“How will punishment hinder you from doing wrong again?”
“You know, papa, I should be afraid to have the same punishment again, if I were to do the same wrong action; and the pain, and the shame of the punishment, make me remember them a long while. Whenever I think of doing the wrong action again, for which I was punished, I recollect the punishment, and then I determine not to do wrong again.”
“Is there any other use in punishments, do you think, Frank?”
“Yes, to prevent other people from doing wrong: when they see a person who has done wrong punished, if they are sure they shall have the same punishment, if they do the same wrong thing, they take care not to do it.”
JULIAN AND HIS RABBIT.
One day little Susan Clare came to her mother, with the request that she would tell her a short story. Her mother, after satisfying herself that Susan had been industriously employed during the morning, promised to comply with her request, and the following conversation took place between them.
“What shall I tell you about, my little girl?” said Mrs. Clare; “do you know the story of the grateful Julian?”
“No, mother,” was the reply.