The Nursery, Number 164 - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various
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supply them with suitable food.
Now the lady-birds are also fond of the aphides, and eat them up by hundreds. But the ant has sense enough to keep the aphis for a supply of honey-dew instead of killing it as the lady-bird does. Is not the ant, therefore, entitled to be regarded as a cow-keeper, and are not the tiny little aphides his milch-cows? T.C. * * * * * BABY JEAN. Eyes as bright as diamonds, Mouth all sweet and clean, Cheeks with tempting dimples That's my baby Jean!" Hands as soft as rose-leaves, Teeth like glistening pearls, Little sunbeams woven On her heads for curls. Little feet that patter Here and everywhere, |
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