LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
[FEBRUARY 12] Good stories for great holidays : arranged for story-telling and
reading aloud and for the children's own reading | ||
LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL
BY CHARLES W. MOORES
IN the old days, when Lincoln was one of the leading lawyers of the State, he noticed a little girl of ten who stood beside a trunk in front of her home crying bitterly. He stopped to learn what
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“You need n't let that trouble you,” was his cheering reply. “Just come along with me and we shall make it all right.”
Lifting the trunk upon his shoulder, and taking the little girl by the hand, he went through the streets of Springfield, a half-mile to the railway station, put her and her trunk on the train, and sent her away with a happiness in her heart that is still there.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
[FEBRUARY 12] Good stories for great holidays : arranged for story-telling and
reading aloud and for the children's own reading | ||