"Soon the child screamed again, and the Good Voice said, 'Help! Edwin, never mind self,' and with that he turned back, and ran to the place where the sounds had seemed to come from. He soon saw the little girl, who was trying to scramble up the steep side of the ditch, and could not; it needed the help of Edwin's strong hands to give her a good pull, and bring her safely out. Oh, how glad she was to be on the grass once more! Edwin wiped her tears away, and told her to run home; then he made haste to the party with a light, glad heart, and he arrived just as they were sitting down to tea, so he was in time for the cake after all. But even if he had missed it, he would have been glad that he stayed behind to help the little girl."
"What a nice boy," said "Thoughtful". "Did he tell the people at the party what he had done?"
"Oh, no," replied "Selfless"; "his mother told him that people should never boast of kind things they had done, for that would spoil it."
"True," said "Thoughtful"; "but what did you do, dear "Selfless"? It is not boasting to tell me."
"I only helped Edwin to listen to the Good Voice," replied "Selfless," as she looked down on the moss at her feet.
"A good work, too," said "Thoughtful"; "and now, what shall we do next?"
55. Davie's Christmas Present.
"I have been thinking," said "Selfless," "that Christmas will soon be here, and how nice it would be if we could help the children at the Kindergarten to think of Davie, and make ready a Christmas present for him."
"A lovely idea," said "Thoughtful "; "we will go to-morrow, for it wants only a month to Christmas."
Next morning the two fairy sisters came to the Kindergarten, and floated about unseen, as fairies always do. First they rested on the teacher, who was very fond of these unseen fairies, and she began to think of Davie. "Children," said she, "Christmas will be here in a month; shall we make a present for little Davie?"