I do love you so, and I dont want to run away. I hate to do as Iplease. May I come home again to live ? Dear little boy! Mamma is glad you have learned your lessonwith so little heart-ache, answered the mother, as she took her sob-bing boy in her loving arms. George never wanted to run away again.… … PATTY AND THE BUTTERFLY. Patty is three years old. Her mamma was very busy one day,and so let her go into the garden to pick some flowers. Patty had gathered some pinks and rosebuds, when her mammaheard her sobbing and crying. What is the matter, Patty ? asked mamma, in alarm. See, said Patty, my…
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