WHAT a kind-looking mother with her little boy. She has come down to the stream, and seeing the pretty little ducklings, has sat down to watch them.
But there is another mother watching them, and she does not look so happy. Little chickens do not know how to swim, and if they do not keep out of the water, they will be drowned. But ducks can swim; and it is the nature of the little ones to run right into the water as soon as they see it. The hen does not know the difference between them and the little chicks, so when she sees the ducklings in the water, she looks quite frightened, for she fears they will be drowned.
The little ducklings do not obey their mother, but we hope the little boy who has intelligence, and knows good from evil, will obey his loving mother. To be obedient to parents is the only happy path for children. The Bible says:
ML 04/02/1933