GOODY TWO SHOES.

HERE was once a sweet little girl who was called Goody

Two Shoes. For a long time she had only one shoe,

and when a kind friend gave her two new ones she was so

‘proud that she ran through the village, crying, ‘See my

two shoes, my lovely two shoes.” So the people laughed,

and gave her the name of Goody Two Shoes, by which she
was known ever afterwards.

She soon learned to read and write, and then taught the
other children of the village who were too poor to go to
school. She cut letters for them out of wood and made
them set up all the words they wanted to spell. She was
good and kind to everybody, and when the old school-
mistress died, Goody was made school-mistress in her place.
She had all sorts of pets and they were all very fond of her.

Goody knew so much that the people in the next village
accused her of being a witch. But a host of her friends
came and told the judge how kind Goody was, and instead
of being hanged or burnt alive, she was publicly thanked
for her kindness to the poor. One of the judges of the
court feli in love with her, and in a short time they were
married, and Goody Iwo Shoes became Lady Margery.
She lived for many years, doing good to all, and making
everybody around her as happy as possible.

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