LESSON 12

LUCY AND HER KITTEN

1. The name of this little girl is Lucy.

2. One day she had a present given to her of a kitten.

3. It was a brown kitten, and she called it Topsy.

4. Topsy is very fond of milk, and Lucy gives it some every day in a cup.

5. When Lucy wants Topsy to come for the milk, she rings a little bell.

6. Do you see the bell in her hand? Ring, ring, ring! The kitten hears it.

7. At the sound of the bell Topsy runs at once to Lucy.

8. The bell is made of brass. Lucy calls it Topsy’s dinner-bell.