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THE MONTHS:


A Pageant.


PERSONIFICATIONS.

Boys. Girls.
January. February.
March. April.
July. May.
August. June.
October. September.
December. November.

Robin Redbreasts; Lambs and Sheep; Nightingale and Nestlings.


Various Flowers, Fruits, etc.


Scene: A Cottage with its Grounds.


[A room in a large comfortable cottage; a fire burning on the hearth; a table on which the breakfast things have been left standing. January discovered seated by the fire.]

January.

Cold the day and cold the drifted snow,
Dim the day until the cold dark night.
[Stirs the fire.