Think of it there in a strange house, away from home, crying in pain
all night long."
"I will go right over there and stay with it," said Lili dolefully, and
she began to cry again. "I cannot sleep either mamma; I am so worried."
"We are always worried, my dear child, when we have done wrong. I will go
now and find out whether the child is in need of help; and you will pray
to God to give you an obedient spirit, and to turn aside the evil that
your naughtiness may have caused an innocent child to suffer."
Lili followed her mother's advice. She could pray, now that she had
confessed her fault; as she felt that she might now be forgiven. She
prayed heartily for the recovery of the wounded child, and for
forgiveness for herself.
Trine was sent over to the widow's house, to inquire whether it was really
a child that had been hit by the arrow, and whether it was badly hurt.
Mrs. Kurd told Trine the whole story, and that the doctor had said, "We
trust no serious harm is done," and that he would come again the next day.
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