IN THE FOREST.
The little girl felt that the great trees were her friends. When it grew quite dark she lay down beneath the broad-spreading branches of a tree and tried to sleep.
She could see through the leaves far into the deep blue sky. The stars shone brightly and the great, round moon looked down at her. When the stars twinkled, she thought they were casting bright glances at her. And, as she watched them, all at once they left their places and fell out of the sky right down to the earth.
She watched where they fell and, by the bright light of the moon, she saw that they had become bright, hard, silver dollars. When she gathered them up there were so many that, ever afterward, there was enough to buy everything she needed to eat and to wear.
Suggestions.
A talk about moon, stars, and sky.
Tell something that shows the little girl was brave; that she was generous. Who befriended her?
