A story of a little girl and her mother who had nothing to eat. Talk of possible reasons for the child and mother’s having nothing to eat.
Narration.
THE LITTLE GIRL AND HER MOTHER.
There was once a little girl who was very, very poor. When noon came there was little dinner on the table for her, and at night the poor child went hungry to bed.
In the morning, when she awoke, she was still hungry. She went to the pantry, but there was nothing to eat in it. She went to the kitchen and found nothing there but empty pots and pans.
Then the little girl went to her mother. “O mother,” she said, “I am so hungry.” But the poor mother was sick in bed and could not get anything for herself or for her child.
When the mother was well she worked hard. She picked up wood in the forest. She washed clothes and scrubbed floors. With the money she earned she bought food for her little daughter and herself. But now the mother was sick. She lay in bed all day, and both she and her daughter were hungry.
Now, do you think the little girl fretted and cried? No, she did not, because she knew that if she cried her sick mother would feel so sorry and sad that she would be worse. This little girl was patient and kind. She found at last one little piece of bread. She took it to her mother and said, “Here, dear mother, is a piece of bread for you. Eat it; it may make you stronger.”
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