The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-09-04
JUVENILE COLUMN.
LUL1E,s DREAM.

and one that had taught her q good lesson.
So I am going to put 1t down for you
amongst guardian angel stories. 1 hope
the big people won't peep in. We don't
want them, do VET
Lulie was not a good girl that night. |
She had been reading great thick book OF
fairy tales during the evening, and she had
Just got to the middle of very interesting
one, where the princess was in an enchant-
ed castle, and the knight had to go through
a wood of fire and q lake of snakes, ana
killed six dragons who never slept and had
eyes always wide open, of course, as they
never slept,) all around their heads, back,
front and sides, and had to get past two
fierce dogs that we're blind but could near
a feather fall; and this all done, had then
to go through an enchanted door thac
could not possibly be induced to open put
ut the sound of a magic word, and that
word was only to one creature on earen;
This creature was the giant who mad
originally shut up the princess in the
castle, and who in fact was the lord OF saIu
castle, and tho magic word had never Deen
written, nor spoken, nor yet dreamed OF,
but was cut in letters of blood on ms hearS'
and the knight had to kill him, of course,
to get sight of it, after which he would
have the extremely pleasant pastime OF
finding it under the flesh and bones ana
skin Of the giant. Now the knight had got
through the wood of fire and the lake OF
snakes, and killed " by hook or by crook, ;.
the six dragons, wide awake as they were,
with all their various eyes open, and man
aged to pass the dogs without being heard
by them, and just succeeded in putting an
end to the giant, and finding the word on
his heart, and was standing. before the en-
charted door with it in his mind already
to say land mind you the enchanted door
opened in the princess's room,) when her
mamma said it was time to go to bed just
think how hard that was! But she did not
take it patiently at all. She annoyed
her mamma very much, and would not say
her night pray ers at all; so her dear mann
ma left her without saying good night or
thought, got up in the morning, very early
before any of the other children were
awake, and taking her books OF fairy tales,
stole away to the garden without saying
word of her morning prayers, ana sat uo w u
on q wooden seat to find out the emu VI Che
beautiful princess, when looking, arounu
she noticed that the birds and the MOWERS
and the dew, and everything, seemed to
have million eyes, all staring at her, as
if she were some horrible monster. SO
she said, "I wish flowers and birds and
animals talked like they did IN the time
these fairy tales were made, and "a soon
make all these things tell me whaS 'ney
mean by their stare J" ,..,-
To her amazement q thousand little
tinkling voices answered, eve can talk.
"Then what do you mean !"
| But they turned their eyes from her, and
began to talk to each other. First the now,
ers; their voices were like Little Dells VI
| music. o.,
"Lilly,n said Rose, "are you ready r.
eyes," said Lilly, my heart is as white
as little baby's; my leaves are opened ou'
and have dew drop sparkling in my cup
so that when he looks he will see that
offer him my best. Are you ready, my
queen 7"
ia waiting to ascend to him; my leaves are
glowing with love, and when He looks d'
will see that I, too, offer him all cam"
"Who is he 2" said Lulie.
uGod, - answered a choir of little swee
voices, and the flowers all bowed the!
heads at the name. Then the Rose-she Ii
queen amongst the flowers, you know,
vent on asking each of them if it was ready
and each told her what gift was prepared
Every blossom had something. perfume, O.
beauty, or dew;-even the humble olu'
Forget-me not, which only had a look iron
it's golden eyes. Then the rose said
swung to and fro by the morning breeze
they sent forth the tinkle of their it'll
bells. o.
"What are they going to do, wonder Y
said Lulie. .,
"Say our morning prayers" sung tn
| sweet voices, anu tuCy WCuo W.
She threw down her book, astonished an.
curious, to watch the wonderful sight. !
must be. to see the flowers at their mornln
PRAYERS. 1t was indeed a lovely one; ever
flower raised it's head, and looked its mos
beautiful look to the sky, and from Tn
heart of. each went up a tender muslca
voice. saving, "I praise thee, dear God.
, And they turned smiling to each othel
And from the trees above her head burs
+ out q sound of melody; it was from I'd
! throats of a thousand little birds. Luli
had often heard them sing before, an
knew eyery note. But now the notes ha
words softly stealing out amongst them, an
the words we're, f" Great God we offer glor
y to thy NAME"
That is the morning prayer OF the BIRD
said Lulie to herself, feeling very muc
= ashamed. mr.,
a eyes, sang the birds from above, "Go
= I&akes care of u.s."
q Then she heard rustling and a mumu
ing amongst the leaves, and in Its low mt
= sic was mingled an echo of the words I'll
a birds has Just sang. She knew this WI
). the morning prayer of the greet trees, an
a she felt more ashamed than ever. Mex
!. there was pretty tumult among the leav'
" of grass. They stood up like an army
fairy lances gilt with sunlight, studdt
witk diamonds of dew. The dew soft
% rose from them to little webs of white "
Dor, and meeting in the sky, turned In
one of these fathery clouds that seem
float into heaven itself. She knew tn
rs this was the morning prayer OF the gras
n on that summer cloud she could almo
a read it in words. The brown bees, tt
.e lovely butterflies. the Door craZy-loOkll