick. “I can,” said Jane and Sally.
“No, Sally,” said Father. “You can not do this. You are too little.”
“Do this,” said Sally. “Who can do this? Who can do what I do?”
Father said, “Oh, my! We can not do it.”
“No, no,” said Sally. “You and Mother are too big. Dick and Jane are too big. Sally is not too big. Sally can do it.”
Father Helps the Family#
Mother said, “Oh, Father! Will you do something for me? Will you please help me?”
“I will see,” said Father. “I will see.”
Jane said, “Look, Father. Will you please help me? You work for Mother. Can you work for me, too?”
“I will see,” said Father.
Dick said, “Oh, Father! Please do something for me. Will you please help me?”
“Yes, Dick,” said Father. “I can work for Mother and Jane. I can help you, too.”
“Look, Father, look. Who will help me? Will you please help me?”
Father said, “Oh, Sally! I can help Mother. I can help Dick and Jane. I can not help you. Mother can help you.”
Sally Makes Something#
“See me work,” said Dick. “I can make boats and cars. Here are two red boats. Here are three blue cars. This work is fun. This is play.”
Sally said, “Look, Dick. Jane can work, too. She can make a boat. A big, big boat.”
“No, no,” said Jane. “This is not a boat. This is a big red house.”
Sally said, “Oh, Jane! Who is in the big house? Are Mother and Father in it?”
Jane laughed. She said, “No, Sally. You and I are in the house. Spot and Puff are in it, too.”
“Look, look,” said Sally. “I will make something. Something yellow. It is not a boat. It is not a car. Guess what it is.”
Jane said, “Oh, Sally! What is it? We can not guess. Is it a ball?”
Sally laughed. She said, “Oh, no! It is not a ball. It is a cookie. A big, big cookie for Sally.”
Pretty, Pretty Puff#
Jane said, “Where is Sally? I want to find Sally. Where is she? Please help me, Dick. Please help me find Sally.”
Dick said, “We will find Sally. She is in the house. Come, Jane. I will help you find Sally.”
“Look, Jane,” said Dick. “Here is something white. What is it? Can you guess what it is?”
“Oh, yes!” laughed Jane. “I can guess. I can guess what it is.”
Dick said, “Oh, Jane! Look here. Do you see what I see?”
“Yes, yes,” laughed Jane. “I see what you see. I see something white. I can guess where Sally is.”
“Oh, oh!” laughed Dick. “Here are Sally and Puff. See funny white Puff.”
Sally laughed, too. She said, “Puff is pretty. Puff is not yellow. Puff is white. I can make Puff look pretty. Pretty, white Puff.”
Jane Helps#
“I can work,” said Dick. “I can help Mother.”
Jane said, “I can work, too. I can help. Look, Dick. This is for Father. Father will eat here.”
Jane said, “One, two, three, four. One is for Father. One is for Mother. One is for Dick. And one is for Baby Sally. One, two, three, four. One for Father. One for Mother. One for Dick. And one for Baby Sally.”
Jane said, “Look, Dick. You may eat here.”
“Oh, Jane!” said Dick. “Where will you eat?”
“Oh, my!” said Sally. “Where will Jane eat?”
Jane said, “One, two, three, four. I see four in this family. Father, Mother, Dick, and Sally. Father is one. Mother is two. Dick is three. Sally is four. One, two, three, four.”
Dick laughed and laughed. He said, “Oh, Jane! You are funny. You are in this family, too. Where will you eat? Where is one for you? Get one for Jane.”
“Oh, oh!” laughed Jane. “Where is one for me? I will get one for Jane.”
A Funny Ride#
Father said, “I want something. I want to get something. Something for the car. We can get it here.”
“Oh, Father!” said Sally. “What do you want? What do you want for the car?”
Father said, “You will see. You will see.”
Sally said, “Oh! See Tim. He went up, too. He and Spot and Puff went up.”
Up, up went the car. “Oh, oh!” said Jane. “See the car go up. The car can go for a ride. It can ride up.”
Sally said, “Look, Father. Spot and Puff want to jump. Please make the car come down. Can you make it come down?”
“Yes, Sally,” said Father. “We can make the car come down. We will get Spot and Puff and Tim.”
Sally said, “Down comes the car. Down comes Spot. Down comes Puff. And down comes Tim.”
“Look, Sally,” said Dick. “See the car come down. See Tim come down. See Spot and Puff come down.”
“Oh, Spot!” laughed Dick. “You ride up. You ride down. You ride up and down. This is a funny ride for you. A funny ride for Puff. And a funny ride for Tim.”
Father went to the car. He said, “The car can go. The family can go. The family can go away.”
“Away we go,” said Sally. “We will not ride up and down. We will ride away.”
Away went the car. Away went the family. Away, away, away.
At the Farm#
“Here we are,” said Father. “Here we are at the farm.”
“Oh, oh!” said Jane. “Here we are at the farm. I see Grandmother. I see Grandfather.”
“Hello, Grandmother,” said Dick. “Here we are at the farm.”
“Hello,” said Grandmother. “See who is here. It is my family. Look, look. Here is my family.”
“Hello, Grandmother,” said Jane. “Hello, Grandfather,” said Dick. “Bow-wow,” said Spot. “Bow-wow, bow-wow.”
Sally said, “Look, Grandfather. Spot wants to say something. He wants to say hello.”
“Hello, Spot,” said Grandfather. “Bow-wow, bow-wow,” said Spot.
Grandmother laughed. She said, “Spot is funny. He can say hello.”
“Look at Spot,” said Sally. “Spot can say something. He can say hello.”
The Pony#
“See the big horses,” said Jane. “One, two, three, four big horses. I see a little horse, too. Is it a baby horse?”
Grandfather said, “No, Jane. It is not a baby horse. It is a pony. It is for you and Dick and Sally.”
“What a pretty pony!” said Dick. “May I ride on it?”
“Oh, yes!” said Grandfather. “You may ride on it. Jane and Sally may ride on it. You may ride and ride and ride.”
Dick said, “Go, little pony. Go fast. Go fast. I want a fast ride. I want a good ride. A fast ride. A good ride. Go, little pony, go fast.”
Away went Dick on the pony. Away, away he went.
Dick said, “Come, Jane and Sally. Get on the pony. Jump on. Jump on. It is fun to ride on the pony.”
Jane said, “Oh, little pony! Please do not go fast. Sally and I do not want to ride fast.”
Away went the pony. Away went Jane and Sally. Away went Tim.
“Oh, oh!” laughed Sally. “This is fun. This is a good ride. A good ride for Jane. A good ride for Tim. And a good ride for me.”
Sally saw Father. She said, “Hello, Father. Come and ride on the pony.”
Father said, “Look at me. See me get on the pony.”
“Oh, Father!” said Jane. “You are too big to ride on a pony. Get a horse, Father. You can ride on a horse.”
The White Hen#
Dick went to the hen house. Spot and Puff went, too.
“Oh!” said Dick. “Look at the eggs. Here are eggs for Grandmother.”
Spot saw a white hen. “Bow-wow,” he said.
“Cluck, cluck,” said the hen. “Bow-wow,” said Spot. “Bow-wow, bow-wow.”
Spot ran away. He ran away fast. He ran to the house. Puff ran away, too.
Dick saw the white hen. “Hello, White Hen,” he said. “I want eggs for Grandmother. Have you eggs for me?”
“Cluck, cluck,” said the hen. “Cluck, cluck, cluck.”
Dick said, “Oh, oh! Oh! Oh!”
Dick ran to find Grandmother. “Oh, Grandmother!” he said. “White Hen is not a good hen. She makes me go away. I can not get the eggs.”
Grandmother said, “Come, Dick.” She went to the hen house, and Dick went, too.
“Look, Dick,” said Grandmother. “See the little chickens. Little baby chickens! Little yellow chickens!”
Dick said, “Oh, White Hen! You have no eggs. But you have baby chickens. You have a pretty family. You have a big, big family.”
A Family in the Barn#
Dick said, “Oh, Grandmother! I saw three red hens go to the barn. They have eggs in the barn. I will look for the eggs. Jane may help me.”
“Yes, yes,” said Jane. “It is fun to look for eggs.”
Dick and Jane went to the barn. Dick said, “I see four horses. I see two white horses and two black horses. But I do not see the hens. Where are they?”
“I see a red hen,” said Jane. “We will go and find the eggs.” Up, up went Dick and Jane.
“Look, Dick,” said Jane. “Do you see what I see? It is something black. What is it?”
Dick said, “I will see what it is. It said something. But it did not say cluck, cluck. It is not a hen. It is not a little chicken.”
“It is a black cat,” said Dick. “It is a mother cat. A mother cat and four kittens. I see two white kittens and two black kittens. They are pretty.”
“Oh, my!” laughed Jane. “What will Grandmother say? We did not find eggs. But we did find a cat and kittens. A mother cat and four kittens.”
A Big, Big Dog#
Spot saw the black pony. “Bow-wow, bow-wow,” he said. He ran at the pony. The pony ran and ran. It ran to the barn.
Dick said, “Look at Spot. He can have fun at the farm. He can make the pony run away. He is a big, big dog.”
Spot saw the little pigs. “Bow-wow, bow-wow,” he said. He ran at the little pigs. They ran to the mother pig. They ran fast.
“Spot is a big dog,” said Jane. “He can make the pigs run away. This is fun for Spot. But it is not fun for the pigs.”
Spot saw the big red cows. “Bow-wow, bow-wow,” he said. He ran at the cows, and the cows ran away.
“Oh, oh!” laughed Dick. “Spot is a big, big dog. He can make the cows run away. This is fun for Spot. But it is not fun for the cows.”
Spot saw the white hen. He saw the little yellow chickens. “Bow-wow, bow-wow,” he said.
The hen did not run away. She ran at Spot, and he ran away.
Dick laughed and laughed. He said, “Spot is not a big dog. A hen can make Spot run away. This is not fun for Spot.”
Puff Wants to Play#
Puff wanted to play. She wanted to have fun. She saw Mother.
“Mew, mew, mew,” said Puff.
Mother said, “Go away. Go away, little kitten. I can not play. I have work to do.”
The kitten saw Tim. She wanted to play with Tim. But Tim sat and sat. He sat and sat and sat.
Puff wanted to say, “This is not fun for me.” But she did not say it. She said, “Mew, mew, mew.” And she went away.
Puff wanted to play with the pigs. She wanted to play with the little chickens.
The pigs and the chickens did not want to play with a kitten. They wanted to eat. They ate and ate and ate.
Puff wanted to say, “This is not fun for me.” But she did not say it. She said, “Mew, mew, mew.” And she went away.
Puff went to the barn. She saw the big black cat and four baby kittens.
They said, “Mew, mew.” They wanted to play with Puff.
“Mew, mew, mew,” said Puff. She wanted to say, “I can play with the black cat. I can play with the kittens. I can have fun at the barn.”
Funny Cookies#
“Look, look,” said Sally. “See Grandmother make cookies. Good, good cookies.”
Dick said, “Oh, Grandmother! We want to help you. Please, Grandmother. We want to help you make cookies. We can make funny cookies.”
Jane said, “See the cookies. Here is one cookie cow. Here are two cookie cats. Here are three cookie kittens and four cookie horses.”
“Oh, Jane!” said Dick. “Here is one cookie pony. Oh, my! Oh, my! We can make funny cookies.”
Jane said, “Look at Sally. Sally can make a cookie. She can make Tim.”
Sally said, “Tim is a cookie, a funny, funny cookie.”
She ate the funny cookie. She ate up Cookie Tim.
Grandfather said, “I have a pet for you. It may go home with you. Guess what it is.”
Sally said, “Is it a kitten? I want a little black kitten.”
“Oh, Sally!” said Grandmother. “You have a kitten. You have Puff.”
Sally said, “We have no cow at home. We have no horse at home. We have no pony and no pig.”
“Oh, Sally!” laughed Dick. “A pony and a horse and a cow can not go in the car. They are too big. A pig is not a good pet. You do not want a pig.”
Grandfather said, “Look here. Here is something for you. Here is a good pet. Here is a pretty, white rabbit. It may go home with you.”
“Oh, oh!” said Dick and Jane. “A rabbit! A rabbit! A pretty, white rabbit! Thank you, Grandfather. Thank you for the rabbit.”
Sally said, “Look, Mother. See my pretty, yellow chickens. They may go home with me.”
“Oh, Sally!” laughed Grandmother. “They are not little chickens. They are little ducks. You may have a duck for a pet.”
“Thank you, thank you,” said Sally. “Thank you for my little duck.”
“Good-bye,” said Dick and Jane. “Good-bye,” said Father and Mother. “Good-bye, good-bye,” said Sally. “Bow-wow,” said Spot. “Mew, mew,” said Puff. “Quack, quack,” said the duck.
“Oh, oh!” said Sally. “Spot and Puff can say good-bye. My little duck can say good-bye.”
Fun for Little Quack#
“Come here, Dick,” said Jane. “Come and see Little Quack. He is not happy. He wants to get out. He wants to go to the farm.”
Dick said, “Oh, Little Quack! You want something to eat. I will get something for you.”
“Come, Little Quack,” said Dick. “Come out and eat this. This is good. This will make you happy. Come out and eat it.”
Little Quack did not come out. He did not eat. He sat and sat and sat.
“Quack, quack,” said the duck. He wanted something. He did not want to get out. He did not want to go to the farm. He did not want to eat. He sat and sat and sat.
“Well, well,” said Dick. “Little Quack will not eat. He is not happy. He wants something. What can he want?”
Jane said, “Oh, Dick! Look up! Look up! We must run to the house. We must run fast.”
Dick and Jane ran. Spot and Puff ran, too. But the little duck did not run. He sat and sat and sat.
“Look, Jane,” said Dick. “We can go out now. We can go out and play.”
Dick and Jane went out.
Little Rabbit#
Little Rabbit wanted to run. He wanted to run away. And away he went. Hop, hop. Hop, hop, hop.
Dick and Jane did not see the rabbit get out. They did not see it hop away.
Little Rabbit saw something. He saw something good. He wanted to eat it. Hop, hop, hop.
In went the happy little rabbit. He ate and ate and ate. He ate all he wanted.
Dick came for Little Rabbit. He laughed and laughed.
“Oh, here you are!” he said. “Well, well, Little Rabbit. You ate and ate and ate. Now you are too big to get out. I must help you get out.”
And he did.
The Big Blue Ball#
Puff saw something pretty. She saw a big blue ball. She sat down and looked at it. She looked and looked.
Puff wanted the blue ball. She wanted to play with it.
Jump, jump! Up went the kitten. Down came the ball. Down came the kitten. Bump, bump! Down they came.
Away went the blue ball, and away ran the yellow kitten.
“Mew, mew,” said Puff. “Mew, mew, mew.”
Mother and Jane came. Dick and Sally came. They all looked at the kitten.
Jane said, “Look at Puff. She can not run. She can not jump. She can not play. Oh, my! We must help Puff.”
Mother said, “You funny kitten. I must help you.”
“Mew, mew,” said Puff.
“Oh, Mother!” said Jane. “Puff wants to say thank you. Now she can run and play. Now she can have fun with my little blue ball.”
In and Out#
“See my toy animals come out,” said Sally. “Out they come. Bump, bump, bump! Out they come. Now I will play with my toys. Now I will have fun.”
Sally looked in the toy barn. “Oh, oh!” she said. “All the animals are out. Here they are. Here are all my toy animals. I have chickens and ducks. I have pigs and cows. I have a pony and a horse. A little toy pony, and a big toy horse.”
Sally wanted the animals to go into the barn.
“Go in,” she said. “Go in, little animals. Go into the barn.”
In went the ducks. In went the pigs. In went the chickens, too. They all went into the barn.
In went the horse, and out came the ducks.
In went the pony, and out came the pigs.
In went the cows, and out came the chickens.
In and out. In and out. In they went, and out they came. Down, down, down. Bump, bump, bump!
“Oh, oh!” said Sally. “Where are my animals? They all went into the barn. Where are they now? Did they all run away?”
“No, Sally,” laughed Jane. “I see the toy animals. I see where they are.”
Dick said, “Look, Sally. Now they can go into the barn and they will not come out.”
In went all the animals. In went the horse and the pony. In went the ducks and the chickens. In went the pigs and the cows.
They all went into the barn, and they did not come out.
The New Toy#
Sally said, “Look, Spot. Here is my new toy. I can have fun with it. I can talk on it. I can talk to Father. I can say hello to Father.”
“I want something good. I want cookies. Please get cookies for me.”
Spot looked at the new toy. “Bow-wow, bow-wow,” he said.
Sally said, “Oh, Father! Spot can talk to you. He wants cookies, too. Please get cookies for Spot. Good-bye, Father, good-bye.”
Soon Father came home. Sally said, “Hello, Father. Where are the cookies? Did you get the cookies?”
“No,” said Father. “Who wanted cookies?”
“I did,” said Sally. “I wanted cookies. Spot wanted cookies, too.”
Sally said, “Look, Father, look. I wanted to talk to you. I wanted to talk on this. I said hello, Father. Spot and I want cookies. Good-bye.”
“Oh, Sally!” laughed Father. “That is a toy. You can not talk to me on that.”
The Toy Farm#
“This is my toy farm,” said Dick. “What a pretty farm it is! There is the house. There is the barn. There are the animals, too. I want Jane to see my toy farm. I will run and find Jane.”
So Dick ran into the house.
“Look at my farm,” said Dick. “Oh, my! Who did that? The house and the barn are down. All the animals are down. All the pigs are down. All the chickens and all the ducks are down. The cow and the little pony are down, too. Now I must make a new farm.”
Soon Dick said, “Now we have a new farm. There is the house. There is the barn. There are the animals, too.”
Jane said, “Mother must see this pretty farm. We will run and find Mother.” So away they ran.
Mother came with Dick and Jane to see the new farm. They all looked at it. They all said, “Who did that?”
Dick said, “A dog did that, and I can guess who he is.”
“Bow-wow,” said Spot. He ran away fast.
Jane Wants a Doll#
“See the toy dogs,” said Sally. “See the cars and boats,” said Dick. “There is a baby doll,” said Jane. “It can talk. Oh, I want a doll that talks!”
Soon Mother said, “Come, come. We must go home now.”
So Jane said, “Good-bye, baby doll.” And they all went home.
Dick wanted to talk to Grandmother. He said, “Hello, Grandmother. Jane will have a birthday soon. She wants a new doll. Jane likes baby dolls. She likes dolls that talk. Please get a doll for Jane. Please get a doll that talks.”
Sally said, “Oh, Father! Jane will have a birthday. She will have a birthday soon. Guess what Jane wants. She wants a new doll. She wants a baby doll. A doll that can talk. A doll that can say ma-ma. Please get a baby doll for Jane.”
Soon the birthday came.
“Happy birthday!” said Mother. “I have something for you, Jane, something you will like.”
“Happy birthday!” said Father. “I have something for you, too.”
Jane said, “Thank you, Mother. Thank you, Father. What have you for me? I can not guess.”
“See who is here,” said Jane. “Here is Grandmother. Here is Grandfather.”
Grandmother said, “Hello, Jane. Happy birthday to you.”
Grandfather said, “Hello, Jane. Happy birthday! We have something for you. Guess what it is.”
“Oh, my!” laughed Jane. “Three new dolls! Three baby dolls! I like baby dolls. I wanted one for my birthday. Now I have three. Now I have a big doll family. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is a happy, happy birthday.”
Who Can Talk?#
Jane said, “Oh, Sally! My new dolls can talk. They can say something. They can say ma-ma. They say ma-ma, ma-ma, ma-ma.”
Sally looked at Tim. She said, “Oh, Tim! I will make you talk, and I will make Toy Dog talk. Talk, Tim, talk. Say ma-ma, ma-ma. Talk like the baby dolls.”
But Tim and Toy Dog did not talk. They did not say ma-ma.
Sally said, “Oh, Puff! Can you talk like the dolls? Can you say ma-ma? Talk, Puff, talk. Say ma-ma, ma-ma.”
“Mew, mew,” said Puff. “Mew, mew.”
“Oh, Puff!” laughed Sally. “You can talk. You can say mew, mew, but you can not say ma-ma.”
Sally Finds Friends#
“Hello, Jane,” said Susan. “I came to play with you.”
Jane said, “Oh, Susan! We can have fun with our dolls. Come and see my three new dolls. They are my birthday dolls. They can say ma-ma.”
So Susan and Jane went into the house.
“Hello, Dick,” said Jack. “I came to play with you. I have a new blue boat.”
“Good!” said Dick. “I will get my toys. We will play with our boats and our cars. We will have fun with our toys.”
So Jack and Dick went into the house to play.
Sally saw Jack and Susan go into the house with Dick and Jane.
“Oh, my!” said Sally. “A boy came to play with Dick. A girl came to play with Jane. I want a friend to play with me. I will go and find a friend.”
Away went Sally. She went to this house.
Soon Sally came home. “Hello, Mother,” she said. “See all the boys and girls. See all my friends. My friends came to play with me.”
Mother laughed and laughed. “Hello, boys and girls,” she said. “Come in and play with Sally, our funny little Sally.”
Who Can Find It?#
“Look at this,” said Jane. “We can play with this. You must not see what I do with it. Do not look at me now. Please do not look.”
“No,” said the boys and girls. “We will not look.”
Soon Jane said, “Now, look. Now you may look for it.”
“We will look,” said Susan. “Yes, yes,” said all the children. “We will look and find it.”
So all the boys and girls looked. They looked and looked for it, but they did not find it.
Soon Jack said, “Oh, Jane! We can not find it. Where is it? Is it under something?”
“No,” said Jane. “It is not under something. You must look on something.”
Sally said, “There it is! I see it on the boat. It is on the little red boat.”
“Do not look,” said Sally. “You must not see what I do with it.”
The children did not look. They did not see what Sally did with it.
Soon Sally said, “Now, look. Can you see where it is? Is it under something? Is it on something?”
The children looked here and there. They looked under this, and they looked under that.
Susan said, “Oh, Sally! We have looked and looked, but we can not find it.”
Sally laughed and laughed. “Here it is!” she said. “It is on something.”
Can You Guess?#
“Look at me,” said Dick. “Can you guess what I am? I can run and jump. I am black and white. I have a tail, and I say bow-wow. What am I?”
Jack said, “I can guess. You are a dog. You are Spot.”
“Guess what I am,” said Tom. “I am not a boy. I am not a dog. I am not a cat. I am a pet. I am white, and I have a tail, a little white tail. See me hop, hop, hop. See me hop into my house.”
All the children laughed. “Tom is a rabbit,” they said.
Sally said, “I am something. I am not a girl. I am not a kitten. I am yellow, and I have a tail. I have a little, little tail. I am a pet, and I say quack, quack. Can you guess what I am?”
Tom said, “I can guess. I can guess what Sally is. She is a duck.”
The Funny House#
Tom said, “Hello, Dick. Hello, Jane and Sally. Come and see our house.”
“Oh, yes!” said Susan. “Come and play. Come into our house and play. I am the mother. Tom is the father.”
Jane said, “Oh, Susan! We are the children. Dick is the boy. I am the girl, and Sally is the baby. Well, well! What a big, big family! What a little, little house!”
Down came the house. It came down on Dick and Tom. It came down on Jane and Susan. It came down on little Sally, and it came down on Tim.
“Oh, my!” said Mother. “Something is under this. I see four big bumps under this. There is a little bump, too.”
Out came one big bump. That was Dick.
Out came three big bumps. One bump was Tom. One bump was Susan, and one bump was Jane.
Mother said, “Well, well! Who is the little bump? Is it a little boy? Is it a little girl?”
Out came the little bump. It was Sally.
She said, “I do not like that funny house. It came down on me.”
A Ride with Mother#
Tom said, “Jump in, Sally. Here we go for a ride.”
“Here we go,” said Susan. “Here we go with our friends. Here we go for a ride. We will ride fast. I like to ride fast.”
“Oh, my!” said Jack. “Look at all the cars. There are big cars and little cars. Red cars and blue cars. Black cars and yellow cars. There are white cars, too. I see four white cars.”
Soon Mother said, “Here we are. This is where we get out.”
Out came the children. Out came Susan and Jane. Out came Jack and Dick and Tom.
“Oh, my!” said Mother. “Sally did not get out. Where is she? We must look for Sally.”
“Did Sally go up there?”
“I will see,” said Dick, and he went up to find Sally. So did Jack and Tom. So did Jane and Susan. So did Mother.
They all went up. They all looked for Sally.
“Well, well!” said Dick. “There is Sally.”
“Oh, oh!” said all the children. “There is Baby Sally.”
Sally was happy. She said, “Look at me. I am a big, big girl. I can ride up here.”
What Sally Saw#
“Oh, look!” said Jane. “See the funny, funny animal. What is it?”
Sally said, “It is a rabbit, a big, big rabbit.”
“Oh, Sally!” said Dick. “That is not a rabbit.”
Sally said, “It can hop. It can hop like our pet rabbit. See it hop, hop, hop.”
“There is a cat,” said Sally. “There is a big yellow cat.”
“Oh, no!” said Jack. “That animal is not a cat.”
Sally said, “Yes, it is. It looks like a cat, a big, big cat. It looks like a cat to me.”
“Look, boys,” said Sally. “There is a pony. There is a black and white pony.”
“No, Sally,” said Tom. “That is not a pony.”
Sally said, “Oh, yes, it is. It looks like a pony, a pretty, little pony. It looks like a pony to me.”
Sally said, “Look at that pig. He is a big, big pig. So big! So big!”
“Oh, Sally!” said Susan. “That is not a pig.”
Sally said, “It looks like a pig. It looks like a pig to me.”
“Oh, look!” said Sally. “I see something funny. See the animal with two tails. One tail here. One tail there. One little tail. One big, big tail.”
Sally said, “Oh, yes, it is. It is a tail. It looks like a tail, a big, big tail. It looks like a tail to me.”
Fun at School#
Dick said, “Good-bye, Mother. Good-bye, Sally. We must go to school.”
“Good-bye. Good-bye,” said Jane. “We must go to school now. We want to go with Tom and Susan. We want to go with our friends.”
Sally said, “Oh, Spot! Dick and Jane went to school. They have friends at school. They have fun with friends. They work and play at school. We will go to school, too. We will work and play with the boys and girls.”
“Bow-wow,” said Spot. Away he went with Sally.
Sally said, “Look, Spot. See the boys and girls. See all our friends.”
“Bow-wow,” said Spot.
All the children looked up. They saw Sally and Spot.
“Hello,” said Sally. “We came to school. I want to work with you. Spot wants to play with you.”
Jane said, “Oh, Sally! It is fun to have you at school, but you must go home now. Mother will look for you. You and Spot must go home now.”
All the children said, “Good-bye, Sally. It was fun to have you come to our school. It was fun to have Spot come to our school.”
“Thank you,” said Sally. “Come, Spot. We must go home to Mother. We will play school at home.”
And they did.
Pets at School#
All the pets came to school. They came with the boys and girls. Big pets and little pets. Mother animals and baby animals.
Dogs and rabbits came. Cats and kittens came. Hens and chickens came. One little duck came, too.
Spot was at school. So was Puff. So was Little Rabbit. And so was Little Quack.
“Bow-wow,” said the dogs. “Mew, mew,” said the cats. “Cluck, cluck,” said the hens.
“Quack, quack,” said the duck. He did not like the dogs. He did not like the cats. He did not like the school. He was not happy.
Jack said, “He wants something. We must get something for Little Quack.”
“Here is something,” said Dick. “This is what a duck likes. This will make our duck happy.”
Jack said, “Oh, Dick! The little duck is not here. He ran away.”
“Oh, my!” said Dick. “We must look for Little Quack. We must find our pet.”
Dick said, “I will look under this.”
Jack said, “No, Dick. I looked under that. Little Quack is not there.”
All the children looked for the duck. They looked here, and they looked there. They looked under this, and they looked under that.
Jack said, “I see something. It is under that black hen.”
Jane looked under the hen. She said, “Here is Little Quack. He is under this hen.”
All the children ran to see the little duck.
Tom said, “The little chickens have a mother. Little Quack wants a mother, too. He wants a hen for a mother.”
Soon the children and all the pets went home. Boys and girls and dogs and cats. Rabbits and hens and chickens and one little duck. They all went home.