. The Family tutor . it is to wonder what the daywill bring forth ; it is sunshine and gloomi-ness; it is rain on the window as one sitsby the fire; it is to walk in the garden,and see the flowers open, and hear thebirds sing; it is to have the postman bringletters ; it is to have news from east, west,north, and south ; it is to read old booksand new books ; it is to see pictures andhear music ; it is to have Sundays ; it is topray with a family, morning and evening;it is to sit in the twilight and meditate ;it is to be well and sometimes to be ill; itis to have business to do, and to do it; i
. The Family tutor . it is to wonder what the daywill bring forth ; it is sunshine and gloomi-ness; it is rain on the window as one sitsby the fire; it is to walk in the garden,and see the flowers open, and hear thebirds sing; it is to have the postman bringletters ; it is to have news from east, west,north, and south ; it is to read old booksand new books ; it is to see pictures andhear music ; it is to have Sundays ; it is topray with a family, morning and evening;it is to sit in the twilight and meditate ;it is to be well and sometimes to be ill; itis to have business to do, and to do it; itis to have breakfast, and dinner, and tea;it is to belong to a town, and to haveneighbours and to be one in a circle ofacquaintance; it is to have friends to loveone; it is to have sight of dear old faces ;and with some men it is to be kissed dailyby the same loving lips for fifty years ; andit is to know themselves thought of manytimes a day, in many places by children,and grandchildren, and manv friends. 54 HALOS. Dear papa, will you tell rae why themoon looks so funny ? said little Sydneyto his father, who was reading a book inthe drawing-room. Yes, my dear ! said Mr. Thompson,* and if you call your sister Rose, I willexplain the reason to both of you. At this moment Mrs. Thompson andher daughter entered the drawing-room,and their attention having been attractedtowards the window by the impatient Syd-ney, they were equally interested in thepeculiar appearance which the young phi-losopher described as being so funny. That singular appearance that you observe round the moon, is called a halo,and is a sure sign that we shall soon haverain ; and as it is unusually large to-night,I have no doubt that the arevery close, because when it is not solarge the rain is generally longer beforeit comes. This peculiar phenomenon iscaused by fine rain, which is suspended inthe upper regions of the air. Sometimesa halo is observed round the sun ; but asthe light of that o
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