Have you ever sat at table with a child who was never still? Such a
child was Katie! Instead of waiting quietly until every one was served,
she would fidget about on her chair, put her little fat arms on the
table (which you know is a very rude thing to do), and move from side to
side all the time. When at last she was served, her dinner would be
quickly eaten, and then she was impatient to be gone, and kept asking
mother if she might not leave the table, and go to her book or her play.
Now if Katie had thought a little of others, she would not have made
everybody uncomfortable by being so restless. When she was waiting to be
served, and when she had finished, she should have sat quietly with her
hands in her lap. These two stories teach us that
(Blackboard)
We must Sit Still at Table.
(THINKING OF OTHERS AT TABLE.)