. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . o are the persons riding, Carrie ? I dont know their names, replied she ; but there is an old manin the middle with a young man and a young woman. They looksurprised ; but whether at something pleasant or not, Im not sure. What have you to say about the picture, Charley? I was wondering about those boys who are cutting capers in frontof the donkeys. Theyll get run over if theyre not careful. Any-how, Id rather walk than ride a donkey. But if I were there, Idget on one of the camels. Id like to ride on a camel. You get the point
. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . o are the persons riding, Carrie ? I dont know their names, replied she ; but there is an old manin the middle with a young man and a young woman. They looksurprised ; but whether at something pleasant or not, Im not sure. What have you to say about the picture, Charley? I was wondering about those boys who are cutting capers in frontof the donkeys. Theyll get run over if theyre not careful. Any-how, Id rather walk than ride a donkey. But if I were there, Idget on one of the camels. Id like to ride on a camel. You get the points of ,the picture very well, said Grandpa;but what it represents you dont catch. Mary, please read Genesisxii, 4, 5. Mary turned as directed and read thus: So Abram departed, as <J2 GRANDPA GOODWINS STORIES. the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him : and Abramwas seventy and five years old when he departed out of Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers son, and alltheir substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had. They went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they earned— Genesis xii, 5. gotten in Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ;and into the, land of Canaan they came. We can all tell now who the people are, said Mrs. Reed, asMary finished the verses, to which the children responded by point-ing out one and another of the persons, and saying, as the did so : SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED. 93 Thats Abram; And thats Sarai; This is Lot; Here arethe servants; Here are the flocks, and so on until almost everypoint of the picture was covered by some one. Then Charley asked : Whos boys are these ?—Abrams ? No, answered Grandpa ; Abram haa no boys ; nor had Lot—so far as we know. They are probably children of some of the ser-vants ; but Abram allows the lads to cut capers, as you put it, and tohave a good time as they journey on. Do, Grandpa, tell us the story about Abram. I want so
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