Tiny Story Book

<SPAN name="THE_SQUIRREL" id="THE_SQUIRREL"></SPAN> <h2>THE SQUIRREL.</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">One pleasant summer morning<br/></span> <span class="i14">A little boy was seen<br/></span> <span class="i12">Beneath a spreading oak tree<br/></span> <span class="i14">Upon a village green.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">And to a merry squirrel<br/></span> <span class="i14">The child was heard to say&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i12">"How is it, Mr. Muncher,<br/></span> <span class="i14">You always are at play?"<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">"I laid up nuts, last autumn,<br/></span> <span class="i14">So I can frolic now,"<br/></span> <span class="i12">Replied the merry squirrel,<br/></span> <span class="i14">And frisked along the bough.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="figcenter" style="width: 571px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/image021.jpg" width-obs="571" alt="" title="" /></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">"And you, my little school-boy,<br/></span> <span class="i14">Must study all you can,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And lay up stores of knowledge,<br/></span> <span class="i14">To use when you're a man."<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Near by a bird was stopping<br/></span> <span class="i14">To rest its pretty wing&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i12">"Pray, tell me," said the youngster,<br/></span> <span class="i14">"Who taught you how to sing?"<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">"I never had a master,"<br/></span> <span class="i14">The little bird replied;<br/></span> <span class="i12">"But when my mate was sitting,<br/></span> <span class="i14">To comfort her I tried;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">"And if you like my singing,<br/></span> <span class="i14">Its secret I will tell&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i12">All that we do for love, sir,<br/></span> <span class="i14">We surely shall do well."<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">And now, dear little children,<br/></span> <span class="i14">If you open wide your eyes,<br/></span> <span class="i12">You will see the pretty lessons<br/></span> <span class="i14">In creatures, birds, and skies.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="figcenter" style="width: 318px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/image023.jpg" width-obs="318" alt="" title="" /></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p class="figcenter" style="width: 397px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/image024.jpg" width-obs="397" alt="" title="" /></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">How doth the little busy bee<br/></span> <span class="i14">Improve each shining hour,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And gather honey all the day<br/></span> <span class="i14">From every opening flower!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">In books, or work, or healthful play,<br/></span> <span class="i14">Let my first years be passed,<br/></span> <span class="i12">That I may give for every day<br/></span> <span class="i14">Some good account at last.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p class="figcenter" style="width: 499px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/image025.jpg" width-obs="499" alt="" title="" /></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />