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wouldn't had any crops at all. All the trees 

 and flowers looked pathetic and droopin', just 

 as though they had lost their best friend, and 

 really they had. 



" So you see there are lots of people and 

 things to consider. Maybe, this morning, 

 when the sun came up, God saw how shriveled 

 things were, and how discouraged the farmers 

 all looked, and He said to Himself, * I guess 

 I had better have a rain to-day ; a good hard 

 one, and see if it won't freshen things up a 

 bit.' Then maybe He said, ' There are old 

 Ben and Harry, they want to go to the pond 

 fishing to-day. Now, if it rains, they can't 

 go. What shall I do? ' 



" Don't you see, Harry, that there were 

 hundreds and hundreds of farmers who 

 wanted it to rain and only you and I who 

 didn't, so God would have to suit the greater 

 number." 



Ben's queer picture of God trying to suit 

 all the people at once made me smile, even 

 though I was greatly disappointed. He al- 

 ways had such a bright way of looking at 



