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pebble, and should make a special lesson from them as to 

 the way nature rounds off sharp corners. Anything in 

 us that hurts those about us is an angular corner which 

 life seeks to wear down and make smooth. What is not 

 corrected when we are young the world will correct in us 

 later, and that causes us more pain. 



The question given in the opening talk should be used 

 in this form only if there has been opportunity for such 

 observation during the week. 



Hand Work 



The children should be asked to draw a river system 

 upon the last page of the leaflet. 



OPENING TALK 



Have you ever noticed the little gullies cut in the road 

 by the rain water? Can you think what would happen 

 if these kept getting larger and deeper as more water 

 ran through them? That does happen in many parts of 

 our earth, and you shall hear to-day more of the story of 

 what the rain has done to our world. 



