Not to Her Liking
A pretty little girl was often hurt by the way the neighbors and servants talked about her red hair. One day her grandmother tried to comfort her, saying: “Dear child, God made your hair, and everything He does is well done.”
“Oh, but then I would rather He would not make anything more for me,” declared the little one.
Her Fears
Little Elsie was at a children’s party with her nurse. In the evening there were fireworks set off. When the first sky-rocket went up, the child began to cry bitterly, calling to her nurse in a voice full of fear, “They are shooting the dear Lord!”
Only the Repair Angel
Lieschen, on Christmas day with her new doll:—“See, Hannchen, what a beautiful new doll the Christ-child has brought me!”
Hannchen (with an old, but repaired doll):—“My mamma said that only the repair angel came to us this year.”
A Question of Belief
At the examination the children were to say the creed before the superintendent. It was practiced so that three children were each to say one article.