Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-10
Those First Little Trousers.


And the next morning nurse put on
Roggie's new little trousers and
Reggie's new little trousers; and, oh,
but they did look funny-you can see
how funny they looked,-these tiny
boys in their tiny trousers.
And you should have heard little
nurse laugh.
"Ha! Ha!" she laughed. "Oh. you
funny little black spiders! Ha! Hal"
And Reggie did not like to have
nurse laugh.
And Reggie did not like to have
nurse laugh.
And as soon as they had eaten their
bread and milk. as soon as they had
eaten their breakfast, they ran out on
the veranda where papa was reading
his paper.
And what do you think their papa
did when he saw them?
Why, he threw his paper high up
in the air and he laughed "Ha. ha!
what little men are these? Come here
and III put you both in my pocket"
And he caught Roggie up in his arms
and pretended he was going to put
him in his pocket.
And Reggie did not like to see his
father laugh, and Reggie did not like
to have his father laugh and they
wriggled and screamed and ran away
down the path to the garden where
mamma was watering her roses.
And what DO YOU think mamma did
when she saw them? Mamma didn't
laugh. Oh. no. She put her little lace
handkerchief up to her eyes; and she
cried: "Oh, oh, where are my babies!
Oh, oh, will they never come back
again!"
And Ro%gie did not like to see his
mother cry. and Reggie did not like
to sec his mother cry. Sc they took
hold Of hands and toddlcd on down the
path to the big silver poplar tree
where dear Arabella and dear Aramin-
ia stood singing and swinging, both
in a swing together.
And Arabella laughed. "IIa! ha! he!
hel" as she swung high UP in the
branches.
And Araminta laughed "Ha, ha, he!
he." as she swung high up in the
branches.
And Reggie did not like to have
Arabella laugh. and Reggie did not
like to have Arminta laugh. And so
they ran down the path as fast as
they could go. On and on and on they
ran till they came on the little brook
in the little meadow.
And Roggie sat down on the bank
by the brook and cried.
81 want my dress on" he cried. "I
don't want these trousers"
And Reggie sat down on the bank
by the brook and cried.
81 want my dress on" he cried. II
don't want these trousers"
And Reggie cried 'I'll throw them
away, I will, III throw these trousers
away"
And Regige cried: 'I'll throw them
away, I Will I'll throw these trousers
away!"
And those little rogues. they did!
They pulled off their new little trou-
sers, and they threw them into the
brook
And mamma came running down the
meadow path to find them. And, oh,
how she laughed when she saw them!
"Hal hal" she laughed. "Oh, you
dear little things. Have you thrown
your trousers away
But she cuddled them close in her
arms and kissed them.
There, don't cry." she said.
Mamma is glad you threw them away.
Yes, am glad you threw them away"
And Roggie smiles through his
tears.
Nanny is looking" he said. "See,
see! Old Nanny is looling!"'
And Reggie smiled through his
tears
See! Old Nanny-goat is looking!"
Yes. There on the other side of the
brook old Nanny stood, with look of
surprise in her wise eyes, watching
those little trousers as they foated
away down the stream. Gertrude
Smith, in Little Folks.