Short Stories

Pleasant Play.
There are many plays in which children may amuse themselves...

The Happy Family.
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Edward And Ellen.
Edward Ford owned a snug little cottage with a small farm s...

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

Anecdotes.
A poor Arabian of the desert was one day asked, how he came...

The Dying Boy.
A little boy, by the name of Bertie, was taken very ill, an...

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

Lettice And Myra.
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Flying The Kite.
Flying the kite is a pleasant amusement for boys, and when ...

The Golden Crown.
A teacher once asked a child, "If you had a golden crown, w...

Remember The Cake.
I will tell you an anecdote about Mrs. Hannah More, when sh...

The Transferred Ghost
The country residence of Mr. John Hinckman was a delightful...

George And His Guinea.
Little George Ames went with his aunt to attend a missionar...

A Tale Of Negative Gravity
My wife and I were staying at a small town in northern Ital...

The Market Day.
Mrs. Ford had three little children--Lily, Hetty, and a dea...

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

His Wife's Deceased Sister
It is now five years since an event occurred which so color...

Or The Unexpected Meeting.
I must tell you who were Lettice and Myra. They were the da...

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

Jonas And His Horse.
A horse is a noble animal, and is made for the service of m...

MELLY, ANNA AND SUSY.

There is nothing more pleasant than to see brothers and sisters,
lovely in their lives, and in all their plays kind and obliging to
each other. Mrs. Jones' three little children were always noted for
their good behaviour by all the people in the village, and the school
teacher said they were the prettiest behaved children she ever saw,
and this was saying much in their praise, for her scholars were noted
for very good behavior and promptness in their recitations.

Mrs. Jones kept her children under a good discipline, but she always
gave them time and opportunities for their pleasant plays. She would
not allow them to associate with vicious children, because "evil
communications corrupt good manners," and she knew her children were
as liable to fall into bad habits as any others. There were a few
vicious boys in the village where she lived who always took delight in
teasing and vexing the other children, and sometimes these boys would
try some method to break up the children's play.

One afternoon, there being no school, Mrs. Jones gave her little
children permission to go into the lower back-room and spend awhile in
play. Away they jumped and skipped along down stairs to the play room,
with merry hearts and smiling faces. They had not been there a long
time before they heard a very singular noise, which they did not know
what to make of. But they soon forgot it, and continued playing with
the same cheerfulness; very soon again they heard the same noise,
which sounded like somebody's voice. The children began to be a little
frightened, and while little Susy stretches her hand out to take hold
of the post, and is in the act of running away. Melly and Anna put
their fingers to their lips, and listened again to know what the noise
could mean. Soon the noise was repeated, and away they flew to heir
mother's arms in such a tremor that she felt at the moment alarmed
herself. They told their mother what had happened, and all that night
the children could not sleep.

It was ascertained the next day that one of the bad boys crept along
in the back part of the yard where the children were playing, and by
an unnatural sound of his voice made the noise that so alarmed the
three little children. Susy, who was the youngest, did not forget it
for some time; and all of them were afraid to go alone into the lower
room for many weeks.

This was very wrong in the bad boy; he might have injured the children
at play so they would never have recovered from it. I have known young
children to be so frightened as never to forget the impression all
their life-time. How much better for the boy to have been like these
good children, and joined with them in their pleasant pastimes. Never
do any thing that will give sorrow and pain to others, but live and
act towards each other while in youth, so as to enable you to review
your life with pleasure, and to meet with the approbation of your
Heavenly Father.





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