Silly little Poppy ! `` I ai n't sick , and I sha n't die , so now . '' And Poppy pranced about as briskly as ever . But the man shook his head , Nelly watched her anxiously , and Cy kept saying : `` Ai n't you sick yet , say ? '' For a little while Poppy felt all right ; but presently she grew rather pale , and began to look rather pensive . She stopped running , and walked slower and slower , while her eyes got dizzy , and her hands and feet very cold . `` Ai n't you sick now , say ? '' repeated Cy ; and Poppy tried to answer , `` Oh , dear ! no ; '' but a dreadful feeling came over her , and she could only shake her head , and hold on to Nelly . `` Better lay down a spell , '' said the man , looking a little troubled . `` I do n't wish to dirty my clean frock , '' said Poppy faintly , as she glanced over the wide-ploughed field , and longed for a bit of grass to drop on . She kept on bravely for another turn ; but suddenly stopped , and , quite regardless of the clean pink gown , dropped down in a furrow , looking so white and queer that Nelly began to cry . Poppy lay a minute , then turned to Cy , and said very solemnly : `` Cy , run home , and tell my mother I 'm dying . '' Away rushed Cy in a great fright , and burst upon Poppy 's mamma , exclaiming breathlessly : `` O ma'am ! 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 XXXXX 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 .
Cy Nelly Poppy dyin layin minute mishaps right tobacco wheelbarrow