that were bad, He was so kind as to let No-ah, whose faith had made God kind to him, to take all that had life and use it for meat."

While these things were said, Fred had gone to the fowls in the field, where a large cock, who took him for a foe, had flown at him, and gave him such a fright that he at first cried out for help; but when he thought that this was not brave, he took off his hat and drove the cock off, before Miss Wil-son, who ran to his help, had come.

Mrs. Wilson then said she would like to show them the sty for the pigs. The name of this place for the most part makes one think of dirt; but when you had seen the sty on their farm, you would not think so. The ground was of stone, and each day made quite clean; and the drink they had

was at all times sweet and good. The pigs, too, had a neat look, which no one could have thought would be the case of this kind of beast; and though they did not know so much as the Wise Pig, there was there was a wise tone in their grunt, and a most droll look in the eyes of some of them. They knew their friends, and found means to show their joy when they came, which came to its height when a boy, whom Mrs. Wilson had told to bring some shells of beans, put his store out on the ground. Now a row did take place, and each pig went on to push the rest, and to stuff as fast as he could, lest they should have more than fell to each share.

Har-ri-et said she could not bear to see such greed.

"It is not nice in such as these," said Mrs. Ben-son, "but how much more does

it look bad in man, and how much this fault is seen in the young now-a-days!"

"Pray, look at those pigs, Fred, and tell me if you have met with a boy who ate fruit as those pigs do the shells of the beans?" There was a great blush on Fred's cheeks when his Ma said this, on which she gave him a kiss, and said she would hope that he had seen such greed this day as would serve to warn him for all his life.

In a sty by the side of these was a sow with young pigs. This sight gave great joy to Fred, who had a wish to have one of them to play with; but Mrs. Wil-son told him it would put the sow in a great rage, and her grunts would give him more fright than the cock had done, on which he gave up the thought, but said he should like to keep such a dear thing.

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"If it would at all times stay a small thing, Fred," said his Ma, "it might do, but it will grow as large as the sow, and what shall we

do then?"

"I fear," said Mrs. Wilson, "it will tire you to stay here; would you wish to take a walk through the plants?"

"With all our hearts," said they.

She then took her guests to see the fruits and the plants, of which there were a great deal.

Fred said he would like to taste some of the nice things which he saw; but he had been taught not to pluck fruit or buds if he had not leave, and not to ask for them.

Still, Mrs. Wil-son, with his Ma's leave, gave him and Har-ri-et some fine fruit, which her child took from the trees, and gave them in leaves, and then took them to a place made

with trees in an arch, where they sat and eat them.

And then they went to see the bees which were at work in glass hives.

CHAP-TER XIX.

THE sight of the bees was great joy to both Mrs. Ben-son and to the young folk. She was glad to see the zeal with which they bring their sweets and their wax from their cells, and place in them their store. She had, by books, got to know all that bees did, by which she could look at their work with more joy than she would have had from the sight of them, had she but been taught to think