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SUSIE SUNBEAM.

1. Susie Sunbeam was not her real name; that was Susan Brown. But every
one called her Susie Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face,
and always brought brightness with her when she came.

[Illustration: Older girls playing with younger girl. Three children
standing in background.]

2. Her grandfather first gave her this name, and it seemed to fit the
little girl so nicely that soon it took the place of her own.

3. Even when a baby, Susie laughed and crowed from morning till night. No
one ever heard her cry unless she was sick or hurt.

4. When she had learned to walk, she loved to go about the house and get
things for her mother, and in this way save her as many steps as she
could.

5. She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time, and ask her
ever so many questions, or she would take her new book and read.

6. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never
used an unkind word, but tried to do whatever would please her playmates
best.

7. One day, a poor little girl with a very ragged dress was going by and