. San Nicola [numero]. coniglio per la sella di un cavallo, andreally ha cominciato a godere di nuovo se stesso. Ma ancora ha tenuto su ungrowing. Presto hewas solo quattro pollici alto e aveva al coniglio exchangehis per uno scoiattolo. In un po' di tempo thesquirrel era troppo grande e ha cercato un whitemouse. Ma quando il mouse bianco si è dimostrato toobig egli era in preda alla disperazione. Cosa posso provare ora,Ben ? Egli ha chiesto. Ben ha suggerito un caterpillar, ma Jack saidthere era alcuna velocità in quella. Un albero-toad ? Dont come il suo portamento. Colibrì ? E - non è così male; piuttosto troppo grande e hardto break. Ma cerchiamo di uno. Uno piccolo,mente, Ben e uno con un goo

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. St. Nicholas [serial]. rabbit for a saddle-horse, andreally began to enjoy himself again. But still he kept on ungrowing. Soon hewas only four inches high and had to exchangehis rabbit for a squirrel. In a little while thesquirrel was too large and he tried a whitemouse. But when the white mouse proved toobig he was in despair. What shall I try now, Ben ? he asked. Ben suggested a caterpillar, but Jack saidthere was no speed in that. A tree-toad ? Dont like his gait. Humming-bird ? Well — not so bad; rather too big and hardto break. But let s try one. A small one, mind, Ben, and one with a good disposition. So Ben caught and tamed a humming-bird, i9°4-] JACK LONGSHORT. 325 and for several weeks Jack used it as a steeduntil the cold weather came and it had togo South. Then Jack tried a cricket, but he bucked, as Ben said, worse than a mule, and after one or two pretty hard falls Jackgave up riding altogether and let Ben carryhim around in a silver card-receiver. During all this time, you will remember, Jack. JACK HAD MORE MONEY THAN HE COULD SPEND. had little trouble about getting along, for he hadmore money than he could spend, although hehad to have it changed to old-fashioned little thingold twenty-five-cent pieces and gold dollars.But one day Ben, who had charge of his busi-ness affairs, made some unfortunate investmentswith all Jacks money, and the poor little fellow, now only an inch and a sixteenth high, wasthrown on the cold world without a penny.What could he do ? Well, he just became a tramp — a tiny tramp, living from hand to mouth like a vagabondpigmy in a world of giants. He was ratherlonely, but he was a light-hearted little fellow, and as three crumbs a day were a sufficiency, hewould not have complained if only he had notkept on ungrowing. He gradually decreasedto half an inch in height, and though he was aslively as a cricket, he was as small as a fly, anddared not go upon the streets in the daytime forfear of being stepped on; so he wandered abouto

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• bookauthordodgemar
• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1870
• bookyear1873