8 THE GIRL’S STORY BOOK.

 

just as her father is asking a
blessing.
_ You ought to see her when
she is getting ready to go any-
where with her father and mo-
ther. She spends so much
time in idleness or play, that
she has hardly time to put on
her things, when her parents
are ready to go.

She got severely punished

for this fault once, or, rather,