100 Katie Sunimers.

 

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“Oh, mamma!” interrupted Fanny, “I quite
forgot to tell you that Katie offered to give me
half the ribbon; but then I was busy looking
at myself, and I didn’t answer her.”

“T’m sure it was very kind and unselfish of
Katie,” said her mamma. “Then, because you
gave way to your ill-temper, you fell into
another temptation—that of vanity. I have
often warned you, my dear child, of that sin.
Because you happen to have a pretty face,
surely that is no reason for being vain. It was
not you who made yourself beautiful, but God;
and though beauty is a thing to be thankful
for, it is a talent as much as wealth or clever-
ness or position, and should be used to God’s
service as much as any other gift. And see
what evil your vanity led you into: by going to
the glass to see how you looked with a rose in
your hair, you broke the vase, and the know-
ledge that the accident happened through your
having given way to vanity made you a coward,