A little girl came to the table very hungry. There were a good many older people there, and as she had been taught to wait until the older ones were served, she sat very still and waited very patiently until every one else at the table was enjoying a nice dinner. She grew hungry every minute, and could hardly keep the tears back, but still did not ask for anything. When it was found that she had been forgotten, but was so patient and well-behaved, every one praised her, and you may be sure she had the best dinner they were able to give her.
Another little girl came to another table very hungry. She waited for no one, but immediately began to ask for this and that, and not in the nicest way, either. She made herself so disagreeable that every one at the table was glad to have her served first.
Did it pay the first little girl to wait?
“Yes’m. Everybody thought she was so nice.”
How about the other one?
“They thought she was a naughty girl.”
What is one way, then, by which you may make people like you?
“By behaving politely at the table.”
LESSON 26.