Show fmc C 1141 Cf fEB ff EIBS A dono edillo THY Y EDMONDS bv SERAPHINA STORIES it small seraphim stella stone whose age Is half past four was fond of having all her things upon the nursery floor her books and dolls and teddy bears her blocks and other toys to have them all about her was the of her joys but when nearly time for bed and she must stop her play our seraphina Seraph lna stella stone just left them where they lay to tell of such a careless child dear dear it grieves me sore but her dear mother think of her it grieves her much much more now one day Sc Seraph raphina lna of her toys began to tire and so she lay down on the rug before the open fire and there face down upon the rug was her dear dolly dear As seraphina watched the flames that leaped up with the smoke she heard a teeny tiny voice that softly sadly spoke ob dear it said look here it said bald im lying on my face I 1 do wish mother seraphana Seraph lna would put me in my place im rolled olt off heie bete im bowled oil off there im tumbled nil all around I 1 have a mind to start off now and travel till ive found A little girl to mother me who will not be so careless oh dear oh dear look here look here ive worried till hairless P 1 and then up spoke young Ted dykins well I 1 am tumbled too im thrown around and blown around we are a jumbled crew I 1 A book that lay upon the alie floor cried out alas alack I 1 suffer more than you my friends I 1 have a broken back I 1 mid and it if you look around you here see that there are others with rumpled leaves and broken backs bachs my sisters and my brot brothers bers then let us go cried Ted dykins to some home far from here where children are more kind and we shall have no more to tear fear where each of us will have a place and will be put away to steel sleep and rest tor for that is best when we are tired of 0 play small seraphina caught her breath and opened wide her eyes all I 1 TA Cr if tie ft fill he his a V tool mc he fives lii inae I 1 ignites i nac pi n falica fA anc ficA we HA chmir hw i 1 1474 li lt 4 cifu its om sams or o T dwitgt birj shap f arwa ai over woh lie he un can WW ani she looked about the fire lit room in ili sleepy sad gad surprise she heard no more small voices from dolly dear or book but toys were scattered all around wherever she might look oh please dont leave me Ted dykIns dont go dear dolly dear ill try to take such care of you it if you will stay right herp here she thou thought glit she saw dear dolly smile a little smile then sigh she thought she saw small wink once his button eye I 1 she took those toys with loving care and put them all away and CAREFUL seraphina Seraph lna she has been unto this day josephine A baker |