loud and as gaily as they could sing:

``Rain! Rain!
Go to Spain!''

Sister Theckla and Sister Angela came to the door of the room,--and
they were so astonished that they could only look at one another and
say to one another: ``What do they mean? Where did they learn
that?''

And the little girl who had taught the other little girls that much
of the song remembered some more; and so she beat louder than ever
on the window pane and said:

``Rain, rain, rain,
Go away!
And come another day!''

All the little girls laughed more than ever and sang louder than
ever:

``Rain, rain, rain,
Go away!
Come again another day!''

Then Sister Angela looked at Sister Theckla and said: ``Where did
the child learn that, do you suppose?''

And Sister Theckla said: ``She is older than the others. She must
have learned it at home!''