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Show DcLddis CpV Fairij 'tola BROWNIE'S WALK. 15 II I If Brownie hu'l been taking many tvalks lately nml lie had always cnaie J V JnS "I Saw Maggie." 10 u'"- j If you asked i them what they had seen, they would S'ay, dully : "Oh, nothing much." But Eillie Brownie told what he saw, and the Brownies and the Fairies were interested. inter-ested. "1 heard some one saying," Billie Brownie began, "that It uever rains but it pours. "Now that is an old expression, and in this case it had begun to rain, and then it had poured, and they also meant that one thing had gone wrong that day and then a whole lot more things had followed. "But often it rains a little and then stops. Often one thing goes wrong and nothing else follows it. "It's not really a true expression at all. "Then I heard some children telling each other their faults, each pretending pretend-ing it didn't hurt, but of course it did. "I don't believe In telling faults very often. "And I saw some children who were saying : " 'Beg your pardon. Grant your grace. Hope the cat. Will scratch your face.' "Of course, they didn't mean any harm by that, and I had to laugh, for that is a funny old, old verse that I heard first so mauy, many years ago when these children's grandmothers and grandfathers' were children. "I saw some other children playing in an attic and enjoying the rainy day. "They were walking over the big old beams, they were swinging In an old swing, they were pretending to coast down hill on an old sled and were having a fine time. "And then I saw something very lovely. I saw a little girl named Edna rush to save a bird. "A cat had caught a little bird In Edna's back yard. Edna had seen It from her window and she had shrieked after the cat, as she had rushed down the stairs. "The brave mother bird had come down and was picking at the cat's back to make him let go of her baby. "Oh, what a brave mother bird that was. "And then Edna got the eat off before be-fore the little bird had been more than frightened, and oh. how Edna did admire that mother bird. "But I love Edna, too, for the way she rushes to save any hurt animal or bird. "I saw some children who had pet doves and rabbits. I do like both doves and rabbits! "And I saw a little dog shaking himself him-self in the snow after he had run out of doors, and a little a-fter him came his master wiih a coat and hat en. "The m a s t e i had had to stop for his coat ami j hat, and I thought ' the little dua grinned because ho didn't have to stop and put on exi ra clothes whi'U he wen1 ! out. ( "A nd I saw Maggie arriving back to tell the others in Brownie-land Brownie-land and Fairyland Fairy-land what he had been string. They liked to ; have I! i I 1 i e Brownie tell them ! the news. They j enjoyed hearing what was going j on. There were' some people and j creatures w h o i came back from I a walk and nev- er had anything I W .-v :. for a visit, say JoMy Dust Broth. ers. " '1 didn't bring anything with me as you saiiJ. I just hi ought myself." "And I saw that there was a new stove in Christine's house, so now little lit-tle Christine can make cookies and cake without worrying over the old, naughty stove. "And 1 saw the Jolly Dust Brothers . rushing back where they had just been asked to leave. "Oh, ! had a tine walk today-!" And the others all agreed that he had had a fine walk and had seen a great deal to tell them. |