Her Seven Wonderful Cats_--a humorous tale written by Mrs.
Sharp, a lady of ninety, edited by John Ruskin, who added
the third, fourth, eighth, and ninth stanzas, and
illustrated by Kate Greenaway--has this pleasing trait of
action to a unique degree. So also has _The Cock, the Mouse,
and the Little Red Hen_, a modern tale by Félicité Lefèvre.
This very popular tale among children is a retelling of two
old tales combined, _The Little Red Hen_ and the Irish
_Little Rid Hin_.

_Humor_. The child loves a joke, and the tale that is
humorous is his special delight. Humor is the source of
pleasure in _Billy Bobtail_, where the number of animals and
the noises they make fill the tale with hilarious fun. There
is most pleasing humor in _Lambikin_. Here the reckless hero
frolicked about on his little tottery legs. On his way to
Granny's house, as he met the Jackal, the Vulture, the
Tiger, and the Wolf, giving a little frisk, he said,--

To Granny's house I go,
Where I shall fatter grow,
Then you can eat me so!

Later, on returning, when the animals asked, "Have you seen
Lambikin?" cozily settled within his Drumikin, laughing and
singing to himself, he called out slyly--

Lost in the forest, and so are you,
On, little Drumikin! Tum-pa, turn-too!