38 OCTOBER 



SUNSHINE STORIES 

 pardon howling silence 



"1 am going to tell a story/' said the Wind. 

 " I beg your pardon/* said the Rain. 

 " It is my turn now. 

 " You have been howling long enough/' 

 " I will speak myself/' said the Sunshine. 

 " Silence, both of you." 

 The Wind stopped talking at once. 

 Then the Rain beat against him. 

 He shook him, and said : 

 " We won't stand it. 



" She is always breaking through is Madame 

 Sunshine. 



" What she has to say is not worth hearing." 

 Still the Sunshine began to talk. 

 This is what she said : 



THE FIRST STORY 

 waves feathers fortune merchant ship 



A swan flew over the waves of the ocean. 



It was a bird of Good Fortune. 



Every one of its feathers shone like gold. 



