Famous Stories Every Child Should Know

There was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number ofthings. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. These twoused to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers; theywondered at the height and blueness of the sky; they wondered at the depth of thebright water; they wondered at the goodness and the power of God who made thelovely world. They used to say to one another, sometimes, supposing all the children upon earthwere to die, would the flowers, and the water, and the sky be sorry? They believed theywould be sorry. For, said they, the buds are the children of the flowers, and the littleplayful streams that gambol down the hill-sides are the children of the water; and thesmallest bright specks playing at hide and seek in the sky all night, must surely be thechildren of the stars; and they would all be grieved to see their playmates, the childrenof men, no more