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THE WAVE

with her. The little fishes came up to the surface, and swam through her, leaving a tiny ripple behind them as they passed. The sunbeams saw the fishes, and darted after them, and the Wave laughed with glee at the sight.

Then a beautiful white bird came sailing along, and he sank down gently on to the Wave.

“Oh, you beauty!” she said, as she rocked him softly to and fro. The bird was so contented that he wanted the Wave to stay and nurse him all day.

But the Wind was growing impatient, and cried out:

“Come along, little Wave. There are many things to be seen, and we must make haste.”

So the Wave said good-bye to the white bird, and danced off with the Wind.

As they travelled along they met many more birds and fishes, and the sunbeams went with them all the time, brightening the heart of the Wave, till she felt so happy that she thought there could be nobody in the whole world so glad as she. And she thought that the whole world was made up of birds and breeze and sunbeams and little fishes.

But she was soon to learn that there were other things than these in the world.

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