"I should like to make one little Egyptian girl a Christian," said Lucy; "would not you, Hugh?"
"But how could we, Lucy?"
"Oh! we could talk to her, and teach her our hymns, and tell her about our Bible pictures."
"Only," Hugh answered, thoughtfully, "she would not understand what we said, and we should not understand her."
"I forgot that. Mamma, may we learn Egyptian?"
"That would take a long time, and I think you can do something better than that. There is a mission already at Cairo, where the children are taught by persons who understand the language."
"May we see it?"
"Yes, and you can give some of your money and time in buying and making clothes for those who are very poor. And something else you can do."
"What is that? Can I do it?" asked Hugh, "for I cannot hem and sew the clothes."
"Yes, we can all do it. We can pray every day for the Egyptian children, that God will give them hearts to serve him, and to love our precious Saviour Jesus Christ, who came to save little children as well as grown-up people."