20 The F airy Godmothers.

vernefs calling her to leffons difturbed the egotift-
ical amufement, and the charming Aurora frowned
—yes, frowned ! and looked crofs at the looking-
glafs before fhe quitted the apartment.

_ And now, dear little readers, let me remind you
that Aurora was a clever little girl, for the F airy
had taken care of that. She had every faculty for
learning, and no real diflike to it; but this un-
lucky Fairy gift was in the way of every thing fhe
did, for it took away her intereft in every thing
but herfelf; and fo, though fhe got through her
leffons refpectably, it was with many yawns, and
not a few fighs, and wonderings what Mamma was
doing ; and did the Governefs think there would
foon be another dinner party ? and didn’t the Go-
vernefs, when /he was a little girl, with very much
fhe was a grown up woman? and, finally, the
wifhed fhe had been able to talk when fhe was a
baby at her chriftening, becaufe then fhe would
have begged the Fairy Godmother to give her the
gift of growing up to be a young lady very quick
indeed, and of learning every thing without any
trouble at all! And fo faying, Aurora yawned
and laid down her book, and the poor Governefs
could hardly keep her temper at fuch repeated in-
terruptions to the fubjeé in hand,

“* My dear,” fhe exclaimed, “ Fairies have no
power to counteract what God has ordained, and
he has ordained that we enjoy but little what we
get at without labour and trouble.”

“* Ah taifez-vous donc ma chére !” cried Au-