We can all understand the meaning of the picture. The little girl has been left alone, and thinking no one saw her, has made tip her mind to help herself to the sweet, ripe grapes which hang so temptingly over the edge of the vase.
She looks as if she is saying to the parrot,
“Do you see me, Polly?”
Yes, the bird sees her, and there is Another who sees her too! God’s eye is upon us always, and He sees all our actions, hears all our words, and knows all our thoughts.
Perhaps someone had taught the parrot to say the words, “I see you,” and now they bring to the little girl’s mind the sin she is about to commit.
I hope she stopped in time and clambered down the chair, leaving the grapes untouched, and thus was saved from being a thief; what a good thing it was that the parrot should remind the little girl of the naughty thing she was going to do in time to prevent it.
ML 10/18/1936