here is a story about the oldest of the three little parlin girls, "sister susy;" though so many things are always happening to prudy that it is not possible to keep her out of the book.

i hope my dear little friends will see how kind it was in god to send the "slow winter" and the long nights of pain to little prudy.

if trouble should come to us, let us grow gentle, and patient, and lovely.

little friends, be sure of one thing—our dear father in heaven sends us something hard to bear only because he loves us.