The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-29
Our Young Readers.
EACH BABE.

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she saxssi all II. tine troa N nsz "a
night
I'll Eb sai Jsas we're quite -Di -ss
dci4shi
susa a -ootSrfai pl-ytainx never ~a
kDouu
LIs- = . al i've aoiiy ard al for ,s~sr o-a.
Two nArf,sr oAiAiHra c"'ii H"saere be
No. NOT % yoa ,ra'esei ,so -aole -OriI
srygnd-
They h.i dn-u hrr To. morning where
white dais -. all shining and auPpth< -th
d.s.
Lung ~r.s'h b. Of b daa.ie.. and caAiu,. tA~y
had made.
In the tsby. lap ,sese -res,hs they bad
lahi.
And we're laughing to ~sich her fat little
hands
rn,w st,is sni twisting the stems ana the
strani..
just tnea. & q sadl~a. q isrsr-. by
Ant sans al the top ~ bis VOty- va the sky.
lsnH ~ NJ fark 70 .N.afaf LAM .afFn.
Were not; cruel chiliroa- YOa may cine
without fear
we've .~omrrhlns 10 ,h"~ you In all your
lie may Dc
Your never see anything .~cc, a. our
baby -
Twas an 1iI thing. row. for = Iark q" do
hpIe you son Z think my -tnrys Untrue
hut this d, the Iainx that Tsaw AMI head
That; isrS iie~ right down, Ike a sOciahle
bird.
A. sopn a. they called him.. and perched On
And winkei with his eye a, the children
and me.
And iaughcio ut. rs much ss a tsri ever can.
As be cried, "Ha. Ia! Lite woman AMI
man.
You'll lie qIitc SURPRISED aud astonishoi.
may b.,
To hear tina, I Do not ininS much OF your
baby.
Why. out, in the nell here I've got in my
All cuddIcd up snug meath my ~itc's warm
breast,
Four little babIcs-t~o sisters, two broth
And ali with briyh, eyes, as brish; as their
mother
Your baby at least ten times older than
they,
But they are already to ny to-day.
They'll take care of themselves in an ther
week,
BEFORE your poor haby can walk or -peas.
IL has often surprised me to see what p'or
All battles are thar are born without wings;
And but one nj a time. Dear me, my wife
Would bc quite ashamed Of 81 idle a life.
knows how,
As he swung up AMI down on a slender
bough.
A cat hal been cycling him there for awhile.
Aud spIang NJ him now from top OF a stile;
but she missed her aim hc was qui q too
high:
Ans oh how he laughed as he SCARED In the
Then the cat scrambled up. disappointed
aud crpSs:
She ooked all about her. and felt ut a loss
What next she should do. 20 she took up
the thread
or the lark's discourse, and i~H-nsturcily
said:
Yes. indeed. little master AMI miss, I do
clare.
It's enough to make any moiher-cai stare
To see what a time you do make, tn To- sure,
over one small creature, 80 helpless aud
As your babies are: Why, I've six Pf my
own:
When they were two weeks old they could
run alone;
They re never afraid of dogs or 81 rats
In a few weeks more theyl II be ~fuiExrovn
cats:
a Their fur Is rs fine and rs soft as silk
Two gray and three black, and one white n
new milk.
A fair fight for a mouse In my family
u as pretty u sight n you'll ever see.
IL il all very well 10 brag of oir baby
On" OF these years II will bc something. may
be-"
And without even looking a, the haby's face,
The cat walked away at a sleepy pace.
: Moo. Moot" said n cow. coming up. Moo,
Young people. you're making a great to-do
About you baby. And the lark and the eat
They re- no h ng hut braggcrs-i wouldn't
give that"
And the cow snapped her tail ns you'd nap
your thumb
. For all the babies, and kittens. and birds,
that come
In the course OF a year! II does make me
laugh
To look N them all bv the SIDE of a calf,
|. " by. my little Brindle a. soon as twas horn
stood up on IT. legs and shifted at the corn:
Before Il had been I'm the world an hour
II began to gamboi, and csnter. and scour
All over the rclds. See its great shining
eyes,
And its comely red hair that 81 glossy lies,
And thick. he has never felt cold In his life;
But tn, wind cuts your baby's skin like a
knife.
- Poo shivering things! I have piticd them
oft,
All mutied and smothcrcd in flannel soft.
III ha! ! am sure the >tupidest gaby
Can see that a calfs ahead Of a baby"
And the COW called her calf and tossed up
Like a pers IN quito sure Of ali she has said
Then Jane lookei at Eddy. and Eddy At
Said Eddy: How mean. 1 declare they're
too vain
TO liye-prcposterous things: They dom,
know
wha, They're talking about: I'D like them
A BIRD. or a kitten. or a learned calf,
That can kiss our baby, or smile. or
. Yee indeed. 50 should L." said Jane. in a
/. The poor little thing: she's advanced for
her age,
For the m mister said So the other day
SDt , Woftn n uGuIrcu httttnS UT CALVES I'd
play.
= And as for young biris-they're pitiful
things!
l saw a whole nest once. all mouths and bare
wings,
And they looked a. II they'd been picked by
the cook
To broil for breakfast I'm sure tina, they
shook
With cold IL their 9th got OF for a
minute
I'm glad we have flannel. and wrap babies
So the children went srumbling one to the
And when they reached home they told their
mother.
The dear baby. asleep in its crib she laid
And laughed as she kissed the children. and
said
Do you hin l believe that the sun can
shine
On . boy or a girl half so sweet rs mine?
The lark. and the cat, and the COW were all
right
Each baby seems best in its own mothers
sight"
-Widc-1ruke.