Page:Tender Grass for Little Lambs.pdf/151

 136 REPENTANCE. The kind mother sat down and took little Annie upon her knee, then she talked very kindly to her, and told her what sorrow she had brought upon her- self by not doing as she was bid; and as she saw that Annie was truly sorry for what she had done, she freely forgave her. Then she took the wet frock off, lest she should take cold, and put on another. "But, dear mother," said Annie, "what must be done with my frock? it is quite spoiled with that large dark spot." Her mother smiled, and going to a drawer, took out of it a little wooden box, full of a white powder. Then she dipped the Digitized by Google