Archy Somerville : and other stories . 88 Edwards mother weeping. HOW DISOBEDIENCE WASPUNISHED. Look at the picture! You see iiis a mother and her children sittingby a bedside and in great will tell you the tale of the pic-ture. There lived in a little villageonce, a widow lady, and her twochildren, Julia, the eldest abouttwelve years old, and Edward theother who was a year younger thanhis sister. Julia was a lovely girl,who was very obedient to all hermothers wishes. Edward, I amsorry to sav, gave his mother a great (89) 90 now DISOBEDIENCE WAS PUNISHED. deal of anxiety. He was d
Archy Somerville : and other stories . 88 Edwards mother weeping. HOW DISOBEDIENCE WASPUNISHED. Look at the picture! You see iiis a mother and her children sittingby a bedside and in great will tell you the tale of the pic-ture. There lived in a little villageonce, a widow lady, and her twochildren, Julia, the eldest abouttwelve years old, and Edward theother who was a year younger thanhis sister. Julia was a lovely girl,who was very obedient to all hermothers wishes. Edward, I amsorry to sav, gave his mother a great (89) 90 now DISOBEDIENCE WAS PUNISHED. deal of anxiety. He was disobedi-ent and did not always tell the troubled his poor mother verymuch. One Saturday afternoon he cameto ask his mothers leave to go afishing. * I had rather you would not go,Edward; the water is so deep, andyou are very heedless, said she. But I want to go so much T^ No, my son, no; remember Iforbid your going. Promise me youwont go.^ I suppose I wont if you tell menot to, said Edward, in a very. EDWARD FISHING, 92 HOW DISOBEDIENCE WAS PUNISHED. sulky tone. Maynt I go and takea walk? Yes; but do not go near thewater. As soon as this naughty boy wasout of sight of the house, he walkeddirectly to the river to fish. Butalas! a large fish caught the line,and in trying to draw it out Edwardhimself fell in. The water was deep,and there was nobody near to helphim. The next day his body wasbrought home to his mothers see in the picture how his poormother is crying; Julia did notseem to realize that her brother HOW DISOBEDIENCE WAS PUNISHED. 93 was dead, until the funeral wasover. ^- So you see how in this instancedisobedience was punished. It doesnot always happen that naughtychildren are punished so soon fortheir faults, but it comes some or later all wickedness willmeet its reward.
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