92 THE GIRL’S STORY BOOK.

 

might suppose that such people
would be very happy. But
they are not at all happy.
They run so hard after pleas-
ure, that they run right over
it. They think it is a great
way off; while they are already
stepping on it. Oh, what folly
it is to waste all the precious
hours of life in this manner !

I tell you what it is, my dear
young friend, if you want to