Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
OUR BOYS !
and GIRLS !
WHAT LoTTIE HEARD A TOAD
SAY
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Lott.e had a dear little basket and
Sic wAs e0ius 10 the woods TO f.I
with Huiet>. for it was Aplii aad The
yiulr,S were m bloom ANA the world
VAS very sweet With lie fragrance
OF Tie hi0ssgm.us uees.
"N0w dau-hter.T said her mother
"be very careful to follow the other
ind don't SIT down ON lhe damp sEs~~
or step in the water" and then mother
kissed her aud De-, her 10 with her
brothers anu Skip. her curly old,k dog,
following after. o. raciRs OF "a front
a. he pleased.
After a While The children left the
city and climbed the hill and then
they began 70 find Wild flowers. There
were dog tooth ,io,ets, anemon5s, lar,-
purs. Dutchmeus breethes and other
sprins flowers, but. best Of all. were
the ,iolets. which Lottle gathered in
h.g punches and filled her basket wish
them
only one IN ten her brother said
'for if you pull an Of them up by the
roots there viii be none iegt for the
children next year"
So after Lottie had filled her bas&e'
with the flowers she counted ten art
then took the tenth up by The roots "a.
put into her hr.ie flower bed 4, HON
She wandered off by herself ana one,
III while, when the boys called
would come nearer 10 them, but soon
she forgot and went in the opposit,
erection After half an hour ii wa
very quiet and Lottie looked around
hut could see nothing Of the boys.
She sat down thinking they wouio
surely lind her and was sorting gu
her flowers uhen what should she Sc.
risht ia front Of her BIZ, The cunning
est little toad you ever saw. Lottis
ad @ bool, in which it told her Char
ue cad has a jewel for an eye ana
S she looked at it very closely and
tsra enough she could see the iewyi
shining at her.
Come here toad, and give me ,ha
jewel in your eye" she said and as
the toad said nothing she lay down
en- The warm grass and Watched It, but /
size was very sleepy.
Presently TO her surprise the toaa /
WALKED right I'D 20 her
Don't touch me-" size said, "or J
VIII set warts on my hands, but just |
drop he jewel out of your eye and |
give it to me-
Il might" said the toad, If
thought you loved yonr neighbor as
Yourself. Are you kind to all the pool
people and TO the helpless persons
you meet every day.
"Why, l never hurt anyone" said |
Lotte, and | giye pennies for the
miss ionarics.'
But that is not enough said the
toad "You must do something if on |
~ TO pick up his stick for the lame !
old man who dropped it in front OF
your house yesterday, or to keep youi |
clothes nice so that when You catgrov
them your mother can give them to 4
the poor little girl on the back street
well, | will think about those
things the next time" said Lojie, "hut
1 never realized that it meant doing
some aing TO do such little things
that
That Is the trouble with people,
said the toad. "they do not remember
that it is the thought in your heart
that counts"
"All right said Lottie, I'm glad
YOU told me"
why here she Is" exclaimed her
brother, ASLEEP on the ground
Il was not asleep" said Iottie, "l
was talking to the toad, and it was
Eclng tc give me the j.wel in It's eye
"Well, it skipped away when We
came up said her brother, and now
We will have to start home and hope
you don't take cold sleeping on tbs
ground"
New King of Candlestlck