There is another way in which children can be modest--they can be modest
about dress. A child's dress is not so long as that of a grown-up
person, because children want to romp and play about, but a =modest=
child always likes its dress to cover it nicely, and will take care that
no buttons are unfastened.
One evening some children were playing about on the hearthrug, when one
of them, a little girl named Jessie, jumped up quite suddenly, and, with
a blushing face, ran out of the room. The governess followed to see what
was the matter, and Jessie told her in a whisper that she was =so=
ashamed, because in romping about her dress had gone above her knees.
Some people might say that Jessie was =too= modest, but I do not think
so; a nice little girl will always like to keep her knees covered.
In America the children have much longer dresses than in our country,
and they would think little girls very rude who were not as careful as
Jessie.
You will think for yourselves of many other ways in which children can
be modest. It is a good rule never to do =anything= that we would be
ashamed for teacher or mother to see.