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Ellen the Paper Doll
Cut-out paper Toys
Mazes
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the need not be afraid; this roar is a note not of menace but of
welcome, and proceeds from a lordly Lion, with whose private history
our readers are no doubt already acquainted. He is none other, in
fact, than the grateful beast from whose foot Androeles extracted
the thorn. Should our excursionist have chosen a contradictory direction,
he will, in the same space of time, have reached the pit of the
three fortune-telling Bears, who are said to possess a knowledge
of the past present and future, and who are known to be strongly
attached to nuts, buns, and similar substantial refreshments. Farther
to the north will be found seated under the shade of a large oak
two unhappy children, whose disobedience was most severely punished:
the Princess Caper, who was who was changed into a Monkey, because
she wouldn't practise her scales, and Prince Foll, who was changed
into a Sheep because he wouldn't eat mint-sauce with his lamb.
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Another inhabitant of this Maze is the "Talking Bird," the
most loquacious creature in existence, who sings, talks, and dances
from morning till night. Another half-hour, and, quite wearied out,
we ascend a sloping and verdant hill. At our feet is a beautiful lake,
on whose crystal surface a tiny boat sails merrily along. We enter
it, and it bears us across the lake to the opposite bank, where we
are delighted to perceive under a thick cluster of trees a cloth spread
upon the grass and covered with a plentiful repast. We have reached
the "Happy Valley," and, throwing ourselves upon the soft
moss, declare without hesitation that never all our lives have we
made so beautiful an excursion. MAZE II The Zoological Maze It is
an autumn afternoon, and we children having been exceedingly diligent
in the morning have been allowed to choose where we will go to spend
the afternoon. Harry and Fred vote for cricket, Baby prefers taking
her doll for a drive in Tom's wheelbarrow, Emma would like a row in
Fred's new boat, Annie declares for a swing; but no sooner does mamma
mention a ramble in the Zoological Maze, than all other propositions
are withdrawn and it is agreed unanimously to start at once for the
Maze. A hamper of provisions is packed - sandwiches, puffs, bottles
of ginger and orange wine, raspberry vinegar, and chocolate bonbons
filled with cream; for it is known that the Maze is very intricate,
and that it is tem to one against our getting back in time for supper.
It would be a great deal too long to tell all our adventures in this
delightful place. There was a Frog seated on a rock, who told us he
had caught a hundred and fifty fish in less than tree-quarters of
an hour. He was just then baiting his |
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