"There, before their eyes were the rabbits, five of them"

"There were the berry bushes--fairly loaded with shining
black-berries"





MARY JANE'S ARRIVAL

It seemed to Mary Jane that some magic must have been at work to change
the world during the night she slept on the train. All the country she
knew had hills and valleys and many creeks and woods of pine trees.
But when she waked up in the morning and peeped out of the window of
her berth, she saw great wide fields and woods that seemed always far
away. And the occasional creek that the train rumbled over was small
and could be seen a long way off, coming across the fields toward the
railroad. And the roads! How funny they were! They came straight and
white toward the train, each just exactly as smooth and as regular as
the one before.

To be sure the country was pretty; yellow buttercups and bright blue
flowers bloomed along the track and the fields looked fresh and green
in the morning sun.

"I think I'm going to like it anyway, even if the hills are all
smoothed out," said Mary Jane as she looked at it thoughtfully, "and
maybe I'd better put on my shoes and stockings." She rummaged in the
funny little hammock that hung over her window, found the shoes and