WINDING YORN.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

WINDING YORN.

Little Nellie, a four year old girl. Winding yarn for hor mother one day Gotit all hi a tangled twirl, ■ .1 ( Came to her auut iv a helpless way i With a face whose plead ing charm • The hardest heart would win, Says, " Oh, auntie, please fix this yarn , n j In a quick hurry, 'fore mamma conies in. ( Auntie with patience went to work,, ,'. AP smooth the tangled skein she drew ; With practised hand, gave a gentle jerk. ■~ A gain the thread went sm oothry ana true, Tlien ore that little face there broke •■ A smile most fair to sec; • With childish triumph, thus she spoke, ■; '' We fixed 'cm, auntie, you and me. i

. " Why, it is a3 plain as that two and two make four." '"But I deny that too; for two and two make twenty-two." Little Willie, when he first saw his newbaby cousin, gazed on the tiny thing for a moment in awed silence, and then j whispered, " Mamma, is he a her V ;; Never speak unkindly to a child. A_» child's feelings are very, sensitive, and an.: unkind word rankles in its memory, and}; may cause it to drop an orange-peel in your path. • " Bessie, 1 hear your sister is ill. Whatails her ?" " I don't know, ma'am. May baits the diploma." The what, child? : "The diploma. I heard mother say she took it afc school." •, * A short time ago a little urchin in West-' minster saw a shilling lying on the pave-j ment. He had no sooner picked it up tban>. it was claimed by a sturdy carman. ' \ V ourj • shilling hadn't got a. hole in it, said the.; boy stoutly. " Yes, it had," said the roguav, of a carman.. "Then this one amfc.it,,.; replied the boy, walking off triumphantly. £