SMILE TO-DAY 



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wild creatures of wood, stream, field, lane, and 

 hedgerow learn to know that you are merely 

 watching or stalking them, without doing any 

 harm. 



The little incidents that crop up are full 

 of interest and charm. Some serious, some 

 humorous, but all interesting, and once your 

 curiosity is aroused you will find yourself quite 

 unconsciously studying animals and plants with 

 increased interest and pleasure. That long face 

 without a smile or an intelligent expression will 

 disappear, and I make no excuse for asking you, 

 in the words of a writer, to smile to-day ! 



If things go right smile, and just as much if they 

 go wrong smile ! A holiday is no holiday at all if 

 there are sour looks and scowls and ugly, dissatis- 

 fied words. Besides, even supposing it should 

 pour with rain, is not rain beautiful, and if a train 

 should be missed, surely there will be another? 

 And, after all, it is much easier to put up with 

 mishaps if you laugh at them than if you cry, and 

 your laugh will cause others to make the best of 

 their misfortunes, and you will all be jolly together. 

 So smile to-day ! 



