full of grass or moss or leaves; and there was no mouse.'

'Did he never catch one?'

'Never.'




THE FIELD-MOUSE.


tum´-bles
ber´-ry
brown
mer´-ry
scarce´-ly
weath´-er
nib´-bling
fruits
farm´-er
stacks
treas´-ure
pleas´-ure
reared´
un-der-neath´
shad´-ow
mead´-ow

1. Where the acorn tumbles down,