bed,
as if he were dead.

Ann gave the cake to his mam-ma, who did cry and sob, and look so sad,
that Ann had to cry too.

She went home and told her mam-ma all this bad news; and all the rest
of the day she felt sad, and her kind face was pale.

When it was time to go to bed, Ann did pray to God for the poor boy.
She did beg the good God to save his life, and she did beg Him to make
her a good girl, and to love her and love her dear mam-ma, and take
care of them both. She did pray that God would make her good and kind
to poor old Aunt Peg, and to all she knew, and to let her be His lamb,
to live with Him when she died.

Then her mam-ma gave her a kiss, and saw that she lay warm in her
nice, soft bed, and went out of the room. She left Ann in the dark.
But let me tell you she did not care for that; no, not a bit! Ann had
no fear, for she knew that God took care of her; she knew that God did
love a good girl.

JOE, WHO DID NOT MIND.

"O my! what a cold day!" said Tom; "I am sure the pond is all ice.
What fun it will to run my sled on it! Come, Joe, get your sled, and I
will race home and get mine, and we will have a real good time."

"O no! I can not," said Joe; "pa-pa told me not to go on the pond
to-day; he said the ice was too thin."

"Stuff! the ice is two feet deep, _I_ know. Come, it will not hurt
you, and then you need not _tell_. Don't be such a gump. Go, get your
sled, I tell you. Come; one! two! three! Why don't you run?"

"W-e-ll," said Joe in a slow way, "if the ice is as deep as you say, I
will just try it; that can do no harm, I am sure."

"Yes, and you need not say a word when you come back," said Tom.

Do you not see what a bad boy this was? If a boy or girl tells you
_not_ to mind your pa-pa or mam-ma, I beg you to run away from them as
if they were a bear or a wild cat, come to bite your head off; for,
let me tell you, a bad boy or a bad girl will do you more harm than a
wild bear or cat; they will make you bad too; and you will be sure to
come to harm, just as Joe did.

For he got his sled and Tom got his, and they ran off to the pond.

It was full of boys, and for an hour or two, our two boys had fine
fun. They all slid down the pond in a long line; and if one fell down
and hit his nose, he did not mind it a bit, but got up and went on,
with a grin on his face. Then they got each sled in a line, and with
a cry of one! two!! three!!! ran a race; and were just as full of fun
an