Evening star., 1937-03-29
Child
Complete
His Dream
It Is Not Good for
Him to Aspire and
Meet Failure.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

MOTHER was watching the last pan
A'A of cookies. "As soon as they are
out III take my bath and change my
dress and read little. I've gotten
along we'll today"
Just then Boboie raised his voice in
| temperish walls. He could be heard
scolding, stamping and hammerlng be-
tween howls. Dear, dear, what is the
matter with you. Bobbie?"
Bobbie appeared in the doorway OF
the shop in the garage. The tears
were standing on his red face, and'he
suffered in his anger. "I-1-c-ca-ca-nt t
put my wagon together. The old thing
won't fit," and he threw the wooden
object he had in his hands forcefuDy
on the floor.
| For a moment mother was tempted
to match his temper with bit OF her
own, but she waited an instant and
then said, Come in and have a cookie,
Just warm out OF the oven. Come
along"
Still protesting and wailing, Bobbie
entered the kitchen. The smell OF the
cookies Gained his soul-stomachs
| must be close to childrens souls. He
ate a cookie, and another, followed by
more until his mother thought him
sufficiently comforted. What was
| wrong with the wagon, Bobbie?"
"It wouldn't go together for me-" He
| went out and picked up the thing he
| had thrown down and showed it to
his mother. Four bits Of board, no two
shaped alike, or anywhere near The
same length, filled with long wire nails.
Mother looked at the mess and tried
to see what Bobbie saw-a lovely little
wagon coming out OF it.
HIN. I see. You made it stay to-
gether, but I think the trouble is that
the boards are not just right. The two
long sides and the two short sides must
| match
"You help me, mother"
SO mother went out to the shop,
helped Bobbie lay out the four pieces
| for the sides, stood by while he nailed
them, and then showed him how to
cut the bottom piece out OF the big
board and nail it to the sides. 1t was
not a grade A job, but it was wagon
box and all that Bobbie thought de-
| sirable. Tomorrow I will make the
Wheels" said he, "and you can help
me-"
1--WE can't make wheels. They need
tools we haven't got, but you can find
a pair on some old wagon that will do,
I'm sure, and then we can put
them out"
| BY and by the wagon was finished,
| painted red, with Bobbie's name in
black letters done in stencil. 1t cost
| mother some time, but 1t helped Bob
| bic no end.
Little children often want to do Jobs
that are beyond them. It is best to
say, 80? Well, you 60 ahead and
try" and when they reach the end
| of their powers lend them . hand,
show them how, make the steps easy
for them 20 that something comes OF
their desire to do. 1t is not good for a
child to aspire and fall fiat. He can
not realize his dream, true enough
But he can salvage something Of 1t
and 80 have a starting place for the
| next dream.
Children and youth must dream
They must strive to make dreams come
true. Never discourage them in their
longings to be somebody or to dc
something that looks to be far beyond
their powers. Keep their dreams alive
direct them, preserve them, for they
are precious to the very life OF the
child. The mind that can dream nc
more u finished, but the one that
dreams on and on, building - It goes
knows 10 ending.
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