Logical.
The asuteness of children's reasoning is often astonishing. Instead of putting them off too quickly, or telling them- some plausible story when they come with their questions, it is well to give them a chance.
A little girl, six years old, was on a visit to her grandfather, an English divine, celebrated for his logical acumen.
"Only think, grandpa," said she one day, 11 what Uncle Robert says ! " " What does he say, my dear P " " He says the moon is made of green cheese. It isn't at all, is it?" *' Well, suppose you find out for yourself." •' How can I, grandpa ?" " Get your Bible and see what it says." "Where shall I begin P "
" Oh, at the beginning, of course."
The child sat down to read the Bible. Before she got through the second chapter of Genesis, and had read about the creation of the stars and the animals, she came back, her eyes all bright with the excitement of discovery.
" I've found it, grandpa," she exclaimed. •• Ifc isn't true, for the moon was made before the COW 3."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2252, 29 April 1897, Page 52
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180Logical. Otago Witness, Issue 2252, 29 April 1897, Page 52
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