Snow Dreams, or Funny Fancies for Little Folks (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882. Excerpt: ... XL TEE'S HAMMER. "T CAN'T think what has come to the child," some one A. said; "he won't go to bed without his hammer. He takes it with him to church. It lies beside his plate at meals. "He carries that hammer wherever he goes, Dropping it now upon somebody's toes, -Chopping at fingers, and chipping at doors, Pounding the tables, and denting the floors, Banging on boxes, and thumping on chairs; 'Tee's hamma is noosful, ' the urchin declares. So he drives in a nail wherever he can, And thinks himself quite a strong carpenter's man." Tee was never happy if parted from his hammer; but he did make such a bad use of it that one night after he had fallen asleep, with his cheek pressed lovingly to his beloved hammer, some one came and drew the hammer softly away When Tee awoke next morning, his hammer was gone Oh what a hubbub there was. But the hammer did not appear again. It was shut up in a drawer, and all that day Tee was most unhappy. He sobbed himself to sleep next night, and then he had a very curious dream. He thought that a queer little voice spoke from the top drawer of Mammy's bureau, and this was what the queer little voice said--"A boy with a sunshiny, laughing face Never should fall into any disgrace; A boy with a merry, blue, honest eye Never should know how to sob or cry; A boy with a gentle and gladsome voice Never should make any angry noise; A boy with a pair of round, sturdy legs Should always be using such 'handy pegs;' A boy who has fingers both willing and strong Should never be meddling, or doing what's wrong; And Some One they call the bright sunbeam of joy Should all his life long be a very good boy." "That's me, of course," said Tee; "and that is all true, and I don't ever mean to use my face, or eyes, or voice, or legs, or fingers, o...