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MISS LAUGH AND MISS FRET,

C RIES little Miss Fret,
In a very great p et:
" I hate tiiis warm weather; it's horrid to tan,
Tt scorches my nose,
And blisters my toes.
And wherever 1 go, I must carry a fan/'

Chirps little Miss Laugh :
IJ Why, i couldiVt tell half
The fun I am having this bright summer day.
I sing through the hours,
I cull pretty flowers,
Alld ride like a queen on the Sweet sm elling liay,J>

SANTA’S SECRET.

The stockings TVe hung by the fire
Are for me— Hot mamma, you know,
For mine are so awfully little,
Dear Santa Claus, don't you see?
And I want, O! so many pi ay things,
They won’t hold enough for me.

So I want you to surely remember
And fill these as full as you can \
'Cause I haven't been very naughty,
And— you're such a nice, kind man !
I’d ^kc a live doll, if you please, sir,
That can talk and call me “ mamma/*
Not one that is fall of old sawdust,
As all my other dolls arc.