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LITTLE SUSY'S 



SIX BIETHDAYS. 



BT 

MRS. E. PRENTISS, 

%jatmam or ^'uttlv suit b ux tvachbbs,** ** suit's nx sbb? ami*,' 

**UTTL« TBBKADS,** ETC, aVO. 

FIRST SERIES. 



NEW YORK: 

ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 

zSa FIFTH AVENUE. 



GOfnUOBTi 1856 AMD lflb> 

D. F. Ravdolpr & Cannmw. 




TO THE CHILDREN WHO READ THIS BOOK. 



My De ab Little FBrENDS : 

This book was wntten on purpose for yon 
While I was writing it, I ofken said to myself. 
I hope this will please Mally and Willie 1 1 
wonder how Sarah and Louisa will like it? 
Then I thought that I would read what I had 
written, to a few children, to see what they 
would say Because, if it failed to interest 
thetn^ I should be ashamed to have it printed 
and sent to other children. So I read it to 
several. Some of them were quite large child 
ren, larger than any of you ; and the others 
were smalL One of them was nine yeai's old, 
and one seven, and one six, and one five ; and 



IT TO THE CHILDEBN. 

irhea I saw them smile, as if tiiey were pleasedli 
I was very glad, indeed. And when one of 
them said she hoped I would print as many aa 
two^ one for her and one for her cousin, I felt 
still more delighted, and thought I would have 
one for everybody's cousin, A great many 
little Johnnies and Geordies; many little 
Nellies and Hattiee, will read about SusyV 
birthdays. Wherein she was good, I hope^ 
you all will be like her ; and then your birth- 
days will be happy ones. Sometimes little 
cluldren don't Uve to spend six birthdays in. 
this world. They go to heaven and spend 
them there ; and they are better and happier 
days than any little Susy ever knew. But now 
1 must bid you good-bye. Perhaps I shall 
write another story for you one of tbe^^e dayji 

AUNT SUSAN. 



UTILE SCSI'S SIX BIRTHDAYS. 



OHAPTEB I. 

TUB FIBST BIBTHDAT, 

ITTLE Susy is a 
year old to-day," 
said her mamma, 
"and I must give 
her a birtliday 
kiss !" So slxe Ijissed tlie swciet 
led lips of the darling baby. Now 



8 LITTLE SUSY'S 

Susy had never kissed auy body 
in her life. She did not know 
how. But I suppose she thought 
it was high time to begin, now 
that she was a whole year old ; so 
she doubled up her lips and gave 
her mamma the funniest little bit 
of a kiss you can imagine. Her 
mamma was pleased, and Susy 
was pleased herself; and I dare 
say she thought she was doing 
something great, as she saw 
every body laughing. Pretty sooi] 
her papa came in, and then baby 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 9 

•doubled up her lips, and gave 
him a little bit of a kiss, too. 

Now all this was early in the 
morning, and Susy was in her 
night-gown. But her mamma 
washed and dressed her very 
nicely, and put on her red frock 
and clean white apron, and those 
tiny shoes that looked as if they 
were made for a doll; and then 
Susy had some breakfast — ^good 
bread and milk. 

After this, she slipped down 
from her mamma's lap, to play 



10 LITTLE SUSY^S 

with a string of spools that laj 
on the floor. She played with 
them a great while, but then she 
grew tired of sitting upon the 
floor. So she threw down her 
spools and got up, as if she 
thought of taking a walk. But 
she did not walk ; she only stood 
there, smiling at her mamma. 
She was afraid to try to walk* 
She thought she should fall, if 
she tried to walk. Then her 
mamma took up a box of seals 
and held them out towards Susy i 



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SIX BIRTHDAYS. 11 

and when Susy saw them, she 
wanted them so very much that 
she forgot all about her fear of 
falling, and ran to her mamma as 
Cast as she could. Oh, how glad 
she felt that she had walked a 
few steps I And how glad her 
mamma was, too I And how 
she kissed her dear baby, while 
the little thing played with the 
pretty seals, rattling them about 
and laughing so I By and by a 
lady called to see Susy's mamma. 

She had a great black dog with 



12 LITTLE Susy's 

her. bigger than Susy — oh, a 
great deal bigger I He would 
come in, though the lady was 
ashamed to see him trot into 
the parlor, and tried to coax 
him out. Susy liked the dog. 
She was not afraid of him. He 
put his cold nose on her face and 
hands, and that made her laugh. 
This lady had brought something 
for Susy. What do you think it 
was ? Why, a large doll, almost 
as large as Susy herself I When 
Susy saw it, she laughed aD4 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 18 

held out her arms, and said, 
"Baby, baby!" She loved this 
baby dearly. Some body taught 
her to call it Peggy. That is 
not a very pretty name, is it ? 
Another lady — indeed, I may as 
well tell you who it was ; her 
grandmamma — sent her a little 
silver fork. The baby is all 
worn out now, and hasn't any 
head at all. But the fork is as 
good as ever, and Susy uses 
it at dinner and at breakfast 
(itilL 



14 LITTLE SUSY^S 

As soon as it begau to grow 
dark, her mamma took Susy in 
her lap, and sang to her that 
sweet Kttle song which Aunt 
Lizzy had given her. Aunt Liz- 
zy heard it in Germany, and she 
liked it so well when she heard 
it sung to German babies, that 
she thought she would trans- 
late it for her little nieces and 
nephews at home. Here it is: 

" Mother, now tell, 
Why do you love your baby so well ? 
The mother said, ' Oh 1 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 1» 

And do you not know ? 

Sweet and happy it lies, 

It frets not, nor cries ; 

And is full of its glee 

As the bird on the tree. 

It smiles on my breast 

As it goes to its nest ; 

And it wakes in its bliss 

With a smile and a kiss ; 
And that is the reason I love it so well ; 
How dearly, how dearly, I never can tell/ 



" Baby, now tell, 
Wliy do you love your mother so weU ? 
The baby said, * Oh I 
And do you not know ? 



16 LITTLE SUSY'S 

She keeps me from harm, 

Holds me soft on her arm ; 

And if I am ill, 

Watches over me still ; 

Gives me good things to eat, 
* And kisses so sweet : 

And U kindest to m^ 

Of all that I see ; 
And that is the reason I love her so well ; 
How dearly, how dearly, I never can telL* ' 

By this time, Susy began to 
feel tired and sleepy ; so hex 
mamma undressed her, and she 
was put into her warm nest, and 
was soon fast asleep. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 11 

I suppose thousands of littlo 
girls and boys spent this day 
very much as Susy did. It was 
their first birthday, too. 

But do you suppose §usy's 
papa and mamma would have 
given her away, to take one of 
those other babies instead ? No, 
I am sure not. 




UTTLE SUST8 



CHAPTER IT. 

THE SBCOITD BIBTHDAT. 

rST lived three 
hundred aud six- 
ty-four days, and 
then came het 
second birthday. 
I suppose you 
think she was very old indeed, if 
she had lived so many days. But 
no, she was only two years old. 
When she awoke, on this 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 19 

bright Tuesday morning, she was 
carried into her mamma's room ; 
and her mamma took her right into 
Qer bed and gave her two birth- 
day kisses, one on her mouth and 
one on her cheek. Then Susy 
began to play with something. 
What do you think it was ? A 
doU ? No I A kitty ? No ! it 
was a Uttle live baby I her own 
darling brother, Robbie I He was 
about as many months old as 
Susy had lived years. Susy loved 



to LITTLE SUSY'S 

Ilim dearly. She never cried 
when she saw her mamma take 
baby in her arms and kiss him. 
She would have liked to take him 
in her own Uttle arms. 

By and by, her mamma said to 
her, "Susy! you are two years 
old to-day I" Now Susy did not 
know what this meant, so she 
only smiled, and said, " Robbie 1 
Robbie ! you got two eyes I" 

It was now time for Susy to be 
vashed and dressed. Her mamma 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. ii 

did not do this for her now. You 
know she had a little baby to take 
care of. After break&st, Susy 
came to her mamma with an 
orange in her hand. Her papa 
had given it to her. Susy told 
her mamma it was a ball. I sup- 
pose she could not say orange. 
Her papa took th- great Bible in 
his hand, and Susy knew she 
must sit still in her little chair. 
She went all round the room be- 
fore she could find it. Then she 



28 LITTLE SUSY'S 

gat down in it by her papa, and 
Baid to Robbie, "Baby, be 'till; 
papa say, be 'till." You see she 
could not say " still." While her 
papa prayed, Susy was playing with 
pins. She did not know it was 
naughty to do so. After prayers, 
she began to make a pretty baby- 
house in one comer of the room. 
It was very pretty indeed. But 
Susy thought she could make a 
better one ; so she pulled it down, 
ihiew her toys aU about the floof, 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 28 

and began again. When she had 
played in this way more than an 
hour, she began to feel tired. 
Then her mamma thought it was 
time to give her her birthday pre- 
sent ; so she put baby down upon 
the bed, and went into the closet 
and brought out a Uttle table. It 
had a drawer in it, and Susy was so 
pleased when she saw that I She 
thought she must say a big word 
now; so she lifted up her little 
bands, and said, " Oh my 1 I 'ton- 



•4 LITTLE Susy's 

ishedl" This made her mamikia 
laugh, and she took down Susy's 
box of cups and saucers, and 
placed them upon the table, and 
gave Susy a cracker, broken in 
small pieces ; then Susy sat down 
at the table, and began to make 
believe to pour out tea, and to eat 
the crjicker. Pretty soon she got 
up and offered Robbie a cup of 
tea ; but Bobbie did not take it 
Then Susy looked grieved, but 
soon she began to smile again, for 



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SIX BIRTHDAYS. 28 

her mamma took the tiny cup, 
and drank all the tea there was 
m it. By this time Susy was 
very tired, and said she was 
going "aheep." She could not 
say asleep. So she went and 
Stretched herself on a box, and 
fell fast asleep. Her mamma co- 
vered her up with one of Robbie's 
blankets. Susy had taken a fancy 
to sleep on this box. It was soft, 
and covered with chintz. Some 
of Robbie's clothes were kept in it 



!« LITTLK bust's 

OHAPTEE m. 

THE SECOND BIBTHDAT— CONTINUED. 

ITTLE Susy slept 
two hours. When 
she awoke, her 
cheeks were very 
red, and she look- 
ed as sober and grave as a judge. 
Her mamma had been making a 
new dross for her, but she knew 
it would not do to try it on now, 
because Susy did not feel very 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 27 

pleasant. Robbie was asleep, so 
ids mamma took Susy in her anus, 
aiid kissed her, and said, "Now 
we must cut paper babies." So 
she began to cut rows of babies, 
and Susy grew bright and happy, 
and patted her kind mamma's 
fe.ce, saying, "Darling mammal" 
over and over agam. It was 
snowing, or Susy would have had 
a nice walk. She liked to see it 
snow. She used to sit in her high 
obair at the window, watch the 



»8 LITTLE Susy's 

white flakes coining down, and 
by to catch them in her hands 
So, when she grew tired of play- 
mg with the babies, her manuna 
took her to the window ; but jus< 
then Susy's dinner was brought 
m. I must tell you what it was. 
There was a slice of toast, 
sprinkled with salt, and covered 
with rich new milk. Then there 
was a mealy potato and a 
small piece of boiled chicken 
So Susy ran to her littk table. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 2» 

pulled off the cups and saucers^ 
and made room for her dinner. 
The toast was cut in little square 
pieces, and she ate that first. She 
liked it very much. Then she ate 
the chicken, and that tasted so 
good that she thought it would 
be a fine plan to cry for more. 
But just as she was drawing her 
dear little face up into very ugly 
wrinkles, her mamma came to- 
wards her, and said, " Susy I do 
you want to go to the fair?' 



80 LITTLE SUSr'S 

Now Siisy did not know what 
diat meant, but she smiled, and 
said she should Eke to go. A lady 
had called for her in a carriage ^ 
so her manmia, as soon as Susy 
stopped eating, put on her new 
dress, and was going to finish 
dressing her ; but Susy felt so 
happy, and so refreshed by her 
dinner, that she could not keep 
still. She kept running all about 
the room, making funny httle curt- 
sies, and saying, " How d'ye do 



SIX BIETHDAYS. ^1 

mamma?" and "Susy go away, 
leave mammal" At last her 
mamma caught the little witch; 
and her coat and hat and mittens^ 
and I don't know what not, were 
put on, and then away went Susy 
in the carriage with that kind 
friend who loved her so dearly. 

When they got back from the 
fair, it was beginning to grow 
dark a little. Her mamma had 
kept running to the window, and 
saying, " Oh, I wonder Susy does 
not come !" 



82 LITTLE SUSY'S 

Susy had her hands full of toys, 
aud caudy, aud cake. She ran to 
kiss her dear mamma aud RobbiO; 
and offered all her candy to her 
papa, who thanked her, and put 
it in his pocket. He did not like 
to have Susy eat candy. And 
now it wao time for bed. But 
Susy was so full of fun, that it 
was hard to hold her. She ran 
and hid behind the great chair, 
and crept under the bed, and 
laughed and shouted, and clapped 



SIX BIBTHDATS. 8» 

her little hands, till at last she was 
tired out. So then she came and 
stood stUl, and ate a little bit of 
toast, and pretty soon went to 
bed. Her mamma put her to bed 
herself, and then she sat down by 
Robbie's cradle and sung to him 
and Susy this little song : 

" Sleep, sleep, sleep, little darlings ! 

Sleep, for yonr mother is nigh ; 
She, she watches your sliimbers, 

Sees that no danger is nigh. 
Sleep 1 sleep I sleep I sleep 1 

Sleep, for your mother is nigh ! 



» 

•4 LITTLE. Susy's 

* Sleep, bleep, sleep, little darlings 
Sleep, for the angels are nigh 1 

They, they watch o'er your slumberii 
See that no danger is nigh. 

Sleep ! sleep ! sleep ! sleep I 
Sleep, for the angels are nigh ! 

^ Sleep, sleep, sleep, little darlings I 
Sleep, for the Saviour is nigh ! 

He, he watches your slumbers, 
Sees that no danger is nigh. 

Sleep ! sleep sleep ! sleep ! 
Sleep, for the Savioui* is nigh ^ 



SIX BLRTHDATS. U 

CHAPTER IV, 
THE THIRD BIKTHDAY. 

HEN Susy a- 

woke on the 

morning of her 

third birthday, 

she said, "Now 

I am going to 

give mamma three kisses !" So 

she crept sofUy out of bed, and 

tan on her little bare feet to the 

door of the nursery where her 



86 LITTLE SUSY's 

mamma slept with Robbie, wJno 
was uot very well. She opened 
the door and peeped in, smiling 
and looking so lovely and so lov- 
ing, that her mamma wanted to 
snatch her up and kiss -her. She 
held out her anns, and Susy ran 
and climbed up the side of the 
bed, and gave both mamma and 
Robbie a great many hugs and 
kisses. And her mamma gave 
her three birthday kisses ; one on 
her lips, and one on each cheek. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 87 

Robbie was more than a year old 
now ; he could not speak a word, 
and had not learned to walk yet. 
But his Httle heart was brimful of 
love, and he put his arms around 
Susy's neck, and patted her soft 
cheek, and seemed very glad to 
see her. 

As soon as the children were 
washed and dressed, it was time 
for breakfast. Susy sat at the 
table with her papa and mamma, 
and was very happy. After break- 



»8 LITTLE Susy's 

^t they all went up into the 
nui-seiy together, and there they 
found upon the table, Noah's ark. 
Some kind friend had sent it to 
Susy. It was a famous little ark ; 
and besides all sorts of beasts and 
birds, Susy found Mr. and Mrs. 
Noah and all their faniily inside. 
This made her begin to dance up 
and down, and clap her hands ; 
and when Robbie saw her do that, 
he laughed and clapped his hands 
t>oo. 



SIX BIBTHDArS. 89 

Susy sat down upon the. floor 
a&d played with her ark a great 
while. And while she played, 
she talked to the beasts and th& 
birds, and told them it was her 
birtliday, and asked them if they 
didn't wish it was their birthday 
too. And she told them every 
now and then, " I'm going to have 
a party! I'm going to have a 
party I" 

After awhile, her mamma came 
and took Susy into her lap, and 



40 LITTLE SUST's 

read to her a little story, and then 
she kissed Susy a great many 
times, and said God was very 
good to let her have such a dar- 
ling child three years. Just then 
iiere came a rmg at the door, and 
here came into the nursery a 
j^reat bundle, wrapped in a linen 
lapkin. When Susy's mamma 
saw that it was something for her 
little girl, she let her take out all 
the pins from the napkin, and 
pretty soon out roUed a baby — oli^ 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 41 

a beautiful baby I with real shoes 
on its feet, and a hat on its head, 
and a box full of dresses, besides. 
It was sent by the same lady who 
sent the first doll, about which I 
told you. She thought Peggy 
must be worn out by this time. 
The moment Susy saw this new 
baby, she ran to find poor Peggy, 
which she thrust into Robbie's 
arms, saying, "There I you httle 
darling I now you shall have a 
baby tool" Robbie was very 



42 UTTLE SUSY's 

glad. He took Peggy Id Lis 
anns, with her feet up and head 
down, and began to pat her, and 

say, " By, by I by, by I" which 
made Susy laugh. But it was 
getting time for his nap, so Susy 
and her mamma left the nursery, 
and went down-stairs to let papa 
see the birthday presents. He 
was very glad to see them. He 
took Susy on his knee, while she 
showed him the ark, and all the 
dogs and cats and doves and 



SIX BIBTHDATS. *i 

ravens there were in it. Then slie 
let him peep at her new doll ; and 
as soon as he had seen it and had 
been made to kiss it, Susy and 
her mamma went out to tfike a 
walk. 



LTTTIJE bust's 
OHAPTBB V. 

THE THIRD BIRTHDAY— COHTIHDEIX 

•HEN they came in 
( from their walk, 
I Robbie was awake, 
' and Susy said it was 
time for her party to begin. You 
will wonder who she expected to 
see at this party, so I must teU 
you at once that no body had been 
uivited but Robbie and all tlie 
iloUs. And a funny little party 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 4« 

they made, I can tell you. Susy set 
out her t-able, and a cup and saucei 
for each one; also a plate and 
spoon for each. Then her mamma 
filled the little teapot with " milk- 
tea," as Susy called it, and gave 
her some sponge-cakes, and a few 
sugar-plums, and an orange nicely 
cut, and then they all sat down to 
the feast, Susy and her new doll 
on one side, and Robbie and 
IVggy and old black Dinah on 
the other. Robbie was a dear 



i6 LITTLE SUST'S 

little boj. He did not pull the 
cups about, or snatch the cake; 
he sat very still, and opened his 
mouth now and then, when Susy 
offered him a little tea or a crumb 
of cake. The dollies, too, were 
very good. They did not faU 
over upon their faces, as some ill- 
bred doUies do, nor sKp down 
from their chairs, nor push each 
other. They sat as still as mice, 
and behaved far better than mice 
would have done. Susy though/ 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. -n 

her party a very nice affair, and 1 
think her papa and mamma did 
too, for I saw them peeping in at 
the nursery door, laughing and 



• • 



rejoicmg. 

Susy was a very busy little girl. 
She was always at work upon 
something, as if she felt afraid 
she should not get out of each 
day all the fun there was in it. 
So as soon as she had eaten up 
all there was on the table, (with 
ilio help of mamma and nurse,) 



48 LITTLE SUSY'S 

she began to play again. She 
made a great yard with a fence 
around it — the fence was made 
of blocks — ^and put her animals 
into the yard. Her papa sat 
down on the floor, and helped her 
make it, and showed her how to 
drive her cattle in. Susy was 
dehghted, and she said to them^ 
" Now, beasts, I am going away^ 
and you must be very good while 
r am gone. Don't snatch each 
o\ lier's things away. Don't make 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 49 

each other cry I" Then she made 
believe go out to walk, and when 
she came back, she found they 
had all been very good indeed. 
She said she should give them 
each a book, if they were always 
so good. Shouldn't you think 
they might have laughed when 
she said that? Weill they did 
not. They looked just as they 
did before, and as if they did not 
hear a word she said. Susv was 
iio busy that she did not notice 



60 LITTLE SUSYS 

how dark it was growing. No^ 
every night, when it began to 
grow dark, her mamma used to 
take her in her lap, and tell her 
stories and sing to her. All at 
once it grew so dark, that she 
could not see to play; then she 
remembered it was time to pick 
up her toys. While she was do- 
ing this, Robbie crept about, 
gathering up his, but he did not 
touch hers. 




I, 



HX BIKTHDATS. 51 

CHAPTEK VL 

THE THIRD BIRTHDAY — CONCIUDED 

HEN the toys had 
all been put nicely 
away, Nurse gave 
Robbie his supper, and Susy went 
down to her mamma. It was 
dark in the parlor, but the fire- 
light made it pleasant. Susy 
climbed into her usual place, and 
said, " Please sing, mamma I" 
"What shall I smg about?" 



«8 LITTLE SUSY's 

asked mamma. Susy thought a 
little while, and at last she said, 

"About a little kitty I" 

Now her mamma did not know 
any verses about a little kitty, but 
she did not like to refuse Susy, so 
she began to sing. 

Once there was a little kitty 

Whiter than snow ; 
In a barn she used to frolic, 

Ix)ng time ago. 

In the barn a little mousie 

Ban to and fro ; 
For she heard the kitty coming 

Long time ago. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. *• 

Two eyes had little kitty 

Black as a sloe ; 
And they spied the little motude, 
, Long time ago. 

Pour paws had little kitty, 

Paws soft as dough, 
And they caught the little mou^iv 

Long time ago. 

Nine teeth had little kitty, 

AH in a row ; 
And they bit the little monsiei 

Long time ago 

When the teeth bit little monsiei 

Little mouse cried " Oh I" 
But she got away from kitty, 

Long time ag:o. 



U LITTLE bust's 

Susy was just going to cry, 
when she heard that the little 
mousie was bitten, but her mam- 
ma made haste to comfort her by 
singing that mousie got away^ 
long ago. She had to sing it a 
great many times after this, for 
Robbie soon was old enough to 
like to hear about kitties. 

" Now, mamma, please tell me 
one story," said Susy, " about the 
little fly that had'nt any breakfiist." 

So her mamma told it to her 



SIX BIBTHDAYS. 5« 

though I suppose Susy had heard 
it fifty tunes ; and then there were 
some little hynms sung. By this 
time, Susy's supper was ready, 
and when she had eaten it, she 
kissed her dear papa and mamma, 
and said her prayers, and went 
trotting up to bed. 




it UTTLE SPST'b 

OHAPTEB VH 

THE FODKTH BUHHDAY. 

1ST was very 
much surprised, 
on the moming 
of the day she 
was four years 
old, to hear her mamma call her 
to come and take her four birth- 
day kisses. She had forgotten 
all about birthdays, it was so long 
since she had had one. She 






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SUSV'S SIX BIRTHDAVS. 



SIX BIRTHDAIS. 67 

sprang out of bed, and ran in to 
her mamma, who kissed her, this 

time, on her mouth, on each 
cheek, and her forehead ; and 
seemed to love her even more 
than usual. Soon after break- 
fast she took Susy away into 
that little room to which she 
was in the habit of going alone, 
and they knelt down together, 
and held each other's hands, while 
rnanmia thanked God very much 
for giving her such a dear little 



U LITTLE SUSY'S 

girl, and for letting her live four 
yeais ; and asked Him, if he 
pleased, to let her live another 
year, and to make her His own 
little lamb. Susy was very happy 
to think she had been caUed 
God's own little lamb, and she 
kissed her mamma, and said she 
loved Jesus, and meant to be a 
good girl, because He was so 
good. Then they went into the 
nursery, and Susy's papa gave her 
a beautiful book full of pictures, 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 69 

and a great number of new blocks. 
Susy liked the book best, but she 
liked the blocks too ; and she and 
papa and Robbie built a castle, 
which she said looked like the 
tower of Babel. Robbie was foil 
of fon, and he soon overturned 
the tower, shouting with aU his 
might, when he heard the noise it 
made in falling. Susy did not 
think it fair for Robbie to spoil 
her play, but her papa said he 
was such a Uttle boy, she must 



60 LITTLE SUSY 8 

excuse him. Then Robbie ran 
up to her, saying, "Pease 'cuse 
Robbie I" and kissed her, and 
patted her fiice, so Susy had to 
smile and forgive him, he was 
such a Uttle darHng. After that 
they built several castles, on pur- 
pose for him to overturn ; and 
Susy was happy all day, because 
she had given up her own plea- 
sure, just to gratify him. Now 
Susy's mamma was very busy, 
getting ready for the birthday 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 61 

party. This time they expected 
some body besides Robbie and the 
dollies. Mamma had written and 
sent invitations to Frank and 
Charlie, Susy's cousins, and to 
little Hatty Linton, who was visit- 
ing them. They were to come 
early and stay till dark ; and 
Frank's mother and Hatty's aunt 
were coming too, for they loved 
to see children happy. 

At twelve o'clock they all ar- 
rived, and there was a great time 



«2 LITTLE busy's 

getting off cloaks^ and hoods, and 
tippets, and mittens ; and Charlie 
had to display his jacket and 
trowsers, which he never had worn 
tiU this day ; and Frank was in a 
hurry to see Susy's presents, and 
80 they all talked and laughed 
together. Only Susy and Hatty 
were standing all this time, look- 
ing very gravely at each other; 
Susy holding fast to her mamma's 
hand, and Hatty squeezing up as 
cloc>e to her aunt as possible. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 68 

Susy thought Hatty a sweet lit- 
tle girl, after she had looked at 
her a long time, and she ran to 
Frank and said to him, 

"Hatty Linton may have my 
best doll all day." 

" Oh, cousin Hatty I hear what 
Susy says I" cried Frank. 

"She's my cousin, too," said 
Susy. 

" No, she is*nt, she's only your 
eousin-in-law," said Frank. 

Every body laughed on hearmg 



M UTTLE SUSY'S 

this ; at least all the mothers and 
aunties did, and Frank looked 
very well pleased with the new 
relationship he had invented. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. M 

OHAPTES Vnl 

THE FOURTH BIRTHDAY— CONnSUEU 

USY then led liei 

cousins, and hei 

cousin-in-law up to 

I the nursery, where 

' all her toys were 

brought out, and 

Robbie was waiting patienliy in 

his Uttle chair. Frank and 

Cliarlie ran to kiss him ; and after 

a few moments, Hatty went 



«« LITTLE Susy's 

and kissed him too. He and 
Hatty looked a little like each 
other, Frank said. They had both 
fail*, curling hair, and black eyes, 
and round rosy cheeks. Robbie 
felt very shy for some time after 
Hatty had kissed him. He sat 
stm in his chair, with his eyes 
fixed upon the ground, and his 
hands lay folded in his lap. But 
before long he began to play with 
his blocks, and all the other child- 
nm sat around him on the floor. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 67 

helping him. Susy felt like a lit- 
tle queen ; every body was so kind 
to her, and the children all kept 
saying, "Let's do as Susy says: 
it's her birthday." 

Oh, how they played! Frank 
bmlt such noble houses, and 
Charlie arranged the little village 
so nicely I And Hatty held tightly 
in her arms Susy's doll, taking 
care to keep near Robbie all the 
time, so as to kiss his soft white 
neck every now and then. 



68 LITTLE SUSY'S 

When they had played quietly 
a long time, Frank wanted to play 
"hide the handkerchief," and he 
said, " Susy must hide it first, be- 
cause it is her birthday." Frank 
was six years old, and he knew 
how to play this, and a great 
many other things. So he made 
all the children cover their eyes, 
and then showed Susy where to 
put the handkerchief. They aU 
liked this play. Even little Rob- 
!)ie ran about, pretending to look 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 39 

in all the nooks and comers ; and 
when it came Frank's turn to hide 
the handkerchief, he contrived to 
hide it in a place Robbie peeped 
into every time. Oh, how Robbie 
laughed when he found it I 

Robbie's nurse kept her eye 
upon her little pet, for she was 
afraid he might get hurt among 
the other children. But they 
were all gentle, good children, 
and were so happy and pleasant 
that even a little bird might have 
■played safely with tliem. 



TO LITTLE SUSY'S 

"How old are you, Robbie?** 
said Hatty, putting her anns 
around him. 

Robbie did not know. 

His nurse said he was a little 
more than two years. 

" Did he have a birthday too ?*' 
asked Hatty. 

" Oh, yes, indeed he did I" said 
nurse ; and she opened a drawer, 
and showed Hatty some new toys 
and books which were given liim 
on the day he was two years old. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. Tl 

Just as the other uhildren came 
nmning to look at Robbie's draw- 
er, which was full of toys and 
books, a bell rang down-stairs. 
Nurse said this was to call them 
down ; so she took Robbie in her 
arms, Frank led Susy, and Charlie 
and Hatty followed, till they 
reached the dining-room. 




T3 LITTLE Susy's 

OHAPTEE DC 

•ttiE FOURTH BIRTHDAY— CONTIKDBn 

HEN they enter- 
ed the dining- 
room, they found 
Susy's papa and 
mamma, and 
Frank's mamma and aunt, waiting 
for them: and in the midst of 
the floor stood a round table, 
covered with a white cloth. A 
nice little feast was spread upon 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 78 

the table ; not exactly dinner, and 
not exactly tea, but very pleasant 
to the eyes of the children, who 
were all hungry after their play. 
Now the parents of these children 
did not approve of over-feeding 
little folks with sweet things, but 
they had provided every thing 
they could think of, that it would 
be safe to eat. Besides, Susy's 
papa had been to a wedding-party 
the previous evening, and a lady 
had sent to Susy a great many 



74 LITTLE SUSY*S 

mottoes and some delicious grapes 
Some of these were arranged 
prettily on the table, and the 
children were lifted into their 
seats, and Susy, looking very 
grave indeed, began to pour out 
for each a tiny cup of cocoa. 
Frank said he should like to sit 
there and pour it out, as he was 
the eldest, but his mother laughed 
at him a little, and said she never 
lieard of such a thing as a gentle- 
man'js pouring out tea when ladies 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. . 75 

w^ere present. Charlie said he 
wanted to pour out because he 
was the youngest ; but his mamma 
laughed at him too, saying, Hatty 
and Robbie were both younger 
than he ; so Charhe gave up very 
pleasantly, and was very happy, 
drinking his cocoa and eating 
small, thin slices of bread and 
butter. And so were they all. 
Even Robbie, on this great occa- 
sion, had a little of every thing ; 
but He was a good boy, and when 



76 LITTLE SUSY^S 

his nurse asked him to let her 
saye his mottoes and grapes tiD 
to-morrow, he gave them all to 
her. I wish I could tell you how 
they all looked, sitting there, talk- 
ing as fast as their tongues could 
fly, and enjoying all the good 
things so pleasantly. Susy was 
80 happy, that she could not help 
throwing her arms about Hatty^ 
who sat next her, and kissing her 
many times ; and she kept all tlie 
largest grapes for Robbie, and 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. T^ 

offered the big pieces of cake to 
Iier cousins, though they were too 
polite to take them. 

I think no body enjoyed this 
feast more than the grown folks, 
though they only sat and looked 
on. Little children do not know 
how dearly their papas and mam- 
mas love them. 

When every one had had 
enough, they were taken down 
from their high chairs, and the 
big books on which some of them 



78 LITTLE SUSY's 

sat ; and Susy's papa made believe 
he was a lion, and that they were 
nice fat little things, just fit for 
him to eat up. So he began to 
growl, and to scamper all about 
the room; and the children ran, 
and laughed, and crept under the 
sofas, and hid behind their mam- 
mas; and I began to be a&aid 
the house would come down, they 
made such a noise. At last the 
lion caught Susy, and while he 
was eating her up, the othet 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 79 

children sat down to take breath, 
for they were as tired as they 
could be. 

Frank went and whispered to 
his mamma, and she whispered to 
Hatty's aunt, and at last Frank 
said he was trying to persuade 
his mamma to ask Hatty to re- 
peat a piece of poetry. Hatty 
was not yet three years old, but 
she could repeat a great many 
stories and poems, and it was 
v^ery pleasant to hear such a 



so LITTLE SUST S 

litde girl do this. But I vrilt 
tell you about it in the next 
chapter. 



812 BIBTHJDAYS. 81 

CHAPTER X.' 
THE FODSTH BIRTHDAY— CONCLUDKD. 

ITTLE Hatty was 
lifted up to a seat 
on the table, where 
all f Duld see her, and 
the children arranged themselves 
where they could hear her. Susy 
got upon her papa's knee, who 
kept kissing her and loving her 
dearly; Robbie ran to his mam- 
ma's lap, and Frank and Charlie 



fei UTTLE SUSY'S 

were in low chairs, close by then 
mother. Then Hatty began in a 
soft, clear voice, and repeated 
that beautiful hymn, "I think, 
when I read that sweet story of 
old," and said every word so 
clearly and distinctly, that not 
one was lost. Then she said the 
first chapter of John. I do wish 
you could have heard her. She 
was then lifted down, and they all 
thanked her for the pleasure she 
fiad given them, and Susy's mam- 



SIX BIRTHDATS. 88 

ma asked her if she could sing 
She said she could, and Frank 
and Charlie said they could sing 
too ; so they all sang, " There is a 
happy land." Now, Robbie list- 
ened as hard ap he could, and 
wanted to sing too, but he did 
not know how ; only, whenever 
they were going to say "happy 
land," he would shout "happy 
lamb 1" and this pleased the child- 
len so much, that they kept sing- 
ing the hymn over and over, just 



84 LITTLE SUSY^S 

to hear his little eager voice come 
in at every verse. 

They sang, " Mary had a little 
lamb/' after this, and other songs ; 
and then Susy begged her mam- 
ma to sing the funny German 
song she and Robbie were so 
fond of. Mamma was almost 
ashamed to sing it before all 
those grown-up folks, but she did 
not like to refuse Susy, so she 
b^anthus: 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 86 

The moon it shines, 
The baby whines ; 
The clock strikes twelve : 
It's getting too late to toil and delve. 

In qniet nights 
The monsie bites; 
The clock strikes one : 
Biay nanghty dreams little cradles ftLnn I 

Little Bo Peep 
Is fast asleep ; 
The dock strikes two : 
May good girls be many, of naiigLc7 girLj, few I 

The wind it blows, 
The cock he crows ; 
The clock strikes three : 
rhe ship sails quietly over the sea. 



8b LITTLE Susy's 

The horse says neigh, 
He wants some hay ; 
The clock strikes four : 
The coach is standing before the door. 

The hen cackles, 
The duck quackles ; 
The clock strikes six : 
Time to get up and pick mother some sticka 

The cook will bake 
A nice little cake ; 
The clock strikes seven : 
Ehit on the pudding, and boil till eleven. 

You shall be fed 
With milk and bread ; 
The clock strikes eight • 
(/ome I eat your breakfast, before it's too late I 



SIX BIBTHDATS. 81 

The children Uked this song 
very much, but it was now time 
for Frank and CliarUe and Hatty 
to go home. They kissed each 
other, and were wrapped up, and 
away they went; and Susy and 
Robbie were soon fast asleep in 
theb own little beds, getting ready 
for the next birthday, next year 1 



»8 LITTLE SUSY'S 
OHAPTEB XI. 

THE FIFTH BIRTHDAY. 

HERE WM 
something 
going on 
just before 
Susy's fifth 
birthday 
came, that I shall have to tell you 
about, but you must not tell hee. 
lu the first place, Robbie's mam- 
ma has made a pair of white 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 8» 

trowsers, and a green jacket with 
a crimped ruffle in the neck, and 
sleeves, and he is going to wear 
them on the birthday, and surprise 
Susy very much. In the next 
place, papa is very busy indeed, 
making a great baby-house, and 
Robbie can see it every day ; but 
Susy knows nothing about it. 
Mamma is trotting round to all 
the shops, buying furniture for 
this house, and nurse is dressing 
a lady who is to Uve there. Sarah 



90 LITTLE SUST*S 

the cook, has made up her mind 
to bake a little pie for Susy ; and 
Alary has been out and bought a 
great sugar dog. Robbie has a 
Uttle book which he is to give 
Susy for his present, and his 
mamma reads to him stories fiom 
it when Susy is not by. 

Susy knew she was going to be 
five years old, and she talked 
about it a great deal, and said 
her birthday never, never would 
come. But at last it did como. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 91 

and she awoke very early, aatl 
hopped out of bed to see if Rob- 
bie were awake too. Oh yes I he 
was awake, playing Yrith his be- 
loved Peggy, and telling her it 
was Susy's birthday; and nurse 
was making the fire and hurrying 
to get dressed. So Susy gave 
him a good kiss, and mn into her 
mamma's room to get lier five 
kisses, and laughing at the thought 
of the happy day she was to 
have. Her mamma was very 



n LITTLE SUSY'S 

glad to see her, and she kissed 
her on her lips, her cheeks, and 
her forehead, and then they 
laughed so, that papa awoke, and 
he said, 

" Oh 1 is that my httle Susy ?" 
and she jumped into his bed and 
kissed him, and asked him if he 
loved her, and said she loved him 
dearly. But now it was gettmg 
late, and nurse was knocking foi 
Susy to come to be dressed, anc 
Robbie was in such a hurry to 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 98 

give Susy her book, that lie 
couldn't wait any longer, so he 
took it from under his pillow, and 
told her how he went away down 
to Broadway to buy it for her. 
Susy could read a little, and she 
opened the book and read " The 
Lost Child." This was the title 
of the first story, and it is a very 
pretty story. While Susy was 
being dressed, Robbie told her hia 
mamma had read it to hun. Aftei 
breakfast, Susy went and whis- 



1 



94 LITTLE SUSY's 

pered something to her mamma, 
and they went together mto that 
Bame little room, and prayed and 
thanked God ; and after her 
mamma had gone away, Susy 
knelt down and prayed all by 
herself. When she came back to 
the nursery, there were her papa 
and mamma and Hobble, standing 
8mi]ing by the new baby-house, 
Susy was so astonished, that she 
could not speak a word, but she 
Ihrew her arms around her papa, 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 95 

and mamiua, and Robbie, and 
danced about, and clapped her 
hands, and they all rejoiced toge- 
ther. This baby-house had four 
rooms in it, a kitchen, a dining- 
room, a parlor, and a bed-room, 
and there was furniture in every 
one. In the parlor, in a nice 
chair, sat Miss Ellen, Susy's best 
doll, reading a book, and down in 
the kitchen there was black Dinah 
frying buckwheat cakes I "Wlien 
Susy saw that, she had to get uj. 



M LITTLE SUSY'S 

and dance again. I believe thuse 
cakes were made of yellow flan- 
nel ; but I don't know, I nevei 
tried to eat one. 



SUSY'S SIX BIRTHDAYS. 



Little Susy's Six Birthdays 



SECOND SERIES. 



UTILE SUSrS SIX BIirrHDAY& 



OEAPTEB L 

TEB jrurru bisthbat— coNnNumx 

USY said she didn't 

care if it did rain, 

she should be very 

happy playing with 

her baby-house 

with Robbie. She said this when 

she heard her mamma say that 

Frank and Charlie could not come 

to visit her if it should rain. It 



4 LITTLE SUSY« 

did not rain, but it snowed, and 
the wind blew, and by and by 
Susy's aunt sent her a little note 
which you shall see. 

Mr Dear Susy, 

I am sony that Frankie and 

Charlie can not spend the day with 

you to-day, as they have both 

bad colds. K it does not snow 

too hard, suppose you come and 

spend it with them? Give my 

love to your mamma, and tell her 

we want you very much. Frank 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. » 

sends you a little chair, with hip 
love, and Charlie sends a book 
that he thinks you will like. 
Your aflfectionate aunt, 

Maria. 



Susy was delighted with this 
note, and delighted with the chair, 
a,nd delighted with the book. 
She said she was afraid she should 
go crazy if she had any more 
presents. Her mamma thought 
there was going to be a real snow 



« LITTLE SUSY'S 

Btorm, and that Susy had better 
Qot go to her aunt's ; and Susy 
thought so too, for she did not 
like to go and leave her new 
baby-house so soon. So her 
mamma wrote a Kttle note, excus- 
ing her, and she and Robbie be- 
gan to play. She told Robbie he 
must come to see her, and make 
believe he was a little gentleman, 
who wanted to engage a cook. 
On hearing this, Robbie's nurse 
said, " Wait a minute I" And shi 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 1 

took him into another room and 
dressed him in his new clothes, so 
that when he came back he 
looked indeed like a little man. 
He came holding down his head, 
and smiling, and putting both 
hands into his pockets. Susy 
was astonished enough; she for- 
got all about her play, and ran to 
call her papa, who came runnmg 
in, fearing something was the mat* 
ter. But when he saw Robbie in 
his white ti-owsers, he began to 



8 LITTLE bust's 

laugh, and he said he never saw 
any thing so funny, and that he 
hoped his littie boy had done now 
with girl's clothes for ever. Susy 
thought she would run down into 
the kitchen and tell Sarah to 
come and see Robbie ; so away 
she went, and when she reached 
the kitchen, she saw a little pie 
on the hearth, which made her 
forget all about Robbie. She 
caught it up with both hands, bui 
let it drop quickly, for it was very 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 9 

hot, as it had just been drawn 
from the oven. Susy yf^as so 
ashamed of herself for getting 
burned so carelessly, that she 
would not cry, and Sarah brought 
a bowl of cold water, and told 
her to put both hands in. Susy 
did, and her fingers soon began 
to feel better, and she thought 
she would go and tell her mamma 
tiiat she had burned them, but 
that they were now quite well 
80 she went first to the parlor 



10 LITTLE SUSY'S 

but no mamma was there; then 
to her mamma's room, but she 
was not there. She knew now 
she must be in the nursery, and 
just as she reached the door, oh ! 
how her fingers began to smart 
again I She ran in, crying, and 
holding up her hands, and when 
Robbie saw her, he began to cry 
too. 




BIX BIBTHUATS. 1> 

OHAPTEB Xm 

THE FIFTH BIBTBDAT— COHTOnjEDi 

3 HEN her mamma 

saw that Susy's 

fingers were 

burned, she went 

to her great bag 

in which she kept all sorts of 

things, to be used in sickness, and 

took from it an old, soft handei- 

chief, and asked nurse to bring 

something from the closet which 



LITTLE SUSY'S 

she would find in the right-hand 
comer. While nurse was looking 
for it, Susy held up her fingers, 
and her mamma saw that all were 
burned but one. Nine little 
white blisters were pretty hard to 
bear, and busy could not help 
crying while they were being 
dressed. So her mamma was 
very sony for her littie darling, 
and she took her in her lap and 
began to talk to the fingers, to 
make Susy laugh and forget her 
pa iTi . 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. U 

. " Come, Mr. Thumb," said she 
•* and have a white cap on 1 And 
Aliss Little-Finger I don't get in 
my way while I dress your sister 1 
Why, Mrs. Fore-Finger I how you 
do behave I" 

This nonsense amused Susy, 
and while she listened to it, she 
felt a little relieved, and began to 
smile in the midst of her tears. 
When the fingers were all nicely 
dressed, her mamma began to 
fiing, and that made Susy forget 



14 LITTLE SUST^S 

all about her bums, and laugb 
outright. This is what was sung : 

•* Snsy Miller, she bumi her little finger 
Susy Miller, she burnt her little finger ; 
Susy Miller, she burnt her little finger. 
One little finger burnt ; 
One little, two little, three little fingers , 
Four little, five little, six little fingers ; 
Seven little, eight little, nine little fingers- 
Nine little fingers burnt !'' 

This amused Susy a long time ; 
her mamma kept singing it over 
and over and over ; and when she 
got tired of doing that, she sung 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 16 

other songs about Susy's dolls^ and 
about Robbie, till he drew near, 
riding on a stick, to listen and 
admire too, with his little face all 
covered with smiles of delight. . 
While they were all busy in 
this way, the door opened, and 
Susy's dear Aunt Lizzy came in. 
As soon as she saw the Uttle row 
of burned fingers, she said she 
must repeat something funny to 
them, that would make them feel 
well. She did not know thai 



16 LITTLE Susy's 

Susy's mamma had been tayiug 
the same plan. So she laid aside 
her cloak and furs, and made 
Susy come and sit in her lap. 
Then she began, 

Dance away, thumbkin, dancey ; 

Dance away, merry men all, 

But thmnbkin, lie can dance alone I 

Dance away, foreman, dancey; 

Dance away, merry men all. 

But thnmbkin, lie can dance alone I 

Dance away, middleman, dancey; 

Dance away, merry men all, 

But thumbkin, he can dance alone I 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. H 

Dance away, ringman, dancey ; 

Dance away, merry men all. 

But thumbkin, he can dance alone t 

Dance away, little man, dancey ; 

Dance away, merry men all, 

But thumbkin, he can dance alone !'' 

This made Susy and Robbie 
laugh well, I can tell you, and 
Aunt Lizzy and their mamma 
laughed too ; and Robbie said he 
knew something funny that his 
great-grandmother used to say to 
his mamma's toes when she was a 
liltle baby. 



18 LITTLE SUSY^S 

" What is it ?" said Aunt Lizzy 

After a little coaxing, Robbie 
took Aunt Lizzy's hand, and be- 
ginning with her little finger, and 
so going on to her thumb, he 
said: 

" Peedy, Peedy ; Pally, Ludy ; 
Lady Whistle ; Lody Whostle ; 
Great Odomondod I" 

Oh, how Aunt Lizzy laughed I 
And she said she should go right 
home and tell it to her baby's 
toes, and see what they would 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 19 

«ay ! So she kissed them all, and 
put on her cloak and furs, and 
went home, smiling all the way. 
By this time, Susy's fingers felt 
fio well, that she thought she 
would go and play with Robbie. 
She said they would make visics 
to each other. So she went to 
live in one corner of the room 
and Robbie in the other, and she 
«aid he might begin the play. 

So Robbie came to visit her. 

*• How do vou do, Mr. Miller ?" 



V- 



20 LITTLE SUSrs 

said Susy. "Won't you take a 
seat ?" 

"I tan't very well," said Mr. 
Miller, who could not pronounce 
the letter c. 

" How is your wife, Sir ?" asked 
Susy. 

" Oh, she's pretty well. She's 
dot a pain in her hand, I believe.'* 

' Well, Sir I you may go now. 
You've behaved very well, and 
I'll call to see you." 

So she walked over to Robbie's 
'^omer, and knocked. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 21 

" Tome in !" eaid Robbie. 
" How do you do, Mrs. Miller ?" 

"Very well, I thank you, Sir. 
But one of my children is sick 
with lame legs. She fell from the 
table, and broke off her legs." 

On hearing this, Robbie began 
to laugh. 

" You mustn't laugh. Sir, when 
you hear that people's legs are 
broken off. Good-bye, Sir! I 
hope you will call soon." 

Just then the bell rang for 
'dinner 



23 UTTLE STJSTS 

" Oh, Robbie ! don't you want 
to sit at the table with us ?" said 
Suay. 

She ran and asked leave, and 
his mamma said he might come, 
so they all went joyfully down 
together. 



SIX BIBTHDAYS. SS 

OHAPTES XIV. 

THK nPTH BIRTHDAY— CONTINUED 

FTEE dinner, Susy 
[ went back to the 
' nursery with Rob- 
i bie, and they play- 
ed with the baby- 
house together. She was very 
kind to Robbie, and let him take 
down all the chairs and tables 
and he was so pleased, that he 
kept stopping to kiss her, and say 



24 LITTLE SUSY's 

" My Susy I my Susy !" 
Pretty soon their mamma camo 
in, and told them it had done 
snowing, and there would be time 
for a little bit of a walk before 
dark. So nurse bundled them up 
in all their warm clothes, and 
away they went. Little children 
have a great deal done for them. 
Every little child who reads this 
book has to be dressed three 
hundred and sixty-five times every 
year; and undressed thret; hun- 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 25 

dred and sixty-five times. And 
every year they must have the 
same number of breakfeists, din- 
nerS; and suppers. And I hope 
they thank God for His kindness 
to them, at least as often as He 
provides some dear mother or 
nm-se to do this dressing, undress- 
ing, and feeding for them. Do 
you, EUie ? Do you, WilUe ? 

Susy and Robbie had a nice 
walk. Their mother took them 
10 a book-store, where she bought 



26 LITTLE SCJSY^S 

a book for a sick child whom 
they were going to see, and while 
it was being tied up neatly, she 
took up another book and read a 
short story in it. It was a Gei- 
man story, and she repeated it to 
Susy and Robbie as they walked 
home : 

" Two boys were once playing 
under a tree, when a nut fell 
from it, near them. One of them 
picked it up. The other boy 
«aid. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 27 

" It is my nut, for I saw it fall." 

" No, it is mine," said the other, 
** for I picked it up.'* 

Just then a larger boy came 
along, and he said, 

" What are you disputing 
about ?" 

The little boys told him. 

" Give it to me," said he ; "1 
will decide your quarrel for you." 

So he cracked the nut, and 
gave one half the shell to one 
boy, saying, "This is for you. 



28 LITTLE SUSr'S 

because you saw the nut fall.'' 
He then gave the other half shell 
to the second boy, saying, " This 
is yours, because you picked up 
the nut." 

Then putting the kernel into his 
own mouth, he said, "And this 
is for my trouble in cracking it." 

"Oh, what a naughty boyl" 
said Susy. 

Robbie smiled, but did not say 
a word. I am sure he would not 
have done so. 



SIX LIKTHDAYS. 2fl 

*• Susy," said their mother, " the 
lilde girl for whom I bought this 
book was bom on the very day 
you were, so this is her birthday 
too. And I thought I would 
send her a present, because she is 
sick, and poor too." 

" How much did it cost, mam- 
ma?" 

" Three shillings, I believe." 

" Mamma, haven't I three shiJ 
liugs of my own ?" 

" Yes, dear." 



30 LITTLE SUSY'S 

"And mayn't I pay for this 
book, and send it to the little 
girl?" 

"I thought you were saving 
your money to buy a Bible ?" 

" Yes, mamma, but I can wait 
till 1 learn to read better. A ad 1 
should like to give my money to 
that Uttle girl." . 

Her mamma was very willing* 
She only wanted Susy to think a 
minute, before she decided to 
give up the Bible. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 8^ 

Robbie said, " I'll dive that lit- 
tie dirl my orange I'' 

His mamma smiled, and as 
soon as they got home, she sent 
the book and the orange to the 
little sick child, who had been 
lying still, all day, in bed, with no 
birthday presents, and who waa 
made very happy by means of 
Susy and Robbie. 




M UTTUB Susy's 




CHAPTER XV. 

THE FIFTH BIRTHDAY— CONCLUDED. 

HERE were still a few 
minutes left before 
dark, and Susy said 
she was going to be a 
doctor, and go and visit her pa- 
tients. She told Robbie to Ke 
down on the floor, and make be- 
lieve he was sick. So she put on 
a pair of spectacles and a cap, 
and took her papa's gold-headed 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 88 

fane from the closet, and set out 
WTien she came to Robbie, she 
said, 

" You are very sick with weak- 
ness, Mr. Miller. I shall have to 
bleed you." 

"Oh, no; I don't want to be 
Weeded 1" said Robbie. 

" lie stm. Sir I I won't bleed 
you, if you will. I will ^ve you 
six pills. Open your mouth, and 
let me see your tongue. It's as 
red as fire. Let me feel your 



34 LITTLE SUSY's 

pulse. Why, it is going I 1 
guess you won't die. People 
don't die when their pulse keeps 
going. You may soak his feet 
when he goes to bed, Nurse." 

" Yes, Sir," said the nurse, " I 
will." 

Susy then went to see her doll, 
Ellen. 

" Let me feel your pulse," said 
she : " Oh, it doesn't go at all I 1 
am afraid you'll die. But don't 
cry. I'll give you some oil, and 

that will set it a-g^oing. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 35 

And I guess I'll put a blister on 
v^our ann." 

Then she went to Peggy. 

" How do you do, Peggy ?" 
Not very well, did you say? 
Well, here is a dose of salts for 
vou. Don't make faces I Drink 
it right down. I'll call again to- 
morrow. Oh, you needn't cry 
and beg me to come back; I'm 
going to sec my mother, and ask 
her to tell me a story. Come, 
Rob." 



86 LITTLE SUSY'S 

"Oh. you're a great doctor 
aren't you?" said the nurse, 
laughmg. 

Then Susy led Robbie down 
into the parlor, where their mam- 
ma sat waiting for them. 

She kissed them, and asked 
<^hem if they had had a happy 
day, and they both said they had. 
So then she told them a story. 

" Once, a little angel *^w the 
door of heaven open a little way, 
80 he thought he would fly ou 



SIX BIfiTHDAYS. 3'i 

just for an hour or so. He flew 
and flew a long time, and at last 
he came to a house. The window 
was open, so he flew in. 

" * Oh. I see that beautiful white 
bird 1' said one of the children. 

" * No, I am not a bird ; I am a 
little angel I' said he. And he 
looked lovingly at all the children, 
who left their toys, and came and 

% 

stood around him. They feh 
alraid ; yet pleased too. 

" * See his wings 1 They are 



88 LITTLE SUSYS 

as white as snowl' whispered 
one. 

" 'And look at his golden ring- 
lets 1' said another. 

" 'And his white hands,' said a 
third. 

" The little angel sat down in 
one of their small chairs, and 
began to look about him, out of 
those large, friendly eyes. 

" Then the children brought their 
books and toys, and let the deai 
angel look at them. Then they 



SIX BIfiTHDAYS. 89 

brought their baby sister, and the 
Uttle angel smiled a most beauti- 
lul smile, and kissed the lovely, 
rosy baby. By and by, the 
children began to play. They 
were gentle, good children. If 
they had been naughty, the angel 
would have been frightened. He 
would not have staid with them 
so long. 

" * I /Ct us be kind and pleasant 1' 
said he children. 'Angels like 
to be jnth people who love eacb 
othei ;' 



40 LITTLE SUSY'S 

" * When he goes home, 1 wish 
he would let me go with him I' 
said one. ' I want to be a little 
angel 1' 

"And then they played again. 
The angel staid all day. It made 
them happy to turn around every 
now and then, and see him there, 
looking so peaceful, so kind, so 
loving I 

"But when it grew dark, the 
angel stretched his beautiful white 
wings, and flew home to heaven 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 41 

Then the children all cried, and 
held out their hands, and said, 
^We would have given him all 
oiu" things, if he would have 
staid 1' And the youngest said, 
' I was going with him I I want 
to be a little angel 1' 

" Then his mother kissed him, 
and said, 'All the beautiM things 
in this world could not keep an 
angel away from heaven.' 

" Then the children said, ' Hea- 
ven must be a happy place, 



42 LITTLE SUSr'S 

if it is fuU of such angels a« 
that; 

"And their mother said, ' Yes 1 
indeed it must, and you shall all 
go there if you are good and love 
Jesus 1' " 

" Is that a true story, mam- 
ma ?" asked Susy. 

" No, not quite true. But it is 
true that you will see blight an- 
gels when you go home to hea- 
ven." 

" I wish 1 could go now I" said 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 48 

little Susy. Then she kissed her 
dear mamma, and she and Robbie 
went to bed and dreamed very 
sweet dreams indeed. And their 
mother kissed them in their sleep, 
and prayed, in her heart, that they 
might be holy, happy children on 
earth, and angels in heaven when 
they came to die. 




UTILE SCST's 
CHAPTER XTI. 

THE SIXTH BIRTHDAT, 

lUSY awoke very ear- 
I ly on the morning of 
^ her sixth birthday. 
It was dark and cold 
and still. She wanted very much 
to jump up and run to her mam- 
ma for her six birthday kisses, 
but she knew it would not do to 
{;et up before the fire was made 
Nurse was just opening the shut- 



S£K BIBTHDArS. 45 

ters, and Robbie began to rub his 
eyes, and look up to see what was 
going on. 

" Robbie I it's my birthday," 
said Susy. 

" Yes, I know it," said Robbie. 

" I mean to get into your bed," 
said Susy. 

"WeUr said Robbie 

So Susy got into Robbie's bed, 
and they began to frolic together. 
Susy tlirew the pillows at Robbie, 
and Robbie threw them at bor, till 



46 LITTLE SUSY'S 

!^iirse said they must not do so, 
Lnd then they stopped, and tried 
to think what they could do next. 

'* I'll read to you out of a Rollo 
book," said Susy. 

" Gh, weU I" said Robbie. 

But just then Robbie's nurse 
was reaJr to giye him his bath. 

" Well, I can read to myself, 
then," said Susy ; so she went on 
reading as faat as her tongue could 
fly. She could read very well 
now. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 47 

By-and-by it came her turn to 
De bathed and dressed ; and while 
Nurse curled her hair, she sat in a 
high chair and read aloud to Rob- 
bie, who thought her just about 
the dearest little sister in the world. 

After breakfast and prayers, 
Susy went away mto her mamma's 
little room, and knelt down and 
asked God to forgive her for every 
naughty thing she had ever done 
in her life, and to help her to be 
very good all that day. Wlien 



48 LITTLE SUSY'S 

she came back to the nursery, she 
went to the window, and stood 
there, looking out. 

Her mamma thought something 
seemed to trouble her, and she 
came gently behind her, and said, 

" What is my Kttle Susy think- 
mg about ?" 

" I don't know, mamma." But 
after a moment she said, " WiD 
(jod mind it if I do not know how 
to pray so well as big people ?'* 

Her mamma said, *' Once a little 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 49 

girl did or said something naughty, 
and her papa punished her for it 
by saying he should not kiss her 
for two hours. She sat down, 
feeling very sad and sorrowful, and 
wishing her papa would forgive 
her ; and at last she thought she 
would write him a little note, tell 
him how sorry she was, and ask 
him to forgive her. She did not 
know how to write very well, and 
her little note was full of blots and 
mistakes. But she ventured to 



50 LITTLE SUSY^S 

carry it up to his study, and put 
it into his hands. Now when her 
papa opened the Uttle note, and 
saw all those blots and mistakes^ 
do you suppose he said, ' Oh, I 
can't forgive a child who writes so 
badly as that?' No, he said^ 
* Papa forgives his little darling 
gladly ; he loves to forgive her T 
And he took her in his arms and 
kissed her again and again. 

" Now, when little children pray 
to God, I suppose their prayere d<; 






SIX BIKTHDAYS. 61 

have some mistakes and blots on 
them. They are poor little pray- 
ers. But they are all heard by 
* gentle Jesus, meek and mild;* 
the same Jesus who once took 
children in his arms and blessed 
them ; and he loves every Httle 
sorry heart, and will give it all it 
asks for." 

Susy was comforted, and her 

mamma kissed her many times, 
and then told her to go out with 
Robbie, to roll hoop. 



UnUS SUST8 
CHAPTER xvn. 

THB SIXTH BIRTHDAT— CONTINUBD. 

^USY had a fine time, 
I driving her hoop. 
[ Hers was made of 

"wood, but Robbie's 
was iron. While they were ran- 
ning up and down the side-walk 
together, then- papa came out and 
watched them a few moments, and 
when they came up to him he said 
" Well, my darlings, have you had 
a nice play ?" 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 59 

** Oh yes, papa I" they said. 

" Well, how should you like to 
go and spend the day with grand- 
mamma ?" 

" Oh, 1 should like it dearly T' 
mid Susy, clapping her hands. 

« ShaU I go too ?" asked Rob- 
bie. 

" Yes, you too," said his papa. 

"Is mamma willing? Is she 
going too ?" asked Susy. 

"No, mamma can't go very 
well, but she wants you and Rob 
bie to go." 



54 LITTLE SUSY*S 

" 1 don't want to be away from 
(namma on my birthday," said 
Susy. She ran into the house, 
and found a woman she never had 
seen, sitting there. 

" Who is that woman ?" she 
whispered. 

" She is going to spend a few 
weeks with us," repKed her mam- 
ma. 

Susy did not like that at all ; 
but she only said, 

"And can't you go with u« tc 
irmndniamma's ?" 



SIX BIKTHDAYS. 65 

" No darling, not to day. I ana 
very sorry to disappoint you, dea? 
Susy, on your birthday, but it can- 
not be helped. I think grandma 
will send for Frank and Charlie." 

" I'm afraid they'll have to go 
to school." 

" Oh, this is Saturday," said her 
mamma. 

Then Susy began to think i1 
would be very pleasant to go, even 
if she had to leave her dear mam- 
ma behind ; so she went to the 



56 LITTLE SUSYS 

uuTsery, where she found Robbie 
all nicely dressed, and her own 
things all ready and waiting for 
her. 

" We're going in the cars I" said 
Robbie. 

" I mean to carry my doll," said 
Susy. 

''And I shall take my blocks," 
said Robbie. 

His nurse laughed at him, and 
said he would need one man to 
carry his blocks then, for there 
was a cart-load of them. 



SUSY'S SIX BIRTHDAYS. 



SIX BIBTHDAYS. 57 

'* Then he'll need a horse," said 

"Are you gomg with us, Nursey 
dear ?" said Robbie. 

"Oh yekj, indeed: your papa 
and mamma have no idea of send- 
ing you iwo Uttle monkeys off by 
yoursehes." 

By this time Susy was aU 
dressed, and she and Robbie ran 
in to kiss their mamma. She 
kissed them inany times, and then 
their papa said he would see them 



68 UTTUB SUSY^S 

all safeiy m the cars. They were 
very happy indeed, and the cars 
did not go faster than theii little 
tongues did. They reached their 
grandmamma's house at eleven 
o'clock. She was sitting by the 
fire^ knitting, and when she saw 
them coming in, she was delighted. 

"It's my birthday, grandma I" 
said Susy. " I'm six years old I" 

"And I'm four," said Robbie. 
**l'm almost six." 

Grandmamma helped take off 



^^^m 



BIBTHDAYS. 69 

ibeir coats and tippets and mit- 
tens, and she said, 

/ 7 

" rU teU you what I'U do. I'll 

send right over for Frank and 

Charlie, and you shall all have a 

fine play together." 

"Oh yes, grandma, do I do I" 

cried Susy ; " for since aunt Maria 

moved away from New-York, we 

don't see Frank or Charlie at all. 

And Frank loves me." 



UTILE snsT'a 



CHAPTER XVm. 

niE SIXTH BIRTHBAY— CONTmUED. 

N a few minutes 
Frank came rmming 
in, with his cheeks as 
red as roses ; and he 

kissed Susy and Robbie, and seem 

ed delighted to see them. 

" But Where's Chariie ?" said 

grandmamma. 
" Oh, he's coming pretty soon, 

grandma ; he had to stop to have 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 61 

anotliei sack on, and a clean ruf- 
fle : that's aU." 

" Well now, I suppose you are 
all hungry, and grandma doesn't 
know what to give you for lunch- 
eon, unless it's a piece of apple- 
pie. 

"Apple-pie for luncheon ? why, 
grandma I" said Susy. 

But grandmamma had already 
goue, and in a few minutes in came 

iiot apple-pies and a great plato 

of cheese. 



<J2 LITTLE SUSY'S 

Hobble's nurse said, if grand- 
ma pleased, she should rather he 
had a cracker for his lunch. 

" Oh, I do want some pie I" said 

Robbie. 
"Well, when they come to see 

grandma, they must have some- 
thing better than cracker," said 
grandmamma, and she began to 
cut the pie, while the children 
stood waiting about, thinking it 
was a very fine thing to come t(» 
see her. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 68 

" I must help Susy fii'st," said 
she, " because it is her birthday." 

"And Robbie next, because he's 
such a stranger," said Frank. 

When they were all helped, the 
cheese was offered them. 

"No, 1 thank you, grandma," 
said Susy, " mamma does not al- 
low me to eat cheese." 

" She doesn't allow me to eat 
cheese, either," said Robbie. 

He shi >uted this out in such a 
»oud voic \ that all the children 



64 LITTLE SUST'S 

laughed. Robbie blushed, and 
cast down his eyes, and wanted to 
cry, but he was afraid grandma 
would not let him come there 
again if he cried ; so he began to 
crowd great pieces of pie into his 
mouth, and pretty soon he forgot 
his troubles. 

" Why didn't your mother 
come ?" asked Frank. 

" She couldn't very well," said 

Susy. 

"You've learned to read, Susy, 



SIX BIBTHDAYS, 66 

I 

fiave not you ?" asked grandmam- 
ma. 

" Oh, yes, grandma ; and mam- 
ma was going to give me a book 
for my birthday present, but she 
forgot all about it, we came away 
in such a hurry." 

" Well, I want you to come and 
read me one chapter in this Bible, 
and then I will give it to you for 
your own." 

Susy flew into her dear, kind 
grandmamma's arms, and hugged 



66 UTTLE SUSY*S 

and kissed her. She said, '^ I had 
rather have a Bible than any thing 
else in the world. What chapter 

shall I read? May I read any 

where I choose ?" 

Grandma said she might; so 

Susy sat down and began to turn 

over the leaves. She wanted to 

find " The Lord is my shepherd." 

One day she had found it in the 

big Bible at home, and " liked if 

dearly," she said. 

" I guess it isn't in this Bible, 

(Tiiundma," said she. 



SIX BIBTHDATS. 67 

•*Let me see, what is it you 
want to find, dear ?" 

*• * The Lord is my shepherd,' ^ 
said Susy. 

"Oh, that is the twenty-third 
Psahn," said Grandma ; " I'll find 
it." 

So Grandma quickly turned to 
the place, and Susy read the Psalm 
very well indeed, and Grandma 
kissed her, and said she hoped the 
Lord would indeed be her Shep- 
herd ; and then she gave her the 



68 LITTLE SUST'S 

Bible ; and Susy was very liappy, 
and in her heart she hoped so too. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. CS) 

CHAPTER XIX. 

THE SIXTH BIETHDAT— CONTllnJED. 

LL this time the othei 
children were playing 
about the room : and 
to play with them. 
Charlie had come, and was look- 
as rosy and happy as Frank, Grand- 
ma said. 

" I suppose Charlie can't come 
and speak to his old grandma I'' 
said she. 



70 LITTLE SUSY'S 

Charlie went up to her and 
kissed her. 

"I forgot it," said he. "I've 
got a new sack on my mother 
made it. She makes every thing 
I wear but just my boots." 

"And your caps," said Grandma- 

" Oh, she makes my caps too I" 
said Charlie in reply. "Doesn't 
she, Frank ?" 

" Oh, what a woman !" said 
(i randma. 

Then they aU began to play 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 71 

again, as hard as they could plaj, 
at "Puss in the comer," and I 
don't know what not ; and Grand- 
ma sat and knit, and looked on, 

and looked as happy as they. 

^yf.Tj now and then Susy would 
leave her play, and run to take a 
peep at her new Bible. Mean- 
while time was slipping away, and 
the children were all astomshed 
to hear the dinner-bell ring. 

" Why, Grandma I" said Susy, 
*' is it three o'clock ?" 



7S LITTLE SUSY'S 

"No, it is only two," said Grand- 
ma. " I had dinner early, so as to 
give you time to get home before 
dark." 

So they all went to dinner, and 
Susy sat next Frank, and Robbie 
next to Grandma ; and when they 
were still, and had folded their 
hands, Frank asked a blessing. 
He always did, when his papa was 
not present. Now I shall not tell 
you whether I approve of this, or 
not. I am only telling you whal 
roally happened. 



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SIX BIRTHDAYS. 7» 

" Now, children, I don't know 
how you'll like Grandma's dinner," 
said she: " If I had known you 
were coining, I would have had 
chickens." 

" What sort of meat is that ?" 
said Susy, in a whisper to Frank. 

% 

" Why, ham," said he. 

"What is it made of?" asked 
she. 

« Of pig r said he. 

" Grandma, I like pig !" said 
Susy. 



74 LITTLE SUSr'S 

They all laughed, because 
grandma laughed ; and because 
they were so happy together. 

While they were talking, grand- 
ma was helping them all around, 
and Robbie's nurse had come in 
to cut up his meat for him. They 
enjoyed their dinner very much ; 
Grandma looked so happy and so 
kind; and the sun shone in so 
brightly, and they had had such a 
fme frolic. Pretty soon there came 
iu a great dish of sweet baked ap- 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. T5 

pies and a pitcher of cream, and 
then the little folks had as many 
as they pleased ; and, take it alto- 
gether, I doubt if there was a hap- 
pier dinner-party in the world. 

"Shall we have time to play 
anymore. Grandma ?" asked Susy. 

"Oh yes, you'll have a good 
large half hour, darling, and I think 
I must let you all blow bubbles.'* 
Orandma kept a number of pipes 
all the time, for the amusement ol 
the children when they came to 



76 LITTLE SUST'S 

visit her. She now gave them each 
one, and a bowl of soap-suds, and 
they all began to blow bubbles — 
oh, what bubbles ' Robbie, as it 
happened, had never seen any 
bubbles before ; and he danced 
up and down when he found be 
could blow one, all himself. 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 7J 

" CHAPTEE XX. 

THE SIXTH BIRTHDAY— CONTrKU ED. 

HE half hour soo i 
slipped away, anl 
then the children 
were warmly dress- 
ed, and their grand- 
mamma kissed them 
over and over, and charged nurse 
to be very careful of them. 

"And come again soon !" said 
she. 



78 ilTLE SUSY'S 

Susy and Robbie talked about 
Oieir visit all the way home. 

" I like grandma," said Robbie. 

" She gave me a Bible I" said 
Susy. 

" I am going to see her again, 
pretty soon," said Robbie. 

" You'll have to ask ' mamma, 
first," said Susy. 

" When I'm a big man, I mean 
to give her a shawl," said Robbie. 

" Where will you get the mo- 
ney ?" asked Susy. 



>STX BIRTHDAYS. 70 

" Oh, I shall have some money 
Big men always have money." 

•* Where do they get it ?" asked 
his nurse. 

" Oh, out of then* pockets," said 
Robbie. 

His nurse laughed. 

'' You know a great deal, litth 
man, don't you ?" said she. 

She drew him closer to her side, 
and threw her cloak over his feet; 
and Robbie looked up into her 
kind face, with one of those bright, 



80 LITTLE SUSY'S 

pleased smiles, with which he was 
in the habit of thanking her for 
loving him. 

"Are you cold, dear ?" said she. 

" Oh no, I'm as warm as toast," 
said he. 

" So am 1 1" said Susy. " But 
I want to get home, and show my 
Bible to papa and mamma." 

In a little while they reached 
New-York. It was beginning to 
grow dark. 

" Dear me I I'm sure I'd no idea 



BIX BIRTHDAYS. 8} 

it would grow dark so fast," said 
the nurse. 

The lamps in Broadway were 
dll lighted as they rode through 
it, and the children enjoyed seeing 
the brilliant shop-windows. They 
were never out so late before in 
their lives. 

" I'm afraid mamma will be in 
bed, and asleep," said Susy, •' and 
then I can't show her my new Bi- 
ble." 

At this moment they drew near 



82 LITTLE SUST*S 

their own house. Theu* papa eaim 
running to the door, smiling, and 
lookmg very happy. 

"Where is my darling mam 
ma?" asked Susy. 

"You shall see her in a mo- 
ment; let's get these things off 
first," said papa. 

" Why, Papa I are you going to 
take off my things ?" asked Susy, 
laughing. " But why doesn't mam- 
ma come ? I want to see mam- 
ma T 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 88 

Her papa kept hurrying ofif her 
codt and hood, and getting strings 
into hard knots ; and Susy could 
not think what was the matter witli 
him. 

" Papa I" said she, very gravely, 
were you ever crazy?" 

" No, indeed I" said her papa. 

" Do you think you ever shall 
be, Papa ?" 

" 1 hope not 1" said he, laughing. 
" I'm only in a hurry now, because 
I've something to show you." 



84 



LITTLE SUSY'S 



He caught Susy in his arms, he- 
was so happy, and nurse took 
Robbie, and away they ail went,, 
as fast as they could run. 




SIX BIBTHDATS. 85 




CHAPTER XXI. 

IHE SIXTH BIRTHDAY— CONCLUDED 

HEY went straight to 
mamma's room, which 
was not very hght, and 
at first the children 
could see nothing distinctly. But 
Susy soon perceived her mamma 
lying in bed. She sprang from 
her feather's arms and flew to kiss 
her, calling her " darling mamma I 
Bweet mamma 1 precious mam- 



86 UTTLE SUSY'S 

ma !" till all at once it struck hei 
tiiat her mother returned her kiss- 
es and caresses less heartily than 
usual. 

" Don't you love me, Mamma ?" 
said she. 

" Yes, darling, dearly," said her 
mamma ; " but you haven't looked 
at your birthday present yetl" 
She opened the bed a little way, 
and Su&y and Robbie, pe«,ping m, 
saw a. dear little baby lying on 
ilicir mamma's arm, fast asleep 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 87 

They were so astonished, that at 
first they did not say a word; but 
in a few minutes they began to 
dance all about the bed, clapping 
their hands, and asking all sorts 
of questions, and saying all sorts 
of joyful things, they didn't know 
what. 

" Oh, what a little dear I" said 
Susy. " I hope it is a boy ! Wliat 
is its name ? Wlien did it come ? 
Was it while we were gone ?" 

"Yes, it is a boy," said thei/ 



«8 LITTLE SUSY'S 

papa, " and a very fine fellow, too 
And he 'came' about two hours 
ago!" 

"Oh, Mamma I wasn't God good 
to send you such a dear little ba- 
by ?" said Susy. "Are you sure 
it is a boy ? What is his name ?" 

"You shall give him a name, 
dear, because he was born on your 
birthday," said her mamma. 

'^ Then I'll have his name Hen- 
ry," said Susy. " He shall be 
named for papa. Mamma, you 



SIX BIBTHDAYS. 89 

•don't love any body better than 
papa, do you? Shouldn't you 
like to call him for papa ?" 

Her mother smiled. " No, I 
don't think I love any body bettei 
than papal" said she. 

" Is he my little brother ?" ask- 
ed Robbie. 

" Yes, indeed," said his nurse. 

" Then I'll give him all my play- 
•things I" 

He was hurrying off to get 
•them, but his papa called him back 



90 LITTLE Susy's 

" Never mind to-night," -«*i(l ho ; 
" baby is tired, and wanii to go to 
sleep now." 

" Yes," said Susy, " he's come 
a long journey to-day." 

" Where from ?" asked Robbie. 

"Why, all the way from hea- 
ven," said she. 

" Oh !" said Robbie. 

But now, that strange woman 
whom Susy had seen in the morn- 
ing said she thought the children 
had better go to bed. So they 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 91 

kissed their dear mamma, and she 
said to Susy, " I don't feel very 
well to-night, dear ; and could not 
you sing to Robbie before he goes 
to bed r 

« Oh, rU sing to him I" said 
papa. 

" Oh, well I you'll find the song 
I had just got ready for them, in 
my port-folio." 

They all went to the nursery to- 
gether, and papa sung the song 
mamma intended to sing. They 



»2 LITTLE Susy's 

liked it very much. I wiU put it 
in at the end of this chapter, and 
jou can get your mother to sing 
it to you. 

Their papa then kissed them, 
and nurse hastened to undress 
and put them to bed. 

" It's a nice thing to have such 
a dear little brother, isn't it ?" said 
she. '^ You'll take a great deal 
of comfort with him." 

"I mean to tell God I thank 
liim very much for sending mo 



SIX BIBTHDATS. 98 

Buch a present on my birthday/' 
said Susy. 

^^ Robbie shall, tool" said the 
nurse. 

So they knelt down to say their 
evening prayer, and Robbie was 
delighted to be able to pray for 
the first time for a " brother." And 
Susy said, when she rose fi:om her 
knees, 

" Now I've got two brothers I 
Oh, how glad I am I" 

"Fve only got one brother,** 



94 LITTLE SUST's 

said Robbie, suddenly growing 
sorrowful. 

" Oh, but youVe a darling little 
sister, and Susy has none I" said 
his nurse. 

This comforted Robbie : but in 
a moment after, he said, 

" Hasn't Susy got her own self 
for a sister ?" 

"Well, hasn't Robbie his own 
self for a brother?" said nurse. 
So they all began to laugh ; and 
Susy kissed Robbie, and Robbio 



SIX BIRTHDAYS. 9ft 

kissed nurse, and they all were as 
happy as they could be, till they 
fell asleep. 

I must now give you the Ger- 
man hymn Susy's papa sang to 
her and to Robbie, and then I 
must bid my dear little readers 
good-bye. 

* 

Knowest thou how many stars 
There are shining in the sky I 

Cnowest thou how many clonds 
JEvery day go floating by ? 

God, the Lord, has coimted all ; 

He would miss one« should it fidl 



#6 LITTLE SUSY'S SIX BIRTHDAT& 



Knowesu thou how many flies 
Play about in the warm sun t 

Or of fishes in the water ? 
God has counted every one. 

3very one he called by name 

When into the world it came. 

Knowest thou how many children 
Go to Kttle beds at night ? 

That without a care or trouble 
Wake up with the morning light t 

God in beaven eacb name can tell ; 

Knows thee too, and loves thee wellf 



I "■•••, J 1 I' 



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