TEDDY, PET, AND DOT.

Teddy so big, and Dot so small, And Pet half way between, Ran when they heard dear mamma's call; And the sly tall grass They had to pass Hid them from being seen. Teddy so big, and Dot so small, And Pet of middling size, They climbed Miss Spankem's garden wall, And—ping, pang, ping!— The jolliest swing Hung right before their eyes. Cried Teddy, with his cap a-twirl: "It's ours, for—don't you see?— Miss Spankem's got no boy nor girl. So jump in, Pet; Dot, don't you fret— I'll swing you, after me." As Teddy pushed, as Pet she clung, And Dot sat on the wall, The sly old swing, as it swing, swang, swung, Knocked Ted about, And spilled Pet out, Giving them both a fall.