The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-23
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MuRiEL.
Good Advice that the Moon Gave . Little
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-I
shy seemed, for 1t is not everybody 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. !"
II don't agree with you there" said
the bnll-frog's wife. ''for know when
you lose your child, it's enough to
break anybody's heart, and Muriel is
such q womanly little girl. Oh, but
what 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 ms drcadfully: instead Of being
proud of being little girls and having
everything love them, they seem to be
30 sorry" And with this she had to
stop for breath, as it was a long speech
for her.
II 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. ii 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 s,ire 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 Mnriei lay in her bed, crying as
though her little heart would break, for
she had never had such a 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 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 baby, for you are
six years DID,"
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.
And this is what the moon said: ''Of
course, Mnriel, it is very sad that you
should have to lose Henrietta in this
way, but Henrietta has . very good
home and is with all her old friends and
| relations and would be very happy il
she did not feel that you were SO sad Mt
parting with her. You see, all the dolls
in the world must get worn out or lost
and when this happens old Santa Claus,
| who lives with me, gathers them all up
| and takes them home with him to live,
and they have a very happy and good
time ever afterwards. II you would
only try not to feel unhappy Henrietta
could he having a good time OF course
/ know just how sad you feel, but il
seems to me when you know what l
have just told you that it is really a lit.
tie bit selfish of you to let Henrietta
feel how miserable you are"
Muricl stopped crying and said ''she
would not cry any more"
| Then the moon said: "Muriel, you
are getting to be big girl now, and
am going to tell you how to always be
happy, and the way to do that is to try
and make everybody else happy. Now
If you start in tomorrow and make up
your mind not to cry or frown all day,
but do everything you can to please
your papa and mamma, when you lie in
your coy little bed at night You will
know what it is to be really real happy.
People can not look at person with q
kind. smiling face without feeling hap
pier. no matter how sad they may be
and have made it rule that no one
should ever see me when did not gree
them with smile. There is nothing
like looking at the bright side of every
thing. ! always do, and that is thu
reason that everybody is SO pleased "
see me. Sometimes n cloud gets he
tween me and the rest Of the world, bn
know it will soon pass away, SO giv'
it pleasant smile, and if you hav'
ever noticed you will have seen tina
the clouds always look brighter whe,
they get face to face with me.
well, Muriel, must be going. y
the old sun will catch me with onl,
half my work done. You see Ion;
time ago the sun sent Inc out In th
world to visit everyone in trouble. as h.
could not attend to them specially. hn
has his time taken up in giving ligh
and warmth to all. And it puts hin
out, when he gets up in the morning,
he finds my work not completed, an
then feel SO ashamed that l put m
lanterns out and get home rs quickl
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