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Show MHIMNEE MAS A GUESSING CONTEST 1 WITH THE KENDHEAiRTEP GitOCEE j INN1E went to tho gro--""T" eery store to buy somo canned vegetables, somo broakfajit food and other 1 good things for her S mother, and sho stood ?-. I I , and looked around tho ' nice store while the man waited upon somcono else. On tho counter alio saw a basket with some papers hanging ou,t of tho side of It and sho wondered what "could bo In it. Minnie was a little girl, so could not see up Jlnto tho basket on the counter, and sho was a ahy little girl and so did not llko to ;isk. although she knew tho grocer would bo glad to tell her, because he Ib such a kind man. Ono reason why ahe was so curious was because she could hear a queer little "peep" from tho baakot (antUaho was. almost .tomptcd-to-tako. hold -of It and pull It down near enough to see what was Inside of It. Whon tho grocer camo to wait Upon her "ho toased her, as ho always did, and she did not mind it. "My, my," he said, "hero Is tho llttlo girl that comes to buy mo out of houso and home. Sho has tho biggest purao you over saw, and I bol sho is going to buy $6 worth." "I hot I urn not," said Minnie, with a smllo; "I Just want 25 cents' worth." "Twenty-live dollars' worth I" exclalmod tho grocer: "why, I am afraid we havo not got that much In thin Btorc today." "Oh, don't bo so funny," said Minnie, laughing, laugh-ing, too, for the big grocer had. such a kind, hearty laugh that no ono could help laughing with him. "Peep, poop," said thet basket on tho counter, and Mlnnlo looked shyly at the man and put her linger In her mouth. "Does It tasto good?" teased tho grocer. "No," said Mlnnlo, "What Irf In tho baakot?" sho said, emboldened by the chatty nmn "It Is a great big animal that Ukos little glrln because they are nwcet," said tho man. Minnie did not llko to bo nattered ond mado fun of at tho sumc time, so sho asked tho man lo give her the groceries for which sho had come. "Here's your breakfast food," ho said, "and bore's a can to take home to mother to see how eho likes It." Mlnnlo reached out her hand to lako tho can and the thing In tho basket gave huch a loud pcop that she Jumped back. The man kept giving her cans and packages nnd soon her basket waa so heavy that she could hardly hold It on her arm, but It did not worry her In the least. Sho lot It drag down while sho listened to hear more of tho queer animal In tho square box " the countor. "I'll glvo you three guesses," said tlnj man. "First, it Is white." "A kitty." said Minnie. "H camo out of an egg," said the man. "A chlcky," screamed Mlnnlo, dancing up and down, In danger of spilling everything out'of her own basket. 1 "It has a nhort bill and a long nock," said ijto man. "A duckVr cried Minnie, delighted that she had guessed -right. |