Two Little Windows

: Keep-well Stories For Little Folks

In every house there is a window. Some houses have many windows to let

in the bright sunshine and the pure fresh air, and to let us see from

within the glorious world on the outside.



I am going to tell you of some houses that have only two windows; the

houses cannot do without them.



Many of the little windows are beautiful. On the outside are two

beautiful awnings with a pretty black fringe n the edge; the awnings

keep out the light when it is too bright, and keep insects and bugs from

flying in at the windows. At night these awnings are drawn over the

windows so that the little housekeeper within may have rest and quiet.



The window casings are white and on the inside there are dainty

curtains. Some of these curtains are blue, some are brown, some are

gray, and some are black. In the centre of these curtains there is a

round black hole. It is through this little hole that the housekeeper

can look out and see the beautiful world around.



When the windows are bright and sparkling we know that the house is

strong and well kept, and the little housekeeper is happy when she plays

and when she works.



Only one person can live in each house. A queer thing about these little

houses is that they can move from place to place.



Sometimes these little windows are not cared for; the little housekeeper

forgets how important the windows are. I know of some that are not cared

for. These were very pretty and seemed larger than most windows of this

kind. They had deep brown curtains and when you looked at the little

hole in the curtain, it seemed that you were looking down into a deep

well, and that you could see your own picture in it. The little

housekeeper who owned these windows was a little girl almost ten years

old. She would look through the windows and read fine print when it was

too dark to see the letters well, and would do many things that would

hurt these windows. Her mother had to take her to a person in a big city

who knew what to do to help the windows. This man put a piece of glass

in front of the windows, so that the little housekeeper could see

through them. How sorry this housekeeper was that she had not always

taken care of her windows.



We sometimes see little housekeepers whose windows are always dark. It

is a pitiful sight to see windows through which no light ever goes to

the housekeeper within the house. "Shut-ins," they are in truth. It

makes one's heart ache to know that if many of these windows had had

proper care when they were first opened the housekeeper's hearts would

now be glad, for they could look out on the glorious world, they could

read and play and work just as little children like to do. Instead, they

must go to special schools. They read from books that have raised

letters, and use their fingers to find them. Many of these little

housekeepers learn to read and do many wonderful things with their

fingers. Helen Keller, whose windows were always dark, even graduated

from Radcliffe College.





QUESTION



1. Can you tell me what these little windows are?

You have already guessed that the little house is

the body, and the little housekeeper any little

boy or girl.