One evening Minnie sat at the table preparing her lessons. Her father
and mother, with an aunt who had called to see them, were seated at the
hearth.
In a little while Minnie found that she required a book from the
bookcase, which stood in a recess to the left of the fireplace, so she
rose from the table, and, without speaking a word, walked in =front= of
her aunt and in =front= of her father to reach the book. Her aunt looked
up in astonishment, and her father exclaimed: "Minnie, how =rude= you
are!"
Why was Minnie rude? Because she did not say "Excuse me, please," both
to her aunt and her father. We ought =not= to go in front of any one, if
we can by any means avoid it; but, if it is impossible to get behind, we
must never forget to say those little words which Minnie so rudely
forgot.