girls carried their bags, the lies walked along with them, and said to
everyone who looked at them, "Our owners have been to Europe."

Of course, no self-respecting boy or girl would do such a thing. But you
must also be careful not to act falsehoods by pretending things in
school, or acting at home as if you don't know about things when you do.
Don't try to fool _yourselves_, then you will not try to fool other
people.




WELLINGTON AND THE SOLDIER


No boy likes to be called a coward, and some boys do things that are
dangerous for fear that their friends will think they have no courage.
Sometimes it is more cowardly to do a dangerous thing like that than not
to do it.

Do not think that you are a coward because you are afraid of dangerous
things. Some of the bravest men the world ever saw have been afraid, but
in spite of their fear they went firmly on.

A story is told of Lord Wellington, a great English general, who saw a
young man in his army who was white with fear just before a battle, and
yet did not run away. Lord Wellington said: "There is a brave man. He
knows the danger, and yet he faces it." Another story is told of a
soldier who was making fun of a second who was badly frightened just
before battle. The frightened soldier said to the other one: "Yes, I am