THE LITTLE GIRL WHO DID NOT WANT TO
GO TO BED.

ONCE upon a time there was a little girl who did not want
to go to bed when bedtime came. Her Grandmother talked.
to her, but the little girl only pouted. Her Grandmother
scolded her, but the little girl pretended that she did not
mind a bit; and she was very naughty when her Grand-
mother tried to undress her. At last her Grandmother
said, “Very well, I cannot waste any more time; I will
put baby to, bed, and then I must go.” The little girl
smiled, and tried to feel very pleased. All the time her
baby-brother was being undressed, she tried to-think how
glad she was that she was not going to bed; but she had
to keep saying, “I am glad,’ because she did not really
feel at all glad. When her Grandmother left the room |
the little girl began to think. Somehow or other, as
soon as she began to think, she found out that she did
want to go to bed very badly—so badly that she could not
wait to be undressed, but had to undress herself. It
was hard work, but she was in bed when her Grand-

mother came back. And her Grandmother kissed her.