The Sun And The Stars

JlirJHjP JUjm. ( ne day, when the Bun was going down, He said to a star han! by : " Sparklo your beat; for you see, niv friond, I'm going out of tho sky." Xow, the little star wan old as the snn, ïhough rather sniall of his age, So he kept quito still in the yollow liplit. And lookod ns wiso as a sage. " Im going, yon fleo ! " cried the sun ágata " Going right out of the sky ! " And ho slid awav, but not out of sight Of that little star hard by. The little star, pocping, saw her go On his gorgoous western way ; And twinklod with fun, as he said, " O suii ! You're in for another da) ! M And as for going out of the sky, Your maje8ty knows you can't ; You are shining somewhere, f uil and strong, In spite of your ravs nslnut." Xo answer. Then tho star giew brigbt, And sparklod as noiglibors came ; He told the joko to the twinkliiig crowd, And they laughed the sun to shame. (Jue merry star was 80 amuscd, He shot aoross the sky ; And all the others bobbed and blitiked To see him speeding by. Int, after a'while, a rosj' light Appeared on tho Eastern sido ; And, one by, the stars grew shy, And tried in the sky to bidt). "Ho! ho!" the sun broke forth. "Ho! ho! Just stuy where you are, my dears, Aud shine away, for you can't bo seen When all of my light appears. " The people below will say you are gone, Though you're shining. Think of that ! Vell, they thought all night I had left the sky, So it's only tit for tat." SI. Niclwlas for Jimr.