wife and a charming little daughter. They lived in a great city.

It was the father's birthday and to celebrate it they bought beautiful
white salad and a chicken made for roasting. Every one was happy that
Sunday morning, even the little cat that looked slyly at the fowl,
saying to herself: "I shall have good bones to pick."

After they had eaten breakfast, the father said:

"We are going to be extravagant for once, and ride in a tram to the
suburbs."

They went out.

They had many times seen well-dressed men and beautiful ladies give a
signal to the driver of the tram, who immediately stopped his horses
to permit them to get on.

The honest workman was carrying his little girl. His wife and he
stopped at a street-corner.

A tram, shiny with paint, came toward them, almost empty. And they
felt a great joy when they thought of how they were going to enter it
for four sous apiece. And the honest workman signaled to the conductor
to stop the horses. But he seeing they were poor simple people looked
at them disdainfully, and would not halt his vehicle.