{"product_id":"2940013517776","title":"WHAT KATY DID","description":"TO FIVE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Six of us once, my darlings, played together\u003cbr\u003e    Beneath green boughs, which faded long ago,\u003cbr\u003e  Made merry in the golden summer weather,\u003cbr\u003e    Pelted each other with new-fallen snow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Did the sun always shine? I can't remember\u003cbr\u003e    A single cloud that dimmed the happy blue,--\u003cbr\u003e  A single lightning-bolt or peal of thunder,\u003cbr\u003e    To daunt our bright, unfearing lives: can you?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  We quarrelled often, but made peace as quickly,\u003cbr\u003e    Shed many tears, but laughed the while they fell,\u003cbr\u003e  Had our small woes, our childish bumps and bruises,\u003cbr\u003e    But Mother always \"kissed and made them well.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Is it long since?--it seems a moment only:\u003cbr\u003e    Yet here we are in bonnets and tail-coats,\u003cbr\u003e  Grave men of business, members of committees,\u003cbr\u003e    Our play-time ended: even Baby votes!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  And star-eyed children, in whose innocent faces\u003cbr\u003e    Kindles the gladness which was once our own,\u003cbr\u003e  Crowd round our knees, with sweet and coaxing voices,\u003cbr\u003e    Asking for stories of that old-time home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"Were _you_ once little too?\" they say, astonished;\u003cbr\u003e    \"Did you too play? How funny! tell us how.\"\u003cbr\u003e  Almost we start, forgetful for a moment;\u003cbr\u003e    Almost we answer, \"We are little _now!_\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Dear friend and lover, whom to-day we christen,\u003cbr\u003e    Forgive such brief bewilderment,--thy true\u003cbr\u003e  And kindly hand we hold; we own thee fairest.\u003cbr\u003e    But ah! our yesterday was precious too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  So, darlings, take this little childish story,\u003cbr\u003e    In which some gleams of the old sunshine play,\u003cbr\u003e  And, as with careless hands you turn the pages,\u003cbr\u003e    Look back and smile, as here I smile to-day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI THE LITTLE CARRS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII PARADISE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII THE DAY OF SCRAPES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV KIKERI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV IN THE LOFT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI INTIMATE FRIENDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII COUSIN HELEN'S VISIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII TO-MORROW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX DISMAL DAYS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX ST. NICHOLAS AND ST. VALENTINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI A NEW LESSON TO LEARN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII TWO YEARS AFTERWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII AT LAST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LITTLE CARRS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was sitting in the meadows one day, not long ago, at a place where\u003cbr\u003ethere was a small brook. It was a hot day. The sky was very blue, and\u003cbr\u003ewhite clouds, like great swans, went floating over it to and fro. Just\u003cbr\u003eopposite me was a clump of green rushes, with dark velvety spikes, and\u003cbr\u003eamong them one single tall, red cardinal flower, which was bending over\u003cbr\u003ethe brook as if to see its own beautiful face in the water. But the\u003cbr\u003ecardinal did not seem to be vain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe picture was so pretty that I sat a long time enjoying it. Suddenly,\u003cbr\u003eclose to me, two small voices began to talk--or to sing, for I couldn't\u003cbr\u003etell exactly which it was. One voice was shrill; the other, which was a\u003cbr\u003elittle deeper, sounded very positive and cross. They were evidently\u003cbr\u003edisputing about something, for they said the same words over and over\u003cbr\u003eagain. These were the words--\"Katy did.\" \"Katy didn't.\" \"She did.\" \"She\u003cbr\u003edidn't.\" \"She did.\" \"She didn't.\" \"Did.\" \"Didn't.\" I think they must\u003cbr\u003ehave repeated them at least a hundred times.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174958776560,"sku":"2940013517776","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013517776_p0.jpg?v=1763582296","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013517776","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}