LITTLE STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. LONDON: PRINTED BY JOSEPH MASTERS, ALDERSGATE STREET. * * * * * LITTLE STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. * * * * * [Illustration] JOHN WILSON. John-ny Wil-son and Ned Brown were play-ing at ball one day, and theball hit John on the hand: he was ve-ry an-gry, and ran af-ter Ned andbeat him ve-ry hard. Just then, a man came by and gave John a box onthe ear which made him let go of Ned, and he be-gan to cry. Then the mansaid, "You beat that lit-tle boy and for-get how you hurt him, but youdo not like it your-self. " Then John was sor-ry, and said he would ne-ver do so any more; he shookhands with Ned, and he kept his word, and all who knew him lov-ed him. [Illustration] JANE NORTH. Jane North was an i-dle girl; she did not like her book, and when shewas told to read her les-son she would cry, and say she want-ed to playwith her doll. So her doll was tak-en from her till she had read; butshe read ill, and would not learn to write. So she grew up a dunce, andno one lov-ed her. [Illustration] MARY AND LUCY. Had each a nice doll, and they took care of them. One day Tom call-edthem to play at ball, and they ran a-way to play, and left the two dollson a chair. By and by the cat came in the room, and pull-ed the dolls topieces, think-ing I dare say, that it was fine fun to tear them to bits, and scam-per round the room with poor dol-ly's nose in her mouth. When the girls came back, and saw the nice new dolls all in bits, theybe-gan to cry, and to beat poor puss; but their mam-ma said, "No, youmust not beat puss, for you left your dolls a-bout, and the cat did notknow that they were not for her to play with. Next time you must be morecare-ful of your toys. " [Illustration] ANN SHARP. Was a kind girl. One day she was out, and a poor girl came to her andsaid, "Give me some bread, I have had none to eat all day. " So Ann said, "I have no bread, but here is six-pence that my mam-ma gave me, take it, and buy some bread. " The poor girl took it and said, "Oh! thank you, miss, I can now getsome-thing to eat, and will take some to my poor dad-dy who is sick. " [Illustration] THE COAT. "Do not go out with-out your warm coat, Tom; it is a hard frost, and thesnow lies thick on the ground, and you will catch cold, if you do, andthen poor Tom will be ill. " "But I feel quite warm. " "Yes, you do now; but see what a large fire there is here, out of doorsthere is no fire, and the cold wind blows; and if you have no warm coaton, you will feel cold. " But Tom thought he knew best, so he went out with no coat on, and hecaught a bad cold and cough, and he was put to bed quite ill. Now Jackand Will and Tom were to have had some fine sport on the fro-zen pond inthe farm, but Tom was too ill to go. When he was in bed he thought howsil-ly he had been, to think he knew bet-ter than his kind friends; andthen he said to him-self, he would try and do all that he was bid whenhe got well. [Illustration] THE BURNT CHILD. One day a child want-ed to reach some-thing off the man-tel shelf, andnot be-ing tall e-nough, she stood on the fen-der, and her mo-ther said, "Fan-ny, you must not get on the fen-der, it will turn o-ver, and thenyou will fall in the fire and be sad-ly burnt. " But Fan-ny was not a good child, and did not al-ways do as she was bid:so when her mo-ther went out of the room, she want-ed to get herfa-ther's watch that lay on the man-tel shelf, and she stood on thefen-der to reach it, but the fen-der turn-ed o-ver, and Fan-ny fell inthe hearth and her clothes took fire. She scream-ed loud-ly, but she wasnot heard for a lit-tle time, and when her mo-ther ran to her, all herclothes were in a blaze; she roll-ed the rug over to put out the flameand then car-ried her to bed. Poor Fan-ny was sad-ly burnt, and it was a long time be-fore she waswell, and she had a great many scars on her face and neck which ne-verwore off. [Illustration] GOOD ADVICE. Jack did not love his book; he was i-dle, and was cross when he was sentto school, and one day when he ought to have gone, he play-ed a-bout themea-dows in-stead; and he met Sam, who was go-ing to school, and hesaid, "Come and play with me, Sam, and we will have some fun. " "No, " said Sam, "I must go and learn to read, or I shall be a dunce; socome with me, Jack, and then af-ter school is o-ver we will play. " "But it is so hard to learn, " said Jack, "and I want to climb that treeto get a bird's nest. " "No, do not get a bird's nest, for it is cru-el, " said Sam. "Come withme and try to earn the prize, come, Jack-y, to please me. " Jack then went to school, and he found that when he tried to learn, itwas not very hard, and he could soon read pret-ty sto-ries, and won anice prize. [Illustration] TOM AND FRED. "Tom, have a game at trap-bat-and-ball. "--"I do not know how to play atit. "--"Well I will teach you, look at me; that is the way, now do ityour-self. That is right, you will soon learn to do it fast. "--"Yes, itis not hard to learn: now let us go and have a race. One, two, three, and off!" "Tom, you have won it. "--"Yes, I run bet-ter than you; and you playtrap-bat-and-ball bet-ter than I do. "--"I am too hot to run any more, let us sit down and get cool. "--"I am to have a seat put near this tree, should you like one too?" "Yes, but I have no wood to make one. "--"Well, we will ask Dick to give you some wood; come now and ask him. " [Illustration] THE KIND SISTER. "Come, dear Ann, sit down and sew a lit-tle. "--"Yes, mam-ma, shall I hemmy frock?"--"Yes, do. " Ann was a good child, and al-ways did as she was bid, and when she haddone her work her mam-ma told her to play with her brother. Ann had alit-tle gar-den of her own, and she had made an ar-bour in it. When shewent to play she found her bro-ther cry-ing, for he had fall-en down, and broken her ar-bour to pieces. But Ann said, "You must not cry, dear, ne-ver mind break-ing the ar-bour, we will soon build it up. " So shekiss-ed him, and they work-ed till tea time and made a bet-ter ar-bourthan be-fore. And Ann felt much more hap-py than she would have been hadshe scold-ed and been cross with poor lit-tle George. THE END. J. MASTERS, PRINTER, ALDERSGATE STREET, LONDON.