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Rh have ſtill enough left to ſatisfy their young. It was opened, and they ſaw the ſuck.

Now, ſaid ſhe, we will return to breakfaſt; give me your hands, my little girls, you have done good this morning, you have acted like rational creatures. Look, what a fine morning it is. Inſects, birds, and animals, are all enjoying this ſweet day. Thank God for permitting you to ſee it, and for giving you an underſtanding which teaches you that you ought, by doing good, to imitate Him. Other creatures only think of ſupporting themſelves; but man is allowed to ennoble his nature, by cultivating his mind and enlarging his heart. He feels diſintereſted love; every part of the creation affords an exerciſe for virtue, and virtue is ever the trueſt ſource of pleaſure. Rh