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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Story Lessons of Character Building
+(Morals) and Manners, by Lois Bates
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+Title: Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners
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+Author: Lois Bates
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+STORY LESSONS
+
+ON
+
+CHARACTER-BUILDING (MORALS)
+
+AND
+
+MANNERS.
+
+
+
+
+STORY LESSONS ON CHARACTER-BUILDING (MORALS) AND MANNERS
+
+BY LOIS BATES
+
+          AUTHOR OF "KINDERGARTEN GUIDE," "NEW RECITATIONS FOR INFANTS,"
+          "GAMES WITHOUT MUSIC," ETC.
+
+          LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
+          39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
+          NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
+          1900
+
+
+
+
+PREFACE.
+
+
+ALTHOUGH it is admitted by all teachers, in theory at least, that morals
+and manners are essential subjects in the curriculum of life, how very
+few give them an appointed place in the school routine. Every other
+subject has its special time allotted, but these--the most important
+subjects--are left to chance, or taken up, haphazard, at any time;
+surely this is wrong.
+
+Incidents often occur in the school or home life which afford fitting
+opportunity for the inculcation of some special moral truth, but maybe
+the teacher or mother has no suitable illustration just at hand, and the
+occasion is passed over with a reproof. It is hoped that where such want
+is felt this little book may supply the need.
+
+The stories may be either told or read to the children, and are as
+suitable for the home as the school. "The Fairy Temple" should be read
+as an introduction to the Story Lessons, for the _teaching_ of the
+latter is based on this introductory fairy tale. If used at home the
+blackboard sketch may be written on a slate or slip of paper. The
+children will not weary if the stories are repeated again and again
+(this at least was the writer's experience), and they will be eager to
+pronounce what is the teaching of the tale. In this way the lessons are
+reiterated and enforced. The method is one which the writer found
+exceedingly effective during long years of experience. Picture-teaching
+is an ideal way of conveying truths to children, and these little
+stories are intended to be pictures in which the children may see and
+contrast the good with the bad, and learn to love the good. The faults
+of young children are almost invariably due either to thoughtlessness or
+want of knowledge, and the little ones are delighted to learn and put
+into practice the lessons taught in these stories, which teaching should
+be applied in the class or home as occasion arises. _E.g._, a child is
+passing in front of another without any apology, the teacher says,
+immediately: "Remember Minnie, you do not wish to be rude, like she was"
+(Story Lesson 111). Or if a child omits to say "Thank you," he may be
+reminded by asking: "Have you forgotten 'Alec and the Fairies'?" (Story
+Lesson 95). The story lessons should be read to the children until they
+become perfectly familiar with them, so that each may be applied in the
+manner indicated.
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+
+  1.--MORALS.
+
+  CHAPTER                                                  PAGE
+        I. INTRODUCTORY STORY--
+          1. The Fairy Temple                                1
+
+       II. OBEDIENCE--
+          2. The Two Voices                                  4
+          3. (Why we Should Obey.) The Pilot                 6
+          4. (Why we Should Obey.) The Dog that did not
+                   like to be Washed                         7
+          5. (Ready Obedience.) Robert and the Marbles       9
+          6. (Unready, Sulky Obedience.) Jimmy and the
+                   Overcoat                                  9
+
+      III. LOYALTY--
+          7. Rowland and the Apple Tart                     10
+
+       IV. TRUTHFULNESS--
+          8. (Direct Untruth.) Lucy and the Jug of Milk     12
+          9. (Untruth, by not Speaking.) Mabel and Fritz    13
+         10. (Untruth, by not Telling _All_.) A Game of
+                   Cricket                                  14
+         11. (Untruth, by "Stretching"--Exaggeration.)
+                   The Three Feathers                       16
+
+        V. HONESTY--
+         12. Lulu and the Pretty Coloured Wool              17
+         13. (Taking Little Things.) Carl and the Lump
+                   of Sugar                                 19
+         14. (Taking Little Things.) Lilie and the Scent    19
+         15. Copying                                        20
+         16. On Finding Things                              22
+
+       VI. KINDNESS--
+         17. Squeaking Wheels                               23
+         18. Birds and Trees                                24
+         19. Flowers and Bees                               25
+         20. Lulu and the Bundle                            26
+      VII. THOUGHTFULNESS--
+         21. Baby Elsie and the Stool                       27
+         22. The Thoughtful Soldier                         28
+
+     VIII. HELP ONE ANOTHER--
+         23. The Cat and the Parrot                         29
+         24. The Two Monkeys                                30
+         25. The Wounded Bird                               31
+
+       IX. ON BEING BRAVE--
+         26. (Brave in Danger.) How Leonard Saved his
+                   Little Brother                           32
+         27. (Brave in Little Things.) The Twins            33
+         28. (Brave in Suffering.) The Broken Arm           34
+         29. (Brave in Suffering.) The Brave Monkey         35
+
+        X. TRY, TRY AGAIN--
+         30. The Sparrow that would not be Beaten           35
+         31. The Railway Train                              36
+         32. The Man who Found America                      37
+
+       XI. PATIENCE--
+         33. Walter and the Spoilt Page                     38
+         34. The Drawings Eaten by the Rats                 39
+
+      XII. ON GIVING IN--
+         35. Playing at Shop                                40
+         36. The Two Goats                                  41
+
+     XIII. ON BEING GENEROUS--
+         37. Lilie and the Beggar Girl                      41
+         38. Bertie and the Porridge                        42
+
+      XIV. FORGIVENESS--
+         39. The Two Dogs                                   43
+
+       XV. GOOD FOR EVIL--
+         40. The Blotted Copy-book                          43
+
+      XVI. GENTLENESS--
+         41. The Horse and the Child                        45
+         42. The Overturned Fruit Stall                     46
+
+     XVII. ON BEING GRATEFUL--
+         43. Rose and her Birthday Present                  47
+         44. The Boy who _was_ Grateful                     47
+
+    XVIII. SELF-HELP--
+         45. The Crow and the Pitcher                       48
+
+      XIX. CONTENT--
+         46. Harold and the Blind Man                       49
+
+       XX. TIDINESS--
+         47. The Slovenly Boy                               50
+         48. Pussy and the Knitting                         51
+         49. The Packing of the Trunks                      53
+
+      XXI. MODESTY--
+         50. The Violet                                     54
+         51. Modesty in Dress                               55
+
+     XXII. ON GIVING PLEASURE TO OTHERS--
+         52. "Selfless" and "Thoughtful". A Fairy Tale      56
+         53. The Bunch of Roses                             56
+         54. Edwin and the Birthday Party                   57
+         55. Davie's Christmas Present                      59
+
+    XXIII. CLEANLINESS--
+         56. Why we Should be Clean                         61
+         57. Little Creatures who like to be Clean          62
+         58. The Boy who did not like to be Washed          63
+         59. The Nails and the Teeth                        64
+
+     XXIV. PURE LANGUAGE--
+         60. Toads and Diamonds. A Fairy Tale               66
+
+      XXV. PUNCTUALITY--
+         61. Lewis and the School Picnic                    67
+
+     XXVI. ALL WORK HONOURABLE--
+         62. The Chimney-sweep                              69
+
+    XXVII. BAD COMPANIONS--
+         63. Playing with Pitch                             70
+         64. Stealing Strawberries                          71
+
+   XXVIII. ON FORGETTING--
+         65. Maggie's Birthday Present                      73
+         66. The Promised Drive                             74
+         67. The Boy who Remembered                         75
+
+     XXIX. KINDNESS TO ANIMALS--
+         68. Lulu and the Sparrow                           76
+         69. Why we Should be Kind to Animals               77
+         70. The Butterfly                                  78
+         71. The Kind-hearted Dog                           78
+
+      XXX. BAD TEMPER--
+         72. How Paul was Cured                             79
+         73. The Young Horse                                80
+
+     XXXI. SELFISHNESS--
+         74. The Child on the Coach                         82
+         75. Edna and the Cherries                          82
+         76. The Boy who liked always to Win                83
+         77. The two Boxes of Chocolate                     84
+         78. Eva                                            85
+
+    XXXII. CARELESSNESS--
+         79. The Misfortunes of Elinor                      86
+
+   XXXIII. ON BEING OBSTINATE--
+         80. How Daisy's Holiday was Spoilt                 87
+
+    XXXIV. GREEDINESS--
+         81. Stephen and the Buns                           89
+
+     XXXV. BOASTING--
+         82. The Stag and his Horns                         90
+
+    XXXVI. WASTEFULNESS--
+         83. The Little Girl who was Lost                   91
+
+   XXXVII. LAZINESS--
+         84. The Sluggard                                   91
+
+  XXXVIII. ON BEING ASHAMED--
+         85. The Elephant that Stole the Cakes              92
+
+   XXXIX. EARS AND NO EARS--
+         86. Heedless Albert                                94
+         87. Olive and Gertie                               95
+
+       XL. EYES AND NO EYES--
+         88. The Two Brothers                               97
+         89. Ruby and the Wall                              98
+
+      XLI. LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL--
+         90. The Daisy                                      99
+
+     XLII. ON DESTROYING THINGS--
+         91. Beauty and Goodness                           100
+
+    XLIII. ON TURNING BACK WHEN WRONG--
+         92. The Lost Path                                 101
+
+     XLIV. ONE BAD "STONE" MAY SPOIL THE "TEMPLE"--
+         93. Intemperance                                  103
+
+
+  2.--MANNERS.
+
+      XLV. PRELIMINARY STORY LESSON--
+         94. The Watch and its Springs                     104
+
+     XLVI. ON SAYING "PLEASE" AND "THANK YOU"--
+         95. Fairy Tale of Alec and his Toys               105
+
+    XLVII. ON BEING RESPECTFUL--
+         96. Story Lesson                                  108
+
+   XLVIII. PUTTING FEET UP--
+         97. Alice and the Pink Frock                      109
+
+     XLIX. BANGING DOORS--
+         98. How Maurice came Home from School             110
+         99. Lulu and the Glass Door                       111
+
+        L. PUSHING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE--
+        100. The Big Boy and the Little Lady               112
+
+       LI. KEEPING TO THE RIGHT--
+        101. Story Lesson                                  113
+
+      LII. CLUMSY PEOPLE--
+        102. Story Lesson                                  114
+
+     LIII. TURNING ROUND WHEN WALKING--
+        103. The Girl and her Eggs                         115
+
+      LIV. ON STARING--
+        104. Ruth and the Window                           116
+
+       LV. WALKING SOFTLY--
+        105. Florence Nightingale                          117
+
+      LVI. ANSWERING WHEN SPOKEN TO--
+        106. The Civil Boy                                 118
+
+     LVII. ON SPEAKING LOUDLY--
+        107. The Woman who Shouted                         119
+
+    LVIII. ON SPEAKING WHEN OTHERS ARE SPEAKING--
+        108. Margery and the Picnic                        120
+
+      LIX. LOOK AT PEOPLE WHEN SPEAKING TO THEM--
+        109. Fred and his Master                           122
+
+       LX. ON TALKING TOO MUCH--
+        110. Story Lesson                                  122
+
+      LXI. GOING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE--
+        111. Minnie and the Book                           124
+        112. The Man and his Luggage                       124
+
+     LXII. WHEN TO SAY "I BEG YOUR PARDON"--
+        113. Story Lesson                                  125
+        114. The Lady and the Poor Boy                     126
+
+    LXIII. RAISING CAP--
+        115. Story Lesson                                  126
+
+     LXIV. ON OFFERING SEAT TO LADY--
+        116. Story Lesson                                  127
+
+      LXV. ON SHAKING HANDS--
+        117. Reggie and the Visitors                       129
+
+     LXVI. KNOCKING BEFORE ENTERING A ROOM--
+        118. The Boy who Forgot                            130
+
+    LXVII. HANGING HATS UP, ETC.--
+        119. Careless Percy                                130
+
+   LXVIII. HOW TO OFFER SWEETS, ETC.--
+        120. How Baby did it                               132
+
+     LXIX. YAWNING, COUGHING AND SNEEZING--
+        121. Story Lesson                                  132
+
+      LXX. HOW A SLATE SHOULD NOT BE CLEANED--
+        122. Story Lesson                                  133
+
+     LXXI. THE POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF--
+        123. Story Lesson                                  135
+
+    LXXII. HOW TO BEHAVE AT TABLE--
+        124. (On Sitting Still at Table.) Phil's Disaster  136
+        125. (On Sitting Still at Table.) Fidgety Katie    136
+        126. (Thinking of Others at Table.) The Helpful
+                   Little Girl                             137
+        127. (Upsetting Things at Table.) Leslie and the
+                   Christmas Dinner                        138
+        128. Cherry Stones                                 138
+
+   LXXIII. ON EATING AND DRINKING--
+        129. Rhymes                                        140
+        130. Rhymes                                        141
+
+    LXXIV. FINALE--
+        131. How another Queen Builded                     142
+
+
+
+
+LIST OF SUBJECTS ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
+
+
+1.--MORAL SUBJECTS.
+
+                                                          PAGE
+  All Work Honourable                                       69
+  Ashamed, On being                                         92
+  Bad Companions                                            70
+  Boasting                                                  90
+  Brave, On being                                           32
+  Carelessness                                              86
+  Cleanliness                                               61
+  Content                                                   49
+  Copying                                                   20
+  Destroying Things, On                                    100
+  Ears and no Ears                                          94
+  Exaggeration                                              16
+  Eyes and no Eyes                                          97
+  Fairy Temple                                               1
+  Finding Things                                            22
+  Forgetting                                                73
+  Forgiveness                                               43
+  Generous, On being                                        41
+  Gentleness                                                45
+  Giving In, On                                             40
+  Giving Pleasure to Others, On                             56
+  Good for Evil                                             43
+  Grateful, On being                                        47
+  Greediness                                                89
+  Help one Another                                          29
+  Honesty                                                   17
+  How another Queen Builded                                142
+  Intemperance                                             103
+  Introductory Story                                         1
+  Kindness                                                  23
+  Kindness to Animals                                       76
+  Laziness                                                  91
+  Love of the Beautiful                                     99
+  Loyalty                                                   10
+  Modesty                                                   54
+  Nails, The                                                64
+  Obedience                                                  4
+  Obstinate, On being                                       87
+  Patience                                                  38
+  Punctuality                                               67
+  Pure Language                                             66
+  Self-Help                                                 48
+  Selfishness                                               82
+  Teeth, The                                                65
+  Thoughtfulness                                            27
+  Tidiness                                                  50
+  Truthfulness                                              12
+  Try, Try Again                                            35
+  Turning Back when Wrong                                  101
+  Wastefulness                                              91
+
+
+2.--MANNERS.
+
+  Answering when Spoken To                                 118
+  Banging Doors                                            110
+  Cherry Stones (see "How to Behave at Table")             138
+  Clumsy People                                            114
+  Coughing                                                 132
+  Eating and Drinking, On                                  140
+  Excuse Me, Please (see "Going in Front of People")       124
+  Going in Front of People                                 124
+  Hanging Hats Up, etc.                                    130
+  How to Behave at Table                                   136
+  "I Beg Your Pardon," When to say                         125
+  Keeping to the Right                                     113
+  Knocking Before Entering a Room                          130
+  Look at People when Speaking to Them                     122
+  Manners                                                  104
+  Offering Seat to Lady                                    127
+  Offer Sweets, How to                                     132
+  "Please," On Saying                                      105
+  Pocket-handkerchief, The                                 135
+  Preliminary Story Lesson                                 104
+  Pushing in Front of People                               112
+  Putting Feet Up                                          109
+  Raising Cap                                              126
+  Respectful, On being                                     108
+  Shaking Hands, On                                        129
+  Sitting Still at Table, On                               136
+  Sneezing                                                 132
+  Speaking Loudly, On                                      119
+  Speaking when Others are Speaking, On                    120
+  Spitting (see "How a Slate Should Not be Cleaned")       133
+  Staring, On                                              116
+  Talking Too Much, On                                     122
+  "Thank You," On Saying                                   105
+  Thinking of Others at Table                              137
+  Turning Round when Walking                               115
+  Upsetting Things at Table (see "Leslie and the
+        Christmas Dinner")                                 138
+  Walking Softly                                           117
+  Yawning                                                  132
+
+
+
+
+1.--MORAL SUBJECTS.
+
+
+
+
+I. INTRODUCTORY STORY.
+
+
+1. The Fairy Temple.
+
+          (The following story should be read to the
+          children =first=, as it forms a kind of groundwork
+          for the Story Lessons which follow.)
+
+It was night--a glorious, moonlight night, and in the shade of the leafy
+woods the Queen of the fairies was calling her little people together by
+the sweet tones of a tinkling, silver bell. When they were all gathered
+round, she said: "My dear children, I am going to do a great work, and I
+want you all to help me". At this the fairies spread their wings and
+bowed, for they were always ready to do the bidding of their Queen. They
+were all dressed in lovely colours, of a gauzy substance, finer than any
+silk that ever was seen, and their names were called after the colours
+they wore. The Queen's robe was of purple and gold, and glittered
+grandly in the moonlight.
+
+"I have determined," said the Queen, "to build a Temple of precious
+stones, and =your= work will be to bring me the material." "Rosy-wings,"
+she continued, turning to a little fairy clad in delicate pink, and fair
+as a rose, "you shall bring rubies." "Grass-green," to a fairy dressed
+in green, "your work is to find emeralds; and Shiny-wings, you will go
+to the mermaids and ask them to give you pearls."
+
+Now there stood near the Queen six tiny, fairy sisters, whose robes were
+whiter and purer than any. The sisters were all called by the same
+name--"Crystal-clear," and they waited to hear what their work was to
+be.
+
+"Sisters Crystal-clear," said the Queen, "you shall all of you bring
+diamonds; we shall need so many diamonds."
+
+There was another fairy standing there, whose robe seemed to change into
+many colours as it shimmered in the moonlight, just as you have seen the
+sky change colour at sunset, and to her the Queen said, "Rainbow-robe,
+go and find the opal".
+
+Then there were three other fairy sisters called "Gold-wings," who were
+always trying to help the other fairies, and to do good to everybody,
+and the Queen told them to bring fine gold to fasten the precious stones
+together.
+
+These are not =all= the fairies who were there; some others wore blue,
+some yellow, and the Queen gave them all their work. Then she rang a
+tiny, silver bell, and they all spread their wings and bowed before they
+flew away to do her bidding.
+
+After many days the fairies came together to bring their precious
+treasures to the Queen. How they carried them I scarcely know, but there
+was a little girl, many years ago, who often paused at the window of a
+jeweller's shop to gaze at a tiny, silver boy, with silver wings,
+wheeling a silver wheel-barrow full of rings, and the little girl
+thought that perhaps the fairies carried things in the same way. Anyhow,
+they all came to the Queen bringing their burdens, and she soon set to
+work on the Temple.
+
+"The foundations must be laid with diamonds," said the Queen. "Where are
+the six sisters? Ah! here they come with the lovely, shining diamonds,
+which are like themselves, 'clear as crystal'. Now little Gold-wings,
+bring =your= treasure," and the three little sisters brought the finest
+of gold. So the work went merrily on, and the fairies danced in glee as
+they saw the glittering Temple growing under the clever hands of the
+Queen. She made the doors of pearls and the windows of rubies, and the
+roof she said should be of opal, because it would show many colours when
+the light played upon it.
+
+At last the lovely building was finished, and after the fairies had
+danced joyfully round it in a ring again and again, until they could
+dance no longer, they gathered in a group round the dear Queen, and
+thanked her for having made so beautiful a Temple.
+
+"It is quite the loveliest thing in the world, I am sure," said
+Rosy-wings.
+
+"Not quite," replied the Queen, "mortals have it in their power to make
+a lovelier Temple than ours."
+
+"Who are 'mortals'?" asked Shiny-wings.
+
+"Boys and girls are mortals," said the Queen, "and grown-up people
+also."
+
+"I have never seen mortals build anything half so pretty as our Temple,"
+said Grass-green; "their houses are made of stone and brick."
+
+"Ah! Grass-green," answered the Queen, smiling, "you have never seen the
+Temple I am speaking of, but it =is= better than ours, for it
+lasts--lasts for ever. Wind and rain, frost and snow, will spoil our
+Temple in time; but the Temple of the mortals lives on, and is never
+destroyed."
+
+"Do tell us about it, dear Queen," said all the fairies; "we will try to
+understand."
+
+"It is called by rather a long word," said the Queen, "its name is
+'character'; =that= is what the mortals build, and the stones they use
+are more precious than our stones. I will tell you the names of some of
+them. First there is =Truth=, clear and bright like the diamonds; that
+must be the foundation; no good character can be made without Truth."
+
+Then the sisters Crystal-clear smiled at each other and said, "We
+brought diamonds for truth".
+
+"There are =Honesty=, =Obedience=, and many others," continued the
+Queen, "and =Kindness=, which is like the pure gold that was brought by
+Gold-wings, and makes a lovely setting for all the other stones."
+
+The little fairies were glad to hear all this about the Temple which the
+mortals build, and Gold-wings said that she would like above everything
+to be able to help boys and girls to make their Temple beautiful, and
+the other fairies said the same; so the Queen said they all might try to
+help them, for each boy and girl =must= build a Temple, and the name of
+that Temple is Character.
+
+
+
+
+II. OBEDIENCE.
+
+
+2. The Two Voices.
+
+There was once a little boy who said that whenever he was going to do
+anything wrong he heard two voices speaking to him. Do you know what he
+meant? Perhaps this story will help you.
+
+The boy's name was Cecil. Cecil's father had a very beautiful and rare
+canary, which had been brought far over the sea as a present to him.
+
+Cecil often helped to feed the canary and give it fresh water, and
+sometimes his father would allow him to open the door of the cage, and
+the bird would come out and perch on his hand, which delighted Cecil
+very much, but he was not allowed to open the door of the cage unless
+his father was with him.
+
+One day, however, Cecil came to the cage alone, and while he watched the
+canary, a little voice said, "Open the door and take him out; father
+will never know". That was a =wrong= voice, and Cecil tried not to
+listen. It would have been better if he had gone away from the cage, but
+he did not; and the voice came again, "Open the door and let him out".
+And another little voice said, "No, don't; your father said you must
+not". But Cecil listened to the =wrong= voice; he opened the door
+gently, and out flew the pretty bird. First it perched on his finger,
+then it flew about the room, and then--Cecil had not noticed that the
+window was open--then, before he knew, out of the window flew the
+canary, and poor Cecil burst into tears. "Oh! if I had listened to the
+=good= voice, the =right= voice, and not opened the door! Father will be
+so angry." Then the =bad= voice came again and said, "Don't tell your
+father; say you know nothing about it ". But Cecil did not listen this
+time; he was too brave a boy to tell his father a lie, and he determined
+to tell the truth and be punished, if necessary.
+
+Of course his father was very sorry to lose his beautiful canary, and
+more sorry still that his little son had been disobedient, but he was
+glad that Cecil told him the truth.
+
+Now do you know the two things that the =wrong= voice told Cecil to do?
+It told him (1) Not to obey; (2) Not to tell the truth. I think we have
+all heard those two voices, not with our ears, but =within= us. Let us
+always listen to the =good= voice--the =right= voice.
+
+(Blackboard Sketch.)
+
+          Two voices:--
+          1st. Good, says, "Obey," "Speak the truth".
+          2nd. Bad, says, "Disobey," "Tell untruth".
+
+
+(WHY WE SHOULD OBEY.)
+
+3. The Pilot.
+
+You know that the country in which you live is an island? That means
+there is water all round it, and that water is the sea.
+
+England and Scotland are joined together in one large island; and if you
+want to go to any other country, you must sail in a ship. A great many
+ships come to England, bringing us tea, coffee, sugar, oranges and many
+other things, and the towns they come to are called =ports=. London is a
+port, so is Liverpool; and in the North of England is another port
+called Hull. To get to Hull from the sea we have to sail up a wide river
+called the Humber for more than twenty miles. This river has a great
+many sandbanks in it, and there are men called =pilots= who know just
+where these sandbanks lie, and they are the ones who can guide the ships
+safely into port.
+
+One day there was a captain who brought his ship into the river, and
+said to himself, "I do not want the pilot on board, I can guide the ship
+myself". So he did not hoist the "union jack" on the foremast head,
+which means "Pilot come on board"; and the pilot did not come.
+
+For a little time the good ship sailed along all right, but presently
+they found that she was not moving at all. What had happened? The ship
+was stuck fast on a sandbank, and the foolish captain wished now that he
+had taken the pilot on board. First he had to go out in the little boat
+and fetch a "tug-boat" to pull the ship off the sandbank, and then he
+was glad enough to have the pilot on board, and to let him guide the
+ship just as he liked. Why could not the captain guide the ship? Because
+he did not know the way.
+
+Have you ever known children who did not like to do as they were told?
+who thought that =they= knew best--better than father or mother? They
+are like the foolish captain, who tried to guide his ship when he did
+not know the way. Fathers and mothers are like the pilot, who knew which
+was the best way to take; and wise children are willing to be guided,
+for =they= do not know the way any more than the captain did.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          =Why= do we obey?
+              Because we do not Know the Way.
+
+          The story and its teaching may be further
+          impressed on the minds of the children by a sand
+          lesson:--
+
+          Place a blackboard or large piece of oil-cloth on
+          the floor, and make an "island" in sand, and in
+          the "island" form a large "estuary," with little
+          heaps of sand dotted about in it, to represent
+          sandbanks. The sailors cannot =see= the sandbanks,
+          for they are all covered with water in the =real=
+          river, so we will take a duster and spread it over
+          these sandbanks. Now, take a tiny boat and ask one
+          of the children to sail it up the river, keeping
+          clear of the sandbanks. The children will soon see
+          that it cannot be done, and the "blackboard"
+          lesson may be again enforced.
+
+
+(WHY WE SHOULD OBEY.)
+
+4. The Dog that did not like to be Washed.[1]
+
+A lady once had a dog of which she was very fond. The dog was fond of
+his mistress also, and loved to romp by her side when she was out
+walking, or to lie at her feet as she sat at work. But the dog had one
+serious fault--he did not like to be washed, and he was so savage when
+he =was= put into the bath, that at last none of the servants dare do
+it.
+
+The lady decided that she would not take any more notice of the dog
+until he was willing to have his bath quietly, so she did not take him
+out with her for walks, nor allow him to come near her in the house.
+There were no pattings, no caresses, no romps, and he began to look
+quite wretched and miserable. You see the dog did not like his mistress
+to be vexed with him, and he felt very unhappy--so unhappy that at last
+he could bear it no longer.
+
+Then one morning he crept quietly up to the lady and gave her a look
+which she knew quite well meant, "I cannot bear this any longer; I will
+be good".
+
+So he was put in the bath, and though he had to be scrubbed very
+hard--for by this time he was unusually dirty--he stood still quite
+patiently, and when it was all over, he bounded to his mistress with a
+joyous bark and a wag of the tail, as much as to say, "It is all right
+now".
+
+After this he was allowed to go for walks as usual, and was once more a
+happy dog, and he never objected to his bath afterwards.
+
+The dog could not bear to grieve his mistress; and how much more should
+children be sorry to grieve kind father and mother, who do so much for
+them.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          =Why= we obey:--
+            1. Because the "Good Voice" tells us.
+            2. Because we do not Know the Way.
+            3. Because it gives Pleasure to Father and Mother.
+
+
+(READY OBEDIENCE.[2])
+
+5. Robert and the Marbles.
+
+A little boy named Robert was having a game at marbles with a number of
+other boys, and it had just come his turn to play. He meant to win, and
+was carefully aiming the marble, when he heard his mother's voice
+calling, "Robert, I want you". Quick as thought the marbles were dropped
+into his pocket, and off he ran to see what mother wanted.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Robert Obeyed Readily, Cheerfully, Quickly.
+
+
+(UNREADY, SULKY OBEDIENCE.)
+
+6. Jimmy and the Overcoat.
+
+I was in a house one day where a boy was getting ready to go to school.
+His bag was slung over his shoulder, and he was just reaching his cap
+from the peg, when his mother said, "Put on your overcoat, Jimmy; it is
+rather cold this morning". Oh, what a fuss there was! How he argued with
+his mother, "It was not cold; he hated overcoats. Could he not take it
+over his arm, or put it on in the afternoon?" Many more objections he
+made, and when at last he =had= put it on, he went out grumbling, and
+slammed the door after him.
+
+Can you guess how his mother felt? "Unhappy," you will say. And do you
+think it is right, dear children, to make mother unhappy? I am sure you
+do not.
+
+          Little child with eyes so blue,
+          What has mother done for you?
+            Taught your little feet to stand,
+            Led you gently by the hand,
+            And in thousand untold ways
+            Guarded you through infant days:
+          Do not think that =you= know best,
+          Just obey, and leave the rest.
+
+You see Jimmy thought that he knew better than his mother, but he did
+not. Children need to be guided like the boat in the Humber (Story
+Lesson 3), for they are not very wise; and when we obey, we are building
+up our Temple with beautiful stones.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          =Two= kinds of Obedience:--
+                      1. Ready, Cheerful-Robert.
+                      2. Unready, Sulky-Jimmy.
+          Which do you like best?
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[1] _Animal Intelligence_, Romanes.
+
+[2] Games Nos. 16 and 20 in "Games Without Music" illustrate above Story
+Lesson.
+
+
+
+
+III. LOYALTY.
+
+
+7. Rowland and the Apple Tart.
+
+Perhaps you have never heard the word Loyalty before, and maybe Rowland
+had not either, but he knew what it meant, and tried to practise it.
+
+Rowland was not a very strong little boy, and he could not eat so many
+different kinds of food as some children can, for some of them made him
+sick. Among other things he was forbidden to take pastry. His mother,
+who loved him very dearly, had one day said to him, "Rowland, my boy, I
+cannot always be with you, but I trust you to do what I wish," and
+Rowland said he would try always to remember.
+
+One time he was invited to go and stay with his cousins, who lived in a
+fine old house in the country. They were strong, healthy, rosy children,
+quite a contrast to their delicate little cousin, and perhaps they were
+a little rough and rude as well.
+
+There was a large apple tart for dinner one day, and when Rowland said,
+"I do not wish for any, Auntie, thank you," his cousins looked at him in
+surprise, and the eldest said scornfully, "I am glad that =I= am not
+delicate," and the next boy remarked, "What a fad!" while the third
+muttered "Baby". This was all very hard to bear, and when his Aunt said,
+"I am sure a little will not hurt you," Rowland felt very much inclined
+to give in, but he remembered that his mother trusted him, and he
+remained true to her wishes.
+
+This is Loyalty, doing what is right even when there is no one there to
+see.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Be True or Loyal when no eyes are upon you.
+
+
+
+
+IV. TRUTHFULNESS.
+
+
+(DIRECT UNTRUTH.)
+
+8. Lucy and the Jug of Milk.
+
+"Lucy," said her mother, "just run to the dairy and fetch a pint of milk
+for me, here is the money; and do remember, child, to look where you are
+going, so that you do not stumble and drop the jug." I am afraid Lucy
+was a little like another girl you will hear of (Story Lesson 103); she
+was too fond of staring about, and perhaps rather careless.
+
+However, she went to the dairy and bought the milk, and had returned
+half-way home without any mishap, when she met a flock of sheep coming
+down the road, followed by a large sheep-dog. Lucy stood on the pavement
+to watch them pass; it was such fun to see the sheep-dog scamper from
+one side to the other, and the timid sheep spring forward as soon as the
+dog came near them. So far the milk was safe; but, after the sheep had
+passed, Lucy thought she would just turn round to have one more peep at
+them, and oh, dear, her foot tripped against a stone, and down she fell,
+milk, and jug, and all, and the jug was smashed to pieces.
+
+Lucy was in great trouble, and as she stood there and looked at the
+broken jug, and the milk trickling down the gutter, she cried bitterly.
+
+A big boy who was passing by at the time, and had seen the accident,
+came across the road and said to her: "Don't cry, little girl, just run
+home and tell your mother that the sheep-dog bounced up against you and
+knocked the jug out of your hand; then you will not be punished".
+
+Lucy dried her eyes quickly, and gazed at the boy in astonishment. "Tell
+my mother a =lie=!" said she; "=no=, I would rather be punished a dozen
+times than do so. I shall tell her the truth," and she walked away home.
+Lucy was careless, but she was not untruthful; surely the boy must have
+felt ashamed!
+
+You remember the Fairy Queen said that =Truth= was the foundation of our
+beautiful Temple (Story Lesson 1), and the building will all tumble down
+in ruins if we do not have a strong foundation, so we must be brave to
+bear punishment (as Lucy was) if we deserve it, and be sure to
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Tell the Truth Whatever it Costs.
+
+
+(UNTRUTH, BY NOT SPEAKING.)
+
+9. Mabel and Fritz.
+
+This is a story of a dear little curly-headed girl called Mabel, whom
+everybody loved. She was so bright, and happy, and good-tempered, one
+could not help loving her, and when you looked into her clear, blue
+eyes, you could see that she was a frank, truthful child, who had
+nothing to hide, for she tried to listen to the Good Voice, and do what
+was right.
+
+One day Mabel was having a romp with her little dog, Fritz, in the
+kitchen. Up and down she chased him, and away he went, jumping over the
+chairs, hiding under the dresser, always followed by Mabel, until at
+last he leaped on the table, and in trying to make him come down, Mabel
+and the dog together overturned a tray full of clean, starched linen
+that was on the table. Mabel had been giving Fritz some water to drink
+a little before this, and in doing so had spilt a good deal on the
+floor, so the clean cuffs and collars rolled over in the wet, and were
+quite spoiled.
+
+Mabel's mother happened to come in just when the tray fell with a bang,
+and as the dog jumped down from the table at the same moment she thought
+he had done it, and Mabel did not tell that she was in fault, so poor
+Fritz was chained up in his kennel, and kept without dinner as a
+punishment.
+
+Mabel felt sad about it all the rest of the day, and when she was put to
+bed at night, and mamma had left her, she did not go to sleep as usual,
+but tossed about on the pillow, until her little curly head was quite
+hot and tired. Then she began to cry. Mabel was listening to the Good
+Voice now, and it said, "Oh, Mabel, =you= helped Fritz to overturn the
+tray, and =he= got all the blame, how mean of you!" Mabel sobbed louder
+when she thought of herself as being mean, and her mother hearing the
+noise came to see what was the matter. Then Mabel confessed all, and her
+mother said, "Perhaps my little girl did not know that we could be
+untruthful =by not speaking at all=, but you see it is quite possible".
+
+I do not think Mabel ever forgot the lesson which she learnt that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          There can be Untruth without Words.
+
+
+(UNTRUTH, BY NOT TELLING ALL.)
+
+10. A Game of Cricket.
+
+Two boys were playing at bat and ball in a field. There was a high hedge
+on one side of the field, and on the other side of the hedge was a
+market garden, where things are grown to be afterwards sold in the
+market. The boys had been playing some time, when the "batter," giving
+the ball a very hard blow, sent it over the hedge, and =both= the boys
+heard a loud crash as of breaking glass. They picked up the wickets
+quickly, and carried them, with the bat, to a hut that stood in the
+field, and were hurrying away when the gardener came and stopped them,
+asking, "Have you sent a cricket-ball over the hedge into my cucumber
+frame?" The boy who had struck the ball answered, "I did not see a ball
+go into your frame," and the other boy said, "Neither did I".
+
+They did not =see= the ball break the glass, but they both =knew= that
+it had crashed into the frame, and though the words they spoke might be
+true, the lie was there all the same.
+
+Supposing the sisters "Crystal-clear" had brought to the Fairy Queen a
+diamond that was only good on one side, do you think she would have put
+it in the Temple? No, indeed, she would have said it was only =half=
+true; and so we must put away anything that =looks= like truth, but is
+not truth. How wrong it is to make believe we have not done a thing,
+when all the time we have.
+
+Dear children, be true all through! Have you ever seen a glass jar of
+pure honey, no bits of wax floating in it, all clear and pure? Let your
+heart be like that, =sincere=, which means "without wax, clear and
+pure".
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          A Half-truth is as Hateful as a Lie.
+
+
+(UNTRUTH, BY "STRETCHING"--EXAGGERATION.)
+
+11. The Three Feathers.
+
+One day three little girls were talking about hats and feathers.
+
+The first girl said: "I have such a long feather in my best hat; it goes
+all down one side".
+
+Then the next girl said: "Oh! =my= feather is longer than that, for it
+goes all round the hat"; and the third girl said: "Ah! but =my= feather
+is longer than either of yours, for it goes round the hat and hangs down
+behind as well".
+
+On the next Sunday each of these little girls went walking in the park
+with her parents, wearing her best hat with the wonderful feather; it
+never occurred to =one= of them that she might meet the other two, but
+that is just what happened, and the three "long" feathers proved to be
+nothing but three =short=, little feathers, one in each hat! Can you
+guess how =ashamed= each girl felt?
+
+You have seen a piece of elastic stretched out. How =long= you can make
+it, and how =short= it goes when you leave off stretching! Each girl
+wanted to be better than the other, and to =appear= so, each "stretched"
+the story of her feather, just as the length of elastic was stretched,
+forgetting that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          When we "Stretch" a Story, we do not Speak the Truth.
+
+
+
+
+V. HONESTY.
+
+
+12. Lulu and the Pretty Coloured Wool.
+
+The little children who went to school long years ago did not have
+pretty things to play with as you have--no kindergarten balls with
+bright colours, nor nice bricks with which to build houses and churches!
+There was a little girl named Lulu who went to a dame's school in those
+far-off days, and most of the time she had to sit knitting a long, grey
+stocking, though she was only six years old.
+
+Some of the older girls were sewing on canvas with pretty coloured
+wools, and making (what appeared to little Lulu) most beautiful
+pictures. How she longed for a length of the pink or blue wool to have
+for her very own!
+
+The school was in a room upstairs, and at the head of the stair there
+was a window, with a deep window-sill in front of it. As Lulu came out
+of the schoolroom one day to take a message for the teacher, and turned
+to close the door after her, she saw (oh, lovely sight!) that the
+window-sill was piled up with bundles of the pretty coloured wool that
+she liked so much. Oh! how she wished for a little of it! And, see,
+there is some rose-pink wool on the top, cut into lengths ready for the
+girls to sew with! It is too much for poor little Lulu; she draws out
+one! two! three lengths of the wool, folds it up hastily, puts it in her
+pocket, and runs down the stair on the errand she has been sent.
+
+But is she happy? Oh, no! for a little Voice says: "Lulu, you are
+stealing; the wool is not yours!" For a few minutes the wool rests in
+her pocket, and then she runs back up the stair; the schoolroom door is
+still closed as Lulu draws the wool from her pocket, and gently puts it
+back on the window-sill. Then she takes the message and returns to her
+place in the schoolroom, and to the knitting of her long stocking, hot
+and ashamed at the thought of what she has done, but glad in her heart
+that she listened to the Good Voice, and did not keep the wool.
+
+Had any one seen her? Did any one know about it? Yes, there were loving
+Eyes watching little Lulu, and the One who looked down was very glad
+when she listened to the Good Voice. Do you know who it was?
+
+          God our Father sees us all,
+          Boys and girls, and children small;
+          When we listen to His voice,
+          Angels in their songs rejoice.
+
+          Have _you_ heard that voice, dear child,
+          Speaking in you, gentle, mild?
+          Always listen and obey,
+          For it leads you the right way.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Do not Take what is not Yours.
+
+          _Note._--To the mother or teacher who can read
+          between the lines, this little story (which is not
+          imaginary, but a true record of fact) bears
+          another meaning. It shows the child's passionate
+          love for objects that are pretty, especially
+          coloured objects, and how the withholding of these
+          may open the way to temptation. Let the child's
+          natural desire be gratified, and supply to it
+          freely coloured wools, beads, etc., at the same
+          time teaching the right use of them, according to
+          kindergarten[3] principles.
+
+
+
+(TAKING LITTLE THINGS.)
+
+13. Carl and the Lump of Sugar.
+
+There are some people who think that taking =little= things is not
+stealing. But it =is=.
+
+There was a little boy, named Carl, who began his wrong-doing by taking
+a piece of sugar. Then he took another piece, and another; but he always
+did it when his mother was not looking. We always want to hide the doing
+of wrong--we feel so ashamed.
+
+One day Carl's mother sent him to the shop for something, and he kept a
+halfpenny out of the change. His mother did not notice it; she never
+thought her little boy would steal.
+
+So it went on from bad to worse, until one day he stole a shilling from
+a boy in the school, and was expelled.
+
+As Carl grew older he took larger sums, and you will not be surprised to
+hear that in the end he was sent to prison, and nearly broke his
+mother's heart.
+
+
+14. Lilie and the Scent.
+
+Lilie's cousin had a bottle of scent given to her, and it had such a
+pleasant smell that one day, when Lilie was alone in the room, she
+thought she would like a little, so she unscrewed the stopper, and
+sprinkled a few drops on her handkerchief. I do not suppose her cousin
+would have been angry if she had known, but Lilie knew the scent was not
+hers, and she was miserable the moment she had taken it, and had no
+peace until she confessed the fault, and asked her cousin's
+forgiveness. I wish Carl had felt like that about the piece of sugar; do
+not you? Then he would never have taken the larger things, and been sent
+to prison.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Little Wrongs Lead to Greater Wrongs.
+          Carl--Sugar--Money--Prison.
+
+
+15. Copying.
+
+It was the Christmas examination at school, and the boys were all at
+their desks ready for the questions in arithmetic. Will Jones's desk was
+next Tom Hardy's, and everybody thought that =one= of these two boys
+would win the prize.
+
+As soon as the questions had been given out, the boys set to work. Tom
+did all his sums on a scrap of paper first, then he copied them out
+carefully, and, after handing his paper to the master, left the room.
+Unfortunately he left the scrap of paper on which he had worked his sums
+lying on the desk. Will snatched it up, and looked to see if his answers
+were the same. No! two were different. Tom's would be sure to be right;
+so he copied the sums from Tom's scrap of paper. It was stealing, of
+course; just as much stealing as if he had taken Tom's pen or knife.
+Besides, it is so mean to let some one else do the work and then steal
+it from them--even the =birds= know that.
+
+Some little birds were building themselves a nest, and to save the
+trouble of gathering materials, they went and took some twigs and other
+things from =another bird's nest= that was being built. But when the old
+birds saw what the little ones had done, they set to work and pulled the
+nest all to pieces. That was to teach them to go and find their =own=
+twigs and sticks, and not to steal from others.
+
+Of course Will was not happy. There was a little Voice within that would
+not let him rest, and when the boys kept talking about the arithmetic
+prize, and wondering who would get it, he felt as though he would like
+to go and hide somewhere, he was so ashamed. That is one of the results
+of wrong-doing, as we said before--it always makes us ashamed.
+
+At last the day came when the master would tell who were the
+prize-winners. The boys were all sitting at their desks listening as the
+master read out these words:--
+
+"Tom Hardy and Will Jones have all their sums right, but as Will's paper
+is the neater of the two, =he= will take the first prize".
+
+The boys clapped their hands, but Will was not glad. The Voice within
+spoke louder and louder, so loudly that Will was almost afraid some of
+the other boys would hear it, and his face grew red and hot. At last he
+determined to obey the Good Voice and tell the truth, so he rose from
+his seat, walked up to the master, and said: "Please, sir, the prize
+does not belong to me, for I stole two of my answers from Tom Hardy. I
+am very sorry."
+
+The master was greatly surprised, but he could see that Will was very
+sorry and unhappy. He held out his hand to him, and said: "I am glad,
+Will, that you have been brave enough to confess this. It will make you
+far happier than the prize would have done, seeing that you had not
+honestly won it." So the prize went to Tom, and Will was never guilty
+of copying again; he remembered too well the unhappiness that followed
+it.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Copying is Stealing.
+
+
+16. On Finding Things.
+
+When Lulu reached her fifteenth birthday she had a watch given to her.
+One afternoon she was walking through a wood, up a steep and rocky path,
+and when she reached the top she stood for a few moments to rest.
+Looking back down the wood she saw a boy coming by the same path, and
+when about half-way up he stooped down as if to raise something from the
+ground, but the thought did not occur to Lulu that it might be anything
+belonging to her.
+
+When she was rested she walked on until she came to a house just outside
+the wood, where she was to take tea with a friend.
+
+After tea they sat and worked until the sun began to go down. Then Lulu
+said, "I think I must be going home; I will see what time it is," and
+she was going to take out her watch, when, alas! she found it was gone.
+"Oh, dear!" said she, "what shall I do? How careless of me to put it in
+my belt; it was a present from my brother!" Then she suddenly remembered
+standing at the top of the path and seeing the boy pick something up.
+"That would be my watch," said she. And so it was.
+
+The boy had followed her up the wood, and had seen her go into the
+house, but he did not give up the watch. He waited until some bills were
+posted offering a reward of L1, then he brought the watch and took the
+sovereign. If he had been an honest boy he would not have waited, but
+would have given up the watch at once. We ought not to wish any reward
+for doing what is right. It is quite enough to have the happiness that
+comes from obeying the Good Voice. We cannot build up a good character
+without honesty.
+
+          Do right because you =love= the right,
+            And not for hope of gain;
+          A conscience pure is rich reward,
+            But doing wrong brings pain.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          When you Find Anything, try to Discover the Owner, and
+                     give it up at once.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[3] _Kindergarten Guide_, published by Messrs. Longmans.
+
+
+
+
+VI. KINDNESS.
+
+
+17. Squeaking Wheels.
+
+A lady was one day taking a walk along a country lane, and just as she
+was passing the gate of a field a horse and cart came out, and went down
+the road in the same direction as she was going, and oh! how the wheels
+did squeak! The lady longed to get away from the sound of them. First
+she walked very quickly, hoping to get well ahead; but no, the horse
+hurried up too, and kept pace with her. Perhaps =he= disliked the
+squeaking, and wanted his journey to be quickly finished. Then she
+lingered behind, and sauntered along slowly, but squeak, squeak--the
+hateful sound was still there. At last the cart was driven down a lane
+to the right, and now the lady could listen to the songs of the birds,
+the humming of the bees, and the sweet rustle of the leaves as the wind
+played amongst them. "How much pleasanter," thought she, "are these
+sounds than the squeaking of the wheels."
+
+I wonder if you have ever seen any little children who make you think of
+those disagreeable wheels? They are children who do not like to lend
+their toys, or to play the games that their companions suggest, but who
+like, instead, to please themselves.
+
+Do you know what the wheels needed to make them go sweetly? They needed
+oil. And the disagreeable children who grate on us with their selfish,
+unkind ways, need =another= sort of oil--the oil of kindness. =That=
+will make things go sweetly; so we will write on the blackboard
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Squeaking Wheels need Oil.
+          Children need the Oil of Kindness.
+
+
+18. Birds and Trees.
+
+Did you know that trees and birds, bees and flowers could be kind to
+each other? They =can=; I will tell you how.
+
+See the pretty red cherries growing on that tree. All little children
+like cherries, and the birds like them too.
+
+A little bird comes flying to the cherry tree and asks, "May I have one
+of these rosy little balls, please?"
+
+"Yes, little bird," says the cherry tree; "take some, by all means."
+
+So the bird has a nice fruit banquet with the cherries, and then, what
+do you think =he= does for the tree?
+
+"Oh!" you say, "a little bird cannot do =anything= that would help a big
+tree." But he can.
+
+When he has eaten the cherry he drops the stone, and sometimes it sinks
+into the ground, and from it a young cherry tree springs up. The tree
+could not do that for itself, so we see that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Birds and Trees are Kind to Each Other.
+
+
+19. Flowers and Bees.
+
+When you have been smelling a tiger-lily, has any of the yellow dust
+ever rested on the tip of your nose? (Let the children see a tiger-lily,
+or a picture of one, if possible.) Look into the large cup of the lily,
+and there, deep down, you will see some sweet, delicious juice. What is
+it for? Ask the bee; she will tell you.
+
+Here she comes, and down goes her long tongue into the flower. "Ah! Mrs.
+Bee, the honey is for you, I see. And pray, what have you done for the
+flower? Nothing, I'm afraid."
+
+"Oh, yes, I have," hums the bee. "I brought her some flower-dust
+(pollen) on my back from another tiger-lily that I have been visiting to
+make her seeds grow. When I dip down into the flower some of the 'dust'
+clings to me, so I take it to the next tiger-lily that I visit, and she
+is very much obliged to me."
+
+You see, dear children, how the flowers help each other, and how the bee
+carries messages from one to another; so if
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Birds and Trees, Flowers and Bees are Kind to Each Other,
+          Much more should Children be Kind.
+
+
+20. Lulu and the Bundle.
+
+Do you remember the story of "Lulu and the Wool"? This is a true tale of
+the same little girl when she was grown older.
+
+Lulu's home was at the top of a hill, and the road leading up to it was
+very steep. One summer evening, as Lulu walked home from town, she
+overtook a woman coming from market, and carrying a heavy basket as well
+as a bundle which was tied up in a blue checked handkerchief.
+
+The poor woman stopped to rest just as Lulu came up to her. "Let me
+carry your bundle," said Lulu. And before the woman could answer she had
+picked it up and was trudging along.
+
+"Perhaps your mother would not be pleased to see you carrying my
+bundle?" sighed the woman. "Some people think it is vulgar to be seen
+carrying parcels."
+
+"It is never vulgar to be kind," answered Lulu. "That is what mother
+would say." So they walked on until they came to the cottage, and Lulu
+left the grateful woman at her own door, and forgot all about it.
+
+Some years after, Lulu had been away from home, and, missing her train,
+she returned laden with parcels one dark, wet night. There was no one
+to meet her, no one to help to carry her parcels, and the rain was
+pouring down. She hurried outside to look for a cab, but there was not
+one to be had, so she began to walk up the hill. After going a very
+little way she stopped to rest, the parcels were so heavy; and just then
+a man came up and said: "Give me your parcels, miss, they seem too heavy
+for you". And Lulu, astonished, handed them to him. He carried them to
+the door of her mother's house, and hardly waited to hear the grateful
+thanks Lulu would have poured out.
+
+Have you ever heard these words: "Give, and it shall be given unto you".
+I think they came true in this little story. Do not you?
+
+Let us all try to build a good deal of the "pure gold" of Kindness into
+our "Temple".
+
+
+
+
+VII. THOUGHTFULNESS.
+
+
+21. Baby Elsie and the Stool.
+
+If you place your hand on your head you will feel something hard just
+beneath the hair. What is it? It is bone. Pass your hand all over your
+head and you will still feel the bone. It is called the skull, and it
+covers up a wonderful thing called the brain, with which we think, and
+learn, and remember.
+
+A little baby girl was toddling about the room one afternoon while her
+mother sat sewing. The baby was a year and a half old. She had only just
+learned to walk, and could not talk much, but she had begun to think.
+Presently she noticed a little stool under the table, and after a great
+deal of trouble she managed to get it out. Can you guess what she wanted
+it for? (Let children try to answer.) She wanted it for mother's feet to
+rest upon. Elsie could not =say= this, but she dragged the stool until
+it was close to her mother, and then she patted it, and said "Mamma,"
+which meant, "Put your feet on it".
+
+Was not that a sweet, kind thing for a one-year-old baby to do? You see
+she was learning to think--to think for others, and you will not be
+surprised to hear that she grew up to be a kind, helpful girl, and was
+so bright and happy that her mother called her "Sunshine".
+
+If any one asked me what kind of child I liked best, I believe the
+answer would be this: "A child who is thoughtful of others"; for a child
+who thinks of others will not be rude, or rough, or unkind. Who was it
+slammed the door when mother had a headache? It was a child who did not
+think. Who left his bat lying across the garden path so that baby
+tumbled over it and got a great bump on his little forehead? It was
+thoughtless Jimmy. Do not be thoughtless, dear children, for you cannot
+help hurting people, if you are thoughtless; and we are in the world to
+make it happy, =not= to =hurt=. Thoughtfulness is a lovely jewel; let us
+all try to build it into our "Temple".
+
+
+22. The Thoughtful Soldier.
+
+A great soldier, Sir Ralph Abercromby, had been wounded in battle, and
+was dying. As they carried him on board the ship in a litter a soldier's
+blanket was rolled up and placed beneath his head for a pillow to ease
+his pain. "Whose blanket is this?" asked he.
+
+One of the soldiers answered that it only belonged to one of the men.
+"But I want to know the name of the man," said Sir Ralph. He was then
+told that the man's name was Duncan Roy, and he said: "Then see that
+Duncan Roy gets his blanket this very night".
+
+You see how thoughtful he was for the other man's comfort, so thoughtful
+that he did not wish to keep Duncan's blanket even though he himself was
+dying. Is it not true that "thoughtfulness" is one of the most beautiful
+of the precious stones that you build with.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Be Thoughtful.
+
+
+
+
+VIII. HELP ONE ANOTHER.
+
+
+23. The Cat and the Parrot.[4]
+
+A cat and a parrot lived in the same house, and were very kind and
+friendly towards each other. One evening there was no one in the kitchen
+except the bird and the cat. The cook had gone upstairs, leaving a bowl
+full of dough to rise by the fire. Before long the cat rushed upstairs,
+mewing and making signs for the cook to come down, then she jumped up
+and seized her apron, and tried to pull her along. What could be the
+matter, what had happened? Cook went downstairs to see, and there was
+poor Polly shrieking, calling out, flapping her wings, and struggling
+with all her might "up to her knees" in dough, and stuck quite fast. Of
+course the cook lifted the parrot out, and cleaned the dough from her
+legs, but if pussy had not been her kind friend, and run for help, she
+would have sunk farther and farther into the dough, and perhaps in the
+end would have been smothered.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          If a Cat can Help a Bird, surely Boys and Girls
+          should Help Each Other.
+
+
+24. The Two Monkeys.[5]
+
+A ship that was crossing the sea had two monkeys on board; one of them
+was larger and older than the other, though she was not the mother of
+the younger one. Now it happened one day that the little monkey fell
+overboard, and the bigger one was immediately very much excited. She had
+a cord tied round her waist, with which she had been fastened up, and
+what do you think she did? She scrambled down the outside of the ship,
+until she came to a ledge, then she held on to the ship with one hand,
+and with the other she held out the cord to the poor little monkey that
+was struggling in the water. Was not she a clever, thoughtful, kind
+monkey? The cord was just a little too short, so one of the sailors
+threw out a longer rope, which the little monkey grasped, and by this
+means she was brought safely on board.
+
+You will remember the story of the monkey, who tried to save her little
+friend, and remember, also, that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Children should Help One Another.
+
+
+25. The Wounded Bird.
+
+There is a beautiful story about birds helping each other in a book[6]
+which you must read for yourselves when you grow older.
+
+One day a man was out with his gun, and shot a sea-bird, called a tern,
+which fell wounded into the sea, near the water's edge. The man stood
+and waited until the wind should blow the bird near enough for him to
+reach it, when, to his surprise, he saw two other terns fly down to the
+poor wounded bird and take hold of him, one at each wing, lift him out
+of the water, and carry him seawards. Two other terns followed, and when
+the first two had carried him a few yards and were tired, they laid him
+down gently and the next two picked him up, and so they went on carrying
+him in turns until they reached a rock a good way off, where they laid
+him down. The sportsman then made his way to the rock, but when they saw
+him coming, a whole swarm of terns came together, and just before he
+reached the place, two of them again lifted up the wounded bird and bore
+him out to sea. The man was near enough to have hindered this if he had
+wished, but he was so pleased to see the kindness of the birds that he
+would not take the poor creature from them.
+
+So we have learnt another lesson from the birds, and will write it down.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Birds helped the Wounded Tern; we should Help Each Other.
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[4] Romanes' _Animal Intelligence_.
+
+[5] Romanes' _Animal Intelligence_.
+
+[6] Smiles' _Life of Edward_.
+
+
+
+
+IX. ON BEING BRAVE.
+
+
+(BRAVE IN DANGER.)
+
+26. How Leonard Saved his Little Brother.
+
+Have you ever known a little girl who cried whenever her face was
+washed? or a little boy who screamed each time he had a tumble, although
+he might not be hurt in the least? You would not call =those= brave
+children, would you? We say that people are brave when they are not
+afraid to face danger, like the men who go out in the life-boat when the
+sea is rough to try and save a crew from shipwreck; or the brave firemen
+who rescue the inmates of a burning house. Perhaps you think it is only
+grown-up people who can be brave, but that is not so; little children
+can be brave also, as you will see from this story of a little boy,
+about whom we read in the papers not long ago, and who lived not far
+from London. Some children were playing near a pool, when, by some
+means, one of them, a little boy named Arthur, three years old, fell in.
+All the children, except one, ran away. (=They= were not brave, were
+they?) The one who remained was little Arthur's brother, Leonard. He was
+only five years old, but he had a brave heart, and he went into the
+water at once, although he could not see Arthur, who had fallen on his
+back under the water, and was too frightened to get up. Leonard had seen
+where he fell, and though he did not know how deep the water was, he
+walked in, lifted his little brother up, and pulled him out. It was all
+done much more quickly than I have told you. If Leonard had run away to
+fetch some one, instead of doing what he could himself, his brother must
+have been drowned, because he was fast in the mud. I am sure you will
+say that =Leonard= was a brave little boy, and we should not think that
+=he= cries when he is washed, or when he has a little tumble. Leonard
+teaches us to
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Be Brave in Danger.
+
+
+(BRAVE IN LITTLE THINGS.)
+
+27. The Twins.
+
+What a fuss some children make when they are hurt ever so little, and if
+a finger should bleed how dreadfully frightened they are!
+
+A lady told me this story of two little twin boys whom she knew. Their
+names were Bennie and Joey, and they were just two years old.
+
+One day as they were playing together Bennie cut his finger, and the
+blood came out in little drops. Now, the twins had never seen blood
+before, and you will think, maybe, that Bennie began to cry; but he did
+not. He looked at his finger and said: "Oh! Joey, look! what is this?"
+"Don't know," said Joey, shaking his head. Then they both watched the
+bleeding finger for a little, and at last Bennie said: "I know, Joey; it
+is =gravy=". He had seen the gravy in the meat, and he thought this was
+something like it. Anyhow, it was better than crying and making a fuss,
+do you not think?
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Be Brave in Little Things.
+
+
+(BRAVE IN SUFFERING.)
+
+28. The Broken Arm.
+
+It was recreation time, and the boys were pretending to play football,
+when a boy of six, named Robin, had an awkward fall and broke his arm.
+The teacher bound it up as well as she could, and Robin did not cry,
+though the poor arm must have pained him. He walked quietly through the
+streets with the teacher, who took him to the doctor to have the broken
+bone set, and when the doctor pulled his arm straight out to get the
+bones in place before he bound it up, Robin gave one little cry; that
+was all. He is now a grown-up man, but the teacher still remembers how
+brave he was when his arm was broken, and feels proud of her pupil.
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Be Brave in Suffering.
+
+
+29. The Brave Monkey.[7]
+
+Did you ever hear of a monkey having toothache? There was a monkey once
+who lived in a cage in some gardens in London, and he had a very bad
+toothache, which made a large swelling on his face. The poor creature
+was in such great pain that a dentist was sent for. (A dentist, tell the
+children, is a man who attends to teeth.) When the monkey was taken out
+of the cage he struggled, but as soon as the dentist placed his hand on
+the spot he was quite still. He laid his head down so that the dentist
+might look at his bad tooth, and then he allowed him to take it out
+without making any fuss whatever. There was a little girl once who
+screamed and struggled dreadfully when she was taken to have her hair
+cut, and that, you know, does not hurt at all. Let us learn from the
+monkey, as we did from Robin, to
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Be Brave in Suffering.
+
+
+
+
+X. TRY, TRY AGAIN.
+
+
+30. The Sparrow that would not be Beaten.[8]
+
+A sparrow was one day flying over a road when he saw lying there a long
+strip of rag.
+
+"Ah!" said he, "that would be nice for the nest we are building; I will
+take it home." So he picked up one end in his beak and flew away with
+it, but the wind blew the long streamer about his wings, and down he
+came, tumbling in the dust. Soon he was up again, and, after giving
+himself a little shake, he took the rag by the other end and mounted in
+the air. But again it entangled his wings, and he was soon on the
+ground. Next he seized it in the middle, but now there were =two= loose
+ends, and he was entangled more quickly than before.
+
+Then he stopped to think for a minute, and looked at the rag as much as
+to say: "What shall I do with you next"? An idea struck him. He hopped
+up to the rag, and with his beak and claws rolled it into a nice little
+ball. Then he drove his beak into it, shook his head once or twice to
+make sure that the ends were fast, and flew away in triumph.
+
+Remember the sparrow and the rag, and
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Do not be Beaten, but Try, Try Again.
+
+
+31. The Railway Train.
+
+If you had been a little child a hundred years ago, instead of now, and
+had wished to travel to the seaside or any other place, do you know how
+you would have got there? You would have had to travel in a coach, for
+there were no trains in those days. I am afraid the little children who
+lived then did not get to the seashore as often as you do, unless they
+lived near it, for it cost so much money to ride in the coaches. How is
+it that we have trains now?
+
+There was a man called George Stephenson--a poor man he was; he did not
+even know how to read until he went to a night school when he was
+eighteen years old, but he worked and worked at the steam-engine until
+he had made one that could draw a train along. So you see that because
+this man and others tried and tried again, all those years ago, we have
+the nice, quick trains to take us to the seaside cheaply, and to other
+places as well. Like the sparrow, George Stephenson teaches us to
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Try, Try Again.
+
+
+32. The Man who Found America.
+
+A long, long time ago the people in this country did not even know there
+=was= such a place as America; it was another "try, try again" man that
+found it out. His name was Christopher Columbus, and he thought there
+must be a country on the other side of that great ocean, if he could
+only get across. But it would take a good ship, and sailors, and money,
+and he had none of these. He was in a country called Spain, and he asked
+the king and queen to help him, but for a great while they did not.
+However, he waited and never gave it up, and at last the queen said he
+should go, and off he started with two or three ships and a number of
+sailors.
+
+It was more than two months before the new land appeared, and sometimes
+the sailors were afraid when it was very stormy, and wanted to turn
+back, but Columbus encouraged them to go on, and at last they saw the
+land. They all went on shore, and the first thing they did was to kneel
+down and thank God for bringing them safe to land; then they kissed the
+ground for very gladness, and wept tears of joy.
+
+When Columbus came home again, bringing gold, and cotton, and wonderful
+birds from the new country, he was received with great rejoicing by the
+king and queen and all the people. Do not forget this lesson:--
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Try, Try Again.
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[7] Romanes' _Animal Intelligence_.
+
+[8] _Ibid._
+
+
+
+
+XI. PATIENCE.
+
+
+33. Walter and the Spoilt Page.
+
+Walter was busy doing his home lessons; he wanted to get them finished
+quickly, so that he could join his playmates at a game of cricket before
+it was time to go to bed. He was nearly at the end, and the page was
+just as neat as it could be--for Walter worked very carefully--when, in
+turning the paper over, he gave the pen which was in his hand a sharp
+jerk, and a great splash of ink fell in the very middle of the neat,
+clean page.
+
+"Oh, dear!" cried Walter, "all my work is wasted. I shall get no marks
+for this lesson unless I write it all over again; and I wanted so much
+to go out and have a game." However, he was a brave boy, and his mother
+was glad to notice that he set to work quietly, and soon had it written
+over again. When bedtime came, she said: "Walter, your accident with
+the ink made me think of a story. Shall I tell it to you?"
+
+"Oh, yes, mother! please do," said Walter, for he loved stories.
+
+
+34. The Drawings Eaten by the Rats.
+
+"There was once a gentleman (Audubon) in America," said his mother, "who
+was very fond of studying birds. He would go out in the woods to watch
+them, and he also made sketches of them, and worked so hard that he had
+nearly a thousand of these drawings, which, of course, he valued very
+much. One time he was going away from home for some months, and before
+he went he collected all his precious drawings together, put them
+carefully in a wooden box, and gave them to a relative to take care of
+until he came back.
+
+"The time went by and he returned, and soon after asked for the box
+containing his treasures. The box was there, but what do you think? Two
+rats had found their way into it, and had made a home there for their
+young ones, and the beautiful drawings were all gnawed until nothing was
+left but tiny scraps of paper. You can guess how dreadfully disappointed
+the poor man would feel. But he tells us that in a few days he went out
+to the woods and began his drawings again as gaily as if nothing had
+happened; and he was pleased to think that he might now make better
+drawings than before. It was nearly three years before he had made up
+for what the rats had eaten. This man must have possessed the precious
+jewel of patience. Do you not think so?"
+
+"What is patience, mother?" asked Walter.
+
+"The little Scotch girl said it meant 'wait a wee, and no weary,'" said
+his mother; "and I think that is a very good meaning. It is like saying
+that we must wait, and do the work over again, if necessary, without
+getting vexed or worried."
+
+Patience is a good "stone" to have in the Temple of Character.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Patience means:--
+                Wait, and not Weary.
+
+
+
+
+XII. ON GIVING IN.
+
+
+35. Playing at Shop.
+
+You have often played at keeping shop, have you not? Winnie and May were
+very fond of this game, and when it was holiday time they played it
+nearly every day. One morning they made the "shop" ready as usual; a
+stool was to be the "counter," and upon this they placed the scales,
+with all the things they meant to sell. When all was ready, Winnie stood
+behind the "counter," and said, "I will be the 'shopman'!"
+
+"No!" exclaimed May, "=I= want to be 'shopman'; let me come behind the
+'counter'." But Winnie would not move, then May tried to =pull= her
+away, and Winnie pushed May, and in the end both little girls were
+crying, and the game was spoilt. Were not they foolish?
+
+How easy it would have been to take it in turns to be "shopman," and
+that would have been quite fair to both little girls. I am afraid we
+sometimes =forget= to be =fair= in our games. We will tell Winnie and
+May the story of the two goats.
+
+
+36. The Two Goats.
+
+Perhaps you know that goats like to live on the rocks, and as they have
+cloven feet (that is, feet that are split up the middle) they can walk
+in places that would not be at all safe for your little feet.
+
+One day two goats met each other on a narrow ledge of rock where there
+was not room to pass. Below them was a steep precipice; if they fell
+down there they would soon be dashed to pieces. How should they manage?
+
+It was now that one of the goats did a polite, kind, graceful act.
+
+She knelt down on the ledge so that the other goat might walk over her,
+and when this was done, she rose up and went on her way, so both the
+goats were safe and unhurt.
+
+The goat teaches us a beautiful lesson on "giving in".
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          The Two Goats,
+          Sometimes it is Noble to give Way.
+
+
+
+
+XIII. ON BEING GENEROUS.
+
+
+37. Lilie and the Beggar Girl.
+
+You will think "generous" is a long word, but the stories will help you
+to understand what it means.
+
+Lilie was staying with her auntie, for her mother had gone on a voyage
+with father in his ship.
+
+One day Lilie heard a timid little knock at the back door. She ran to
+open it, and saw standing outside a poor little girl about her own
+size, with no shoes or stockings on. She asked for a piece of bread, and
+Lilie's auntie went into the pantry to cut it. While she was away Lilie
+noticed the little girl's bare feet, and, without thinking, she took off
+her own shoes and gave them to her.
+
+When the girl had gone, auntie asked, "Where are your shoes, Lilie?" And
+she replied, "I gave them to the little girl, auntie. I do not think
+mother would mind." It would have been better if Lilie had asked auntie
+before she gave away her shoes; but auntie did not scold her; she only
+said to herself, "What a generous little soul the child has".
+
+
+38. Bertie and the Porridge.
+
+Bertie was a rosy-faced, healthy boy. His mother lived in a little
+cottage in the country, and she was too poor to buy dainties for her
+child, but the good, plain food he ate was quite enough to make him
+hearty and strong.
+
+His usual breakfast was a basin of porridge mixed with milk, and one
+bright, sunny morning he was sitting on the doorstep, waiting until it
+should be cool enough for him to eat, when he saw a very poor, old man
+leaning on the garden gate. Bertie felt sure the old man must be wanting
+something to eat, he looked so pale and thin, and being a
+generous-hearted boy, he carried down his basin of porridge to the old
+man, and asked him to eat it, which he did with great enjoyment, for he
+was very hungry. I think you will understand now what being Generous
+means. We may do good by giving away things that are of no use to us,
+but that is not being generous.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          We are Generous when we go without Things, that Others
+                             may have them.
+
+
+
+
+XIV. FORGIVENESS.
+
+
+39. The Two Dogs.[9]
+
+One day two dogs had been quarrelling, and when they parted at night,
+they had not made it up, but went to rest, thinking hard things of each
+other, I fear. Next day, however, one of the dogs brought a biscuit to
+the other, and laid it down beside him, as much as to say, "Let us be
+friends". I think the other dog would be sure to forgive him after that,
+and we are sure they would both be much happier for being friends once
+more.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          If you Quarrel, make it up again.
+
+
+
+
+XV. GOOD FOR EVIL.
+
+
+40. The Blotted Copy-book.
+
+Gladys and Dora were in the same class at school, and when the teacher
+promised to give a prize for the cleanest, neatest and best-written
+copy-book, they determined to try and win the prize. Both the little
+girls wrote their copies very carefully for several days, but by-and-by
+Gladys grew a little careless, and her copies were not so well written
+as Dora's. Gladys knew this quite well, and yet she longed for the
+prize. What should she do? There was only one copy more to be written,
+and then it would have to be decided who should get the prize. Sad to
+say, Gladys thought of a very mean way by which she might spoil Dora's
+chance of it.
+
+She went to school one morning very early--no one was there; softly she
+walked to Dora's desk, and drew out her neat, tidy copy-book, which she
+opened at the last page, and, taking a pen, she dipped it in ink, and
+splashed the page all over; then she put it back in the desk, and said
+to herself, "There, now, the prize will be mine".
+
+But why does Gladys feel so wretched all at once? A little Voice that
+you have often heard spoke in her heart, and said, "Oh! Gladys, how
+mean, how unkind!" and she could not =help= being miserable.
+
+Presently the school assembled, and when the writing lesson came round
+the teacher said, "Now, girls, take out your copy-books and finish
+them". Dora drew hers out, and when she opened it and saw the blots her
+cheeks grew scarlet and her eyes filled with tears. Just then she turned
+and saw Gladys glancing at her in an ashamed sort of way (as the
+elephant looked at his driver when he had stolen the cakes--Story Lesson
+85), and Dora knew in her heart that it was Gladys who had spoilt her
+copy-book. But she did not tell any one, not even when the teacher said,
+"Oh! Dora, what a mess you have made on your nice copy-book!" but she
+was thinking all the time, and when she went home she said to her
+mother, "Mamma, may I give my little tin box with the flowers painted on
+it to Gladys?" "Why, Dora," said her mother, "I thought you were very
+fond of that pretty box!" "So I am," replied Dora, "that is why I want
+Gladys to have it; please let me give it to her, mother!" So Dora's
+mother consented, and next morning Gladys found a small parcel on her
+desk, with a scrap of paper at the top, on which was written, "Gladys,
+with love from Dora". Dora was generous, you see; she returned good for
+evil, and Gladys felt far more sorrow for her fault than she would have
+done had Dora caused her to be punished. Neither Gladys nor Dora won the
+prize, but Gladys learnt a lesson that was worth more than many prizes,
+and Dora had a gladness in her heart that was better than a prize--the
+gladness that comes from listening to the Good Voice. "Good for Evil" is
+a beautiful "stone" to have in your Temple.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          It is Generous to Return Good for Evil.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[9] Romanes' _Animal Intelligence_.
+
+
+
+
+XVI. GENTLENESS.
+
+
+41. The Horse and the Child.
+
+Gentleness is a beautiful word, and I daresay you know what it means.
+When you are helping baby to walk, mother will say, "Be =gentle= with
+her," which means, "Do not be rough, do not hurt her". A =gentleman= is
+a man who is gentle, who will not =hurt=.
+
+Did you ever hear of a horse who could behave like a gentleman? Here is
+the story.[10]
+
+"A horse was drawing a cart along a narrow lane in Scotland when it
+spied a little child playing in the middle of the road. What do you
+think the kind, gentle horse did? It took hold of the little child's
+clothes with its teeth, lifted it up, and laid it gently on the bank at
+the side of the road, and then it turned its head to see that the cart
+had not hurt the child in passing. Did not the horse behave like a
+gentleman?"
+
+I have seen boys and girls helping the little ones to dress in the
+cloakroom at school, or leading them carefully down the steps, or
+carrying the babies over rough places; =this= is gentleness, and the
+gentle boy will grow up to be a gentle man.
+
+
+42. The Overturned Fruit Stall.
+
+You have seen boys playing the game of "Paper Chase," or, as it is
+sometimes called, "Hare and Hounds". One or two boys start first, each
+carrying a bag full of small pieces of paper, which they scatter as they
+run. Then all the other boys start, and follow the track made by the
+scattered paper.
+
+A number of boys were starting for a "Paper Chase" one Saturday
+afternoon, and, passing quickly round a corner of the street, some of
+them ran against a little fruit stall and overturned it. The apples,
+pears and plums were all rolling on the ground, and the old woman who
+belonged to the stall looked at them in dismay. The boys all ran on
+except one, and he stayed behind to help to put the stall right, and to
+gather up all the fruit. That boy was =gentle= and kind, and the poor
+old woman could not thank him enough.
+
+          Be =gentle= to the little ones,
+            Be =gentle= to the old,
+          Be =gentle= to the lame, to =all=--
+            For it is true, I'm told,
+          That =gentleness= is better far
+            Than riches, wealth or gold.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[10] _Heads Without Hands._
+
+
+
+
+XVII. ON BEING GRATEFUL.
+
+
+43. Rose and her Birthday Present.
+
+A little girl called Rose had a kind auntie who sent her half a
+sovereign for a birthday present. Rose was delighted with the money, and
+was always talking of the many nice things it would buy, but she never
+thought of writing and =thanking= her auntie. That was not grateful, was
+it? When we =receive= anything, we should always think =at once= of the
+giver, and express our thanks without delay. That is why we say "grace"
+before eating: we wish to thank our kind Father above for giving us the
+nice food to eat.
+
+The days went by, and still auntie received no word of thanks from her
+little niece. Then a letter came asking, "Has Rosy had my letter with
+the present?" Rose answered this, and said she =had= received the
+letter, and sent many thanks for the present. But how ashamed she must
+have felt that she had not written before! It is not nice to have to
+=ask= people for their thanks or gratitude; it ought to be given freely
+without asking.
+
+
+44. The Boy who was Grateful.
+
+Little Vernon's father had a tricycle, and one day he fixed up a seat in
+front for his little boy, and took him for a nice, long ride.
+
+Vernon sat facing his father, and he was so delighted with the ride, and
+so grateful to his kind father for bringing him, that he could not help
+putting his arms round his father's neck sometimes, and giving him a
+kiss as they went along. Vernon's father told me this himself, and I
+was glad to know that the little boy possessed this precious gift of
+gratitude, for it is a lovely "stone" to have in the Temple we are
+building.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Do not forget to be Grateful for Kindness; and do not
+                       forget to Show it.
+
+
+
+
+XVIII. SELF-HELP.
+
+
+45. The Crow and the Pitcher.
+
+Perhaps you have heard the fable of the crow who was thirsty. He found a
+pitcher with a little water in it, but he could not get at the water,
+for the neck of the jug was narrow.
+
+Did he leave the water and say, "It is of no use to try"? No; he set to
+work, and found a way out of the difficulty. The crow dropped pebbles
+into the jug, one by one, and these made the water rise until he could
+reach it.
+
+(Illustrate by a tumbler with a few tablespoonfuls of water in it. Drop
+in some pebbles, and show how the water rises as the pebbles take its
+place.) If you have a steep hill to climb, or a hard lesson to learn, do
+not sit down and cry, and think you cannot do it, but be determined
+that, like the crow, you will master the difficulty. When you were a
+little, tiny child, your father carried you over the rough places, but
+as you grow older, you walk over them yourself. You do not want to be
+carried now, for you are not helpless any longer. But I am afraid there
+are some children who =like= to be helpless, and to let mother do
+everything for them. I once knew a girl of ten who could not tie her
+own bootlaces; =she= was helpless. And I knew a little fellow of six
+who, when his mother was sick, could put on the kettle, and make her a
+cup of tea; he was a =helpful= boy.
+
+It is brave and nice of boys and girls to help themselves all they can,
+and not to be beaten by a little difficulty. Remember the Sparrow and
+the Rag (Story Lesson 30), as well as the Crow, and
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Do not be Helpless, but Master Difficulty as the Crow did.
+
+
+
+
+XIX. CONTENT.
+
+
+46. Harold and the Blind Man.
+
+Do you know what it is to be contented? It is just the opposite of being
+dissatisfied and unhappy.
+
+Little Harold was looking forward to a day in the glen on the morrow,
+but when the morning came it was wet and cold, and the journey had to be
+put off. Harold had lots of toys to play with, but he would not touch
+any of them; he just stood with his face against the window-pane,
+discontented and unhappy.
+
+After a time he saw an old man with a stick coming up the street, and a
+little dog was walking beside him. As they drew nearer, Harold saw that
+the old man held the dog by a string, and that it was leading him, for
+he was blind. The discontented little boy began to wonder what it must
+be like to be blind, and he shut his eyes very tight to try it. How
+dark it was! he could see nothing. How dreadful to be =always= in
+darkness! Then he opened his eyes again, and looked at the old man's
+face; it was a peaceful, pleasant face. The old man did not look
+discontented and unhappy, and yet it was far worse to be blind than to
+be disappointed of a picnic. Harold had yet to learn that it is not
+=outside= things that give content, but something within. He could not
+help being disappointed at the wet day, but he could have made the best
+of it and played with his toys, as indeed he did after seeing the blind
+man.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Be Content and make the Best of Things.
+
+
+
+
+XX. TIDINESS.
+
+
+47. The Slovenly Boy.
+
+Of =all= the untidy children you ever saw Leo must have been the worst.
+His hair was unbrushed, his boots were uncleaned, and the laces were
+always trailing on the floor. Why did he not learn to tie a bow? (For
+full instructions, with illustrations, on the "Tying of a bow," see
+_Games Without Music_.) It must be very uncomfortable to have one's
+boots all loose about the ankles, besides looking so untidy.
+
+Can you guess how his stockings were? They were all in folds round his
+legs, instead of being drawn and held up tight, and he had always a
+button off somewhere. The worst of it was that Leo did not seem to
+=mind= being untidy. I hope =you= are not like that. Do all the little
+girls love to have smooth, clean pinafores? and do the boys like to have
+a clean collar and smooth hair? and do all of you keep your hands and
+faces clean? Then you are like the children in these verses.
+
+1. The Tidy Boy:--
+
+          A tidy boy would not be seen
+            With rough or rumpled hair,
+          Nor come to meals with unwashed hands
+            And face; and he will care
+          To have his collar clean and white,
+          And boots must polished be and bright.
+
+2. The Tidy Girl:--
+
+          And what about the tidy girl?
+            All nice and clean is she,
+          Her pinafore is smooth and straight,
+            Her hair neat as can be;
+          No wrinkled sock, or untied lace
+          Does this neat, tidy girl disgrace.
+
+
+48. Pussy and the Knitting.
+
+I wonder if you have heard of pussy getting mother's knitting and making
+it all in a tangle. These are the verses about it:--
+
+
+PUSS IN MISCHIEF.[11]
+
+          1. "Where are you, kitty?
+                Where are you?--say.
+              I've scarcely seen you
+                At all to-day.
+
+          2. "You're not in mischief,
+                I hope, my dear;
+              Ah! now I have found you.
+                How came you here?
+
+          3. "That's mother's knitting,
+                You naughty kit;
+              Oh! such a tangle
+                You've made of it.
+
+          4. "'Twas =that= which kept you
+                So very still;
+              Mamma will scold you,
+                I know she will."
+
+          5.  Then puss comes to me,
+                And rubs her fur
+              Against my fingers,
+                And says "purr, purr".
+
+          6.  I know she means it
+                To say, "Don't scold,"
+              So close in my arms
+                My puss I hold.
+
+          7.  And then I tell her,
+                My little pet,
+              That mother's knitting
+                She must not get.
+
+          8.  The wool will never
+                Be wound, I fear;
+              But mother forgives
+                My kitty dear.
+
+I do not suppose that pussy would =know= she was doing anything naughty
+in tangling the wool, but a =child= would know, of course, that wool
+must be kept straight and tidy if it is to be of use.
+
+
+49. The Packing of the Trunks.
+
+Nellie and Madge were two little girls getting ready to go for a visit
+to grandmamma. She lived many miles away, and the children were to go by
+train and stay with her for a whole month.
+
+Their clothes were all laid on the bed ready for packing, and as mother
+wanted them to grow up =helpful= girls, she said they might put the
+things in the boxes themselves. So Nellie and Madge began to pack.
+Nellie took each article by itself, and laid it carefully in the box
+without creasing, putting all the heavier things at the bottom, and the
+dresses and lighter articles at the top. When she had laid them all in,
+the lid just closed nicely, and her work was finished.
+
+Then she turned to see what Madge was doing. Madge had not packed more
+than half her pile, and the box was full. "What shall I do?" she cried,
+"I =cannot= get them all in." Just then mamma came up and said: "Have
+you finished, children? it is nearly train time". Her eyes fell on the
+box Madge was packing, and she exclaimed, "Oh! Madge, you have put the
+clothes in anyhow, everything must be taken out!" Madge had just thrown
+them in "higgledy-piggledy," instead of laying them straight, and they
+came out a crumpled heap. She was so hot and flurried, and so afraid of
+being late for the train, that she could hardly keep the tears back, but
+mamma and Nellie helped to straighten the things, and to pack them
+neatly, and just as the cab drove up to the door the last frock was laid
+in the box, and the lid went down without any trouble. Madge remembered
+to take more pains next time she packed her box.
+
+I was in a house one day, and when the lady opened a drawer to get
+something out, the articles in the drawer =bounced up= just like a "Jack
+in the box," because you see, they had been put in anyhow, and then
+crushed down to allow the drawer to be closed. Of course she could not
+find what she wanted. I hope none of =your= drawers are like a "Jack in
+the box". I wonder if untidy people are lazy? I am afraid they are.
+
+A girl came home from school one day, and threw her wet cloak on a chair
+all in a heap, instead of hanging it up nicely on a peg. When she next
+wanted to wear the cloak, it was all over creases and not fit to put on.
+Perhaps she thought that mother would see it on the chair, and hang it
+up for her, but a nice, thoughtful child would not like to give mother
+the trouble, would she?
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Be Tidy and Neat.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[11] _New Recitations for Infants_, p. 41.
+
+
+
+
+XXI. MODESTY.
+
+
+50. The Violet.
+
+Two friends were walking along a country road, and as they went on one
+said: "I do believe there are violets somewhere on this bank, the air
+smells so sweet". The other lady replied that she did not see any; but,
+looking carefully, they at last found the leaves, and there, hiding away
+among them, was the little sweet violet, with its delicious scent.
+
+Why does the little violet hide away? Because she is =modest=, which
+means that she does not like to =boast=, or make a display of her
+pretty petals and sweet perfume. =Modest= people do not like to talk of
+kind, noble or clever things they may have done; they prefer to =hide=
+their good deeds, and in this they are like the violet.
+
+
+51. Modesty in Dress.
+
+There is another way in which children can be modest--they can be modest
+about dress. A child's dress is not so long as that of a grown-up
+person, because children want to romp and play about, but a =modest=
+child always likes its dress to cover it nicely, and will take care that
+no buttons are unfastened.
+
+One evening some children were playing about on the hearthrug, when one
+of them, a little girl named Jessie, jumped up quite suddenly, and, with
+a blushing face, ran out of the room. The governess followed to see what
+was the matter, and Jessie told her in a whisper that she was =so=
+ashamed, because in romping about her dress had gone above her knees.
+
+Some people might say that Jessie was =too= modest, but I do not think
+so; a nice little girl will always like to keep her knees covered.
+
+In America the children have much longer dresses than in our country,
+and they would think little girls very rude who were not as careful as
+Jessie.
+
+You will think for yourselves of many other ways in which children can
+be modest. It is a good rule never to do =anything= that we would be
+ashamed for teacher or mother to see.
+
+
+
+
+XXII. ON GIVING PLEASURE TO OTHERS.
+
+
+52. "Selfless" and "Thoughtful"--a Fairy Tale.
+
+"Selfless" and "Thoughtful" were sisters of the little "Gold-wings"
+(Story Lesson 1). I cannot tell you which of the two was the sweetest
+and best; they were =both= so lovable, for like "Gold-wings" they were
+always thinking of others, and especially of how they could give
+pleasure to the sick and weak. One day, as they sat on a mossy bank in
+the Fairy wood, "Selfless" asked, "What shall we do next, sister?" and
+"Thoughtful" made answer, "I have been thinking of little Davie, who is
+so lame and weak; suppose I go to the Kindergarten and try to get some
+one to be kind to him". "A good idea," replied "Selfless," "and I will
+fly over the fields and see what can be done there; then in the
+moonlight we will meet, and tell each other what we have done." So they
+spread their pretty wings and flew away.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Now it is night in the Fairy wood, and in the silver moonlight the
+sisters rest again on the mossy bank and talk.
+
+
+53. The Bunch of Roses.
+
+"I flew to the Kindergarten," said "Thoughtful," "you know Davie used to
+attend there before he was ill. Of course no one saw me, and as I
+hovered over the teacher's desk, little Bessie, a rosy-cheeked maid,
+came up and laid a lovely bunch of crimson roses upon it for the
+teacher. The scent was so delicious I could not help nestling down into
+one of the roses to enjoy it better. The teacher picked up the flowers,
+not knowing I was there, and as she buried her face in the soft petals,
+to smell the sweet perfume, I whispered 'Send them to Davie'."
+
+"A smile instantly came over her face, and she said: 'Bessie, a good
+fairy has whispered a kind thought to me; shall we send your pretty
+roses to Davie?'"
+
+"'Oh! yes,' said Bessie, 'please let me take them to him with your love,
+for I gave them to you."
+
+"So the roses were taken to Davie, and how happy they made him to be
+sure! and the =teacher= was happy because she had remembered poor Davie,
+and =Bessie= was happy to carry the flowers to him, so I came away glad,
+also; but what have =you= done, dear sister?"
+
+
+54. Edwin and the Birthday Party.
+
+Then "Selfless" answered:--
+
+"I flew away over the fields, and there I saw a little boy, dressed all
+in his best clothes, speeding away across the field-path, and I knew
+that he was going to a birthday party, and that he was walking quickly
+so as to be in time; for there was to be a lovely birthday cake, all
+iced over with sugar; and little pieces of silver, called threepenny
+pieces, had been scattered through the cake, so of course Edwin wanted
+to be there when it was cut up.
+
+"I saw a little girl in the fields, also, walking along the hedges
+looking for blackberries, and in trying to reach a branch of the ripe
+fruit that grew on the farther side of a ditch, the poor child
+overbalanced herself and fell in, uttering a loud scream.
+
+"Edwin heard the scream and said to himself, 'I wonder what that is? I
+should like to go and see, but oh, dear! it will perhaps make me late
+for the party'. Then the Bad Voice spoke to him, and said, 'Never mind
+the scream; hurry on to the party," and Edwin hurried on, but his cheeks
+grew hot, and he looked unhappy.
+
+"Soon the child screamed again, and the Good Voice said, 'Help! Edwin,
+never mind self,' and with that he turned back, and ran to the place
+where the sounds had seemed to come from. He soon saw the little girl,
+who was trying to scramble up the steep side of the ditch, and could
+not; it needed the help of Edwin's strong hands to give her a good pull,
+and bring her safely out. Oh, how glad she was to be on the grass once
+more! Edwin wiped her tears away, and told her to run home; then he made
+haste to the party with a light, glad heart, and he arrived just as they
+were sitting down to tea, so he was in time for the cake after all. But
+even if he had =missed= it, he would have been glad that he stayed
+behind to help the little girl."
+
+"What a nice boy," said "Thoughtful". "Did he tell the people at the
+party what he had done?"
+
+"Oh, =no=," replied "Selfless"; "his mother told him that people should
+=never boast= of kind things they had done, for that would spoil it."
+
+"True," said "Thoughtful"; "but what did =you= do, dear "Selfless"? It
+is not boasting to tell =me=."
+
+"I only helped Edwin to listen to the Good Voice," replied "Selfless,"
+as she looked down on the moss at her feet.
+
+"A good work, too," said "Thoughtful"; "and now, what shall we do
+next?"
+
+
+55. Davie's Christmas Present.
+
+"I have been thinking," said "Selfless," "that Christmas will soon be
+here, and how nice it would be if we could help the children at the
+Kindergarten to think of Davie, and make ready a Christmas present for
+him."
+
+"A lovely idea," said "Thoughtful"; "we will go to-morrow, for it wants
+only a month to Christmas."
+
+Next morning the two fairy sisters came to the Kindergarten, and floated
+about unseen, as fairies always do. First they rested on the teacher,
+who was very fond of these unseen fairies, and she began to think of
+Davie. "Children," said she, "Christmas will be here in a month; shall
+we make a present for little Davie?"
+
+(Do you know, I believe that doing kind things is like going to parties;
+when you have been to =one= party, you like it so much that you are glad
+to go to =another=, and when you have done =one= kind thing, it makes
+you so happy you want to do =another=.)
+
+Bessie was the first to answer, and she said, "Oh, yes, it would be
+lovely to make a Christmas present for Davie; do let us try". And all
+the children said, "Yes, do let us try".
+
+"It must be something made by your own little hands," said the teacher.
+"Think now, what could you do?"
+
+"We could make some little 'boats'[12] in paperfolding," said one child.
+Teacher said that would do nicely, and she wrote it down.
+
+Another child said, "I could sew a 'cat' in the embroidery lesson," and
+Bessie exclaimed, "Please let me sew a 'kitten' to go with it," and the
+teacher wrote that down, and remarked that some one else might make the
+"saucer" for pussy's milk, in pricking. Then others might make a
+"nest"[1] in clay with eggs in it, and a little "bird" sitting on the
+eggs, suggested the teacher; and as the "babies" begged to be allowed to
+help also, it was decided that they should thread pretty coloured beads
+on sticks, and make a nice large "basket".[13]
+
+"Now," said teacher, "I have quite a long list, and we must begin at
+once." So they all set to work, and when breaking-up day came, Davie's
+present was ready. There was a whole fleet of "ships," white inside and
+crimson outside. The pictures of "pussy" and her "kitten" were neatly
+sewn, and the "saucer" was white and clean, and evenly pricked, while
+the "bird" on its "nest" looked as pretty as could be, and the "bead
+basket" was the best of all--at least the =babies= thought so.
+
+I have no words to tell of the joy that the children's present brought
+to little Davie, his face flushed with pleasure as the "boats" and other
+gifts were spread out before him; it was so delightful to think that the
+children had remembered =him= and =worked= for him.
+
+"Selfless" and "Thoughtful" sat once more on the mossy bank, and
+rejoiced that the plan had worked so well.
+
+If these little fairies and their sister "Kindness" should ever suggest
+thoughts to =you=, dear boys and girls, do not send them away. They will
+speak to you through the Good Voice, and the happiest people in the
+world are the people who listen to the Good Voice.
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[12] _Kindergarten Guide_, Boat, p. 158, No. 35.
+
+[13] _Kindergarten Guide_, Nest, p. 174, No. 12; Basket, Plate 6,
+opposite p. 129, No. 9 in Fig. 79.
+
+
+
+
+XXIII. CLEANLINESS.[14]
+
+
+56. Why we should be Clean.
+
+(Show the children a sponge.) Here is a sponge! What do we see all over
+the sponge? We see little holes. There is another name for these--we
+call them =pores=. (Write "pores" on Blackboard.) What comes out on your
+forehead sometimes on a hot day? Drops of water come out. They come
+through tiny holes in the skin, so tiny that we cannot see them, and
+these also are called pores.
+
+Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was to be a grand procession in
+a fine old city called Rome, and a little golden-haired child was gilded
+all over his body to represent "The Golden Age" in the procession. When
+it was over the little child was soon dead. Can you guess why? The pores
+in his skin had been all stopped up with the gilding, so that the damp,
+warm air could not get out, and that caused his death.
+
+You see, then, that we breathe with these little pores, just as we
+breathe with our nose and mouth, and if the pores were all closed up we
+should die. Now you will understand why we have to be washed and bathed.
+What is it that the dirt does to your pores? It stops them up, so
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          To be Healthy, We must be Clean.
+
+
+
+57. Little Creatures who like to be Clean.
+
+You know that pussy likes to be clean, and that she washes herself
+carefully, and her little kittens, also, until they are big enough to
+wash themselves; but there are other creatures, much smaller than the
+cat, who like to be clean.
+
+Do you know what shrimps or prawns are? I daresay you have often eaten a
+shrimp! Have you ever counted its ten long legs? On the front pair there
+are two tiny brushes, and the prawn has been seen to stand up on his
+eight hind legs, and brush himself with the tiny tufts on his front
+legs, to get all the sand away. Is not that clever for such a little
+fellow?
+
+There is another creature, very much smaller than the prawn, that is
+particularly clean, though we do not like to have it in our houses.
+
+If the housemaid sees its little "parlour" in the corner of a room, she
+sweeps it away. You remember who it was that said: "Will you walk into
+my parlour?" It was the spider, and it is the spider who is so very fond
+of being clean, that it cannot bear to have a grain of dust anywhere
+about its body. Its hairs and legs are always kept perfectly clean.
+
+Then there is the tiny ant, which is smaller than a fly, and it loves to
+keep itself nice and clean, so if
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Shrimps and Spiders and Ants like to be Clean,
+          Children should like to be Clean.
+
+
+58. The Boy who did not like to be Washed.
+
+Sydney was a little boy who did not like to be washed. He disliked it as
+much as the little dog in Story Lesson No. 4. When the time came for his
+bath he screamed and kicked and made such a fuss that at last his mother
+said he should remain dirty for a while, and see what would happen. So
+Sydney had no bath when he went to bed at night, neither was he washed
+in the morning. Of course no one wanted to kiss him, or play with him,
+for he was not sweet and clean; he had to play all by himself in the
+garden.
+
+Presently a carriage drove up and stopped at the garden gate; then a
+gentleman stepped out, walked up to the door, and rang the bell, which
+was answered by Sydney's mother.
+
+"I have called to take your little boy for a drive," said the gentleman,
+"but I am in a great hurry; could you have him ready at once?"
+
+Just then Sydney peeped in at the door. Oh! what a little blackamoor he
+was, not fit for any one to see! His mother had to explain to the kind
+gentleman how it was that he looked so dirty, and, as nothing but a bath
+and a whole suit of clean clothes would make him fit to go, he had to be
+left behind. Poor Sydney began to feel very sad and sorry now, and when
+the carriage had driven away he ran up to his mother, hid his little
+black face in her dress, and burst into tears. "Oh, mother," he cried,
+"do make me a clean boy again; I will never be naughty any more when I
+am washed." Sydney never forgot the lesson he had learnt that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Nobody likes Children to be Dirty.
+
+
+59. The Nails and the Teeth.
+
+What a good thing it is that we have nice, hard nails to keep the tips
+of our fingers from being hurt! How sore they would get if it were not
+for those bright, horny nails, and how well they protect the
+finger-tips, which have to touch so many things!
+
+Most of the nail is fast to the finger, but at the outer edge there is a
+little space =between= the nail and the finger, and if we are not
+careful this little space gets filled with dirt, and then the nail has a
+black band across the top, which looks very ugly. When the nails are
+long, the band is wider, and, although the dirt is =under= the nail, it
+shows on the outside, because the nail is transparent, that is, it can
+be seen through.
+
+Do you like to have your hands clean? Then there must be no black bands
+to disfigure the pretty, shining nails; our hands cannot be called clean
+if there is a little arch of dirt at the tip of each finger. Ask mother
+to cut the nails when they get too long, then you can keep them clean
+more easily.
+
+Men who do work that soils their hands very much like the chimney-sweep
+(Story Lesson 62) cannot possibly keep their nails clean, but children
+can.
+
+There was once a little boy who had the funniest finger-tips I ever saw.
+The nails were so short that there was not the tiniest space between the
+outer edge and the fleshy part, and so the tip of each finger had grown
+out like a little round cushion, not at all pretty to look at. If the
+little boy saw any one noticing his hands, he would hide them away, lest
+he should be asked what it was that caused the finger-tips to look so
+funny. I wonder if =you= can guess the reason? It was because the boy
+bit his nails. What a horrid thing to do! Was it not? And how do you
+think his mother cured him? She dipped the tips of his fingers in
+tincture of bitter aloes, so that when he put them in his mouth he might
+get the bitter taste, and leave off biting them.
+
+I once heard a gentleman say that =he= thought it was very rude to put a
+pencil or anything near the mouth, so what would he think of a child who
+put his =fingers= in his mouth, and bit his nails? Baby may suck her
+little thumb sometimes, perhaps, because she does not know better, but
+sensible children will remember that it is rude to put fingers in mouth.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Keep your Nails Clean.
+          Do not put Fingers in Mouth.
+
+Can you think of anything else that should be kept clean besides the
+nails? In your mouth are two rows of beautiful little, white teeth. At
+least they =ought= to be white, but if we do not keep them clean, they
+often get discoloured and begin to decay and give us pain.
+
+We should each have a tooth-brush, and use it every day to cleanse the
+teeth, dipping it first in nice, clean water, and when the brushing is
+done, the mouth should be rinsed several times. The teeth should be
+brushed up and down from the gums (not from left to right), so that we
+may get all the particles of food from the tiny spaces between the
+teeth. If we do this regularly we shall not be likely to suffer much
+from toothache.
+
+          Two white rows of pearly teeth,
+              What can prettier be?
+          If you =keep= them clean and white,
+              They are fair to see.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Why we brush teeth:--
+            1. To keep clean and prevent toothache.
+            2. To make them look nice.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[14] No. 21, "Washing One's Self" in _Games Without Music_ might be
+appropriately used with above subject.
+
+
+
+
+XXIV. PURE LANGUAGE.
+
+
+60. Toads and Diamonds--A Fairy Tale.
+
+There was an old woman at a well, who, when a little girl came to draw
+water, asked for a drink, and the kind little maiden lifted the jug to
+the old woman's lips, and told her to take as much as she wished. Then
+the old woman blessed her for her kindness, and said that whenever the
+child spoke, pearls and diamonds should fall from her lips. Then another
+girl came to the well, and again the old woman asked to drink, but the
+girl said, "No! draw water for yourself". That was rude and unkind, was
+it not?
+
+The old woman, who was really the Queen of the Fairies, could not bless
+=this= girl for her kindness, because she had showed none, so she said
+that whenever the girl spoke, toads and vipers should fall from her
+lips. That is like the people who do not speak good, pure language; the
+bad words that fall from their lips are like toads and vipers. I hope
+you have never heard such words, but if you ever should, do not stop to
+listen, for wicked words are like the pitch that Martin tried to play
+with (Story Lesson 63); the person who says them cannot be pure and
+true, for bad words are not =clean=.
+
+A lady was travelling in a railway train one day, and several young men
+were in the carriage, who spoke and looked like gentlemen. But by-and-by
+they began to swear dreadfully, and the lady asked if they would be kind
+enough to say the bad words in Greek or Latin, so that she could not
+understand them. She did not want to hear the bad words, you see; they
+were like toads and vipers to her, because she loved what was pure and
+clean.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Keep your Language Pure. Do not Listen to Bad Words.
+
+
+
+
+XXV. PUNCTUALITY.
+
+
+61. Lewis and the School Picnic.
+
+There was once a little boy called Lewis, who had one bad fault--he was
+very, very slow; so slow, that I am afraid he was really lazy. He could
+do his sums quite well, but he was always the last boy to get them
+finished; and in a morning his mother had no end of trouble to get him
+off to school in time, he did everything so slowly. (Read the following
+sentence very deliberately, and allow the children to fill in the
+adverbs): He got out of bed (slowly), dressed himself (slowly), washed
+himself (slowly), laced his boots (slowly), ate his breakfast (slowly),
+and walked to school at the same pace (slowly).
+
+Now one day a gentleman came to the school, and told the teacher that he
+was going to take all the children in a boat down the river to have a
+picnic by the seaside. Could anything be more delightful? The scholars
+clapped their hands for gladness, and talked and thought of nothing but
+the picnic. It was to be on the very next day, and they were to start
+from the school at nine o'clock in the morning.
+
+"Lewis," said the teacher, "remember to be in time, for the boat will
+not wait!"
+
+The morning came, and Lewis was called by his mother at seven o'clock.
+"There is plenty of time," said Lewis, "I will lie a little longer;" and
+he did so. Then his mother called again, and this time he rose, but he
+went through all his work as slowly as ever, and all the time his mother
+was telling him to "hurry up" or he would be too late.
+
+At last he is ready to start; but just as he leaves the house a bell is
+rung. "What is that?" says Lewis; "it must be the bell of the steamer. I
+have no time to go round by the school; I must go straight to the pier,"
+and off he ran. But, alas! by the time he reached the pier the boat was
+steaming off. He could see the children with their pails and spades
+waving their handkerchiefs in glee, and there was he left behind!
+
+I was telling this story to a little boy once, and when it came to this
+part he said: "Oh, auntie! could not they get a little boat and take
+Lewis to the steamer? It is so hard for him to be left behind."
+
+But you see, boys and girls, we =must= be left behind, if we are slow
+and lazy.
+
+I am glad to tell you, however, that Lewis was cured of his fault by
+this disappointment. He really did try to get on more quickly
+afterwards, and he succeeded. At school he had his sums finished so soon
+that the teacher began to let him help the other boys who did not get on
+so well, and Lewis was quite proud and happy. Then he came to school so
+early that he was made "monitor," and had to put out the slates and
+books, ready for the others. So, after all, Lewis grew up to be smart
+and quick, and not like the man you will hear of in another story (Story
+Lesson 84), who grew worse as he grew older.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Do not be Slow and Lazy, or you will be always "Too Late".
+
+
+
+
+XXVI. ALL WORK HONOURABLE.
+
+
+62. The Chimney-sweep.
+
+"Mother," said little Frank, "I saw a man walking along the street
+to-day with a bundle of brushes in his hand, and such a black face. I
+was careful not to touch him as I passed, he looked so dirty--quite a
+'blackamoor'"!
+
+"Ah!" said his mother, "that was a chimney-sweep; he cannot =help= being
+dirty, and my little boy ought to feel very kindly to him, for we should
+be badly off without such men."
+
+Not many days afterwards there was a storm. How the wind blew and
+roared! All through the night it rattled the windows and whistled in the
+chimney. Frank's mother went downstairs early in the morning to make a
+fire, but as soon as she lighted it, puff! the smoke came down the
+chimney, and filled the room, and she was obliged to let the fire go
+out.
+
+Down came the children for breakfast, and Frank cried: "Is the fire not
+lighted, mother? I am so cold; and oh! the house =is= smoky."
+
+"I have tried to light a fire," said his mother, "but the smoke blows
+down the chimney. I think it needs sweeping; I shall have to give you
+milk for breakfast; there is no nice, hot coffee for you, because the
+fire will not burn."
+
+After breakfast Frank's brother went to fetch the chimney-sweep, who
+soon came, and with his long brushes brought down all the soot, which he
+carried away in a bag. Then the fire burned merrily, making the room
+look quite bright and cheerful, and Frank said: "Thank you, Mr.
+Chimney-sweep, for your good work. I will never call you 'blackamoor'
+again; and when I meet you in the street, I will not think you are too
+dirty to speak to."
+
+Frank had learnt two lessons:--
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          1. Some Work makes Men Black.
+          2. We must be kind to these Men, for we Need their Work.
+
+
+
+
+XXVII. BAD COMPANIONS.
+
+
+63. Playing with Pitch.
+
+You have seen the men at work mending the roads, and you know how
+sometimes they spread little stones all over the road, and then roll
+them flat with a steam-roller. But in some places the roads are laid
+with stones as large as bricks, and when these have all been placed
+together, the men take a large can with a spout, full of hot pitch, and
+pour it into the spaces between the stones to fasten them together.
+
+A little boy, named Martin, was watching the men do this one day, and he
+said to himself, "I should like a piece of that black stuff; it has
+cooled now, and looks like a black piece of dough; I could make all
+sorts of shapes with it, and I do not believe it would soil my hands".
+So he picked up a length that lay near him, rolled it into a ball, and
+put it in his pocket. Some of the tar stuck to his hands, and when he
+washed them it did not come off, but it was now school time, and away he
+went. When he came out of school, he put his hand in his pocket to get
+the tar, and oh, what a sticky mess it was! His pocket was all over tar,
+so was his hand, and when he reached home, his mother set to work to get
+it off, and it took her a long, long time.
+
+Martin was mistaken in thinking he could play with the pitch and not get
+soiled.
+
+
+64. Stealing Strawberries.
+
+When Martin grew older he had some playmates who were not very good, and
+his mother said, "Martin, I wish you would not play with those boys; I
+fear they will get you into trouble".
+
+"Oh! no, mother," replied Martin, "if they =wanted= me to do anything
+wrong I would not; I need not learn their bad ways if I =do= play with
+them." But his mother shook her head, for she knew better.
+
+Some time afterwards the boys had a half-holiday, and Martin went with
+his friends into the country. Presently they came to a large garden,
+with a high wall round it, and the boys began to climb the wall.
+
+"Where are you going?" asked Martin.
+
+"Oh!" said one of the boys, laughing, "a friend of ours owns this
+garden, and we are going to help him gather strawberries."
+
+There was a large bed of strawberries on the other side of the wall, and
+as soon as the boys were over, they began to pick and eat.
+
+What the boy had told Martin was quite untrue--they were =stealing= the
+strawberries; but before very long the gardener spied them, and with one
+or two other men came upon them so quietly, that they had no time to get
+away, and every boy was made prisoner. The gardener locked them up in
+the tool-house until the owner came, and he took their names and
+addresses, and said they should be brought before the magistrates, as it
+was not the first time they had stolen his fruit. Of course Martin had
+not been with them the other times, but he was caught with them now, and
+can you imagine how dreadfully ashamed he felt, and how his cheeks
+burned when he thought of his dear mother, and the trouble it would be
+to her. When he reached home, he told his mother all that had happened,
+and begged her forgiveness. His mother was greatly distressed, and said:
+"You remember playing with the pitch, Martin, when you were a very
+little boy--you thought you could handle it, and still keep clean, but
+you could not; so neither can you have bad companions without being
+mixed up in wrong-doing".
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          To mix with Bad Company is like Playing with Pitch.
+
+
+
+
+XXVIII. ON FORGETTING.
+
+
+65. Maggie's Birthday Present.
+
+It was Maggie's birthday, and her father brought her as a present
+something that she had been wishing for a very long time. It was a
+beautiful yellow canary, and its little house was the prettiest cage
+imaginable, for it was made of brass wire, which was so bright that you
+could almost think it was gold. Of course Maggie was delighted. "It is
+just what I have been wishing for," said she; "I shall feed the canary
+myself, and give it fresh water every day; it is the prettiest bird I
+ever saw."
+
+For some weeks Maggie remembered her little pet each day, and attended
+to all its wants, but there came a day when there was to be a picnic for
+all the school children, and Maggie was so excited and glad about the
+picnic that she forgot all about feeding the bird.
+
+Then next day there was hay-making, and she was in the field all day,
+and again forgot the poor bird.
+
+This went on for a few days, and when at last she =did= remember, and
+went to the cage, the bird was dead.
+
+Maggie was full of grief, and cried until her head ached, but she could
+not undo the results of her forgetting.
+
+Some people think it is a =little= fault to forget, but that cannot be,
+for we know well that "forgetting" often causes pain and suffering to
+others.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Forgetting often causes Pain.
+
+
+66. The Promised Drive.
+
+Daniel was a lame little boy. He could not walk at all, nor play about
+with the other children, so he was very puny and pale. His mother used
+to put his little chair near the door of the cottage where they lived,
+so that he could watch the people pass, and one day, as he sat there, a
+lady came by with a well-dressed little boy, and when she saw the
+pale-faced child she stopped and spoke to him, and then Daniel's mother
+came to the door, and invited her to step inside the cottage.
+
+The lady's little boy was called Emil, and he stood on the doorstep
+talking to Daniel, while the two mothers spoke together within the
+cottage. Emil, who was a kind-hearted little fellow, felt very sorry for
+the lame child, and when he found that Daniel was never able to go any
+farther than the street where he lived, Emil said: "I will ask my father
+to bring his carriage round and take you for a drive; I am sure he will,
+and then you can see the green fields and trees, and hear the birds
+sing".
+
+Daniel's little face flushed with pleasure, and he said; "Oh that would
+be lovely!"
+
+By-and-by the lady and her boy said "Good-bye," and went away, and then
+Daniel told his mother all that Emil had said. "Do you think he will
+come to-morrow, mother?" asked Daniel.
+
+"Perhaps not to-morrow, dear," replied she, "but some day soon maybe."
+
+So Daniel sat at the door each day, and waited for the carriage, but it
+never came, and when he grew too ill to sit up he would still lie and
+listen for the sound of the wheels, and say: "I think it will come
+to-day, mother," but it never did. And do you know why? Emil had
+forgotten to ask his father, and so Daniel waited in vain for the drive.
+
+You see how much pain and disappointment can be caused by forgetting,
+and when you promise to do a thing and forget to =keep= the promise it
+is just like telling an untruth. You do not =intend= to speak what is
+not the truth, but you do it all the same. Remember, then, that it is
+=not= a little fault to forget, and that those who do it are not
+building on the firm foundation of truth.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          When we Promise and Forget, we are not True.
+
+          _To the Parent or Teacher._--However culpable it
+          may be to break promises to adults (and it is in
+          reality nothing less than untruth), it is
+          infinitely worse to break faith with children. An
+          unredeemed promise is a sure way of shaking a
+          child's confidence in truth and goodness. Let us
+          keep our word with the little ones at whatever
+          cost.
+
+
+67. The Boy who Remembered.
+
+Little Elsie had a big brother called Jack, of whom she was very fond,
+and he was fond of Elsie also. Jack was about fifteen years old, and he
+was learning to be a sailor. When his ship came into port he used to
+come home for a few days, and then he would tell Elsie all about the
+places he had seen. One time the voyage had been very long, and Jack
+told Elsie that when the bread was all finished they had had to eat
+sea-biscuits instead.
+
+"How funny," said Elsie; "what are sea-biscuits like, Jack?"
+
+"They are very hard and round and thick," replied Jack.
+
+Elsie said she would like to see one, and Jack promised that when he
+went back to his ship he would send her one.
+
+It was not a great thing to promise, was it? But Elsie felt very
+important when the postman brought her a little parcel a day or two
+after Jack had left, and she was very glad when she opened it and found
+the promised biscuit.
+
+"There is one good thing about Jack," exclaimed Elsie, "he always does
+what he says." I think Jack would have been pleased to hear Elsie say
+that; it is one of the nicest things that =could= have been said about
+him. I hope it is true of all of us.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          To Forget is not a Little Thing.
+          Be True, and do what you say.
+
+
+
+
+XXIX. KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
+
+
+68. Lulu and the Sparrow.
+
+As Lulu came home from school one afternoon, she noticed three or four
+boys throwing stones at something--I hardly like to =tell= you what. It
+was a poor little brown sparrow that had somehow hurt its leg, and could
+not fly. However, this happened a great many years ago, and perhaps boys
+are less cruel now.
+
+Lulu could not bear to see the poor bird treated so badly, and she asked
+the boys to give it to her. At first they laughed, and went on throwing
+the stones; but she continued to beg for it so earnestly, that at last
+one of the boys said, "Let her have it". And Lulu was only too glad to
+pick up the wounded bird and carry it home. She nursed and fed it
+carefully, and put it in a warm place by the fire; but, in spite of all
+her care, the sparrow died in a few hours.
+
+Sometimes pain is necessary, as in Story Lesson 29; we should never
+think of saying the dentist was cruel; rather we should say he was kind,
+because he saved the monkey from =further= pain. But when we cause pain
+that is =needless=, as these boys did, it is =cruel=. They were cowardly
+also. If the bird had been an eagle, with strong claws that could have
+hurt them in return, would they have stoned it? No; they chose a poor
+little sparrow that could not defend itself, and this was =cowardly=.
+
+Then it was =unfair=. You do not like to be punished or found fault with
+if you have done nothing wrong; you feel it is not fair; neither is it
+fair to hurt a dumb animal that has done nothing wrong.
+
+
+69. Why we should be Kind to Animals.
+
+Just think how many things animals do for us. Where did the wool come
+from that makes your nice, warm clothes? (Let children answer.) How do
+we get the coals to our houses--the coals that make the bright, hot
+fires? (Ans.) What could we do without the brave, strong horses? I heard
+the other day of a man who did not give his horse enough to eat. What
+kind of man was he? (Ans.) I would rather be like the Arab, who loves
+his horse so much that he brings it into his tent, and shares his food
+and bed with it. Where do we get our milk, butter and cheese? (Ans.)
+Then think of all the stories of animals in this book, who have done
+kind, clever things (and all these stories are true). If boys and girls
+would =think=, I am quite sure they would never be unkind to animals.
+
+
+70. The Butterfly.
+
+One day a boy was chasing a butterfly, cap in hand, and just as he had
+caught it, a bee stung him. He was so angry that he threw the butterfly
+down and trampled on it. Was not that cruel? The butterfly had done him
+no harm, and the greatest skill in the world could not paint anything so
+delicate and beautiful as a butterfly's wing; and yet he destroyed that
+beauty. Sometimes children will hunt spiders out of the crevices in the
+wall and torture them, and others will torment the little fly, or steal
+the bird's pretty eggs that the mother sits on with such care. All this
+is cruel and unkind. Remember it is =not noble= to hurt. The truest
+gentleman is he who is full of kindness and gentleness and will not hurt
+anything.
+
+
+71. The Kind-hearted Dog.
+
+Have you ever seen children riding donkeys at the seaside? and have you
+noticed how the boys beat the poor things sometimes to make them go
+faster? I do not think a =kind= boy or girl would like to have a donkey
+beaten. I hope =you= would not.
+
+There was once a little dog who could not bear to see any creature
+beaten. If any one were ill-treating a dog he would rush up and bark
+quite angrily, and when he was driving in the dog-cart with his master,
+he always used to hold the sleeve of his master's coat every time he
+touched the horse with the whip, as if he would have said, "Do not beat
+him, please". Now, if a =dog= knows that it is not kind to hurt dumb
+creatures, we are sure boys and girls know.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          To Hurt Animals is Cruel, for the pain is needless.
+          It is Unfair, for they do not deserve it.
+          It is Cowardly, for often they cannot hurt you in return.
+
+
+
+
+XXX. BAD TEMPER.
+
+
+72. How Paul was Cured.
+
+Paul was a little boy who was very fond of having his own way, and when
+he could not get it he used to throw himself into the most dreadful
+tempers. He would take his pocket-handkerchief and tear it all to pieces
+in his rage, not to mention lying on the floor and kicking with his
+heels. One day his governess said to him, "Paul, I will tell you a true
+story". Paul sat down ready to listen, for he loved stories, so the
+governess began:--
+
+"There was once a little boy, bright, honest and truthful, always ready
+to run messages for his mother, or to help a schoolmate with his
+lessons, he was so good-natured. But Henry (for that was his name) had
+one great fault--he would get into violent passions when any one vexed
+him, and as he grew older his passion became stronger, and had the
+mastery of him more and more. He was a sailor, and as time went on he
+had a ship of his own, and was captain of it. Henry could manage the
+ship well; he knew just how to turn the wheel to make her go East or
+West, and he knew also how to trim the sails to make the ship move
+swiftly along. If he could have controlled his temper as he did his
+ship, all might have been well. But he used to be very angry with the
+sailors when they did not please him, and one day when the cabin-boy had
+done something that vexed him, the captain in a fit of passion beat the
+poor boy so cruelly that he died. When the ship came home the captain
+was taken to prison, and in the end he lost =his= life for having taken
+the boy's life."
+
+The governess paused, and Paul gazed up into her face with wide-open,
+anxious eyes. "Is =that= what happens to boys who get into a passion?"
+he asked.
+
+"It happened to the captain," said she.
+
+"Then I will never give way to passion again if it has such a dreadful
+ending," said Paul, and the governess told me that he kept his word.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          If Bad Temper gets the Mastery, it leads to sad Results.
+
+
+73. The Young Horse.
+
+Edgar was riding in the train with his mother one day. He sat next the
+window, as children like to do, so that he could see all that was going
+on. How the train speeds along! now passing through a tunnel, then out
+again into the sunshine; next it goes over a long row of arches built
+across a valley, and called a viaduct. "How high up we seem to be," said
+Edgar; "see, mother, the river is down there ever so far below!" Now
+they are passing through fields again, and there, looking over the
+hedge, is a beautiful young horse. But as the train whirls by, the horse
+runs off and scampers round and round the field. Edgar watched him as
+long as he could see, and then he said: "What a lovely horse, mother!
+how I should like to ride him!"
+
+"The horse is of no use for riding yet, Edgar," said his mother.
+
+"Why?" asked Edgar.
+
+"Because he has not yet learnt to obey a rider," replied she; "the horse
+has to wear bit and bridle before he can be of use, and to learn by them
+to be controlled. A horse that could not be managed would run away with
+you, just as poor Henry's temper ran away with him (Story Lesson 72)."
+
+Bad tempers and bad habits are like wild horses: they take us where they
+will, and get us into sad trouble if we do not bridle them, so we must
+take care =not= to let the temper be master, but bridle it just as the
+horse-trainer bridles the horse.
+
+"I should think the horse does not like the bit and bridle at first,"
+said Edgar.
+
+"Very likely not," replied his mother; "but he would not be the useful,
+patient animal that he is if he did not submit."
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Horse has to be Held in by Bit and Bridle.
+          We Must Bridle Temper and Bad Habit.
+
+
+
+
+XXXI. SELFISHNESS.
+
+
+74. The Child on the Coach.
+
+It was summer, and we were riding on the top of the coach through one of
+the loveliest parts of Scotland. The coach had five seats with four
+persons on each, so you may easily find out how many people there were.
+On the next seat to ours sat a lady with a little spoilt boy, about four
+years of age, who was very hard to please, and very discontented and
+unhappy. You will not be much surprised to hear that presently he began
+to cry, for spoilt children often do that, but I do not think you could
+ever guess the =reason=. His mother was speaking to a lady on the seat
+behind, and when the child was asked, "What is the matter?" he said,
+"Mamma is not attending to me when I speak to her," and =that= was why
+he cried. He wanted his mother to attend to =him=, to speak to him all
+the time, and that was selfish. He was only a very little child, but he
+thought too much of that ugly word--=self=, and that was why he was so
+discontented and unhappy.
+
+I knew another little child who was always wanting some one to play with
+her; she never tried to amuse herself, but was continually teasing her
+mother to join in her games. It is better to be like little Elsie (Story
+Lesson 21) who when only a year old thought of the comfort of others.
+
+
+75. Edna and the Cherries.
+
+One day a lady called at a cottage where there lived a little girl,
+named Edna, who was playing on the hearth-rug with another little girl,
+Lizzie. The lady had come to see Edna's grandmamma, but she had not
+forgotten that Edna lived there, and she brought out of her basket a
+little paper bag full of ripe cherries, and gave them to the child. Edna
+did not forget to say "thank you," then she took the little bag, put it
+on a chair, and peeped inside; she was only two years old, and could not
+have reached the table. As soon as she saw the pretty, red cherries, she
+toddled to her little friend, and holding out the bag, said, "Lizzie
+some". When Lizzie had taken a handful, she went to her grandmother, and
+said, "Grandmamma some," and then with a shy, little glance at the lady,
+she placed the bag in her lap, and said, "Lady some".
+
+Last of all she helped her dear little self, and so we say that Edna was
+=un=selfish, that means =not= selfish. Baby Edna did not know about the
+Temple we all have to make, but she was building it just the same.
+Perhaps "Selfless" and "Thoughtful" were helping her to find the stones!
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Think First of Others, Last of Self.
+
+
+76. The Boy who liked always to Win.
+
+We all like to win when we play games, and that is quite right, but
+Johnny liked =so much= to win that he was cross and unhappy if any one
+else was winning, and did not enjoy the game at all; I am afraid that he
+even cheated sometimes to win. Now all that was downright selfish; it
+reminds one of a story--a sort of fairy-tale--about Minerva and
+Arachne.
+
+Arachne said to Minerva, "Let us see who can spin the best". So they
+began to spin, and when Minerva saw that Arachne was beating her at the
+spinning, she struck her on the head with a spindle, and turned poor
+Arachne into a spider. It is a pity when people are so anxious to win
+that it makes them selfish.
+
+Selfishness is an ugly stone to have in your Temple, dear children. Just
+as Thoughtfulness is one of the most beautiful stones, so Selfishness is
+one of the ugliest. Try not to let it come into your lives at all. No
+one likes a selfish child, but everybody loves the child who =forgets=
+self and thinks of others.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Try to be Glad when Others Win, as well as when you Win Yourself.
+
+
+77. The two Boxes of Chocolate.
+
+It was Christmas time, and on Christmas Eve the children hung up their
+stockings as usual. Next morning they were awake early, and eagerly
+turned out the stockings to see what they contained. Among other things
+Horace and Stanley found that they each had a beautiful large
+picture-box full of lovely chocolate creams.
+
+After dinner on Christmas Day Stanley brought out his box, and handed it
+round to everybody, and by the next day his chocolates were all
+finished.
+
+But Horace hid his box away in a drawer, and kept going to it, and
+taking out a few at a time, so his chocolates lasted much longer than
+Stanley's, and he ate them all himself, but we are obliged to say that
+he was rather selfish. "Shared joy is double joy," and of the two boys
+we are sure that Stanley would be the happier.
+
+Shall I tell you a little secret? Selfishness will spoil the =other=
+stones if you let it come into your Temple, and as to the =gold=--the
+lovely gold of "Kindness" that the little "Gold-wings" brought--Selfishness
+will =eat it all away= in time. I am sure we all hate selfishness; let
+us write down
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          We will not have the Ugly Stone "Selfishness" in our Temple.
+
+
+78. Eva.[15]
+
+Eva was not a very big girl, and her boots were generally cleaned by the
+older ones, but one day her mother said, "Eva, I wish you would brush
+your own boots this morning, we are all so busy".
+
+"Oh mother!" said Eva, "you know it gives me a headache to brush boots,
+and I shall make my hands so dirty, and perhaps bespatter the floor with
+blacking as well." I am afraid Eva was rather a spoilt little girl, and
+this had made her somewhat selfish.
+
+Half an hour later her mother came into the room again, just as Eva was
+lacing up her boots, and she inquired who had made them so bright and
+shiny. It was Eva's elder sister, Mary, and Eva knew that her mother was
+not pleased, but nothing more was said.
+
+In the afternoon Mary and her mother went out shopping, and Eva hurried
+home from school, although she would have liked very much to stay for a
+while and play with the other girls. But she wanted to give mother a
+surprise. First she put the kettle on the fire, and then she laid the
+table all neatly and nicely, ready for tea. When everything was in its
+place, she went to the door several times to look for her mother and
+sister; at last she saw they were just turning the corner of the street,
+and Eva ran along to meet them, and said, "Come away, mother, tea is
+quite ready; I have been looking for you and Mary ever so long". And
+dear mother knew what it all meant.
+
+It meant that Eva had been listening to the Good Voice, and that she was
+sorry she had been so selfish in the morning. The Good Voice says
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Don't be Selfish. Help all you can.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[15] See No. 3 _New Recitations for Infants_, p. 8.
+
+
+
+
+XXXII. CARELESSNESS.
+
+
+79. The Misfortunes of Elinor.
+
+Elinor was a great anxiety to her mother, for she was always either
+tearing her clothes, or forgetting, or losing something--all because she
+was so careless. One day at tea Elinor was taking the cup which her
+mother had just filled, but as she was not looking at it, nor taking any
+care, it tilted over and fell against a tall flower-vase that stood in
+the centre of the table. The vase was broken, and the tablecloth deluged
+with tea and water--all for want of a little care.
+
+Another day Elinor's mother gave her a shilling, and sent her to the
+shop for some fruit, but she lost the money, and returned empty-handed.
+
+Coming home from school one day, she was poking her umbrella about in a
+little stream of water that the rain had made along the side of the
+road, when the tip of the stick caught in a grate and broke off, so the
+umbrella was spoilt. I could tell you many more things about poor
+careless Elinor, but these are enough to show how bad it is not to take
+care. Sometimes people have taken poison instead of medicine by being
+careless, and not noticing the label on the bottle; and sometimes a
+train has been wrecked, and lives lost, because the engine-driver was
+careless about noticing the signal.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Do not be Careless; it brings Trouble.
+
+
+
+
+XXXIII. ON BEING OBSTINATE.
+
+
+80. How Daisy's Holiday was Spoilt.
+
+Daisy's aunt had invited her to go and spend the day with her cousin
+Violet, and to Daisy, who lived in the town, it was a very great treat;
+for Violet's father and mother lived at a farm, and when Daisy went
+there, the two little girls spent the whole day out in the open air,
+climbing on the hay, playing "hide and seek" in the barn, or helping to
+milk the cows. The last time Daisy went to the farm, however, she had
+taken cold, and her mother found that she had been playing without coat
+and hat, so on this occasion she said, "Daisy, I want you to promise me
+that you will keep your outdoor things on when you are playing with
+Violet, for the day is cold".
+
+Daisy did not answer, and when her mother again asked her, she would not
+promise. The omnibus which was to take Daisy to the farm would pass at
+nine o'clock, and the time was drawing near, but still Daisy was
+self-willed and would not give in. (Oh, Daisy! that is =not= the Good
+Voice you are listening to, you will be sorry afterwards.) The omnibus
+came rumbling down the street, and Daisy sprang up ready to go.
+
+"Do you promise, Daisy?" asked her mother; "I cannot let you go unless
+you do;" but Daisy was still obstinate, and the omnibus went quickly
+past. A minute after she burst into tears, and cried, "I =will= promise,
+mother," but by this time the omnibus was too far on its way, and there
+was not another until two o'clock. At this time Daisy was allowed to go,
+but what a pity that she should lose half a day's pleasure, and
+disappoint her cousin, as well as grieving her dear mother, all for the
+sake of wanting her own way. You remember what we said about mother
+knowing best in "Obedience" (Story Lesson 6). When we are obstinate, we
+want to please =ourselves= instead of some one else, so you can see that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          It is Selfish to be Obstinate;
+          Better give in; Mother Knows Best.
+
+
+
+
+XXXIV. GREEDINESS.
+
+
+81. Stephen and the Buns.
+
+It was breaking-up day at school, and the children were having buns and
+tea. Each child had brought a clean pocket-handkerchief, and spread it
+on the desk for a tablecloth. Then the teacher gave out the buns; nice
+large buns they were, with sugar on the top, and there were just a few
+left over, after one had been given to each child. Next a cup of tea was
+placed on each desk, and the tea-party went on merrily.
+
+But why does Stephen take such large bites, and fill his mouth so full?
+And why is he eating so quickly? See, his bun is finished now, and he is
+asking for another! "Oh! Stephie, naughty boy, you have gobbled up your
+bun as fast as you could, because you were afraid the buns left over
+would be used up before you asked for more. That was =greedy=."
+
+Do not be greedy, boys and girls. Never mind how hungry you are; eat
+slowly and nicely, and pass things to others. It is so selfish to think
+only of your =own= wants, and not to care how other people are getting
+on. "Greediness" is an ugly word, and no one likes to see greedy
+children.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          It is Rude and Vulgar to be Greedy.
+
+
+
+
+XXXV. BOASTING.
+
+
+82. The Stag and his Horns.
+
+Have you ever seen a stag with its graceful, branching horns?
+
+There is a fable told of a stag who went to a pool to drink, and seeing
+himself reflected in the water, he said: "Dear me, how beautiful are my
+horns; what a nice, graceful appearance they give to me! My legs are
+quite slender, and not at all beautiful, but my horns are handsome."
+When the hunters came, however, the stag found that his slender legs
+were very useful, for by means of them he could run away from his
+enemies, and if it had not been that his horns caught in the branches of
+a tree and held him fast, he might have escaped.
+
+You see how foolish it was of the stag to =boast= about his fine horns;
+and we are just as foolish when =we= boast of anything that we have, or
+of anything we can do.
+
+Boasting often leads to untruth, as in (Story Lesson 11) "The Three
+Feathers". It is always vulgar to pretend that we are better than our
+neighbours, and people who boast generally try to make one believe that
+they =are= cleverer or richer or better than somebody else. Let us be
+like the modest violet, who hides her beauty, rather than be boastful
+and foolish, as the stag was.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          It is Foolish and Vulgar to Boast.
+
+
+
+
+XXXVI. WASTEFULNESS.
+
+
+83. The Little Girl who was Lost.
+
+A little girl wandered away from home one morning and got lost in a
+wood. She tried in vain to find the way home again, but she could not,
+and then she sat down and cried, for she was so tired, and oh! =so=
+hungry. She thought of the many crusts of bread and pieces of meat that
+she had often left on her plate at home, and how glad she would have
+been to eat them now. It was evening when her friends found her, and
+took her safely home; we will hope that she remembered that hungry day
+in the woods, and did not waste any more pieces of bread afterwards.
+
+If you think of the many poor people who have scarcely enough to eat,
+you will see how wrong it is to waste anything. When we have more than
+we need, let us give it to those who have not enough, and never forget
+that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          It is Wrong to Waste.
+
+
+
+
+XXXVII. LAZINESS.
+
+
+84. The Sluggard.
+
+You will hear of a great king (in Story Lesson 90) who had a throne of
+ivory overlaid with gold. When you are old enough to read the words he
+wrote (Proverbs) you will find that he always kept his eyes wide open
+and noticed things.
+
+As the king was taking a walk one day, he passed by a vineyard, which
+is another name for a grape-garden, and he noticed that the wall was
+broken down. He looked farther, and saw that the vines were all trailing
+on the ground, instead of being tied up, and worse still, they were all
+grown over with nettles and thorns--the beautiful grape vines that give
+such rich, delicious fruit. "How is this?" thought the king, and he
+began to consider. "Ah!" said he, "this vineyard belongs to the man who
+likes 'a little sleep,' 'a little slumber,' and who would rather fold
+his hands and go to sleep again than use them to work in his garden. And
+what will be the end of it all? He will soon be poor, and have nothing
+to eat, while his lovely grapes which would have sold for money if he
+had looked after them, lie there buried and spoilt by the nettles and
+thorns."
+
+It is quite right to sleep through the dark night, but this man slept in
+the daytime as well, instead of weeding his garden, and tying up the
+grapes, so we say he was a sluggard. What an ugly word it is! Would
+=you= like to be a sluggard? No, indeed you would not. Then remember
+this:--
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Never be Lazy.
+
+
+
+
+XXXVIII. ON BEING ASHAMED.
+
+
+85. The Elephant that Stole the Cakes.[16]
+
+Far away in a country called India there are many elephants, which are
+used for hunting, and also for carrying burdens.
+
+One evening a driver brought his elephant home, and chained him to a
+tree; then he went a short distance away, and made an oven to bake his
+cakes for supper. You will wonder how this was done.
+
+First he dug a hole in the ground, in which to place his fuel, and when
+he had set the fuel alight, he covered it with a flat stone or plate of
+iron, and on this he put his rice cakes to bake. He then covered them up
+with grass and stones and went away.
+
+The elephant had been watching all this, and when the man was gone, he
+unfastened the chain which was round his leg with his trunk, went to the
+oven, uncovered the cakes, and took them off with his trunk and ate
+them. (Perhaps he waited a little while until they cooled, for the
+elephant does not like his food hot.) Then he put back the grass as
+before, and returned to the tree. He could not manage to fasten the
+chain round his leg again, so he just twisted it round as well as he
+could, and stood with his back to the oven as if nothing had happened.
+
+By-and-by the driver returned, and went to see if his cakes were ready.
+They were all gone, and the elephant was peeping over his shoulder to
+see what would happen next. The driver knew by his guilty look that =he=
+was the thief; the elephant knew he had done wrong and was ashamed.
+
+Let us not do anything that we need be ashamed of. We know what is right
+better than the elephant, because we can think better.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Do nothing that you need be ashamed of.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[16] Romanes' _Animal Intelligence_.
+
+
+
+
+XXXIX. EARS AND NO EARS.
+
+
+86. Heedless Albert.
+
+"Listen, boys," said the teacher, "I am going to tell you about a land
+across the sea, not much more than twenty miles from England--the sunny
+land of France." So he went on to tell them of the vines loaded with
+grapes, from which wine is made; of the apples growing by the roadside,
+and of the French people, how gay and merry they are, and how neatly the
+poor people dress.
+
+Many more interesting things he told them, and then he said: "Now, take
+your papers, and write down all that you can remember about France". The
+boys set to work, and soon all were very busy, except one--a boy named
+Albert, who could not think of anything to write, and who, when the
+papers were collected had not managed to pen a single line. How was
+this, do you think? It was simply because he had =not attended= to the
+teacher when he was speaking, and so he could not remember anything that
+had been told him.
+
+One day, when Albert was about ten years old, his mother sent him to a
+farm for some eggs. He had not been to the farm before, but his mother
+told him exactly which way to go, and if he had listened he could have
+found it easily.
+
+In about an hour Albert came back, swinging the empty basket. He had not
+been able to find the farm. Why? Because he did not =attend= when his
+mother was telling him the way.
+
+You will readily see that a child who does not attend cannot learn
+much, and will never be bright and clever, nor of much use in helping
+others.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Do not be Heedless; Listen and Attend.
+
+
+87. Olive and Gertie.
+
+Olive and Gertie were walking along a country road, and high up in the
+sky a lark poured forth his sweet song.
+
+"How beautifully that skylark sings," said Olive; "it is worth while to
+come out into the country just to hear it."
+
+"I did not hear it," said Gertie, swinging her parasol.
+
+"It is there, right overhead," exclaimed Olive; "do look, Gertie; it
+will drop like a stone when it gets nearer the ground."
+
+"Oh! I cannot trouble to look up," replied Gertie, "it makes my neck
+ache."
+
+By-and-by they passed a field of oats, nearly ripe, and as the wind
+swayed them to and fro, they made a pleasant rustling sound.
+
+"How nice it is to hear the corn as it rustles in the wind," said Olive,
+"and listen, Gertie, is not this a pretty tinkling sound?"
+
+Olive had plucked one of the ears of oats, and was shaking its little
+bells close to her friend's ear.
+
+"It is nothing," said Gertie.
+
+"To me it is lovely," replied Olive, "and the tinkle of the harebells is
+just as sweet."
+
+Then a bee went buzzing by, and Olive liked to hear its drowsy hum, but
+Gertie did not notice it.
+
+Presently they were on the edge of the cliffs, and could hear the splash
+of the waves as they rolled in and broke on the beach.
+
+"Surely you like to hear 'the song of the sea,'" said Olive, but Gertie
+made no reply--she was thinking of something else.
+
+Do not be like Gertie, who seemed as if she had "No Ears," but, like
+Olive, keep your ears open to all the sweet and pleasant sounds.
+
+The fire makes a pleasant sound as it burns and crackles in the grate,
+and who does not like to hear the "singing" of the kettle on the hob?
+How musical is the flow of the stream, and do you not love to hear the
+splash of the oars as they dip in the river? or the sound made by the
+bow of the boat as it cuts through the water? Some people like to hear
+the "thud" of a great steamer as it ploughs its way through the sea, and
+everybody loves the sound of the wind as it whispers in the trees.
+
+The sounds that we hear in the fields and woods are called "voices of
+nature," let us listen to them, for they speak to us of God's love.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Listen to the Voices of Nature;
+          They Speak of God's Love.
+
+          (Let the children enumerate some of the pleasant
+          "sounds" mentioned, and the teacher might then
+          write them on the Blackboard.)
+
+
+
+
+XL. EYES AND NO EYES.
+
+
+88. The Two Brothers.
+
+Have you ever heard of the "Black Country"? It is a part of England
+where there are many furnaces and iron-works, and a great deal of smoke;
+that is why it is called by this name.
+
+Two boys, named Francis and Algie, lived in this district, for their
+father was an iron-worker, and one evening they went out for a long
+walk. They were away two or three hours, and when they returned their
+mother said: "Well, boys, what did you see in your walk?"
+
+"Nothing, mother," replied Algie, "there is nothing pretty to be seen;
+it is all black and ugly."
+
+"Ah!" said Francis, "but there was the =sky=, and that was beautiful,
+for we were walking towards the sunset, and the colours were changing
+all the time. First the sky seemed to be all over gold, and then as the
+sun went down it changed to red; next when I looked there were shades of
+a lovely green or blue, which soon changed to dark red; it was the
+loveliest sunset I have ever seen."
+
+How strange it was that, although both boys had eyes, only one of them
+saw anything worth seeing! Francis was the boy with "eyes," while Algie
+was as though he had "no eyes". Keep your eyes open, children, and try
+to see all that is beautiful. It is such a pity when people grow up and
+walk about without seeing anything. There is always something to see in
+the sky. Sometimes it is all a lovely blue, with white, fleecy clouds
+floating across it, or piled up in curly masses; and at night it is of
+a deeper blue, and the stars come peeping out, reminding us in their
+beauty of goodness and God:--
+
+          Thou Who hast sown the sky with stars--
+            Setting Thy thoughts in gold.
+
+And the silver moon, which is always changing its shape, how lovely that
+is! Do not forget to look for the beauty of the sky.
+
+
+89. Ruby and the Wall.
+
+Little Ruby was not two years old, but she always noticed things, and
+tried to find out their names.
+
+One day when she was walking out with her auntie they passed a stone
+wall. Ruby looked at it, and then glancing up said, "Wall".
+
+"Yes," said auntie. "What is the wall made of?"
+
+"Coal," answered Ruby quite seriously. (I suppose the blocks of stone
+reminded her of the same shape in the coals.)
+
+"No, it is not coal," said auntie.
+
+Ruby was puzzled, and thought for a little, then she said, "Wash it".
+
+You see she had never heard the word "stone," and as her little hands,
+when dirty, became lighter coloured with =washing=, she thought that
+stone must be "washed" coal. It was wrong, of course, but it shows you
+that tiny Ruby used her eyes, and =thought= about things.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Two kinds of eyes:--
+                1. Eyes that See--Francis, Ruby.
+                2. Eyes that do not See--Algie.
+
+
+
+
+XLI. LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL.[17]
+
+
+90. The Daisy.
+
+You have often gathered buttercups and daisies, but have you ever gazed
+into the daisy's yellow eye, and thought how wonderful it was? You will
+find that it is made up of many tiny flowerets, all packed closely
+together. And the fringe of white petals, tipped with pink, how
+beautiful =they= are! and so dainty that we might almost think they had
+been painted by the pencil of a fairy! And have you noticed the strong,
+green cup which closes round the petals at night, and keeps them all
+safe?
+
+You have held the pretty buttercup under your chin to make it look
+yellow, but have you ever looked carefully at the shining petals of
+gold? How smooth, and clear, and glossy they are!
+
+There was once a great, wise king, who was so rich that he had plates
+and cups of gold instead of china. He made a beautiful throne of ivory,
+with six lions on the one side and six on the other, and the throne was
+all overlaid with gold; how bright and glittering it would be! And then
+picture the king himself in his robes of state, seated on his gilded
+throne, how dazzling and beautiful it would all look! And yet the
+greatest Teacher who ever lived--He who took the little children in his
+arms--said that the great King Solomon, with his throne of ivory and
+gold, "in all his glory" was not so beautiful as the lily growing in the
+field. So you see the best of all beauty is close beside us, at our
+feet indeed, if we only have eyes to see it.
+
+          Dear little modest daisy,
+            I love your yellow eye,
+          I love the pink-tipped petals
+            That round the centre lie;
+          I love the pretty buttercup
+            Of lovely, shining gold;
+          I love it, for it speaks to me,
+            Of wondrous love untold.
+
+You have heard of other beautiful sights and sounds in the Story Lessons
+that have gone before (87, 88), and in the Story Lesson which follows
+you will learn =why= it is good to love all these beautiful things.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[17] The guessing rhymes, Nos. 74 to 82, headed "Natural Phenomena," in
+_Games Without Music_, would follow this Story Lesson appropriately.
+
+
+
+
+XLII. ON DESTROYING THINGS.
+
+
+91. Beauty and Goodness.
+
+Why do we hang pictures on the walls, and put plants in the windows?
+Because we want to make the room look pretty.
+
+Why do we love the flowers and the trees, the bright green fields and
+the waving yellow corn? Why are we so glad to be near the sea, with its
+glorious, rolling waves, and to bask in the warm, bright rays of the
+sun? Because they are =all= beautiful, and when we love what is
+beautiful it helps us to love what is good; and when we love =goodness=
+we love God, who gave us all this beauty.
+
+Now you will see why it is so wicked to =destroy= beautiful things. When
+a boy carves his name on a tree, or breaks off its graceful branches,
+he =destroys= that which is good, instead of loving it; and how can he
+grow up gentle and true if he does not love beauty and goodness?
+Sometimes people put iron railings round their gardens, and you will
+have noticed that they are often finished off with a pointed pattern at
+the top, to make them look pretty. When a boy comes along and knocks off
+the points, he makes the railings look =ugly= instead of pretty. He
+would never think of destroying the pictures that hang on the walls of
+his home, or of throwing the plants away that stand in the window, yet
+he destroys things that are =not his=, and that other people have put
+there to make their houses look nice. I am sure you will say this is not
+right; it is =downright wrong=, just as wrong as it would be for me to
+go and break that boy's slate, or to snap his wickets in two when he is
+wanting a game of cricket, and it is all for want of =thinking=.
+
+It is quite dreadful to know that so many cruel, unkind things are done,
+just because boys and girls do not trouble to =think=! But I hope that
+=you=, dear children, =will think=, and keep your little hands from
+spoiling anything.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          It is Wrong to Spoil and Destroy.
+
+
+
+
+XLIII. ON TURNING BACK WHEN WRONG.
+
+
+92. The Lost Path.
+
+A boy named Eric was coming home from school. There were two ways that
+he could take--one was a path through the fields, and the other was a
+winding road. It was winter time, and there was snow on the ground. Eric
+chose the field path, for it was the shorter of the two, but he had not
+gone far when it began to snow very fast. The snow-flakes were so large,
+and fell so quickly, that there was very soon quite a thick carpet on
+the ground, and before long Eric found that he could not see the path,
+and he scarcely knew where he was. If he had only turned round just
+then, he could have seen his own footprints in the snow, and following
+them, would have got back to the road safely, but he did not want to do
+this, so he went on and on until he was lost entirely, and had not the
+least idea as to which was the way home.
+
+Then he determined to turn back, and try to reach the road, but where
+are his footprints? All covered up with snow. Eric felt ready to cry,
+but he struggled on as long as he could, and then a great drowsiness
+came over him, and he fell down in the snow.
+
+It is just like that with wrong-doing, if we do not turn back at once,
+it becomes more and more difficult to find the path, and sometimes the
+wrong-doer loses it altogether.
+
+When Eric did not come home from school his parents became very anxious,
+and his father accompanied by the dog went out to seek him. First he
+took the way by the road, then he came over the field-path, and the dog
+ran sniffing about in the snow, until he came to what looked like a
+white mound, and there was Eric half-buried in the snow. You can imagine
+how pleased the father was when he had his boy safe in his arms, and how
+gladly he carried him home, for if Eric had not been found quickly, he
+must have died. Remember Eric in the snow, and
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          When you have gone Wrong, Turn Back at Once.
+
+
+
+
+XLIV. ONE BAD "STONE" MAY SPOIL THE "TEMPLE".
+
+
+93. Intemperance.
+
+From all these Story Lessons you will see that there are a great many
+"stones" for the building of "character".
+
+But there is another thought, which is this: a =bad= "stone," =one= bad
+"stone" may spoil =all= the rest. You remember we said (Story Lesson 77)
+that Selfishness could spoil a character. And there is another fault--I
+think we ought to call it a sin--that spoils the character of many an
+up-grown person. I mean the sin of Intemperance. You know what that is,
+do you not? When we say that people are intemperate, we generally mean
+that they take too much beer or wine, and I have known most beautiful
+characters spoilt by that bad "stone".
+
+When a man has lovely "stones" like Kindness, Unselfishness and Truth in
+his Temple, is it not a pity that these should be all eaten away by the
+dreadful sin of Intemperance? Even truth, the foundation, decays, and
+often the lovely temple of character tumbles all to ruins.
+
+What should you think is the best thing for children to do? Is it not
+this? Never =take= any of these things that =cause= Intemperance, and
+then you will never be fond of them, and they will never get the mastery
+of you and spoil your character.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          It is Better not to Take Things that Cause
+          Intemperance.
+
+
+
+
+2.--MANNERS.
+
+
+
+
+XLV. PRELIMINARY.
+
+(To be read first.)
+
+
+94. The Watch and its Springs.
+
+You have heard the ticking of your father's watch, and have seen the
+hands on its face, but did you ever get a peep inside at the wonderful
+tiny wheels and springs? These are called the =works=, and if =they= are
+not right and true the hands and the face are of no use at all, because
+it is only when the =wheels= and =springs= work properly that the hands
+can tell the time correctly.
+
+It is just the same with us. If the =character= is true and good, it
+will not be difficult to be polite and nice in manner, for manners are
+the =outside= part of us (just as the hands and face are the outside
+parts of the watch). The kind, good thoughts =within=--in our
+hearts--will teach us how to behave.
+
+There is nothing that makes people so rude as thinking of self and
+forgetting the comfort of others; some call it "Thoughtlessness," but we
+fear the true name is "Selfishness". If we are =un=selfish and
+thoughtful for others, we shall not be likely to do anything that
+=hurts= people, and so we shall not be likely to be rude.
+
+In the Story Lessons on "Manners" which follow, just see if you can find
+out what it is that causes each rude action. You will probably say that
+it is "=want of thought=" for others.
+
+          (The writer would ask the teacher, or mother, who
+          reads the following Story Lessons to the little
+          ones to emphasise this fact in each--that =thought
+          for others= induces nice manners, while
+          "Thoughtlessness" and "Selfishness" invariably
+          lead to rudeness. Spoilt children, and those whose
+          mothers are in the habit of doing everything for
+          them, =miss= the training in "Thoughtfulness for
+          others" which is so essential to the building up
+          of an unselfish character; and so the mother's
+          intended kindness is in reality =not= kindness,
+          seeing that it causes distinct loss to the child,
+          _viz._, =loss= of those traits of character which
+          are the most desirable, and which tend to the
+          greatest happiness.)
+
+
+
+
+XLVI. ON SAYING "PLEASE" AND "THANK YOU".[18]
+
+
+95. Fairy Tale of Alec and his Toys.
+
+Alec was a merry little fellow, full of life and fun, and a great
+favourite with his aunties and uncles, who often gave him nice presents.
+
+The strange thing about Alec was that he always forgot to say "Thank
+you". No matter how beautiful the present, he would just take it and
+play with it, and return no thanks to the kind giver, until his mother
+reminded him how rude it was not to say "Thank you". Alec was not like
+little Vernon (Story Lesson 44), who was brimming over with thanks.
+
+One night as Alec's mother was putting him to bed, she said: "Alec, I
+have been reading some verses about a little girl who would not say
+'Please'. She would cry 'Pass me the butter,' 'Give me some cheese'. So
+the fairies, 'this very rude maiden to tease,' carried her down into the
+woods, among the butterflies and birds and bees, until she should have
+learnt better manners."
+
+Alec listened with wide-open eyes fixed on his mother's face, but when
+she said, "I wonder what the fairies would do with a little boy who
+always forgets to say 'Thank you,'" his eyes dropped, and he was very
+quiet while his mother was tucking him in his little cot.
+
+When she had gone Alec thought to himself, "Suppose the fairies should
+come and take all my toys away," then he fell asleep, and this is what
+happened.
+
+The fairies =did= come, and Alec saw them. Such funny little fellows
+they were, dressed in red, with funny little wings stuck out behind, and
+the funniest of little peaked caps on their heads.
+
+Alec began to wonder about his toys, and sure enough they had come to
+fetch them. First they picked up a beautiful, long railway train, which
+was a present from Aunt Sophie. It took them all to lift it, there were
+so many carriages. (Why do they not draw it along? thought Alec.) Up on
+their shoulders it went. Would the peaked caps fall off? No, they were
+all tilted sideways, and the train was borne safely out.
+
+Soon the funny little fairies came dancing in again, laughing and
+rubbing their hands as they looked all about. Surely they were not going
+to take the Noah's ark! =That= was Uncle Jack's present, and the animals
+were such beauties! But that did not matter to the fairies. Slowly the
+ark was lifted on their shoulders; six fairies were on one side and six
+on the other; again the peaked caps were tilted sideways, and solemnly
+they all marched out.
+
+Next time they pulled out a wooden horse, papa's gift, and Alec saw that
+the fairies all jumped on its back, and then a funny thing happened--the
+horse walked out of its own accord.
+
+Again and again they came in and bore away one precious toy after
+another, until there was nothing left but grandpapa's gift--the
+tricycle. Surely they will leave that! Alec never knew until now how
+much he loved his toys; but here they are again, and, yes! they are
+actually bringing out the tricycle. One sits on the saddle, one on each
+pedal, and all the rest on the handle-bar. Now the pedals go round, and,
+strange to say, the funny little men do not fall off. The tricycle seems
+to go of itself, as the horse did.
+
+And now, oh dear! =everything= is gone, and Alec thinks he is worse off
+than the little girl who was carried away by the fairies.
+
+Morning comes! Alec wakes and rubs his eyes; what has happened? Oh! the
+toys! Quick as thought he is out of bed, and off to the playroom in his
+night-dress. Where are the toys? All there, just as he left them last
+night. "It was only a dream, then," said Alec; "how glad I am that it is
+not true, but all the same I =will= remember to say 'Thank you' in
+future," and he did.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Always Remember to say "Please" and "Thank you,"
+          not in a Whisper, but loudly enough to be Heard.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[18] Nos. 15, 18 and 19 in _Games Without Music_ are games that might be
+used in connection with above Story Lesson.
+
+
+
+
+XLVII. ON BEING RESPECTFUL.
+
+
+96.
+
+If you should see the sailors on board ship when they are receiving
+orders from the captain, you will notice how polite and respectful they
+are. They never forget to say "Yes, sir," or "No, sir," when he speaks
+to them. Perhaps the captain was once a little cabin-boy himself, and
+he, in his turn, had to learn to be respectful to his captain.
+
+But it is not only on board ship that it is necessary to be respectful;
+children should always remember to say "Sir" or "Ma'am" when speaking to
+a gentleman or lady, wherever they may be.
+
+In France the word "madam" is used when addressing a lady, but in our
+country the "d" is mostly left out, and we say only "ma'am". (Show the
+two words, "madam" and "ma'am" on blackboard.)
+
+No one thinks a boy or girl well-behaved who answers "Yes," or "No"; it
+is blunt and rude. You can always say "Sir" and "Ma'am," even if you do
+not know the name of the person to whom you are speaking, and in
+answering your father or mother you should always say "Yes, father," or
+"No, mother," as the case may be.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          To answer "Yes," "No"--it is blunt, and is rude,
+          But "Yes, sir" or "No, ma'am" are both right and good;
+          "Yes, father," "No, mother," polite children say,
+          And these are good rules to remember each day.
+
+
+
+
+XLVIII. PUTTING FEET UP.
+
+
+97. Alice and the Pink Frock.
+
+You have often heard grown-up people say to little children, "Behave
+nicely," or "Mind your manners"; I wonder if you know just what they
+mean. There is a little word that describes people who have =not= nice
+manners--we say they are =rude=. Try to find out who was rude in this
+story.
+
+One bright day in April little Alice was dressed all ready for a
+birthday party. She had on a pretty, new pink frock, of which she was
+very proud, and over this she wore a cloak, but the cloak was not quite
+long enough to cover =all= the pretty dress, for which Alice was not
+sorry. She was all the more pleased about the party because she had to
+go by train. It was only three miles, but Alice thought that was quite a
+long journey for a little girl of ten to take all by herself.
+
+Her mother brought her to the station, and when the train came up, Alice
+jumped in and sat near the window, opposite to a tall, nicely-dressed
+boy. Now before Alice came into the carriage, what do you think the boy
+had been doing? He had been sitting with his feet up on the cushions
+opposite, and his boots were very muddy. Can you guess the rest? Poor
+Alice sat down on the muddy patches left by the boy's dirty, wet boots,
+and her pretty pink frock was spoilt.
+
+Can you tell who was rude in this story? "The boy was rude." What did he
+do that was rude? "He put his feet up." Then we will say, "It is rude to
+put our feet up". The proper place for feet is the floor. What effect
+did the boy's rudeness have on Alice? (or to younger children): How did
+the boy's rudeness make Alice feel? It made her unhappy. Then I think we
+might say that manners are =rude= when they make other people
+=uncomfortable= or =unhappy=.
+
+Write on Blackboard and let the children repeat the following:--
+
+            What is it to be rude?
+          If in our work or in our play
+          We take our friend's comfort away,
+          And make him sad instead of gay,
+            Why that is to be rude.
+
+
+
+
+XLIX. BANGING DOORS.
+
+
+98. How Maurice came home from School.
+
+How is it that boys and girls so often forget to close the door quietly?
+When Maurice went out to school in the afternoon he knew that his mother
+had a headache, but by the time he came home he had forgotten all about
+it, and so he stamped in with his muddy shoes unwiped, leaving the front
+door wide open.
+
+His mother said, "Close the door, Maurice," and he gave it a great bang,
+which made her shudder.
+
+Next he walked into the room, flung his bag on a chair, his cap on the
+floor, and his overcoat on the sofa. Then he said in a loud voice,
+"Well, mother, how's your head?" His poor mother felt almost too sad to
+answer him; she had so often told her little boy about hanging up his
+coat and other things, and had tried so hard to teach him to be gentle
+and polite, instead of rough and rude; but you see Maurice was
+=thoughtless=, and did not remember the nice things he had been taught.
+
+Take care, Maurice! or you will have the ugly stone of "Selfishness" in
+your Temple. A boy who is not kind to his mother is the worst kind of
+boy, and will find it difficult to grow up into a good and noble man.
+
+
+99. Lulu and the Glass Door.
+
+When Lulu was a little girl, she lived with her auntie and uncle. The
+front door of their house was made half of glass, and there was a
+shutter which covered the glass part of the door at night.
+
+Lulu's auntie told her that when it was windy weather she must go round
+to the =back= door, lest the front door should get a bang, and some of
+the panes of glass be broken.
+
+I am afraid Lulu did not always remember to obey her auntie, for one
+very windy morning she came home from school, and went as usual to the
+front door. She managed to open it and to get inside safely, then the
+door closed with a loud bang, for the wind was very strong, and it
+happened just as auntie had feared--a large pane of glass fell out of
+the door, and was shivered into a thousand pieces.
+
+Auntie was very angry, and Lulu was so unhappy, and cried so much that
+she could not eat her dinner. When her uncle came home and heard the
+story, and knew how sorry Lulu was, he said: "Oh, well, dry your tears,
+we will call and ask old James to come and mend the door, and my little
+girl must do what auntie tells her next time".
+
+So Lulu trotted back to afternoon school, holding to the hand of her
+kind uncle, and they called to tell James to put a new pane of glass
+into the door. But Lulu has not forgotten her disobedience, and the
+banging of auntie's door, although it is now more than forty years ago.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Close Doors Softly.
+
+
+
+
+L. PUSHING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
+
+
+100. The Big Boy and the Little Lady.
+
+The Queen was in London, and as the time drew near when she was expected
+to drive through the park, many people stood on the sidewalk to see her
+carriage pass.
+
+A little lady who was walking through the park thought she would stand
+with the others to see Her Majesty, and as she was too short to look
+over the heads of the people, she found a place at the edge of the crowd
+near the roadway.
+
+By-and-by they heard a cheer in the distance, and knew that the Queen's
+carriage had come out of the palace gates. At that very moment some one
+came pushing through the people, and before the little lady had time to
+speak, a great big boy brushed rudely past, and stood in front of her.
+The lady touched him on the arm, and he turned round, and saw that it
+was a friend of his mother's whom he had been treating so rudely. He
+raised his cap at once, and, blushing with shame, begged the lady's
+pardon, and took a place behind her.
+
+But if the lady had been a perfect stranger, it would have been equally
+wrong for the boy to act like that. It is always rude to push, whether
+we are entering a tramcar, a railway train, or going to some place of
+amusement; let us remember this:--
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          It is Rude to Push in Front of People.
+
+
+
+
+LI. KEEPING TO THE RIGHT.[19]
+
+
+101.
+
+When you have been walking down the street, has it ever happened that
+you could scarcely move for the people who are blocking up the causeway?
+That is because they do not keep to the right.
+
+In London, where the streets are so busy, it would be impossible to get
+along if people did not keep to the right. What accidents we should have
+in the streets if the drivers did not remember to keep to their proper
+side of the road, which is the left! And how often the ships at sea
+would go bumping against each other if they did not remember always to
+keep to the right in passing those that are coming in an opposite
+direction! If you are ever puzzled as to how you should pass people in
+the street
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Keep to the Right.
+
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[19] No. 13, in _Games Without Music_ illustrates above.
+
+
+
+
+LII. CLUMSY PEOPLE.
+
+
+102.
+
+I wonder if you know any boys and girls who are clumsy. I am always a
+little sorry for clumsy people; they seem to be so often in trouble. If
+the clumsy boy is allowed to collect the slates, he is sure to send some
+of them sliding on to the floor with a noise like thunder; or if he
+gathers the books in a pile it is sure to topple over, and the books are
+scattered in every direction. The clumsy people tread on our toes, step
+on a lady's dress and tear it maybe, or bump against baby's cot in
+passing and wake the little sleeper.
+
+Do you think we could find out the secret of being clumsy? Is not it for
+want of taking =care=? You remember Elinor, in Story Lesson 79, how she
+upset her tea, broke the vase, and spoilt the tablecloth, all for want
+of =care=? It is the same with clumsy people--they forget to take care?
+
+The books and slates are not piled =carefully=, that is why they tumble;
+they bulge out here and go in there, instead of being smooth and
+straight on every side. If you do not want to be clumsy
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Take Pains, and be Careful in all you do.
+
+
+
+
+LIII. TURNING ROUND WHEN WALKING.
+
+
+103. The Girl and her Eggs.
+
+Have you ever seen a girl walking along the street with her head turned
+backwards, trying to look behind her as she goes? Of course she does not
+walk straight, for she is not looking where she is going. It would be
+better if she =did= either look where she is going or turn quite round,
+and go where she is looking.
+
+A girl was coming along the street one day with a paper bag full of
+eggs, looking behind her all the time.
+
+A lady, who was walking in the opposite direction, tried to get out of
+her way, but as we said before, the girl could not walk straight when
+her eyes were turned backward, and as the lady stepped to one side to
+avoid her, the girl in her zigzag walk came to the same side and bumped
+up against the lady.
+
+Crash! went the eggs, and a yellow stream ran down the pretty blue dress
+worn by the lady. What would the girl's mother say when her eggs were
+all wasted? This is a true story, and you will agree that the girl was
+very silly to walk along with her head turned round. You see we have no
+eyes behind our head, nor even at the side; they are at the front, so
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Look where you are Going.
+
+
+
+
+LIV. ON STARING.
+
+
+104. Ruth and the Window.
+
+There was once a girl named Ruth, who was in many respects very
+well-behaved indeed. For instance, you would never hear her reply to her
+mother without saying "Yes, mother," or "No, mother," and she never
+banged the door or came into a room noisily, but she had =one= fault
+that was really very bad.
+
+As Ruth went on her way to school each day, she passed a house that had
+its dining-room window facing the street. The window was rather low, and
+every time that Ruth went by she would walk slowly, and stare into the
+room all the time. If the people were at dinner it made no
+difference--she still gazed in. You will think this exceedingly rude, as
+indeed it was, but it is quite true nevertheless.
+
+One day a lady came to the school that Ruth attended; she was driven
+there in her carriage, and remained talking to the teacher after the
+children had been dismissed. Presently she said, "Good afternoon," and
+left, and the teacher, happening to glance out of the window, was vexed
+to see that a number of the scholars had gathered round the carriage,
+and were staring in, and staring at the lady as she took her seat. Next
+day the children were told how rude this was, and we hope that Ruth
+learnt at the same time how rude it is to stare into people's houses.
+
+Another day some Japanese ladies came to the school to see the children
+drill; they were dressed so differently from English people, and looked
+so funny with their little slanting eyes, and their shiny, black hair
+dressed high, with no bonnet to cover it, that the children were tempted
+to stare again, but the teacher had told them that it would be rude to
+stare at the ladies. "You may glance at them," said she, "but do not
+keep your eyes fixed on them." It is natural to wish to look at curious
+things, but we can be careful to take our eyes away when we have
+glanced, so that we do not stare, and make the person uncomfortable, for
+you remember we said that anything was rude which caused people to be
+uncomfortable (p. 110).
+
+There was a little boy in church who had just the same rude habit as
+Ruth. He would sit or stand at the end of the pew, and turn his head
+round to see what was passing behind. He did not take just a little
+glance, and then turn his eyes back again--even that would have been
+rude--but he kept his gaze fixed behind for ever so long.
+
+Do you know =why= we do not look about in church? It is because we go
+there to worship the Great God, to hear of Him, and think about Him, and
+we cannot do this if we are looking about, and thinking of other things.
+Why do we close our eyes when we pray? It is so that we may think of
+what we are saying; if we kept them open, we should be thinking of what
+we were =seeing= instead, should we not?
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          It is Rude to Stare.
+
+
+
+
+LV. WALKING SOFTLY.
+
+
+105. Florence Nightingale.
+
+A long time ago there was a war, and the English soldiers went out to
+fight. Many of the poor fellows were wounded, and a kind lady, who is
+now quite old, went from England to nurse the brave soldiers. Her name
+was Florence Nightingale, and it is a name that everybody loves.
+
+The soldiers had never been nursed by a lady before, and she was so kind
+and gentle, they loved her more than I can tell you--so much, indeed,
+that they would kiss her shadow on the pillow as she walked softly
+through the rooms where they lay.
+
+If you have ever been in a hospital you will know how quietly the nurses
+move about. Why is it? Because a noise would disturb the poor sufferers.
+But it is not nice for people who are well either to hear children
+stamping about as if they would send their feet through the floor. Have
+you noticed how softly pussy moves? It is because she walks on her toes.
+We have to wear shoes on our feet, and cannot help making a little
+noise, but we must remember to step on our toes, and move as quietly as
+possible.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Try always to Walk Softly.
+
+
+
+
+LVI. ANSWERING WHEN SPOKEN TO.[20]
+
+
+106. The Civil Boy.
+
+One day a lady was passing through a country village, and not being
+quite sure as to which was the right road to take, she went up to some
+boys who were playing on the green to inquire.
+
+"Can you tell me, please, which is the way to East Thorpe?" asked the
+lady.
+
+"Yes, ma'am," said one of the boys, raising his cap, "you walk straight
+past the church, and then take the first road to the right." The lady
+thanked the boy, and bade him "Good-day," and as he replied "Good-day,
+ma'am," and again raised his cap, she thought to herself, "What a civil,
+polite boy! He is very poorly dressed, but he has the manners of a
+gentleman, and how nicely he answered when I spoke to him; I must tell
+Dorothy about it."
+
+Dorothy was the lady's little niece, and had been staying with her some
+time. One afternoon auntie had taken Dorothy with her to call at the
+house of a friend, and when the lady spoke kindly to the little girl,
+and asked her name and where she lived, Dorothy only smiled and looked
+foolish, and did not speak or answer. Her auntie was very much
+surprised, and perhaps felt a wee bit ashamed of her little niece that
+afternoon.
+
+Children should never be bold and forward, but they =should= look up and
+answer a question fearlessly and clearly when they are asked one; it is
+so foolish to simper and not speak.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Always Answer when you are Spoken To.
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[20] Nos. 12, 27 and 28 in _Games Without Music_ might follow above.
+
+
+
+
+LVII. ON SPEAKING LOUDLY.
+
+
+107. The Woman who Shouted.
+
+The train had just steamed into the railway station, when a porter
+opened the carriage door to let a lady step in--at least she =looked=
+like a lady, and was dressed most elegantly. Her gown was of silk, over
+which she wore a rich fur-lined cloak, and her bonnet was quite smart
+with feathers and flowers. As she drew off her gloves, you could not
+help noticing that her fingers were covered with glittering rings.
+"Surely she must be going to some grand concert, or to a party," thought
+we.
+
+But listen to what happened next! Just before the train started she
+suddenly opened the carriage window, and leaning out as far as ever she
+could, shouted in a loud, rough voice, so loudly that all the people
+round could hear, "Heigh! you porter there, is my luggage all right?"
+Then she closed the window and sat down, and we felt that in spite of
+her finery she was a rude, rough woman, for a lady is gentle, and would
+never speak in a loud, coarse voice that grates on those who hear it.
+
+Never speak too loudly either out of doors or elsewhere; keep always a
+soft, sweet voice.
+
+          Speak gently, for a gentle voice
+            Is loved, like music sweet;
+          Coarse tones and loud are out of place
+            At home or on the street.
+
+
+
+
+LVIII. ON SPEAKING WHEN OTHERS ARE SPEAKING.
+
+
+108. Margery and the Picnic.
+
+It was holiday time, and Margery had gone to play with her little friend
+Helena Poynter, who lived in the next street but one. They were in a
+little summer-house at the end of the garden, having a happy time with
+their dolls, and Helena was telling Margery that her father had promised
+to take them all for a picnic to the hills next day. They were to drive
+there in a coach, papa, mamma, Helena, and her brothers, who were all at
+home for the holidays.
+
+Just then Helena's mamma came walking down the garden. "Good-morning,
+Margery," said she, and Margery stood up at once and returned her
+greeting. "I have been thinking," said Mrs. Poynter, "that you would
+like to join our picnic to-morrow, and I am sure we could find room for
+one more on the coach."
+
+"Oh! thank you, ma'am," said Margery, "I should like it so much; I will
+run round and ask mother at once," and off she ran as fast as her little
+legs could carry her.
+
+Margery came into the house bubbling over with the good news, and
+anxious to tell it all to her mother immediately, but she found that a
+lady had called and was talking to her mother, so she just waited
+quietly until the conversation was ended before she spoke a word, for
+Margery knew that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          It is Rude to Speak when Other People are Speaking.
+
+You will see now why we sit quietly in church, or at an entertainment,
+or in a room when any one is singing or playing--it is because we do not
+wish to be rude, and it =is= rude to speak when any one else is
+speaking, or praying, or reading aloud, or singing, or playing music for
+us.
+
+You will like to know that Margery was allowed to go to the picnic, and
+she enjoyed it very much.
+
+
+
+
+LIX. LOOK AT PEOPLE WHEN SPEAKING TO THEM.
+
+
+109. Fred and his Master.
+
+In a previous Story Lesson, No. 106, we spoke of a village boy who, you
+remember, answered the lady politely, when she inquired her way. His
+name was Fred, and when a gentleman came to the school that Fred
+attended one day, and said he wanted an office-boy, the schoolmaster
+called Fred up to the desk. The boy looked so bright and honest, and
+said, "Yes, sir" so politely, that the gentleman thought he would do,
+and the next week Fred began his work. Sometimes he had to sit at a desk
+and do writing; one morning as he sat thus, the master came in to speak
+to him. What do you think Fred did? He rose from his stool at once,
+turned towards his master, and stood while he was speaking. The master
+was giving Fred instructions about his work, and as soon as he had
+finished, Fred looked up and replied, "Yes, sir, I will attend to it".
+
+We have learnt two lessons from Fred, what are they?
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          1. To Stand up when Spoken to.
+          2. To Look up when Speaking to any one.
+
+
+
+
+LX. ON TALKING TOO MUCH.
+
+
+110.
+
+One evening a number of friends met together at a little party. First
+they all had tea, and after tea was over they sat round the fire to
+talk, for some of them had not seen each other for a long time. But
+there was one lady there who had so much to say that scarcely any one
+else could get a chance to speak. She talked and talked nearly all the
+evening. Sometimes we =expect= one person to speak all the time, as when
+we go to hear a lecture, or to listen to a sermon in church, but when
+people meet together for conversation, it is much pleasanter to hear
+=more= than one speak.
+
+Another time three children were having dinner with some grown-up
+people, and a lady who was there told me that one of the children, a
+little girl about eight years of age, talked continually, so that even
+the grown-up people had scarcely an opportunity of speaking.
+
+So you see it is quite possible for people to be made uncomfortable by a
+child speaking too much, as well as by a child that refuses to speak at
+all (Dorothy in Story Lesson 106).
+
+Perhaps you have been in a railway carriage where a little boy has never
+ceased asking questions and talking during the whole journey. Years ago
+children used to be told that "they must be seen and not heard". We do
+not often say that now, but we must remember that it is rude to take up
+all the conversation, or even more than our share. I believe it is more
+than rude--it is selfish. We must learn to listen to other people as
+well as to talk ourselves.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Do not be too Fond of Hearing Yourself Talk;
+          Learn to Listen as well.
+
+
+
+
+LXI. GOING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
+
+
+111. Minnie and the Book.
+
+One evening Minnie sat at the table preparing her lessons. Her father
+and mother, with an aunt who had called to see them, were seated at the
+hearth.
+
+In a little while Minnie found that she required a book from the
+bookcase, which stood in a recess to the left of the fireplace, so she
+rose from the table, and, without speaking a word, walked in =front= of
+her aunt and in =front= of her father to reach the book. Her aunt looked
+up in astonishment, and her father exclaimed: "Minnie, how =rude= you
+are!"
+
+Why was Minnie rude? Because she did not say "Excuse me, please," both
+to her aunt and her father. We ought =not= to go in front of any one, if
+we can by any means avoid it; but, if it is impossible to get behind, we
+must never forget to say those little words which Minnie so rudely
+forgot.
+
+
+112. The Man and his Luggage.
+
+A gentleman was travelling in a railway train, and, as there was no one
+else in the carriage, he placed his portmanteau and other luggage on the
+rack =opposite= to where he sat instead of overhead.
+
+At the next station several people entered the carriage, and, when the
+gentleman wanted to get out, he was obliged to reach up in front of the
+people sitting opposite to get his luggage. But he did not forget to
+say, "Excuse me, please".
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          When Passing in Front of others, or when Reaching
+          in Front, always say "Excuse me, please".
+
+
+
+
+LXII. WHEN TO SAY "I BEG YOUR PARDON".
+
+
+113.
+
+I was talking to a lady one day, and not happening to hear something
+that I said, she exclaimed in a loud voice, "=What?=" I was as much
+astonished as Minnie's aunt was in Story Lesson 111, and quite forgot
+what I had intended to say next. What should the lady have said? She
+should have said, "I beg your pardon". Perhaps she had forgotten herself
+just that one time.
+
+Suppose you are sitting at table next to mother, who is pouring the tea;
+perhaps there is no bread and butter near enough for her to reach, and
+you do not notice that her plate is empty. She is obliged to ask you to
+pass her something, and as you do so you feel sorry that you have not
+done it =without= being asked, and you say, "I beg your pardon, mother".
+Some people leave out the "=I=," and say "Beg your pardon," or "Beg
+pardon," but the proper words are, "I beg your pardon".
+
+
+114. The Lady and the Poor Boy.
+
+A young lady was hurrying down a street, and, as she turned the corner
+quickly, she nearly ran against a little ragged boy, but by putting out
+her arms she just managed to save him from being hurt. Then she rested
+her hands on his shoulders, and said in a sweet voice: "I beg your
+pardon, my boy". The boy was greatly surprised that any one should beg
+=his= pardon; he had not been accustomed to have people speak politely
+to him, but the lady knew that it is just as important to be polite to a
+beggar as to a fine gentleman.
+
+We should, of course, try =not= to run against people, and be careful
+=not= to step on a lady's dress or on any one's toes, but if by accident
+we =do= make any of these blunders, we must remember to say, "I beg your
+pardon".
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          When you do not Hear what is said to you,
+          When you Forget to pass a Plate,
+          When you Bump against any one,
+          When you Hurt any one in any way,
+          Do not Forget to say, "I Beg your Pardon".
+
+
+
+
+LXIII. RAISING CAP.
+
+
+115.
+
+Why is it, do you think, that a boy raises his cap? It is to show
+respect to the lady or gentleman whom he is passing or speaking to.
+That was why the boy raised his cap to the lady in Story Lesson 106, and
+said "Yes, ma'am;" he wished to show her respect. Soldiers do not raise
+their caps to the general or captain; they salute (that is, they raise
+the forefinger of right hand to forehead), but it answers the same
+purpose--it shows their respect. Why do men and boys take off their caps
+and hats when they enter a church or chapel? It is to show reverence to
+the God of all who is worshipped there.
+
+Boys should always remember to raise their caps when a lady or gentleman
+bows or speaks to them, and also when they enter a house or other place,
+such as a church or chapel.
+
+
+
+
+LXIV. ON OFFERING SEAT TO LADY.
+
+
+116.
+
+A number of soldiers were one day riding in a car, indeed the car was
+quite full of soldiers; and at the end there was a general, that is the
+man who is at the head of the soldiers.
+
+Presently the car stopped, and a poor old woman entered, but there was
+no room for her to sit, and not one of the soldiers had the good manners
+to offer her his seat. So the woman walked to the end of the car where
+the general sat, that she might stand where she would not be in any
+one's way, but the kind general rose instantly, and gave her his place;
+that was courteous and kind of him, was it not? Then several of the
+other soldiers stood, and asked the general to be seated, but he said:
+"No, there was no seat for the poor woman, so there is none for me".
+The soldiers were very much ashamed, and soon left the car.
+
+=Why= did the general offer his seat to the old woman? For the same
+reason that the boy raises his cap--to show respect to her.
+
+You know how father takes care of mother and lifts heavy weights for
+her, and how brothers take care of sisters, and so if there is not room
+for everybody to sit, a man or boy will rise, and let a woman have his
+place; and they do all this partly because they are strong and like to
+do kind acts, and partly because it is nice and right to be courteous to
+women.
+
+But a kind woman does not like always to take the seat that is offered
+to her. The man may be old or weak, then the woman would say, "Thank
+you, I will stand," for she sees that the man needs the seat more than
+she does. And if a man had been working hard all day (never sitting down
+at all maybe), and he should be coming home tired at night, in the train
+or tramcar, one would not like to let =him= stand, and give up his
+place.
+
+It is nice and polite for a man to =offer= his seat, and the lady should
+always say, "Thank you," whether she takes it or not.
+
+A very old man entered a crowded railway carriage, and a young girl who
+was sitting near the door stood up at once and offered the old man her
+place, for she knew that he was too weak to stand. So you see that
+sometimes it is right for a girl or woman to give up her seat; we must
+not let the men do =all= the kind, polite actions.
+
+
+
+
+LXV. ON SHAKING HANDS.
+
+
+117. Reggie and the Visitors.
+
+One afternoon I called with a friend to see a lady at whose house I had
+not been before; she was very pleased to see us, and brought her little
+boy, Reggie, into the room where we sat.
+
+"Shake hands with the ladies, Reggie," said his mother; but Reggie
+refused, and hid his face in her dress. She explained that he was shy,
+and went on coaxing him to come and speak to us. After a great deal of
+talking and persuading, he consented to come and shake hands, =if= his
+mother would come with him. So she brought him across the room, and held
+out his hand, just as you hold out the arm of your doll, when you play
+at shaking hands with her.
+
+Would =you= make all that fuss and trouble about shaking hands with any
+one? I hope not. It is so silly, as well as ill-mannered.
+
+After this Reggie sat down in a little chair, and tried to put his feet
+up on a small table that was near--but you will not care to hear about
+such a badly-behaved little boy. And it was not very long before his
+mother had to take him from the room screaming, he was so tiresome and
+naughty.
+
+If Reggie had tried to please his mother and her visitors, instead of
+his little =self=, everybody would have been much happier, and I am sure
+=he= would, for selfish people cannot be happy.
+
+          Think =first= of others, =last= of self,
+            Be friendly, kindly all around;
+          Shake hands with strangers, be polite,
+            Unselfish, sweet be always found.
+
+
+
+
+LXVI. KNOCKING BEFORE ENTERING A ROOM.
+
+
+118. The Boy who Forgot.
+
+A lady was sitting in a cottage one morning talking to the person who
+lived there, when suddenly, and without any warning knock, or even a
+little tap, some one lifted the latch noisily, and pushing the door wide
+open, burst into the room, asking, "What time is it?"
+
+The lady looked up to see who the rude intruder could be, and beheld a
+little, rosy-faced boy. She called him to her, and placing her hand on
+his shoulder said kindly: "My little fellow, do you not know that you
+should =knock= at a door before entering, and should say, '=Please=,
+will you tell me the time?'" The boy hung his head and looked ashamed,
+but we hope he remembered what the lady said to him, and I hope also
+that none of you ever forget to
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Knock at the Door before Entering a Room.
+
+
+
+
+LXVII. HANGING HATS UP, ETC.
+
+
+119. Careless Percy.
+
+You did not admire the boy (Story Lesson No. 98) who threw his bag here,
+his cap there, and his coat somewhere else, did you? neither will you be
+likely to admire the little boy in this story.
+
+But come with me--I will take you into the bedroom of a boy named Percy,
+who has gone to a party. I am afraid you can scarcely get inside though,
+for everything he has taken off is lying on the floor. His coat is flung
+behind the door, his collar lies inside the fender, and his trousers are
+beside the bed. He has been playing on the bed, you see, for it is all
+tossed, and one of the pillows has tumbled on the floor.
+
+Let as take a peep into the nursery, where Percy's play-things are.
+There is a railway train on the floor, just as he has been playing with
+it; and beyond the train, where he had made a huge castle with all the
+bricks he could find, the floor is all strewn over with bricks from the
+castle, which has tumbled down.
+
+Who will pick up all these things, and tidy the two rooms that Percy has
+left in such a dreadful state? His mother, maybe, who has so many other
+things to do. Would =you= leave all your clothes scattered on the floor
+for some one else to pick up, instead of folding them neatly yourself?
+or would you like another to have the trouble of putting away all your
+toys? No, I am sure you would not. None of us want to be selfish, but if
+Percy does not mind, =he= will grow up selfish, because he is not taking
+thought for others.
+
+          Hang up your cap and coat,
+            And put away your toys,
+          Save mother all the work you can,
+            Dear little girls and boys.
+
+          The recitation, "Two Little Maids" (_New
+          Recitations for Infants_) would follow this Story
+          Lesson appropriately.
+
+
+
+
+LXVIII. HOW TO OFFER SWEETS, ETC.
+
+
+120. How Baby Did it.
+
+Some one had brought baby a parcel of sweets. They were rather sticky,
+but baby did not mind that when the colours were so pretty! There were
+pink, blue, red and yellow sweets, and she was greatly pleased with
+them. Baby was very kind and unselfish, so she wanted us all to share
+her sweets, and picking one out with her little chubby fingers, (which
+were not any too clean), she offered it to mamma. You see baby was very
+tiny, and had not yet learnt that sweets should always be offered in the
+paper or box, and not be touched by the fingers at all. But mamma
+explained this to her, and then baby lifted up the paper, and trotted
+round to everybody, holding it out, and saying, "Please, take one".
+
+Fruit and nuts should be offered in a plate or dish. It is not nice to
+touch with our fingers anything that we are offering to others.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Always offer Sweets in the Paper or Box.
+
+
+
+
+LXIX. YAWNING, COUGHING, AND SNEEZING.
+
+
+121.
+
+I daresay you have sometime been in a room where a person was sleepy,
+and kept yawning continually. You know that by-and-by you begin to do
+the same yourself, and it is very disagreeable. A good plan is to run
+out of the room and bathe your face in cold water: that will soon make
+you feel bright again. It is not nice to yawn, because it makes other
+people feel sleepy, and we should never forget to cover the mouth with
+the hand: it is very rude to open the mouth wide, and not to put the
+hand in front of it.
+
+In coughing and sneezing, people should make as little noise as they
+possibly can. Sometimes we hear coughing in church, and the minister can
+scarcely speak for the noise. A pocket-handkerchief will soften the
+sound a good deal, both in coughing and sneezing.
+
+These are only little things, but they can make others feel
+uncomfortable, and you remember we said that it was rude to do
+=anything= that caused people to be uncomfortable (p. 110), so do not
+forget to
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Cover the Mouth when Yawning;
+          Make as Little Noise as Possible when Coughing
+          or Sneezing.
+
+
+
+
+LXX. HOW A SLATE SHOULD NOT BE CLEANED.
+
+
+122.
+
+You will have noticed that there is always moisture in your mouth. Where
+do you think it comes from? Perhaps you did not know that there were
+six tiny fountains in your mouth, two on each side the tongue, and one
+in each cheek. When you are well these little fountains pour out the
+fluid which keeps your mouth so nice and moist. Sometimes when people
+are ill the little fountains do not flow, and the mouth is all dry and
+parched, and they are longing to drink all the time.
+
+The fluid that comes from the tiny wells is called saliva, and, when we
+eat, it mixes with the food in the mouth, and goes down with it into the
+stomach. But this is what I want you to learn, the saliva is never to be
+sent out of the mouth in the way that is called "spitting" (an ugly
+word, is it not?), and you must remember never to do this, not even when
+you are cleaning your slate. You may breathe on your slate, and rub it
+dry with your slate rag, though that is not a very nice way. The best
+plan of all is to have a damp sponge, as well as a slate rag, and a
+well-mannered child would have both.
+
+If there is anything in your mouth that needs to come away, take it out
+with your pocket-handkerchief, and remember that the proper way is to
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Clean your Slate with a Damp Sponge, and Dry with a Slate
+                    Rag, not with a Pocket-handkerchief.
+
+
+
+
+LXXI. THE POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF.
+
+
+123. Guessing Rhyme.[21]
+
+          You have me in your pocket,
+            I'm square and white, 'tis true,
+          And many things I'm used for
+            By children such as you.
+
+(Let children guess answer.--Pocket-handkerchief.)
+
+There is moisture in the nose as well as in the mouth, and we keep a
+handkerchief in our pocket to take the moisture away, when it makes us
+uncomfortable. A nice, clean child will never be without a
+pocket-handkerchief, and he will use it =without having to be told=.
+
+In using a pocket-handkerchief, as in coughing and sneezing, we should
+make as little noise as possible, and we should try not to have to use
+it at table. If it is necessary to do so, we must turn our head away, as
+we should do if we were obliged to cough or sneeze.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Use Pocket-handkerchief Without Being Told,
+          Making as Little Noise as Possible.
+
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[21] _Games Without Music_, No. 55.
+
+
+
+
+LXXII. HOW TO BEHAVE AT TABLE.
+
+
+(ON SITTING STILL AT TABLE.)
+
+124. Phil's Disaster.
+
+Phil was a little boy, and sat on a high chair at the table. He was very
+fond of tilting his chair backwards and forwards, which was not
+well-mannered, you will say. One dinner time, just as all the dishes had
+been placed on the table, and Phil was tilting back as far as ever he
+could, it happened that the chair lost its balance, and fell over
+backwards, taking Phil with it; and as he grasped the tablecloth in
+falling, he drew it with all the dishes on the top of him. Many of the
+dishes were broken, and the dinner was all scattered and spoilt. Surely
+Phil would never tilt his chair again.
+
+
+125. Fidgety Katie.
+
+Have you ever sat at table with a child who was never still? Such a
+child was Katie! Instead of waiting quietly until every one was served,
+she would fidget about on her chair, put her little fat arms on the
+table (which you know is a very rude thing to do), and move from side to
+side all the time. When at last she was served, her dinner would be
+quickly eaten, and then she was impatient to be gone, and kept asking
+mother if she might not leave the table, and go to her book or her play.
+
+Now if Katie had thought a little of others, she would not have made
+everybody uncomfortable by being so restless. When she was waiting to be
+served, and when she had finished, she should have sat quietly with her
+hands in her lap. These two stories teach us that
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          We must Sit Still at Table.
+
+
+(THINKING OF OTHERS AT TABLE.)
+
+126. The Helpful Little Girl.
+
+A very different child from restless Katie (Story Lesson 125) was Hilda,
+whose mother had died, and left her little ones to the care of auntie.
+When the dinner-bell rang, Hilda would run into the room, and see that
+all the chairs were in their places round the table, especially baby's,
+for he was much too little to bring his own chair. It was Hilda who
+lifted baby into his place, and tied on his "feeder"; and when his plate
+was passed, she prepared his food, and took care that it was not too hot
+for him.
+
+Hilda's bright eyes were always ready to see anything that was needed:
+"Shall I pass you the salt, grandpapa?" "May I give you a little water,
+auntie?" No wonder auntie said that Hilda was just like sunshine in the
+house, and the reason was that she thought so little of herself, and so
+much of those around her. Let us try to be like Hilda; she was much
+happier, I am sure, than restless Katie, for there is nothing nicer than
+to bring sunshine into the lives of others, and this we do by being
+helpful.
+
+(Blackboard.)
+
+          Think of Others when you are at Table;
+          Pass Things and Help all you can.
+
+
+(UPSETTING THINGS AT TABLE.)
+
+127. Leslie and the Christmas Dinner
+
+We heard of people who were clumsy in another Story Lesson (No. 102),
+and I am afraid Leslie was a little like them.
+
+It was Christmas Day, and there was a large family party at
+grandmamma's, to which Leslie and his mother were invited. The
+dinner-table looked beautiful with its snow-white cloth and shining
+silver, and its decorations of Christmas roses and red-berried holly.
+
+The dinner-bell rang, and the guests took their places at the table.
+Leslie bounced into the room, and was sitting down on the last chair,
+all in a hurry, when he somehow caught the tablecloth, and by dragging
+it upset the gravy, and sent it streaming all over the nice, clean
+cloth. Leslie was very sorry, and his mother was so uncomfortable at the
+thought of his clumsiness, that I am afraid the dinner was spoilt for
+=her=. From Leslie we learn to
+
+(Blackboard)
+
+          Sit Down Carefully, so as not to Upset Anything.
+
+
+128. Cherry Stones.
+
+If you were eating plum tart or cherry pudding, how should you manage
+with the stones? (Let children try to answer.) When a little bird eats a
+cherry, he drops the stone on the ground; the bird has no spoon and fork
+to eat with, so that is the best thing he can do.
+
+One day a boy, named Kenneth, was invited out to dinner, and one of the
+dishes was cherry tart. There was a custard pudding as well, but Kenneth
+thought he would like cherry tart better, and he did not remember that
+the stones might be a difficulty until he began to eat it. He felt sure
+that it was not right to drop them out of his mouth on to the plate, and
+he could not think what else to do. He looked round the table, but no
+one else was taking cherry tart, or he might have noticed what another
+person did. At last he determined that he would keep all the cherry
+stones in his cheek until dinner was over, and put them out afterwards,
+when no one was looking. But presently some one told a funny little
+story, and, as Kenneth could not help laughing with the rest, out came
+the cherry stones, to his great dismay.
+
+The best way is to separate the stone from the cherry on your plate with
+the spoon and fork, but if you cannot manage this, take the stone from
+your mouth with the spoon, and put it gently on the edge of the plate.
+Everybody has to learn these things, and as no one had happened to tell
+Kenneth, of course he did not know.
+
+
+
+
+LXXIII. ON EATING AND DRINKING.
+
+
+129.
+
+Key E.
+
+            {:s |d    :m  |m     :m   |l    :r    |r  }
+          1. I must   not fill   my  mouth  too full,
+
+            {:r |f    :r  |s      :r  |m    :--   |-- }
+             Nor ver - y quick - ly   eat,
+
+            {:m |r    :f  |m      :s  |f    :l    |s  }
+            But take  a  small piece, chew  it    well,
+
+            {:l |s    :m  |s      :r  |d    :--   |-- }
+            And fin - ish all     my  meat.
+
+
+          2. Food should be carried to my mouth
+               Upon the fork, I see;
+             The knife is used to cut, and ought
+               Not near the lips to be.
+
+          3. When pudding comes, the =point= of spoon
+               Within the mouth may go,
+             But soup or broth is taken from
+               The =side= of it you know.
+
+          4. Without a noise I eat and drink,
+               I must not spill my food,
+             Nor scald my mouth, nor make complaint,
+               "This is not nice, not good".
+
+
+130.
+
+Key E.
+
+            {|m  :-- |m    :m  |f  :f  |f  :-- }
+          1. Small   bites of bread we take,
+
+            {|r  :-- |r    :r  |m  :s  |s  :-- }
+            And       chew it well be - fore
+
+            {|l  :-- |d    :l  |s  :m  |m  :-- }
+              We    drink our tea  or  milk;
+
+            {|m  :-- |r    :l  |s  :s  |s  :-- }
+             We      must not ask  for  more
+
+            {|f  :-- |r   :l   |s  :m  |s  :-- }
+             Un   -  til we've finished quite,
+
+            {|m  :-- |r   :m   |d   :d |d  :-- }
+             For     that would not be right.
+
+          2. If handkerchiefs we use,
+               Or sneeze or cough, we try,
+             When seated at our food,
+               To do it quietly;
+             And don't forget, I pray,
+             To turn your head away.
+
+          3. When we have finished, then
+               The knife and fork should lie
+             Together on our plate,
+               And hands rest quietly
+             Within the lap,[22] this wise,
+             Until mamma shall rise.
+
+(Explain that children should not leave table until mother has done so,
+unless she gives them permission.)
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[22] Fold hands in lap.
+
+
+
+
+LXXIV. FINALE.
+
+
+131. How another Queen Builded.
+
+A great many years ago, a little girl played in a garden in London. Her
+father was dead, but she had a dear, good mother, who taught her to
+build for herself a good and beautiful character, for the mother knew
+that this would be a better thing for the little girl to have than gold
+or diamonds, because as the Fairy Queen told us, it =lasts for ever=.
+
+As time went on the little girl grew up, and became a great queen. She
+has been a queen now for more than sixty years, and I do not think there
+ever was so good a queen, and we are sure there never was one so dearly
+loved. The queen has a beautiful gold crown, and beautiful castles and
+palaces to live in, but these are not the things she values most. Best
+of all, she has all those lovely jewels in her character that we have
+been speaking about, with "Truth" for the foundation, and it is all
+woven round with the pure gold of "Kindness"; these are the jewels that
+are more precious to the great queen than crowns and costly stones.
+
+Do you know the name of this queen? It is our own Queen Victoria.
+
+Why do we love her so much? Not because she is a queen, simply, for
+queens have sometimes been wicked, but because she is good, and true,
+and kind, and these jewels make up the something that we call
+"character," which when built like this is more beautiful than the
+Fairies' Temple.
+
+And just think of it: =every= little boy and girl may build up a good,
+true character, which is the most precious thing you can have.
+
+The Story Lessons in this book have been written to help each one of
+=you= who hear them to build up this beautiful Temple of Character.
+
+The queen believes that a =good= "character" is the best thing in the
+world, and I want you all to think so too.
+
+A man who was put in prison for preaching wrote a beautiful book,[23]
+which you will read when you are older, and in it there is this story.
+
+The story tells of a man who spent all his time raking up rubbish on the
+floor to find gold and other things, and =never once looked up=. But all
+the time there was an angel standing behind him with a beautiful crown
+in her hand, which she wanted the man to have, but he never saw it.
+
+That is like the people who think of nothing but =self=, instead of
+"looking up" and thinking of the beautiful "stones" that build up the
+"Temple," which is such a good thing to have, just as the crown was,
+which the man did not see. Let us look up and see all that is beautiful
+and good, so that we may become like God who made all these things.
+
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[23] _Pilgrim's Progress._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
+
+Page xiii, "Another" changed to "another" (How another Queen)
+
+Page 41, word "on" added to text (mother had gone on)
+
+Page 59, "Thoughful" changed to "Thoughtful" ("A lovely idea," said
+"Thoughtful")
+
+Page 107, "out" changed to "own" (own accord)
+
+
+
+
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