102 The Little Laddie grows Wiser.

 

indeed, while they are quite small,
perhaps they had better not know.

But this much all little folks can
understand. They all know the
difference between a little boy who
loves his mother and father and sister
and brother very much indeed, and
a little boy who only seems to care
about himself.

And they all know the difference
between a little boy who dearly loves
a good game of romps, and who
laughs and shouts and gets merry
over it, and another who goes creep-
ing about like a little mouse, and
does not care for anything, or cares
only a very little.

We say of those loving, eager