One day a lady called at a cottage where there lived a little girl,
named Edna, who was playing on the hearth-rug with another little girl,
Lizzie. The lady had come to see Edna's grandmamma, but she had not
forgotten that Edna lived there, and she brought out of her basket a
little paper bag full of ripe cherries, and gave them to the child. Edna
did not forget to say "thank you," then she took the little bag, put it
on a chair, and peeped inside; she was only two years old, and could not
have reached the table. As soon as she saw the pretty, red cherries, she
toddled to her little friend, and holding out the bag, said, "Lizzie
some". When Lizzie had taken a handful, she went to her grandmother, and
said, "Grandmamma some," and then with a shy, little glance at the lady,
she placed the bag in her lap, and said, "Lady some".
Last of all she helped her dear little self, and so we say that Edna was
=un=selfish, that means =not= selfish. Baby Edna did not know about the
Temple we all have to make, but she was building it just the same.
Perhaps "Selfless" and "Thoughtful" were helping her to find the stones!
(Blackboard.)
Think First of Others, Last of Self.