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And in your heart be thankful
You can walk upon your feet ?

And suppose the world don't please you,
Nor the way some people do,—
Do you think, the whole creation
Will be altered just for you?
And isn’t it, my boy or girl,
The wisest, bravest plan,
Whatever comes, or doesn’t come,
To do the best you can ?
P eic eee C arilV.

THE SPECKLED HEN.
D E A R Brother Ben I take my pen
To tell you where, and how, and when,
T found the nest of our speckled hen.
She never would lay in a sensible way,
IJke other hens, in the barn on the hay;
But here and there and everywhere,
On the stable floor, and the wood-house stair.
And once, on the ground her eggs I found.

Kut yesterday T ran away,
With mother’s leave, in the barn to play.
The sun shone bright on the seedy floor,
And the doves so white were a pretty sight
As they walked in and out of the open door,
With their little red feet and feathers neat,
Cooing and cooing more and more.
Well, I went out. to look about
On the platform wide, where, side by side,
I could see the pig-pens in their pride;