do. It rained very fast, and they could not go out of doors; and, after
proposing several things, which, however, neither of them seemed to
like, they turned to Rollo's mother, and asked her what they had better
do.

"I always find," said his mother, "that when I am disappointed of any
pleasure, it is best not to try to find any other pleasure in its place,
but to turn to _duty_."

The children did not understand this very well, and they were silent.

"What I mean," she continued, "is this: When we have just been
disappointed of any pleasure which we had set our hearts upon, it is
very difficult to find any thing else that we can have in its place,
that will look as pleasant as the one we had lost. You see that you are
not satisfied with any thing you propose to one another. Now, I find
that the best way, in such cases, is to give up pleasure altogether, and
turn to some duty; and after performing the duty a short time, peace and
satisfaction return to the mind again, and we get over the effects of
the disappointment in the quickest and pleasantest way."

Rollo and Lucy looked at one another rather soberly. They did not seem
to know what to say.

"I presume, however, you will not do this," continued his mother.

"Why?" said Rollo.

"Because," said his mother, "it requires a good deal of resolution, at
first, to turn to _duty_ when you have just been setting your heart on