Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-30
YOUTHS COLUMN.

Litle Beppg's Little Fishes. - Little
Benny had come up to his grand
fathers in the country.
he thought il was always summer in
the country.
1t was the middle of April, and it
S5r05red the very next day after ht
came.
Benny stood at the window watching
the large flakes of snow coming down
lighting on the tops of the spires OF
grass, and all over the little twIgs anC
bOughs of the shru5bcry and trees, and
he most cried, because he wanted tC
20 fishing. and he thought peoples
didn't 90 fishing when ii showed.
Then he wished he had brought hi:
sleigh and his mittens.
But before he had done thinking
about that, out came the sun, which Sc
''s'prised" the large downy snow-flakes
that every one OF them ran away and
hid.
Those which could, run right down
into the ground, to come up flower.
by-and-by, ami some which had lighted
on the stone walk and stones and could
not get into the ground, flew up into
the SKY TO come down in showers
(which bring forth May-flOwers."
Aunt Gertrude told him all about that.
so Benny did not after all cry about
the snow.
After the snow was all gone, Benny
had on his rubber-bOOts and warm
coat; and his Aunt Gertrude bent pin
into tish-hOok and fastened il to the
end OF a thread, and hung that at the
end of 4 long stick, and he started of
alone TO 1ish in little shallow brook
near by.
If there had been any other children
at Benny's grandfather's they would
have gone too, but there weren't, and
that Is why Benny had TO 90 alone.
In few minutes he came back, and
said he did not like the looks of the
long fishes, but there were some little
round ones and that was the best kind,
aud he wanted grandmother new TN
water-dipper.
When he returned the next time he
had lot of little black ''pollywogs, -
and he had held the dipper 30 tight TO
MIN that the water had stopped, slop-
ped, stopped, all down his clothes.
Aunt Gerty never scolded him one bit,
but put on dry clothes, and grand
mother gave him a large soup tureen
10 put his " little round black fish" in.
they seemed 10 like their new home,
for they wiggled about, never stopping
10 rest, and all the time growing larger
and larger, and eating more and more.
After about four weeks time, they
all had each two tiny fore feet and legs,
and in a day or two after. some hind
feet and legs made their appearance.
In few more days their leng tails,
which had been 10 each rudder. drop
ped of, and Benny had some beautiful
little frogs and toads, not much larger
than the end of his thumb.
Some OF them died in a few days, and
Aunt Gerty said it was because they
were toads and must live out Of water /;
80 he built beautiful little bridge
above pile of stones right in the soup
tureen, and the little toads lived on the
bridge and stones, but the frogs lived
IN both places.
The days had grown warm and sunny,
and Benny had too many outdoor
amusemeEts 10 want 10 keep his little
family 80 unexpectedly cast upon his
care, 50 he took them back to the
brook.
They grew TO he fine large frogs be-
fore the summer was over, and croaked
equal TO the best.
The tOads hoped back to the garden,
and repaid all Benny's care and kind
ness by eating up ali the bugs and in
>ects which would otherwise have been
troublesome.