Show MARY BONNE 11 i V wion THE RIDE blittle A little girl lied melly was taken for it long till ile ride T li it 0 y started wf early early carly in the morning tind the dow dew was waa then covering c everything v e r y oil how frosli fresh tind and lovely abe country did look it seemed so rich nud mul tile the trees looked their vory very best there wore were ninny many birds to be seen tind tins the very first one of till nil she bhe saw wits ans tin gl indigo bird melly loved tile old houses in the barnyard 11 pretty they went by they seemed to bo be peeping above each other ns though to say 1 I can seo see farther than you and then another still higher mountain would be scon and it seemed to be saying im closer to mr sky than any of you are yes im a tall mountain never call mo me a little thing I 1 tile tho mountain ridges the deep gorges the wely lovely country itself oll oh how beautiful it all was blat it a she knew liow how to dress her children so BO that they wore the most becoming costumes and before long mr sun came out and arul shone sliomo so lew saying in well have to go now but well be back again melly saw pretty waterfalls and quiet green pools and there were blue iris flowers which grew in ili ponda she saw cows who lazily ate grass and some of them walked through fields of buttercups butter cups as though to say although we dont shout with delight wo we enjoy these buttercup walks of ours I 1 one cow lazily flicked a fly oft off her ear car and looked so very very lazy as though she would admire the beauty about her but it really was too much trouble melly saw horses with coverings on their ears cars to keep oft off the flies melly saw a thrasher bird and then a big meadow lark and many baby chickens were to be sea seen in the barnyards they passed by melly saw a lady looking after her garden and it seemed as though she sha must have asked the earth to be particularly ticul arly helpful for such lovely flowers were growing in tills this garden and when melly saw the lady abou arou around nd a plant it seemed to her that the earth and the he lady were partnership to make beautiful flowers fl owera she patted the earth as though she were fond of it for being so good to her flowers they passed sheep and in a field they went by was a white horse the horse seemed to be enjoying the air from tile wily way he sniffed at it with such pleasure there were pink and purple and red and white columbines growing along railway trucks tracks and they seemed to say its not very pretty along here so we thought we would try to im prove the looks of this part of the country I 1 and indeed they did dudl I 1 there were cowslips rind and all kinds of fio flowers wert and butterflies flew fiew liap about birds and chattel find and sang melly wondered if some of the birds think it was curious that people stop to hear their songs instead of tooting and honking their horns melly saw a and gong going straight lady the road I 1 along illg luo they passed rushing brooks and stopped later on for when they lunch melly saw a palo green bug something over its and with six legs legg back which looked like a tittle green cape it crawled over dellys lap as though to see it if there wa was fa anything about tor for it and then it went to a 0 and later shrub nearby branch of a jumped lown down again to lap beautiful ride it and oh what a said to herself melly I 1 yes enst was how to anew certainly mother N nature future look abter er her |