Show delae cormer DOKO edita b 40 1 SERAPHINA seraphana STORIES tt small seraphina Seraph lna stella stone whose age la Is halt past tour four was fond 0 of having all her things u upon pon the nursery floor her b books and dolls and teddy bears her blocks and other toys to have them till nil about tier her was the of 0 her joys but when nearly time for bed and d she must stop her play our se r alphina a phina stella stone just left them where they lay I 1 to tell of such a careless dear dearl dear I 1 it grieves me sore I 1 but her dear mother think of tier her it grieves tier her much much morel more now one day seraphina of lier her toys began to tire and so she lay down on the rug before tile the open fire and thero face down upon the rug was lier her dear dolly ipar As seraphina Seraph lna watched the llames flames that leaped up with the smoke she heard a teeny tiny voice that softly sadly spoke oh dearl it said look here berel it said im lying on my face I 1 do wish mother seraphina would put me in my place im rolled off here heie im bowled off there im tumbled all around I 1 have a mind to start oft off now and travel till ive found A little girl to mother me who will not be so careless oil oh dear ol ell dearl dear I 1 look here look cierel ive worried till hairless I 1 and then up spoke young Ted dykIns well I 1 am tumbled too im thrown throw n around and blown around I 1 we aro are a jumbled crowl crewl A book that lay upon the floor cried out alast alack 1 I 1 suffer more than you my friends I 1 have a broken back bacal I 1 and it if you look around you here see that there are others with rumpled leaves and broken bachs my sisters and my brothers then let us go cried Ted dykins to some home boane far from here where children are more kind andee and we shall have no more to fear where each of us will ft have a place and will be put away to sleep and rest for that la Is best ft lion hen we are tired of play small Sc raphina caught her breath and opened wide tier her eyes i Q b sah flit awas at he his a mirl aorl est foft no lives 0 ahr jenilee and an na cfaft at i coarr I 1 0 O idar asti w stand slie she looked about the fire lire lit room in sleepy sai sad surprise she heard no more small voices from dolly dear or book but toys were scattered all around wherever she might look oil please dont leave me dont go dear dolly dear ill try to take such care of you if you ou will stay right here she thought she saw dear dolly smile a little smile then sigh she thought she saw small Ted dykins wink once his button eyel she tool took those toys with loving care and put them all away anay and CAREFUL seraphina she tins lias been unto tills dayl day I 1 josephine A gaker baker |