Poppy 's been and ate a lot of tobacco ; and she 's sick , layin ' in the field ; and she says ` Come quick , 'cause she 's dyin . ' '' `` Mercy on us ! what will happen to that child next ? '' cried poor mamma , who was used to Poppy 's mishaps . Papa was away , and there was no carriage to bring Poppy home in ; so mamma took the little wheelbarrow , and trundled away to get the suffering Poppy . She could n't speak when they got to her ; and , only stopping to give the man a lecture , mamma picked up her silly little girl , and the procession moved off . First came Cy , as grave as a sexton ; then the wheelbarrow with Poppy , white and limp and speechless , all in a bunch ; then mamma , looking amused , anxious and angry ; then Nelly , weeping as if her tender heart was entirely broken ; while the man watched them , with a grin , saying to himself : `` Twar n't my fault . The child was a reg ` lar fool to swaller it . '' Poppy was dreadfully sick all night , but next day was ready for more adventures and experiments . She swung on the garret stairs , and tumbled down , nearly breaking her neck . She rubbed her eyes with red peppers , to see if it really would make them smart , as Cy said ; and was led home quite blind and roaring with pain . She got into the pigsty to catch a young piggy , and was taken out in a sad state of dirt . She slipped into the brook , and was half drowned ; broke a window and her own head , swinging a little flat-iron on a string ; dropped baby in the coal-hod ; buried her doll , and spoilt her ; cut off a bit of her finger , chopping wood ; and broke a tooth , trying to turn heels over head on a haycock . These are only a few of her pranks , but one was nearly her last . She wanted to go bare-footed , as the little country boys and girls did ; but mamma was n't willing , and Poppy was much afflicted . `` It does n't hurt Cy , and it wo n't hurt me , just for a little while , '' she said . `` Say no more , Poppy . I never wish to see you barefooted , '' replied mamma . `` Well , you need n't : I 'll go and do it in the barn , '' muttered Poppy , as she walked away . Into the barn she went , and played country girl to her heart 's content , in spite of Nelly 's warnings .
Nelly never got into scrapes , being a highly virtuous young lady ; but she enjoyed XXXXX 's pranks , and wept over her misfortunes with sisterly fidelity .
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