And quietly he floated down
Among the rushes wild.

"Just then the king's own daughter
Came to the water's edge,
And saw the basket floating
Among the grass and sedge.

"She drew it from the water,
And called the babe her own,
And kept him till to be a man
That little boy had grown.

"And when you read the Bible,--
Which you will learn to do,--
You'll see how great and good he was,
And how God loved him, too."

[Illustration]




ANGER.


[Illustration: W.]

"When a child is cross and angry,
Never must her voice be heard;