The Good Girl

The Good Girl always minds what Her father and mother say to her; and takes pains to learn whatever they are so kind as to teach her. She is never noisy nor troublesome; so they like to have her with them, and they like to talk to her, and to instruct her.
She has learned to read so well, and she is so good a girl, that her father has given her several new books, which she reads in by herself, whenever she likes; and she understands all that is in them.

She knows the meaning of a great many difficult words; and the names of a great many countries, cities, and towns, and she can find them upon a map. She can spell almost every little sentence that her father asks her to spell; and she can do a great many sums on a slate.
Whatever she does, she takes pains to do it well; and when she is doing one thing, she tries not to think of another.
If she has made a mistake, or done any thing wrong, she is sorry for it; and when she is told of a fault, she endeavours to avoid it another time.
When she wants to know any thing, she asks her father, or her mother, to tell her; and she tries to understand, and to remember what they tell her; but if they do not think proper to answer her questions, she does not tease them, but says, When I am older, they will perhaps instruct me; and she thinks about something else.