From Chatterbox, 1903.  

"Stealing" a cherry?  Surely it's more like borrowing, as in these giraffes borrowing some leaves for dinner.  From Our Bird Friends and Foes by William Atherton DuPuy and illustrated by George Miksch Sutton, 1925.

From Beautiful Joe's Paradise by Marshall Saunders, 1934.

From Outdoor Visits by Patch & Howe and illustrated by George Richards, 1935.

From St. Nicholas, 1895.

From Ici On Parle Français, Level Five by Kerr, Nemni & Seguinot, 1970.

From The Strand, 1894.

From St. Nicholas, 1915.

From The Art Teacher by Pedro J. Lemos, 1939.

"I wanna worm."  From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1939.

"Revenge: is there an understanding among birds?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1930.

From the Elson-Runkel Primer, 1914.

From Folk of the Woods by Lucius Crocker Pardee and illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull, 1913.

From Drawing Made Easy by Edwin George Lutz, 1921.

From Histoires et Contes Amusants by Joseph Edgar Poirier, 1950.

From Sad Fate of Poor Robin, 1870.

From Our Bird Friends and Foes by William Atherton DuPuy and illustrated by George Miksch Sutton, 1925.

From Creatures of the Sea, Being the Life Stories of Some Sea Birds, Beasts, and Fishes by Frank Bullen, 1904.

From Wanderfolk in Wonderland by Edith Guerrier and illustrated by Edith Brown, 1903.