Short Stories

Telling Secrets.
There is a company of girls met together, and what can they...

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

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

The Orphans' Voyage.
Two little orphan boys, whose parents died in a foreign lan...

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

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

The Happy Family.
There are a great many novel sights in the streets of Londo...

Lettice And Myra.
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Lettice And Catherine,
...

Young Usher.
You have read of that remarkable man, Mr. Usher, who was Ar...

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

The Portrait Of Flora Purchased.
Anna started for her home, and when she had arrived, she sl...

Look Up.
A little boy went to sea with his father to learn to be a s...

The Bracelet;
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My Early Days.
My father's house was indeed a pleasant home; and father wa...

Or, Honesty Rewarded.
At St. Petersburgh, the birth day of any of the royal famil...

Gather The Flowers.
Two little girls went into the fields to gather flowers. Bu...

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

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

A Good Mother.
Mrs. Savage was the eldest sister of Matthew Henry. When sh...

THE BOY AND THE GOLD ROBIN.

A bright eyed boy was sleeping upon a bank of blossoming clover. The
cool breeze lifted the curls from his brow, and fanned with downy
wings his quiet slumbers, while he lay under the refreshing shade of a
large maple tree. The birds sang to him during his happy hours of
sleep. By and by he awoke, and a beautiful gold robin sat on the
spray, and sung a song of joy. The boy reached out his hands to secure
the prize, but the robin spread his golden wings and soared away. He
looked after it with a longing gaze, and when it disappeared from his
sight, he wept aloud. At this moment, a form of light approached, and
took the hands of the child and pointed upwards; and he saw the bird
soaring in freedom, and the sun shining upon its burnished plumes.
Then the shining one said: "Do you love that beautiful bird?" In the
midst of his tears the child replied, "Oh, yes." "Then," said the
angel, "shall it not wing its flight from flower to flower and be
happy, rather than to dwell in a prison with thee?" Then the streams
and flowering vales of Elysium, that breathe the pure air of freedom,
spake: "Wouldst thou bring her back to thee, and make her a prisoner?
Dry up thy tears, and let thy song be, 'Stay not here, but speed thy
flight, O bright one, and snuff the mellow air of freedom.' God made
the birds to be happy in their short existence, and ought we to
deprive them of their own elements of happiness, and take from them
the freedom which they enjoy?"





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