and then, opening the bowl, he would find the pear inside."

"And would he, truly?" asked Malleville.

"Certainly," said Beechnut. "Blue Cap took the bowl and put it in his lap. Then he said,

'Silver hunter, silver hare,

Give me, if you please, a pear.'

"Blue Cap opened the bowl and there he found a large, ripe, mellow pear. All this time the giant was sitting at the door of his den."

"I should like such a bowl," said Malleville. "Blue Cap ate the pear, and then he wanted another. So he put on the cover of the bowl and said again,

'Silver hunter, silver hare,

I want a sweet and juicy pear.'

"Then he opened the bowl, and there was nothing in it.

""That won't do,' said the giant.

"The same

poetry must not be used twice in the same day. You must make some new lines.'

"So Blue Cap thought a minute and then he said, —

'Silver hunter, silver hare,

Give me an apple and a pear."

"And did he get an apple and a pear?" asked Malleville.

"Yes," said Beechnut; "only the pear was not quite so large as the other one. Blue Cap put the

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apple and the pear in his pocket, and thanked the giant for the bowl. He then went home, carrying the bowl under his arm.

"When he got home, he showed the bowl to his sister, s and they tried to make some new lines; but they found it very hard. At last they thought of this,

"And did they get a piece of apple pie?" asked 10 Malleville.

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"A whole one," said Beechnut.

," said Beechnut. "There was a whole pie, as large as would go into the bowl, with beautiful figures of dogs and horses and huntsmen on the crust."

"Oh, what a good bowl!" said Malleville. "I wish 15I had such a bowl. The first thing I would ask for would be a good big apple to roast."

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"Why, I know magic enough to get you an apple to roast," said Beechnut.

So he went to the woodpile where Malleville was sitting, and kneeled down.

"I'll get you an apple from under this log," he said.

So he covered over the end of the log with the bearskin very carefully, and then told Malleville to put the ends of her two forefingers together on her lap and 25 be sure that she did not move until he had given the word.

"Now watch your fingers while I speak the magic words," he said.

So Malleville watched her fingers very closely while

Beechnut repeated these lines, half singing and half

Then he lifted up the bearskin a little and let Malleville peep in. There she saw a fine large apple lying on the chips.

Beechnut had had this apple in his pocket. While Malleville was watching her fingers, he had reached his arm back into the woodpile and dropped the apple through a crevice. Thence it had rolled down to the end of the log, where Malleville found it.

Beechnut told Malleville that she must not eat the apple, but must keep it to roast when she went into the house.

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That night as she was going upstairs to bed, Malleville began to tell her cousins the story of Golgorondo 20 and the bowl. They stopped at the head of the stairs to finish the story.

Malleville could not remember the poetry very well. She said that the first line was "Silver huntsman, silver rabbit," but she had forgotten the other line. 25 She thought and thought, and tried again. But she could not get beyond "Silver huntsman, silver rabbit."

"Oh, I guess it was this way," said one of the little

5 The children laughed loud and long at this funny rime, and then went to their rooms.

-Adventures of a Country Boy.

1. Tell the story of the Magic Bowl. Do you like the story? Why?

2. What kind of boy was Beechnut? Do you think you would like him? Why? What do you think of Malleville? What is a giant? Can you tell any other giant story?

3. Is there any such thing as a magic bowl? We sometimes hear of the "magic of kindness"; what does that mean?

4. Pronounce these words. Explain the meaning of ten of them.

OR want of a nail, the shoe was lost;

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For want of a shoe, the horse was lost;
For want of a horse, the rider was lost;

For want of a rider, the battle was lost;
For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost;
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

BY KATHERINE PYLE

It is night, and the toyshop is all closed up tight on the outside. But inside the toys are busy.

world looks like as they see it.

"I

They are telling each other what the

And here is what they say.

SHOULD like," said the vase from the china store, "To have seen the world a little more.

"When they brought me here I was wrapped up tight, But they say it is really a lovely sight."

"Yes," said a little plaster bird;

"That is exactly what I have heard;

"There are thousands of trees, and oh, what a sight

It must be when the candles are all alight!"

The fat top rolled on his other side.

"It is not in the least like that," he cried.

"Except myself and the kite and ball, None of you know of the world at all.