Lom Wants to Build a Ship. 13

 

“Papal” cried he, “it’s nice everywhere—
isn’t it ?”

“Yes, indeed,” answered he. “Tom, look
there! Where is the sun going ?”

He pointed to it. It was sinking like a
ball of fire. Tom knew quite well where it
was going, ever since he was a little boy, and
had thought it had fallen amongst the bushes
in the garden, and had run to pick it up.

“Gone,” answered he at once, “to light up
other countries, and open the buds, and warm
other men and creatures, and shine on the
ships going backwards and forwards across
the sea.”

“Good-bye, sun, till to-morrow morning,”
said his papa, going into the house. And
Ton. ..ft off picking up pieces of wood to
build his ship Yor that evening, and went in
also.