HOW tame this dear little canary is? He is perched upon the hand of his mistress, and is pecking at the lump of sugar she holds in the other hand. If she had not been very kind to the little fellow, he would not sit thus contentedly on her hand. This sweet picture reminds me of a story I read of a little girl who lived in, the country. Her father had a great many fowls, and he gave the care of them all to her. When she would call them to be fed they would run from all quarters, and some of them would fly upon her head and shoulders. They did this because she was the one who gave them" what they needed, and she was always kind to them.
One day she was standing in the hen house, thinking what she could do for a poor old hen that was lying on the ground beside her nest, and that seemed very sick. All at once a rooster came in, and with his beak tried to get the old hen into the nest, which was about four inches from the ground. The hen was ton heavy for him, however. So off he went out of the hen house, and in about two minutes came back with two hens. The three then lifted the old hen into her nest, and there she stayed till next day, when she died, most likely of old age for she was very old.
Was not that surprising? You see, God enables the creatures to make their wants known to one another, and to help one another.
Let us learn lessons from them, and be ever ready to show kindness, and to help those who are in need.
Messages of God’s Love 6/9/1901