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A POUND of ju m p s!'' and I looked in surprise
A t little black Rose with her shining eyes.

" A pound of jumps !— my mother said
A pound of jumps/1 and she nodded her head.

*' But, my dear, we've flour, and sugar in lumps,
And peanuts, but never a pound of jumps.

With walnuts and chestnuts and corn that pops— ”
" O, O! 1 forgot i it's a pound of hops! :I
F kanu*s A. H u m ph rey.

“ PLANTING ” WHEAT.

S PE C K L E T V flew from the haymow dim
Begging for something- to eat;
Chanticleer crowed, hut she walked past him
Straight to Miss Toddlekins’ feel.
" Listen, Miss Dimple! IVe laid you an eg'g !
Give me some torn or some wheat, T beg!
There’s plenty around. Don’t you think T know ?
And the egg in ihe haymow's white as snow."

Toddlekins’ apron was filled with wheat,
The best of the winter’s store.
It was not to play with, and net to eat,
But to plant and to grow into more,
Specklety saw it with covetous eyes;
Cackled aloud, "1 have found a prize/'*
Flew to the little maid's arm, and lo !
Scattered the wheat to the ground below.