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138 REPENTANCE. kiss her as usual, but he looked at her mother to tell him what had been the matter. So she told him all about it, and how sorry Annie was that she had been so naughty. Then she crept quite close to him, and with tears said, "Dear father, forgive me." So he kissed his little girl, wiped away her tears, and, lifting her upon his knee, gave her her breakfast. But she could not eat much, for she was both sorry and glad; sorry that she had grieved her kind parents, and glad that they had forgiven her. Afterwards her father said to her, "Do you know that Digitized by Google
