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Short StoriesThe Child And Flower.The Atheist in his garden stood, At twilight's pen... Edward And Ellen. Edward Ford owned a snug little cottage with a small farm s... Flora And Her Portrait. "And was there never a portrait of your beautiful child," s... George And His Guinea. Little George Ames went with his aunt to attend a missionar... The Dying Boy. A little boy, by the name of Bertie, was taken very ill, an... Story About An Indian. A poor sick man might go to the door of some rich person's ... Anna With A Pleasant Home. Anna, having obtained leave of her mistress, soon found her... Lettice Taking Home The Work. Early in the morning, before it was light, and while the tw... Lizzy And Her Dog. I wish to relate to you a very affecting story about a good... The Way To Overcome Evil. A little girl, by the name of Sarah Dean, was taught the pr... Old Pipes And The Dryad A mountain brook ran through a little village. Over the bro... Anne Cleaveland. Anne was the daughter of a wealthy farmer. She had a good N... Early At School. One Sabbath evening a teacher was walking up and down in th... Chinese Proverbs. What is told in the ear is often heard a hundred miles. ... Gather The Flowers. Two little girls went into the fields to gather flowers. Bu... No Payno Work. "Little boy, will you help a poor old man up the hill with ... A Scene In London. My young readers may have heard about the poor people in Lond... The Uncertainty Of Life. Josiah Martin was a young man of whom any mother might have... Telling Secrets. There is a company of girls met together, and what can they... Anecdotes. A poor Arabian of the desert was one day asked, how he came... |
THE HAPPY FAMILY.There are a great many novel sights in the streets of London, for the cheap entertainment of the people. The family circle of different animals and birds is an admirable illustration of the peace which should pervade among families. The proprietor of this little menagerie calls it, "The Happy Family." The house in which they are kept is a simple constructed cage. It is a large square hen-coop, placed on a low hand-cart which a man draws about from one street to another, and gets a few pennys a day from those who stop to look at the domestic happiness of his family. Perhaps the first thing you will see, is a large cat, washing her face, with a number of large rats nestling around her, like kittens, whilst others are climbing up her back and playing with her whiskers. In another corner of the room a dove and a hawk are sitting on the head of a dog which is resting across the neck of a rabbit. The floor is covered with the oddest social circles imaginable--weazles and Guinea pigs, and peeping chickens, are putting their noses together, caressingly. The perches above are covered with birds whose natural antipathies have been subdued into mutual affection by the law of kindness. The grave owl is sitting upright, and meditating in the sun, with a keen-sighted sparrow perched between his ears trying to open the eyes of the sleepy owl with its sharp bill. Children stop to look at this scene, and Mr. Burritt thinks they may carry away lessons which will do them good. They will think on it on their way to school, and at home too, when any thing crosses their will in family or on the play ground. Next: STORY ABOUT AN INDIAN. Previous: FLYING THE KITE.
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