The Queen was in London, and as the time drew near when she was expected
to drive through the park, many people stood on the sidewalk to see her
carriage pass.
A little lady who was walking through the park thought she would stand
with the others to see Her Majesty, and as she was too short to look
over the heads of the people, she found a place at the edge of the crowd
near the roadway.
By-and-by they heard a cheer in the distance, and knew that the Queen's
carriage had come out of the palace gates. At that very moment some one
came pushing through the people, and before the little lady had time to
speak, a great big boy brushed rudely past, and stood in front of her.
The lady touched him on the arm, and he turned round, and saw that it
was a friend of his mother's whom he had been treating so rudely. He
raised his cap at once, and, blushing with shame, begged the lady's
pardon, and took a place behind her.
But if the lady had been a perfect stranger, it would have been equally
wrong for the boy to act like that. It is always rude to push, whether
we are entering a tramcar, a railway train, or going to some place of
amusement; let us remember this:--
(Blackboard)
It is Rude to Push in Front of People.