. A child's dream of a star . A CHILD S DREAM OF A STAR. rest, near the church-spire, above thegraves. It was larger and more beauti-ful, they thought, than all the others, andevery night they watched for it, standinghand in hand at a window. Whoeversaw it first cried out, I see the star ! And often they cried out both together,knowing so well when it would rise andwhere. So they grew to be such friendswith it, that, before lying down in theirbeds, they always looked out once again,to bid it good night; and when theywere turning round to sleep, they used tosay, God bless the star ! But while s
. A child's dream of a star . A CHILD S DREAM OF A STAR. rest, near the church-spire, above thegraves. It was larger and more beauti-ful, they thought, than all the others, andevery night they watched for it, standinghand in hand at a window. Whoeversaw it first cried out, I see the star ! And often they cried out both together,knowing so well when it would rise andwhere. So they grew to be such friendswith it, that, before lying down in theirbeds, they always looked out once again,to bid it good night; and when theywere turning round to sleep, they used tosay, God bless the star ! But while she was still very young, O,very, very young, the sister drooped, andcame to be so weak that she could nolonger stand in the window at night; and 7. A childs dream of a star. then the child looked sadly out by him-self, and when he saw the star, turnedround and said to the patient pale face onthe bed, I see the star ! And then asmile would come upon the face, and alittle weak voice used to say, * God blessmy brother and the star ! And so the time came, all too soon !when the child looked out alone, andwhen there was no face on the bed; andwhen there was a little grave among thegraves, not there before ; and when thestar made long rays down towards him,as he saw it through his tears. Now, these rays were so bright, andthey seemed to make such a shining wayfrom earth to heaven, that when the childwent to his solitary bed, he dreamed about
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