We heard of people who were clumsy in another Story Lesson (No. 102),
and I am afraid Leslie was a little like them.
It was Christmas Day, and there was a large family party at
grandmamma's, to which Leslie and his mother were invited. The
dinner-table looked beautiful with its snow-white cloth and shining
silver, and its decorations of Christmas roses and red-berried holly.
The dinner-bell rang, and the guests took their places at the table.
Leslie bounced into the room, and was sitting down on the last chair,
all in a hurry, when he somehow caught the tablecloth, and by dragging
it upset the gravy, and sent it streaming all over the nice, clean
cloth. Leslie was very sorry, and his mother was so uncomfortable at the
thought of his clumsiness, that I am afraid the dinner was spoilt for
=her=. From Leslie we learn to
(Blackboard)
Sit Down Carefully, so as not to Upset Anything.