Show a TOMMIES 8 BIRTHDAY tommie wanted to go fishing but his mother told him bo ho ant wait watt until someone could go with him ehe she could not let him so go alone and that come some day very soon the would go with him and he coald fish all day but tommie was not satisfied and right after dinner he be told bla his mother he was vias going to play with the boy boys but instead of that ho he went to a store and bought a hook and line then he dug worms arms for bait and went to a pond he knew of 0 to fish lie ile batted baited hia his hook and cast it into the pond hut but the he fash bed bl no In intention of bitenc that day tommie soan grew grow tired of or waiting and thought be tie would go in wading the wat water felt nice and cool and he did not notice where ho h waa was going suddenly he slipped aud down he went and then he was frightened for ant could be he dry his clothes before it was time to go home but he be walked in the tho sun un tor for a while and by the time he reached home his outsize clothes were nearly dry lie ile ate his supper and went to bed early when his mother came to kiss klas him good goodnight night she plied up his underclothing which he had left on the floor and found they were damp how ilow did you get so wet oh one of the boya boys turned the hose on me tommie replied you should have ha told me when you first came in the bouse house you may take cold bald said his mother she felt of his hair and found it was quite dry so ere big shoes and stockings and though his mother did not men ton tion it again she had her suspicions the next week was commies tommies birth day and while he was dressing eesing dr tha morning his mother told him she wa to take him fishing and that he would fird bis his birthday present la in the next room tominie hurried in to see what it was and found an outing suit of khaki which he bad had been wishing for and beside it a fishing rod tommie felt entity but he thanked his mother and achl her ler if I 1 was just what he wanted AP at sr jr breakfast breal fast a larra larrs basket was packed with ith and other nice things to eat and they went to the car when they arrived there were several of tommie is boy friends and their mothers tommie looked surprised where are you going he asked they laughed and said they were going with him it was a surprise picnic tor for Tomm led i birthday they hid a nice ride in the car along a country road read and stopped at a greo gre o on t the le opposite side of the the water felt nice and coo cool grove was as a lake they fished and caught some too then they went wO kling and then such a nice luncheon as they had under the trees every body had a good time tommie en joyd it but hie big conscience troubled him ho be had disobeyed his mother and told her a wrong story he ile was truly sorry and it took away all the pipas pleas ure of hia his birthday picnic every thao time he thought of at it when hen they reached homa every everybody budy thanked tommie for their good time and he felt ashamed for it vs v s his lother mother who had given sim tim alt all the pleasure and he knib he had not inot treated her honestly that tha t night n when his mother said good night tommie said mother ther I 1 have kt been little a wicked iv boj ne ile WM was crying cras a tell mother all till about it IV she mid id putting her arm around him tomm told her how he went lashing ansing za wet his clothes tb abes es and then told her an amruth about out it and that now he wa walo sorry marry and ashamed ills othar mother old told him III how bad she felt ra to know he had teen truthful ana ka he she had that been he hal had disobeyed her that very unhappy ince the night 5 did 1 he told ator her far 40 4 mt felt the then it not get his hi clothe wet la in t the he war h way 0 said she i asked him to promise f to or deceive ter again tommie 0 romines UpS oms nd went to steep feeling bappler than he had since 9 he told the wrong ny story |