Show I I I I I Tm Im Sorry Sony Mary I KerrI Kerr Junior does a man many things thing he ought not to do lo o said his hb hi aunt but he is alway very sorry after after- afterwards after j wards One evening not long a ago o for tor Instance he wanted me to play playa pla i a g game me with him I I told hum him AuntIe was as too tired but he teased and I II i I finally fin yielded but nth the strict un- un unI understanding that Iti I ti play It ib just twice and he must must not ask ash for more He lie kept his word not to ask for I any more and I left the room He H seemed to ha have hae e 1 been thinking ser ser- serI serIously seriously folI for in m a few Caw minutes he fol- fol followed lo lowed ed me and sa d Im sorry I asked ask ask- I J ed cd tired you to play said when you vou ou were ere so sOl sc j I That didn't dp di much good saId saIda a second aunt since s the harm to your joul was already done e It is better to 1 not do things than than to do them and I then say Im I'm sorry Of course said sad a grandaunt yet I in learning to say Im I'm sorry Junior is learning one of the most lessons in m the v orld The fact that I he thinks of wh t h he hay hi done and judges whether hether i it was as right or wron wrong shows that he Ii i is considering others I as well as himself And apologizing I when necessary is going to help him to do better ano another her time I We ought to be very sery ery glad th that t Junior has begun begu to practice this hab- hab habit I hab-I I hab-I I it because use it will Wilt help him all through his life See he hw ho much unhappiness and friction in m families I might night beI be bo smoothed a away y if each learned to say II I m am sorry as Junior does They The are arc two to small words but we ise all know that they are the hardest words in the world orld to say sav But dont don't don you vou think those who ho learn to sa say sav them II m in childhood find it easier to say them when the they arc are older Everyone Every one mak- mak makes makes makes es mistakes but dont don't you notice that tha those tho who ho have learned to acknowledge acknowledge acknowledge ledge their mistakes overcome o them n more easily thin than those who try to Just justify y themselves es as lIt It does help said sud the thc second se-cond aunt aun 1 and I think you are right about Its making ma Junior more considerate Do you vou ou know said his grandaunt with nth a G a twinkle L I f shouldn't wonder if he has learned le this good habit from some of the older persons around him Both aunties may y have had something to do with his l learning that lesson and perhaps Grandpa and Grandma near enough for contagion hibit-contagion but buit It certainly ert is true that if the ch children dren see the older members of the famIly famil acknowledging their faults and hear them i for inconsiderate ids acts they will soon be doing the th same I am quite sure that an an ounce of example ample is worth orth a pound of pre pre- pt |