Short Stories

Lettice Taking Home The Work.
Early in the morning, before it was light, and while the tw...

Lizzy And Her Dog.
I wish to relate to you a very affecting story about a good...

The Remarkable Wreck Of The Thomas Hyke
It was half-past one by the clock in the office of the Regi...

The Sailor Boy.
Yarmouth is the principal trade sea-port town in the county...

The Glow Worm.
On a summer's evening about half an hour after bed time, as...

Melly, Anna And Susy.
There is nothing more pleasant than to see brothers and sis...

The Shepherd And His Bible.
A poor shepherd, living among the Alps, the father of a lar...

The Boy And The Dew Drops.
A little boy who had been out early in the morning playing ...

Good Companions.
One day, says a Persian poet, I saw a bunch of roses, and i...

A Scene In London.
My young readers may have heard about the poor people in Lond...

Chinese Proverbs.
What is told in the ear is often heard a hundred miles. ...

The Way To Overcome Evil.
A little girl, by the name of Sarah Dean, was taught the pr...

Arthur And His Apple Tree.
One summer day little William was sitting in the garden cha...

The Plum Boys.
Two boys were one day on their way from school, and as they...

Harriet And Her Squirrel.
It was on a Sabbath eve, when at a friend's house, we were ...

The Uncertainty Of Life.
Josiah Martin was a young man of whom any mother might have...

Julia's Sunset Walk.
It was a beautiful June day, just at the sun's setting, whe...

The Two Robins.
A few summers ago I was sitting on a garden seat, beneath a...

The Bracelet;
...

The Explanation.
Lettice's father was a man of education, a scholar, a gentl...

FLYING THE KITE.

Flying the kite is a pleasant amusement for boys, and when we see the
kites flying high in the air, we are always reminded of a kite whose
history we heard when a little child, and which we give our readers.
Shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war, there was a little
boy whose parents had left their home and friends in England, on
account of their sympathy with the struggle of freedom for their
rights in America. Their first home was in Norfolk, Va.

This little boy was very much delighted with the American eagle, and
he determined to make a kite as much like his favorite bird as he
could. He had a friend who was a painter and gilder, and a person
of great ingenuity. Together they contrived a beautiful kite
representing an eagle of gigantic size. It was painted and gilded in
the most beautiful manner, and a small but very brilliant lantern was
attached to it just below the breast.

They kept their secret very carefully, never suffering any one to
enter the room while it was making.

On a dark, cloudy, windy night, the kite was flown. Its mechanism was
so perfect that it sailed very beautifully. The lantern illuminated
every part, and it made a very brilliant appearance. Crowds of people
thronged the streets, wondering what the strange visitor was. Some
were alarmed, and thought it was an omen of fearful events.

Great was their admiration when they discovered that the wonderful
bird was the ingenious contrivance of a little boy; and they could
scarcely be convinced that what looked so much like a real bird was
only an ingenious combination of sticks and painted paper.





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