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 with snow. It hides the brooks. Some times it hides the fences. Peter and Polly like to play in the snow. They like to slide downhill. They like to roll snowballs and make snow men. Peter and Polly live in a white house. It has green blinds. There is a barn near it. Look on the map in the front of this book, and you can find the place. The house is on a hill. So Peter has a hill all his own to slide down. There is a large yard around the house. In it are many tall elm trees. One elm tree has two long ropes around a big branch. These ropes hang down and are tied to gether at the bottom. What do they are for? you think 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. Peter and Polly have a friend. She is grown up. 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, 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 Polly's dress. But he never does. He knows that might pull her out of the swing. He likes Polly and he would not hurt her. 66 So when Polly swings up and down she sings, Wag-wag, Wag-wag, can't catch me." And the little dog runs back and forth. He barks, "Bow-wow, bow-wow." Per store. FATHER'S STORE PART I One morning Peter and Polly went to the 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 66 'May we stay at the store with father?" "You may Yes," said her mother. 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 down the track. But they saw no train. So they went on. "Perhaps father will let us play keeping store," said Polly. |