Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23
MuRlEL.
Good Advice that the Moon Gave a Little
Girl-How to BE Happy.


Girl-How to BE Happy.
The sun had set and its last rays had
kissed the lake goodnight an hour be-
fore, and everything seemed at rest--T
say seemed, for it is not every body that
could have heard, or who, if they had
heard, would have understood the fol.
lowing conversation:
WELL" said the turtle, for he gen.
orally opened the evening talk, II was
sorry to see Muriel in such trouble to-
day, and really it appears to me hui
mans have not much sense anyway.
What fuss to make just because an
old doll fell in the lake and was lost"
81 don't agree with you there" said
the bull-frog's wife, ''for know when
you lose your child, it's enough to
break anybody's heart, and Muriel is
such swomanly little girl Oh, but
what a difference there is in people
Some little girls just seem to have been
meant to be boys; anyway they act
like boys and throw stones at us and
plague us dreadfully; instead of being
proud of being little girls and having
everything love them, they seem to be
so sorry" And with this she had to
stop for breath, as it was a long speech
for her.
81 was sorry, too, said the alligator;
''for saw it drop in the water and
thought it was something good to eat,
but soon found it was only Muriel's
doll; il was too bad" and then the alli-
gator commenced to cry. No one paid
much attention to him, because he shed
tears so easily, and then nobody was
quite sure what he was crying about.
1T was great fuss to make about
nothing, said the bullfrog IF Muriel |
felt poorly, like | do, she might have
cried" Then no one spoke, because
they did not want to be rude: but every
one knew that the bullfrog was not
feeling well because he had eaten too |
much, and it was all they could do not
to laugh
While all this conversation was going |
on Muriel lay in her bed, crying as
though her little heart would break, for
she had never had such sorrow before
in her whole life, and she felt sure she
would never have another doll that she
could love half as much as Henrietta, and
poor Henrietta was drowned and she
would never see her again, and she com
menced to cry and sob more than ever
Muriel was really a sensible little girl,
and at last she said to herself: "Muriel,
you are baby to cry so, and if you are
going to cry this way you had better
wear baby-clothes again. The differ
ence between little girls and babies is
that babies cry because they can not
help it and don't know any better; but
You. Muriel, are not a baby, for you are
six years DID,"
Then the old moon got out of bed to
start on her nightly rounds, and little
while afterward stopped to look in at
Muriels window, as she did every night
when she got up at all, to see how her
little friend was getting along, for the 9
moon IS very lovable old lady, and !
fond of little people
And then Muriel thought she heard a
some one calling ''Mu-ri-el, Mu-ri-el."
and she answered at last, and the moon ]
looked at her so Kindly, as she always
does to people in trouble. and said:
''Muriel, dear. what is the matter?"
Muriel was not the least afraid, for
nobody could be at the moon. and told :
her all about Henrietta getting drowned. !
and tried not to cry ever so hard, and =
pressed her teeth together tightly when !
she had said all she could and waited to
hear what the moon had to say. q
And this is what the moon said: 'Of
course, Muriel, 1t is very sad that you a,
should have to lose Henrietta in this q
way, but Henrietta has a very good ]
home and is with all her old friends and a
relations and would be very happy if
she did not feel that you were so sad at /,
parting with her. You see. all the dolls h
n the world must get worn ont or lost n
md when this happens old Santa Claus, In
who lives with me. gathers them all up 1,
Ind takes them home with him to live, n
md they have a very happy and good a
.ime ever afterwards. If you would n
'nly try not to feel unhappy Henrietta 3
'ould be having good time. OF course G