THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Reading edition
THE GREAT SAND FORT.
Two little tots were out at play— And it was Independence Day; One said, “I wis’ us bofe was boys! I do dess feel bang-full of noise!” The other tossed her little head; “O dirls is dess as dood,” she said; “We’ll build a gwate big fort of sand To guard dis gwate Amer’can land!” They built and built without a stop; And when ’twas done, right at the top Their little flag they grandly flew, And cheered the old red, white and blue. All worn, all torn, a playhouse rag, To them it was their country’s flag! “Hoowaw for Independence Day! Hoowaw!” they cried, and ran away.
Ella Farman Pratt.
THE NIMBLE PENNIES.
Draw a small circle (around a small cent), then a large circle directly below and behind it (around a large copper cent, or two-cent piece, or silver quarter), as in the first and second designs. Then add the lines in the following designs, and a big lion will sit staring at you.