Elizabeth Eliza practiced in the mornings with her cloak on; but
she was obliged to give up her music in the evenings the family
shivered so.
One day, when she was talking with the lady from Philadelphia,
she spoke of this trouble.
The lady from Philadelphia looked surprised, and then said, "But
why don't you turn the piano round?"
One of the little boys pertly said, "It is a square piano."
But Elizabeth Eliza went home directly, and, with the help of
Agamemnon and Solomon John, turned the piano round.
"Why did we not think of that before?" said Mrs. Peterkin. "What
shall we do when the lady from Philadelphia goes home again?"
THE PETERKINS TRY TO BECOME WISE. THEY were
sitting round the breakfast-table, and wondering what they should
do because the lady from Philadelphia had gone away. "If," said
Mrs. Peterkin, "we could only be more wise as a family!" How
could they manage it? Agamemnon had been to college, and the
children all went to school; but still as a family they were not
wise. "It comes from books," said one of the family. "People who
have a great many books are very wise." Then they counted up
that there were very few books in the house,a few school-books
and Mrs. Peterkin's cook-book were all.
"That's the thing!" said Agamemnon. "We want a library."
"We want a library!" said Solomon John. And all of them
exclaimed, "We want a library!"
"Let us think how we shall get one," said Mrs.
Pages:
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30