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 &2 " It is time to rise, Miss Helen/' replied 
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 j|| " I can't get up yet," said the silly girl. 
 jgsj "Then I must leave you," said Ann, as 
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 ^ " No, you must not leave me, cried Helen. 
 m " I don'Uike to be left." 
 ^ " Will you get up then, Miss ?" asked Ann. 
 I^jJ " Yes, if you'll lift me out of bed, and put 
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 Hj " But it's too much trouble to wait upon 
 ESI myself," replied Helen ; " so, Ann, you mast 
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 m " No, Miss Helen/ 7 said Ann ; " you know 
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 girl, when she heard the story, and she talked 
 with her a long time about the folly and 
 wickedness of her conduct. 
 
 When her mamma left her, Helen went into 
 the parlor; but her papa looked grave, and 
 did not welcome her as kindly as usual. All 
 this vexed her, for she had yet to learn, that 
 goodness only can make little girls happy. 
 She now felt cross and angry because she 
 was not happy, and thus became still more 
 naughty. 
 
 " It is a fine frosty day," said Mr. Vernon, 
 " and you had better take a run in the gar- 
 den. The sun is bright, although the air is 
 cold, and if you run as fast as you can, you 
 will be able to keep yourself quite warm." 
 
 "Papa," said Helen, " I can't run in cold 
 weather, and I don't wish to go out. Why 
 must I go out when I don't like it?" 
 
 " First of all, Helen, because it is your 
 duty to obey me ; and next, because it is 
 good for your health. So go at once, and 
 the more cheerful you are, the more happy 
 you wall be. 71 
 
 Helen went into the hall, leaving the parlor 
 door open, and called from the bottom of the 
 stairs to Ann, in aloud cross tone, to brin^ 
 down her bonnet and shawl. 
 
 " Come back, Helen, and shut the door," 
 said her papa, "and then go up stairs and 
 fetch your things yourself." 
 

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 Helen knew she must obey her papa, and 
 she did as he told her, but with a very bad 
 grace. She gave Ann a great deal of trouble 
 in dressing her, for she would neither stand 
 still nor turn round. At last she was dressed 
 and went out, but in a very bad humor. In- 
 stead of running, she stood still, or walked as 
 slow as she could, saying to herself, " Oh, it 
 is so cold ! I wish I was by the fire-side. " 
 But she was cross, and would not try to keep 
 herself warm. At length she really did feel 
 cold, and began to cry. when she saw her 
 mamma coming towards her. 
 
 "Why, Helen," said she, "what is the 
 matter? Are you cold? Come, let us try 
 what a run will do. Which will get to the 
 apple-tree first, you or I ?" 
 
 But Helen, having made up her mind not 
 to run, did not like to start. 
 
 " Well," said Mrs. Vernon, " then I must 
 help you. I suppose you have stood still till 
 you can scarcely move." 
 
 Accordingly, she half led, half pulled the 
 relu-etant little girl as far as the apple-tree, 
 and back again. Her kindness and good 
 humor won upon Helen by degrees, and in 
 a little time she felt warmer and more happy, 
 
 " I think you are not cross and cold now, 
 Helen," said Mrs. Vernon. 
 
 " No, mamma, not at all," replied Helen. 
 
 "You had only to run about, in order to 
 get rid of these feelings. Our own bad tem- 
 
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 with a little child, who were to dine with her 
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 go into the dining-room, her mamma called 
 Ann to take care of Miss Helen until the 
 dessert was served. 
 
 "Mamma, I'm hungry," said Helen. 
 " Not very, I think, Helen," said her moth- 
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 " But I should like to dine with you." 
 "No. Helen," said Mrs. Vernon; "two 
 dinners would not agree with you," 
 
 " Pray do, mamma, let me dine with you," 
 said Helen ; " I should like it so very much." 
 " No, Helen," replied her mother ; "I have 
 said no, and I mean no. 11 
 
 " Pray, mamma," Helen again began, 
 "Ann," said Mrs. Vernon to the servant, 
 "take Miss Helen out of the room; I am 
 sorry she does not behave herself well enough 
 to remain here." 
 
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 stairs, she scieamed so loud, that her mamma 
 left her friends, and taking Helen by the 
 hand, she put her in a closet by herself, 
 where her screams could not be heard. 
 
 " You are fit only to be alone," said Mrs. 
 
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 ever, kicked at the door, and called Ann and 
 her mamma to let her out; but no one came 
 near her. At length, tired of screaming, she 
 sat down on a box, which stood on the floor of 
 the closet. She then b*gan to think of all 
 her mamma had said to her, and how much 
 she had lost by being naughty, and how little 
 she had gained. 
 
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 nothing to do, nothing to look at, and no one 
 to talk or listen to; had she been a good child 
 she would have amused herself till dinner 
 was over; then she would have gone into 
 the dining-room* and have eaten some fruit; 
 she would have had the little* girl who came 
 with the ladies, to play with her ; and, more 
 than all, her papa and mamma, with their 
 visiters, would have thought well of her; 
 but now she wa3 in disgrace with them all. 
 The tears again rolled down her cheeks, but 
 she did not scream or even sob ; these tears 
 were silent tears of grief, not tears of rage or 
 anger. At length the closet door was opened 
 by her mother, who said, "As you have done 
 screaming, Helen, you may come out." 
 
 She then led her down into the parlor, 
 and seating herself en the sofa, asked her, — 
 " Have you any thing to say to me before 
 you go to bed ?" 
 
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 "that I have been so naughty; I will try to 
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 " You told me so but a few hours ago ; 
 but you have not kept your word, and I can- 
 not therefore trust you." 
 
 "I don't know what to say, mamma; I 
 wish to be good, and I think I shall grow 
 good now ; for I have been more unhappy 
 than T ever was before." 
 
 " I do hope," said Mrs. Vernon, " that you 
 will hereafter try to be good, for I believe 
 you are now heartily sorry. Go to bed now, 
 and before you sleep, think how you may 
 best learn to obey me, and to keep your 
 temper." She then kissed Helen; but her 
 face was grave, and she looked very sad 
 indeed, 
 
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 head down on her pillow, she said, " Indeed 
 I am not happy, for I have not been good, 
 and this has been a very 
 
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