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33 48 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
during calm summer days ; they are of earth,
calling aloud to heaven, and they have been
placed high up in the air, on the church
steeple, that they may be the more clearly
heard above, proclaiming that they perform
their work honestly and call all people together
to worship. What do people do at church ?
Pray, they say. Why, they can do that
anywhere; they did that last night in the cot
Anna folded her hands when she looked at the
lit-up Christmas tree; ay, and they sang too,
and I sang with them. Look, how the church
is lit up! And hark! how the bells send out a
pretty peal in the bright, cold Christmas night!
The roads are alive with people; some carry
torches, and all hasten to obey the call of the
bells. And there now starts Anna, and her
parents, and Eric, and the lad, and they have
not far to go. I have never been at church.
I will go too. I will sit outside, and look at
the lights, and listen to the song."
" Hadn’t you better have taken your chance,
Bruin, and dropped in at the homestead, left in
your charge, and made acquaintance with the
cow and the pig?" interpolated the wicked
American bear.
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