Peter and Polly live in the country. Every fine day in summer they can play in the fields. Every day they can see birds and butterflies. They know about lambs and sheep and cows. They know about playing in the brook and finding wild flowers. In winter the snow falls. The fields are covered with snow. The hills are covered It hides the brooks. Some with snow. eter and Polly live in a white house. as green blinds. There is a barn near Look on the map in the front of this , and you can find the place. he house is on a hill. So Peter has a all his own to slide down. here is a large yard around the house. are many tall elm trees. One elm tree two long ropes around a big branch. 1 gether at the bottom. What do you think they are for? What do Why, put a board between the ropes and sit on the board. Then some one can swing you. The swing will take you way up into the branches. But you must hang on. That is the way Polly does. Peter cannot swing so high yet. grown up. Peter and Polly have a friend. She is They call her the Story Lady. The Story Lady knows stories about everything. She taught Polly to say this verse: How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Wag-wag is Peter's dog. He likes to run after the swing. Back and forth, back and forth, he runs. He barks, and jumps on his hind feet. His little tail goes wag, wag. Perhaps he is asking for a swing. Sometimes he plays that he will catch gs, So when Polly swings up and down she Wag-wag, Wag-wag, can't catch And the little dog runs back and forth. He barks, "Bow-wow, bow-wow." Per s he says, "I can, but I won't. It -ht hurt you." FATHER'S STORE PART I One morning Peter and Polly went to the store. Their mother needed a yeast cake. "Please give me two cents, mother,' said Polly. "I will pay for the yeast cake." Her mother said, "You may have two cents to put into your bank, Polly. But father will give you the yeast cake." You see, the store belonged to Polly's father. 66 May we stay at the store with father?" "Yes," said her mother. "You may come home to dinner with him. Be sure to look for a train when you get to the track." The children walked down the hill. They came to the railroad track. Here they stopped to look for a train. They looked up the track. They looked 11 |