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It is ‘well enough to laugh, at proper
* times. TI love to see children laugh in their
play. I love to see them laugh when I tell
an amusing story.

But I never ltke to see any one a at
the misfortune or fault of another. Tell me,
reader, did your.mouth ever laugh at another
childbecause he was poor? or because he
was poorly dressed? or because he fell down
and,hurt himself? or becatise he happened
to know less than you do?

If your mouth has-ever done any of these
naughty things, I pray you, teach your
mouth better manners.

The Tongue.

Every one has in his mouth a thing to
talk with, called the tongue. This is made
to tell the truth with. When the tongue
tells a lie, % does that which is very wrong.

The tongue is made to say kind and plea-

sant things to our friends. When it says a
saucy thing to anybody, it is a naughty
tongue.

"When the tongue says a disobedient word

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