Then the child said, "Good lark, will you send home Tiny Bill to play with me?" Before the lark could reply, Bright Eye said, "Yes, if you will send little Alice to play with us in our nest."
The child said, "Oh, Alice will be so sorry to leave home, and come away from mamma!"
Bright. Eye said, "Tiny Bill will be so sorry to leave our nest, and go away from mamma!"
The child was abashed, and went home, saying, "Ah, every one is fond of home!"
THE TWO GEMS
A despot in the East once said to his fawning courtiers, "He that goes round my kingdom in the shortest possible time shall have one of these two gems."
A courtier went round the King, and said, "Sire, may I have the prize?"