THE SELFISH GIRL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, 21 March 1907, Page 37

THE SELFISH GIRL

Mabel, put down your, book and ' help me - a fctw moments, called a -mother to her- young daughter. Mabel read on without seeming to hear. ■ Presently her mother called her again. ', Yes mamma,' said Mabel-; 'I'll be down in just a moment. s The time went on, • and presently the mother called a third time. - - __ 'Please let .me finish this chapter,' called Mabel. The mother did not answer, but, tir.ed as she was, she did the work alone. Not being called again, Mabel decided that her mother did not want her daid bent over her book with renewed interest. She frept her room all the morning -and did not think of her mother and the work downstairs. Mabel did not mean to be entirely selfish; ' She did not understand ' how much her mother needed her help.. She thought only of her own pleasure, and was inclined to be cross and fretful if interfered with. There are hundreds of such girls. They do not mean to be wholly selfish ; no doubt they think they love their mothers, but they love their own .way best