Short Stories

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

The Pleasant Sail.
Down by the sea-coast is the pleasant town of Saco, Where M...

Mother's Last Lesson.
"Will you please teach me my verse, mamma, and then kiss me...

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

The Tree That Never Fades.
"Mary," said George, "next summer I will not have a garden....

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

The Parting Scene.
In one of our western cities was a poor woman, in the garre...

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

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

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

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

The Reward.
A teacher in a Sabbath School promised to supply all the ch...

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

A Piece Of Red Calico
I was going into town one morning from my suburban residenc...

Jane And Her Lessons.
It is a mark of a good scholar to be prompt and studious. S...

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

Revelation Of God's Holy Word.
Ye favored lands, rejoice Where God reveals his word...

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

Agnes And The Mouse.
One brilliant Christmas day, two little girls were walking ...

Anna With A Pleasant Home.
Anna, having obtained leave of her mistress, soon found her...

THE MOTHERLESS BIRDS.

There were two men who were neighbors to each other, living in a
distant country were they had to labor hard for the support of their
families. One of them was greatly troubled to know who would take care
of his children if he should die. But the other man was not so
troubled, and was always very cheerful, saying to his neighbor: "Never
distrust Providence."

One day as the sorrowful man was laboring in the fields, sad and cast
down, he saw some little birds enter a bush, go out and then return
again. He went towards the bush, and saw two nests side by side, and
in both nests some little birds, newly hatched and still without
feathers. He saw the old birds go in a number of times, and they
carried in their bills food to give their little ones.

At one time, as one of the mothers returned with her beak full, a
large vulture seized her and carried her away; and the poor mother,
struggling vainly under its talons, uttered piercing cries. He thought
the little young birds must certainly die, as they had now no mother
to take care of them. He felt so bad about them that he did not sleep
any that night. The next day, on returning to the fields, he said to
himself: "I will see the little ones of this poor mother; some without
doubt have already perished."

He went up to the bush, and saw that the little ones in both nests
were all alive and well. He was very much surprised at this, and he
hid himself behind the bush to see what would happen. After a little
time he heard a crying of the birds, and soon the second mother came
flying into the bush with her beak full of food, and distributed it
all among the little birds in both nests. He now saw that the orphan
birds were as well provided for as when their own mother was living.

In the evening, he related the whole story to his neighbor, and said
to him:

"I will never distress myself again about who will take care of my
children, if I should die before them."

His neighbor replied: "Let us always believe, hope, love, and pursue
our course in peace. If you die before me, I will take cure of your
children, and if I die before you, you will be a father to mine; and
if we are both taken away before our children are able to provide for
themselves, there is a Father in heaven."





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