To the little man's great joy,

She soon had a little boy,

Which made the little man quite glad, glad, glad.

And 'twas the mother's pleasure

To nurse her little treasure,

Which such rapture did impart to his dad, dad, dad.

Now every thing was smiling,

There was nothing like reviling,

While cheerful plenty crowned their labours, labours,

labours.

THE LITTLE MAN AND THE LITTLE MAID.

The little man with joy

Would take his little boy,

And shew him all around to his neighbours, neighbours, neighbours.

XV

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THE STORY

OF

THE THREE BEARS.

BY ROBERT SOUTHEY.

ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN ABSOLON AND

HARRISON WEIR.

ONCE upon a time there were Three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little, Small, Wee Bear; and