PREFACE.
Reading edition
Dear Readers:
This little story has been written, to show you how often we are the cause of our own unhappiness by selfish conduct. To be happy, we should act kindly towards all who are worthy, (knowing good conduct more frequently commands respect than riches,) and not permit ourselves to feel envious of those who excel us in any way; but should rather strive to imitate their good actions, that we may thus, by correcting our faults, gain the love of those around us; ever bearing in mind, that “to be happy, we must be good.”