'I can't say, my dear; we'll leave that just now. Tell me what that picture is about up there? I've been looking at it all night.'
'Oh, that's my picture,' said Rosalie; 'that shepherd has been looking for that lamb all over, and at last he has found it, and is carrying it home on his shoulder; and he is so glad it is found, though he has hurt himself very much in looking for it.'
'And what is that reading underneath?' said the little old woman. 'I can't read, my dear, you see; I am no scholar.'
'"Rejoice with Me; for I have found My sheep which was lost. There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."'
'What does that mean, child?' said the old woman.
'It means Jesus is like the shepherd, and He is looking for us, Mother
Manikin; and it makes Him so glad when He finds us.'
The dwarf nodded her head in assent.
'We ask Him every day to find us, Mother Manikin—mammie and me; and the story says He will look for us until He finds us. Shall I read it to you? It's what mammie and I were reading before we went in to the play.'
Rosalie went to the box and brought out the little black Testament, and then, sitting at Mother Manikin's feet, she read her favourite story of the lost sheep.
'Has he found you, Mother Manikin?' she said, as she closed the book.