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but not from pride. And I know also that Polle brings us
in many a rix dollar, when our neighbors hire him for
their journeys; but if it is so, that it is best to sell him, I
shall have no objection to it, if I can only find hin a kind
master. But it will be painful to part with the faithful
animal, and then I shall never again be able to go to
church, as I cannot any longer walk there, ever since I
have got the pain in myside! But — it cannot be helped!”
“ A gentle word turneth away wrath,” says the Scripture,
and the mother’s words were uttered so gently and with so
much dignity, that Anders could not say any thing in reply ;
but he felt a sting of conscience, and he rose hastily, pushed
aside little Maja so roughly as nearly to upset her, and
went out, violently banging the door after him.
All this hurt the mother very deeply. And if you knew,
my dear children, what pain parents suffer when a child is
naughty or ungrateful, and what a bitter root grows up
from malicious and hard words, you would then certainly
always be on your guard, even for your own sake. For,
believe me, you will one day surely have it back again.
And the child who causes his father or mother a sorrow,
will one day have to bear sorrow from his own children,
and must then feel how it tastes.
Now, the mother felt within her that she had a motherly
love for her step-son, and that she did not deserve his.
harshness.
But she felt also, that he might be right with regard to
old Polle, and that it would be most prudent to get rid of
him. And the thought that she could not any longer go to
church — a distance of a couple of miles from the cottage
— was very painful to her.
The children could not make out what was the matter
with their brother: They ate, however,- and drank to
their heart’s content, and thought that nobody could be
better off than they were, and that it was very pleasant to
live.
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