The Story of Ruth
FROM THE BOOK OF RUTH
VI. The Great Stone Face
By NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
VII. The Diverting History of John Gilpin
By WILLIAM COWPER
VIII. The Man Without a Country
By EDWARD EVERETT HALE
IX. The Nuernberg Stove
By LOUISE DE LA RAMEE ("Ouida")
X. Rab and His Friends
By JOHN BROWN, M.D.
XI. Peter Rugg, the Missing Man
By WILLIAM AUSTIN
STORIES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
I
A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR
There was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought
of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his
constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They
wondered at the beauty of the flowers; they wondered at the height and
blueness of the sky; they wondered at the depth of the bright water;
they wondered at the goodness and the power of God who made the lovely
world.
They used to say to one another, sometimes, supposing all the children
upon earth were to die, would the flowers, and the water, and the sky
be sorry? They believed they would be sorry. For, said they, the buds
are the children of the flowers, and the little playful streams that
gambol down the hill-sides are the children of the water; and the
smallest bright specks playing at hide and seek in the sky all night,
must surely be the children of the stars; and they would all be
grieved to see their playmates, the children of men, no more.
There was one clear shining star that used to come out in the sky
before the rest, near the church spire, above the graves.
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