The Waldorf family . youderive any moral from its grotesque incidents ? Oh, yes, sir, said Frank, looking very wise: I think it was quite an allegory. Pray explain it, for our benefit. Frank colored a little, and replied: I thinkthe two brothers were intended to represent Benev-olence and Selfishness. The Wasp, I suppose,meant courage, the Spider was perseverance, andthe Dragonfly, hope. Pretty well imagined, my boy ; but we hadbetter not attempt to carry out the allegory anyfarther, or we might meet with some difficulty. I hate allegories, said Edith, unless theyare very short, and so skilful
The Waldorf family . youderive any moral from its grotesque incidents ? Oh, yes, sir, said Frank, looking very wise: I think it was quite an allegory. Pray explain it, for our benefit. Frank colored a little, and replied: I thinkthe two brothers were intended to represent Benev-olence and Selfishness. The Wasp, I suppose,meant courage, the Spider was perseverance, andthe Dragonfly, hope. Pretty well imagined, my boy ; but we hadbetter not attempt to carry out the allegory anyfarther, or we might meet with some difficulty. I hate allegories, said Edith, unless theyare very short, and so skilfully written as to seemlike real stories. I often think that the old ladywas not far wrong when she called them paregor-ical stories, for they always put me to sleep. I suppose you would like me to find a rustic \ love-story among our fairy tales, my little , since it seems decided that I ? am to tell alegend every fine evening, I will endeavor to suitall tastes, and to-night it is your turn to THE OTHSIBH ©IF hub IPEAM. nsiLMrnDi ) N former times, when Fairies wereas numerous in Brittany aswolves in the forest, or pigs inthe farm-yard, or children in thecottages, there lived in one of theprovinces a young man namedHarold, and a very pretty girl calledBellah. They were own cousins, andtheir mothers, while they were yettiny little babies, had determined theyshould marry each other. So they wererocked in the same cradle, and fed withthe same pap-spoon, according to the custom ofBrittany, whenever one of these early betrothals
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