another girl. And whether you are a lady or only
a little boy who wants a baby-sister, always take
pains to write your address clearly. You can't
think what a lot of babies Solomon has sent to the
wrong house.

Shelley's boat, when opened, completely puzzled
Solomon, and he took counsel of his assistants, who
having walked over it twice, first with their toes
pointed out, and then with their toes pointed in,
decided that it came from some greedy person who
wanted five. They thought this because there was
a large five printed on it. "Preposterous!" cried
Solomon in a rage, and he presented it to Peter;
anything useless which drifted upon the island was
usually given to Peter as a plaything.

But he did not play with his precious bank-note,
for he knew what it was at once, having been very
observant during the week when he was an ordi-
nary boy. With so much money, he reflected, he
could surely at last contrive to reach the Gardens,
and he considered all the possible ways, and decided
(wisely, I think) to choose the best way. But, first,
he had to tell the birds of the value of Shelley's
boat; and though they were too honest to demand
it back, he saw that they were galled, and they
cast such black looks at Solomon, who was rather
vain of his cleverness, that he flew away to the end
of the island, and sat there very depressed with his
head buried in his wings. Now Peter knew that

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