Short Stories

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

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

Margaret And Herbert.
In a large family there are often diversity of character an...

Anne Cleaveland.
Anne was the daughter of a wealthy farmer. She had a good N...

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

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

The Boy Found In The Snow.
One winter's night when the evening had shut in very early,...

Comfort And Sobriety.
Let me here give you a few maxims to commit to memory:---- ...

The Brother And Sister.
(In three Stories.) ...

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

The Child And Flower.
The Atheist in his garden stood, At twilight's pen...

The Jew And His Daughter.
A Jew came to this country from London, many years ago, and...

A Good Act For Another.
A man was going from Norwich to New London with a loaded te...

Chorus
As the manna lay, on the desert ground, So from day to d...

The Echo.
Little Charles knew nothing about an echo. As he was playin...

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

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

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

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

Early At School.
One Sabbath evening a teacher was walking up and down in th...

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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