When we got there, the first thing we saw was grandma making cookies
with holes in them. She said she would give us some if we would be sure
and not eat the holes.

After dinner, my sister Ally, cousin Johnny, and I, went out to take a
ramble in the barn and hunt for eggs. Pretty soon we heard Johnny
calling, "Oh, come quick, and see what I have found!"

We ran quickly to the place where he was, and there we saw a hen with a
brood of chickens. One of the chicks was on its mother's back, one was
on the floor in front of her, and the others were peeping out from under
her wings. It was a pretty sight.

After naming each of the chickens, we all made a search for eggs. We
found one nest with five eggs in it, another with three, and another
with two. Johnny put the eggs in his cap, and carried them into the
house.

He soon came running back, saying, "Now, let us go and have a swing." So
we all went to the swing, and swung till we were tired. Then Ally said,
"Oh, come and see the ducks swimming on the pond!" but Johnny said,
"Wait till I get my boat, that uncle Sam made for me."

So we all went to the pond, and Johnny put in his boat. It sailed right
out among the ducks, and they were much afraid of it, and swam away as
fast as they could, saying, "Quack, quack, quack!"

Johnny went to the other side of the pond to get his boat, which had
sailed across, and he had just got back when we heard grandma calling,
"Children, come in to supper." After supper, mamma read us a story from