St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-11

at each other and did not know what
to do with themselves. At last an idea
came into the head of one OF them. and
he began to sing hit of Il song that
most children know. And this was
what he sang =
Young lambs t" sell, Young lambs to sell
II d a. much money IL could tel.
would moi cry. Young lambs to sell
At first he had the singing all to him
self. but in a very >holt time the words
had taken the fancy of another of the
children and she also began to sing
.Ynun. lambs To sell Young lambs to sell
If Id ar much money a. could tel!
l woul,. not cry, lOuu- lands To sell!
This excited the third, and hy-and-by
he struck up the same tune
Young Lambs to sell young lambs to sell
If Id as much money a. could tell
would not cry Young Lambs I" sell
At last. the fourth joined in and lift
ed up her voice, 50 that all four of the
children were now singing aloud
.'Yuuu. lambs To- sell. Young lambs I" sell
II Id much money as could tell
would not cry Young lambs to sell -
And this went on for some time,
while the bread and milk. and the tea
and toast. and the eggs and bacon, and
all that were getting ready, VI til the
house rang with the cry of ~ Dung
lambs to sell ~
But. at last the mother of those
children. who had had i bad night and
was trying To get a soothing sn""|c
before getting up. lifted h,r head from
under the bcd-ciotht>, and called out
to the father of these children
My dcar9 | wish you'd stop that
noise"
And the father Of those chil,ircn, who
was brushing his hair. said to the moth
er of those c1itdred-
INV dear | Will" and he Went to the
mantle-piccc and took up the littl"
handbell with which he always rang
Ito attention - and rang with ii, and
he went to the landing of the staircase
and called To those children in "A loud
voice, SAYING
shut up.
And those children heard the ring
ing of the bell that rang To attention.
and the voice of their father that babe
them shut up, and they all shut up cN-
cept one Three of those children shut
up, and left off singing Young lambs
to sell" but one of those children
would not shut up, but kept on sing
ing "Young lambs to sell :" as loud aS
she dared. except when She was eating
or drinking her breakfast. At last her
voice sank to Il whisper, and still she
kept Oh singing. with her hand on heI
chin
Young lambs to sell, young lambs to sell
If I'd as much money as | could tell,
| would not cry. Young Lambs Ia sell
And the brothers and sisters of that
little girl who would not shut up said
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be asleep over her sop But how
could she he asleep when she was sing
ing all the time2
III.
When the little girl went out int,
the lane. singing ~ Dung lambs to sell =
she met an old woman with hook
nose and nut cracker chin, and a rec
cloak and on-handled walking-stick
and the old woman looked her Yer!
hard in the face and said
Are You the little girl that woul,
not leave of singing. Young lambs t.
sell y when her father told her to Shu
up?'
And that little grill felt forced to tel
the truth. and said she was. Thcl
that old woman with the red cloak ant
the hook nose and the nut-craCke
chin. shook her walking stick at tina
little girl and said
Every wrong. very wrong! But
and here she smiled where are You
lambs How can You sell Young lamb
if YOU have none 10 sell ,
And the little girl put her finger il
her mouth and sucked it. and did no
know what to say; for she knew 1t WA
stupid to go about the lane cryin
young lambs to sell :" when she II
more had young lambs to sell tina
YOU have. At last the cid woma
laughed and said.--
">hall ! give You some youn
lambs p
And the little girl took her finger on
of her mouth and clapped her hand
together, and said,
"Oh, yes. if YOU please ! do give III
some young lambs -
Then that old woman said to thG
little girl
Look on the ground, and you sha
see what you shall see ~
And that little Girl looked on tn
ground and saw Il number of gray pea
and said To the old woman,
Il see gray peas.
Then that old woman chuckled an
struck at those gray peas with ht
horn-handled staff. and they turned I
flock of Young lambs. But whe
that little girl who would not shut IL
when her father told her was going I
thank the old woman i'll the red cloal
that old woman WAS gone.
".
The little girl then turned and mad
haste home with her flock of yOun
lambs. saying to herself. My papa Wi
be astoniShed :" and all the way 81
sang, Young lambs to sell - An
when she had knocked at her papa
door and gone III. she kept on Singh
"Young lambs to sell ~ in Il loud vote
And the lambs made trotting noi>
very loud indeed. with their feet, fl
there was IA good many of them. Al
her father. who was counting up Ii
money with his wife. rang the bell
attention. and looked ont of the doc
and cried ''Shut up" But just then
saw the flock of Young lambs, and d
not know what to think so he said
his wife,
''My dear. am a>toniShed ~
And the little girl thought to herSe
II was quite right; knew my pa
would be astonished -
But 1t was very serious thing,
this little girl went up and down sta
and all over the house, and into t
garden, and into the lanes and t
streets, in the midst of her lambs. sa
ing =
If I'd as much money as could tell
would not cry, Young lambs to sell ~