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Page 34
Then she ran in haste to make up the beds, and wash the dishes; but
because she was in a hurry she could not work quickly, and when she took
the broom to sweep the floor it was almost time for the dwarfs to come
home.
"I believe," said Minnie aloud, "that I will not sweep under the rug
to-day. After all, it is nothing for dust to be where it can't be seen!"
So she hurried to her supper and left the rug unturned.
Before long the dwarfs came home. As the rooms looked just as usual,
nothing was said; and Minnie thought no more of the dust until she went
to bed and the stars peeped through the window.
[Illustration: All the little dwarfs came running out to see what was
the matter.]
Then she thought of it, for it seemed to her that she could hear the
stars saying:--
"There is the little girl who is so faithful and good"; and Minnie
turned her face to the wall, for a little voice, right in her own heart,
said:--
"Dust under the rug! dust under the rug!"
"There is the little girl," cried the stars, "who keeps home as bright
as star-shine."
"Dust under the rug! dust under the rug!" said the little voice in
Minnie's heart.
"We see her! we see her!" called all the stars joyfully.
"Dust under the rug! dust under the rug!" said the little voice in
Minnie's heart, and she could bear it no longer. So she sprang out of
bed, and, taking her broom in her hand, she swept the dust away; and lo!
under the dust lay twelve shining gold pieces, as round and as bright as
the moon.
"Oh! oh! oh!" cried Minnie, in great surprise; and all the little dwarfs
came running to see what was the matter.
Minnie told them all about it; and when she had ended her story, the
dwarfs gathered lovingly around her and said:--
"_Dear child, the gold is all for you,
For faithful you have proved and true;
But had you left the rug unturned,
A groat was all you would have earned.
Our love goes with the gold we give,
And oh! forget not while you live,
That in the smallest duty done
Lies wealth of joy for every one_."
Minnie thanked the dwarfs for their kindness to her; and early next
morning she hastened home with her golden treasure, which bought many
good things for the dear mother and little sister.
She never saw the dwarfs again; but she never forgot their lesson, to do
her work faithfully; and she always swept under the rug.
_THE STORY OF GRETCHEN_
MOTTO FOR THE MOTHER
_Oh! like a wreath, let Christmas mirth
To-day encircle all the earth,
And bind the nations with the love
That Jesus brought from heaven above_.
It was almost Christmas time when one of the white ships that sail
across the sea brought a little German girl named Gretchen, with her
father and mother, to find a new home in our dear land.
Gretchen knew all about Christmas. She had heard the story of the loving
Christ Child over and over, and in her home in Germany she had kept His
birthday and enjoyed it ever since she could remember.
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