No one liked to play with Tommy. Ann said she would try to cure him. She did it in a funny way. One day she got a big bowl. "Now, Tommy," she said, "I am going to catch all your tears. "We will get this bowl full of them, and I will buy a little fish to live in it.” Tommy stopped crying to hear what Ann said. That time there was but one tear in the bowl. 66 Something will make you cry again soon," said Ann. And so it did. Ann came running to him with the bowl, and Tommy stopped again. "Dear me," said Ann, "we shall never get the fish, Tommy." "I don't care for the fish. I don't like to be a cry-baby. I am not going to be any more," said Tommy. So Ann did cure him. Was it not a funny way? The boy in the chair is Fred. you see the crutch? It is for him. Do He had a bad fall, and hurt his foot. He has been in bed a long time. Now he can sit in the chair. It is hard to keep so still. Fred tries to be brave, and not cry with the pain. Robbie King has come to see him. He is on the way to school. How glad Fred is to see Robbie. "Here is an apple for you, Fred. The cake is from mamma. When does the doctor say you will be well?" "He does not say. Papa thinks I shall walk by Christmas. "The doctor wants me to use my crutch. But it hurts me to try. "He says I may go to school when I can walk with my crutch. Papa can take me there. See me try to walk now." “Oh, don't, if it hurts you.” "The doctor says I must keep trying. I don't mind a little pain. "Tell the children I shall be back to school soon." |