River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-09-30
CHlLDREN'S CORNER.
Rnh.,s sinry.
From INA Chnrohman.

FROM the ChurChman.
An old mother pig and four pretty
little white pigs lived in a very nice
little house. They had a good soft
straw bed-I mean il was as soft as
they wanted ii it be--and they had q
large shallow trough, into which some
body poured milk for them every day.
They had a little yard, all nicely fenced
: round, to play In, and they used to
find apples on the ground sometimes,
and great many other things, which
they liked All the pigs we're good and
happy, and the little ones grew quite
: big, that is, big for the little pigs, and
they played together in their yard.
One day, while they were playing,
one of them saw a hole in the fence,
and he put his two fore feet against it,
and put his little nose through to see
|, what he could see.
He saw a large field of corn growing
up close to the fence, and very small
green pumpkins growing among the
corn, and ever SC many nice kinds of
eatables besides. So he ran squeaking
with delight to his mother, and asked
her to take him and his brothers over
the fence into the field. His mother
said, Oh, no, she could not think
of doing that they must all
stay in their own place. They bad all
they wanted, and if they went into the
field they might not find any straw for
a bed, or any trough of milk.
And, besides, she could not get
through the fence herself, and. there
fore, they must not go" SO
the little pigs tried to forget all about
it But little Spy--that was the name
of the one who looked through the
hole in the fence-took a funny way to
forget. He used to look through the
hole every day. One day his mother
came along, and gave his ear a good
biting, to punish him for looking
through the fence. That day he saw
some apples ON the ground outside
As he could not find any in his own
yard, he was just going to teaze his
mother again to take him into the
field, when she bit his ear. He did
not dare speak TO her about it then.
BY and 10y his mother called him and
the others to go in and take their
noon nap. They were all glad to go, for
the sun was pretty hot in their yard. SO
they all went to sleep. Little Spy slept
too, but he woke up very soon, and
thought it was as warm there as in
the yard. He went straight to the hole
in the fence and put up his fore feet,
and put his nose through, and then he
saw little dog looking through the
hole into his yard. The little dog,
barking, said: "Come over here and
play with me"
"No,n squeaked little Spy, "my
mother won't let me go over there.
"My mother let me come here, ="
said the little dog, "and your mother
ought to let you.
The little pig thought his own moth
er very unkind and at last the little
dog persuaded him to jump through
the fence. SO, with his feet ON the
edge OF the hole, he gave little jump
with his hind legs, and through the
hole he went, head over heels, into the
grass on the other side. But he was
not hurt Then he and the little dog
had a race through the field, Spy every
row and then stopping to bite the ten
der corn-stalks, or the little pump
klns. He did ever so much mischief,
and with their racing and rolling
around among the young vines, they
broke them, so that they would not
grow any more. But they did not
know it.
BY and by, they went into the flower
garden, and then Spy ate the flowers,
and trampled them down, and did a
great deal of mischief there. The
little dog helped, for he chased Spy
and rolled over and over with him on
the flower beds.
The lady in the house looked out
and saw them, and she sent her little
boy with his whip, TO drive them
away. But poor spy did not go the
right way and the boy thought he
must whip him, and poor Spy squealed
loud with pain, and only ran more
among the flowers. The garden did
not look well at all, after Spy and the
little dog and the boy had been run
ming over il. At last Spy saw a hole in
"a fence, and the little boy and the dog
went into the house.
Poor Spy did not know where he was,
nor which way to turn. But he thought
the onlN WY W get nouls was 10 run
somewhere, just as fast as he could.
He did not know that he had gone
upon a railroad track; but he had.
Pretty soon the cars came along, and
then poor Spy was frightened almost TO
death. He ran squeallng along the
track. But the train caught mp with
him, and the rest is dreadful 20 tell.
II ran over poor little Spy, ana when
the train had passed, there lay Spy
with all his legs broken. Oh, poor
Spy He cried bitterly with PAIN,
and called for his mother 90 come and
take care of him but his poor mother
was far off in her little yard, looking
for Spy there, where he would never
be again. She could not hear him call
her, and he could not hear her cry for
him.
The conductor on the train sent word
TO the gentleman that one of his pigs
was hurt on the railroad, and he took
one OF his workmen with him, and
went TO look for It. He found poor
Spy, and told the man he was so much
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