STORIES FROM THE POETS. STORY OF PIPPA. Pippa was a little girl. She lived in Italy. She worked in a mill. It was a silk-mill. Pippa wound the silk on spools. She had one day for herself. She might go where she liked. 7 This is what she said: "Sweet day, I have only you in all the year. Come to me bright. Come to me sunny. Make me happy. I will try to make some one happy." The day came bright and sunny. Pippa was glad. She ran out doors. She went into the country. She sang as she went. It was a happy song. It was a sweet song. Some children were quarreling. They stopped quarreling. Some men were building a house. One man wanted to make a large house. He wanted to make a beautiful house. They let him make the stairs. The stairs were not beautiful. He did not like to make them. He heard Pippa sing. This is what she sang: "Never mind what your work is. Do your best. God wants you to do your best." Pippa went by another house. The man was tired and cross. He had work to do. But he did not do it. |