The story of this lphabet is about the anks family, whose home is in herry-Tree Lane. It is a elightful thoroughfare, and veryone who lives in it knows the ive Banks children.

Jane and Michael are the two eldest. John and Barbara, the twins, come next, and the baby is Annabel.

Then there is Mrs. Brill, who cooks ood. plain, sensible meals; Ellen, the parlormaid, who suffers from hay fever; and Bobertson Ay, who should look after the ouse and garden but who does not care for hard work.

Admiral Boom lives at the corner. His house is mposing and built like a ship. He loves to sing songs and oke with the children.

Next door is an elegant residence. It belongs to ind Miss ark, who shares it with her two dogs.

In addition to all this, ary Poppins has come to stay at umber Seventeen. It was a great ccasion when the East Wind blew her to the Banks household, with her arrot-headed umbrella and her carpet-bag. She has uite altered the life of the lane, for though she is so espectable, the trangest things happen when she akes charge. The children are sure she is nlike anybody else in the world and would ery much like her to stay forever.

“I’ll stay till the ind changes,” she says. “But I cannot give you the eact date. Now. brush our hair, tie your shoelaces, put your toys in the proper place, and do not behave like wild bears. This is a nursery, let me remind you, not a cage in the oo.”