英语演讲一分钟小故事精品20篇

A Bet

Two pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven-'clock news.A reporter comes on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown building.One friend turns to the other and says,'I'll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn't jump.'

'It's a bet,' agrees his buddy.

A few minutes later, the man on the ledge jumps,so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill.'I can't take your money,'his friend admits.'I saw him jump earlier on the six-o'clock news.'

'Me,too,'says the other buddy.'But I didn't think he'd do it again.

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Ladies and gentlemen ,thanks for raising your attention .Today I’ll give

you a speech named “global citizenship begins at home”.

Being received by many international organizations just like OPEC ,WTO ,all

of us get closer contact with other parts of the world ,so that we should not

only deal with the native citizenship well ,but also global one .

No doubt “Kyoto Protocol” is a model of assembling abilities all over the

world to administer and green-house gas pollution .It’s beyond the effort made

by politicians and environmentalists only ,and requires all men to attend it

.Face to such issues ,we are no more than a person who comes from a certain city

even a specific country ,but a global citizen that everyone should say it

proudly .

Besides ,from Madam Curies who argues that science and technology should

not be limited by national boundaries .Progreis never a nationality’s or a

country’s progre,it need all to avail from it .Creating or spreading science and

technology ,together with direct economic support ,bridges the gap between one

area and another ,which in order to help a creature as same as ourselves or just

because of deep sympathy .Thus a person exists as individual ,as well an

undivided part of human beings all over the world .Even though what we could do

may be negligible ,doing something without regret is the necessary way to

realize and fulfill our own global citizenship .

Nowadays ,terrorist acts suggest that world lacks comprehension ,and the

divergence of religion and culture should be respect .Being respectful for the

diversity is always.

Mother Nature is an exquisite and complex life-system. Its charm appears in

the trees, stream, soil, insects, moss and fungus, all the things on the earth

in different shapes, which are interdependent. When you get close to nature,

please remember, each tree, stone and species of animals here has lived

harmoniously for hundreds, thousands or even millions of years. When we pass

away, they will continue to live. They are the real masters, while we are just

the passer-by. However, the conduct we unconsciously do, such as picking,

lumbering, tramping and abusing can probably destroy the balance of their life.

Therefore, we must reduce our bad influence as much as possible. While you are

enjoying the nature, do not forget please, the beauty of the lives also needs to

be concerned with and to be protected.

Each life on the earth has a long and touching evolutionary story. From the

origin, the lives of the human being are equal to those of others; they both are

the composing parts of Mother Nature. Nevertheless, for some inexplicable

reasons, the human becomes the spirits of all creatures. Of course, it is the

result of the evolution, but still we should be grateful to all our companions

in nature for the opportunity they offer.

In spite of this, humans cannot live without earth. They live on the earth,

drink the sweet water, and enjoy the sunshine, the air, the sky, the fruit; the

grains utilize the energy and so on. In a word, the human being cannot live

without nature, and Mother Nature makes us grow stronger.

I do not like the word "Pet", but preferring the word "Animal" instead. I

have been loving animal since I was just a little boy. When thinking of the "Pet

Fashion", I always feel much annoyed. For the animals will be given a shackle

and lose their liberty if they become someones pets. Their natural attribution

can be deprived, too.

Up to now, relying on their scientific power, the human have opened up too

much and over developed nature, in order to fill up their growing appetites of

wealth. They destroy the balance of nature, however, they dont realize, their

own development and existence will be threatened. Therefore, our sights should

be focused on nature and we should try to develop the concept of "keeping human

and nature in unity".

We should lay emphasis on our education with consider cultural and natural

emotion. To use the vivid example to wake up the conscience in peoples

hearts.

To love nature is to love our mankind. As the new generation who enter the

new century, we should make efforts to love and respect nature, to treat it well

and protect it. At last, we have the night to enjoy it.

Nest and Hair

My sister， a primary school teacher， was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom。

"What kind of bird?" my sister asked。

"I didn't see the bird， ma' am， only the nest，" replied the child。

"Then， can you give us a description of the nest?" my sister encouraged her 。

"Well， ma'am， it just resembles your hair。 "

Notes:

1 inform v。告诉

2 nest n。窝;巢

3 description n。描述

4 encourage v。鼓励

5 resemble v。 相似;类似

鸟窝与头发

我姐姐是一位小学老师。一次一个学生告诉她说一只鸟儿在教室外 的树上垒了个窝。

“是什么鸟呢?”我姐姐问她。

“我没看到鸟儿，老师，只看到鸟窝。”那孩子回答说。

“那么，你能给我们描述一下这个鸟巢吗?”我姐姐鼓励她道。

“哦，老师，就像你的头发一样。”

Linda was a good girl, but she was often late for school.

One day, she was late again. When she came in, Mr. Clark, her teacher said angrily, “I’ll tell you father if you are late again.” Linda didn’t want him to do that. Because her father was very strict with her.

The next morning, Linda got up early. She hurried to school. At the school gate, she heard the first bell, “What shall I do?” she asked herself, “I’ll turn it in first.” She decided. And so she did.

When she hurried into her classroom, Mr. Clack was already beginning his class.

“Linda! Didn’t I tell you to be here on time?” Mr. Clack said as he as her.

“I’m sorry, sir,” Linda tried to explain, “I’m late because I had to…?”

“I don’t listen to any excuse,” Mr. Clack stopped her. “If you can’t get here on time, I have to tell your father.”

“But Mr. Clack. It’s …it’s unfair!”

“Unfair! How dare you say that?” Mr. Clack said angrily, “I’ll report you to the headmaster.

“I was only trying to do a good idea,” Linda thought,“and now…” She couldn’t keep back her tears.

When the bell rang for the break, the door opened and Mr. White, the headmaster came in. he was holding a wallet in his hand, “Excuse me, Mr. Clack. Is this your wallet?”

“Oh,yes. It’s my wallet. Who found it? I must thank him.”

“Linda found it and turned it in before school started.” Mr. Whitesaid.

Mr. Clack face slowly turned red. He looked at Linda and said, “I’m very sorry. Linda. I take back what I said.”

“And I’m sorry. Mr. Clack. I’ll try not to be late again.” Linda said.

这是不公平

琳达是一个好女孩，但她经常迟到。

一天，琳达又迟到了。当她进来的时，她的老师克拉克先生生气说：“如果你在迟到， 我就通知你爸爸。”琳达不想他那么做，因为她爸爸对她要求很严格。

第二天，琳达起床很早。她匆匆向学校走去，在学校大门口，她停下来了。因为地上有一个钱夹。当她站在那儿是，她听见了第一遍铃声，“我该怎么办呢?”她自言自语，“我要先把它交上去。”她下定决定，于是她就是这么做了。

当她匆匆走进教室的时候，克拉克先生已经开始讲课了。

“琳达，我没有告诉你早点来吗?”克拉克先生一看到琳达就说，

“对不起，先生。”琳达想解释，“我迟到是因为我不得不……”

“我不想听任何借口，“克拉克阻止道, “如果你不能准时到这儿，我不得不告诉你父亲。”

“但是，克拉克先生，这是…..这是不公平的!”

“不公平!你怎么敢那么说!”克拉克先生愤怒的说，“我要把你的事情汇报给校长!”

“我只想做一件好事，”琳达心想，“但是现在……”她的眼泪阻止不住流下来。

当下课铃声响起是，教室的门开了，校长怀特先生走了进来。他的手里拿着一个钱夹：“打扰一下，克拉克先生，这是你的钱夹吗?”

“哦，是我的。是谁找到的?我一定的谢谢她。”

“琳达发现的，并在上课前把它交来了。”怀特先生说。

克拉克先生的脸渐渐红了，他看了看琳达，惭愧地说：“对不起，琳达，我收回我说过的话。”

“我也不对，克拉克先生，我下次尽量不再迟到了。”琳达说。

A Clever Hare

Billy hare is hungry and finds a radish. What he picks it up, Mr. Fox is behind him and wants to eat him. “I’m hungry, too. You’re my dinner. I’m going to eat you,” he says.

Billy Hare is shocked, but he isn’t scared. He says, “Follow me. I have better food for you.”

They go to a well.

“Look down here,” Billy Hare says “There is something in the water. “What’s that?” Mr. Fox asks surprisingly. “It’s a big and fat hen. Let’s get down and fetch it.” Billy Hare says and gets down with a pail.

“Can you out the hen into the pail?” Mr. Fox shouts. “No. She’s too big,” Billy Hare says, “Come down, please. We can take her up together. Jump into the other pail.”

Mr. Fox does so. When he gets down, Billy Hare gets up. “Good-bye!” Billy Hare gets out of the well and says. Mr. Fox can’t get out.

聪明的野兔

野兔比利很饿，他找到了一只萝卜。当他捡起萝卜的时候，狐狸先生正在他的身后，想吃了他。 “我也饿了。你是我的晚餐，我要吃了你。”狐狸说。 比利很吃惊，但是他并不害怕。他说：“跟我来，我有更好的食物给你。” 他们来到一口井边。

“朝这下面看，”比利说， “水里有东西。”“是什么呀?”狐狸先生好奇地问：“那是一只有大又费肥的母鸡。我们下去把她捉上来。”比利说着，乘一只水桶下去了。

“你能把鸡放进桶里吗?”狐狸问他：“不行，这只鸡太大了，”比利说，“下来吧。我们可以一起把它捉上去。快跳到另一只水桶里吧。”

狐狸照做了。当他下去的时候，比利就上来了。“再见。”比利从井里出来时说。而狐狸却出不来了。

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Once a simpleton’s wife told him to buy some ice.

Two hours later, he didn’t come back. She wanted to know why he didn’t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.

“What’s the matter?” She asked him. “Why don’t you bring it in?”

“I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold me so I’m running it dry.” The simpleton answered.

A Clever Panda

A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home.

Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. “I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin. It’s like a wheel.”

So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,”

聪明的熊猫

一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。

突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了!我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。

于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊!记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。

老板最大

there was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot。 there werethree parrots in the shop。 one was $5，000; another one， $10，000; and the third one， $30，000。 the customer asked the owner， “how e this guy is $5，000? that?s so expensive for this kindof parrot。” the owner said， “because i have trained him and he can talk。” so the customer asked him， “how about this guy? what can he do that makes him so expensive?” the owner said， “well， apart from talking， he can also do some amusing actions，like dancing and so on。 that?s why he?s so expensive。” then the customer said， “how about the third one? what canhe do that makes him so expensive?” the owner of the shopsaid， “i don?t know。 normally， i have never heard him talk， nor dance， nor whistle， nor sing， nothing at all! but the other two call him ?the boss。?”

有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。

顾客问老板:「为什么这只要卖五千元?这个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了!」

老板说:「因为我有训练他讲话。」

顾客又问:「那这只呢?他会做什么?为什么要卖这么贵?」

老板说:「他除了会说话之外，还会表演一些搞笑的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。」

顾客之后又问:「那第三只呢?他会做什么?为什么要卖这么贵?」

老板说:「我不明白。我从没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有!但是另外两只叫他:『老板!』

a little kid fell in love with another little kid， a school mate。 sometimes the kids think they fall in love when they have a crush on someone else in the class， when they?re eight or ten years old or something like that。 so the eight-year-oldkid came back home and asked his father， “father， is it expensive to be married?” and the father said， “yes， son， it is very expensive。” so the son asked， “how much does it cost?” and the father said， “i don?t know， son。 i?m still paying。”

有个小孩爱上了另一个小孩，对方是学校的同学。八岁或十岁左右的孩子有时会迷恋班上某个人，然后就以为自我恋爱了。因此这个八岁的小孩回家问他爸爸:「爸爸，结婚很花钱吗?」爸爸说:「是啊，儿子，十分花钱。」儿子又问:「要花多少钱呢?」爸爸说:「我不明白，儿子，我到此刻还一向在付钱啊!」

The Rabbit and The Wolf’

One day a rabbit was walking near the hill. He heard someone crying,‘Help! Help!’It was a wolf. A big stone was on the wolfs back. He cried, "Mr. Rabbit, take this big stone from my back, or I will die."

The Rabbit moved the stone from the wolfs back. Then the wolf jumped and caught the rabbit.

“If you kill me, I will never help you again.” Cried the rabbit . “Ha,ha!You will not live, because I will kill you." said the wolf.

‘I helped you. How can you kill me? It’s unfair. You ask Mrs. Duck. She will say that you are wrong." said the rabbit. “I will ask her,” said the wolf.

So they went to ask Mrs. Duck. The duck listened to their story and said,” What stone? I must see it. Then I can know who is right. “So the wolf and the rabbit and the duck went to see the stone.

"Now, put the stone back," said Mrs. Duck. So they put the stone back. Now the big stone is on the wolf’s back again.

That’s all for my story. Thanks for listening.

兔子和狼

一天，兔子先生正在山坡附近遛哒，他听到有人在呼救：“救命呀!救命呀!”他这边瞧瞧，那边望望，他发现了可怜的狼先生，一块大石头掉下来压在狼先生的背上，他起不来了。他喊道：“兔先生，把这块大石头从我背上搬开，要不然我会死的。”兔子好不容易把大石头从狼背上搬开，这时，狼跳起来，把兔子叼在嘴里。“如果你吃了我，”兔子叫喊着，“只要我还活着，我再也不帮你的忙了。” “你不会活了，”狼说，“因为我要吃了你了。” “好人是不会杀救过他命的恩人的，”兔子说，“这很不公平，你去问鸭子夫人，她很胖，她样样事情都通晓，她一定会说没有一个好人会干出这种事情来。” “我去问她”，于是，狼和兔子到了鸭子家。狼说：“当兔子先生在山坡附近坐下时，我抓住了他，因此，我要吃掉他。现在你来谈谈你是怎样想的吧。” “我从他的背上搬开好大的一块石头，”兔子说，“因此，我说他不应该吃掉我，因为我救了他。现在你说说你的看法吧。” “什么石头?”鸭子夫人问。“山附近一块石头，”兔子说。“我必须去看看，”鸭子说，“如果我连那块石头也没有看见，那我怎么说得出我的看法?”于是，狼、兔子和鸭子一起去看那块石头。现在你知道结果是什么了。

A Clever Farmer

Uncle Sam doesn’t like farmer. He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm.

One winter morning, the sun is shining. Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house. At that moment, a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him.

Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle. Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please? Uncle Sam: Lie down in the middle of the street and you’ll soon be at a hospital. Farmer Please set an example to me.

Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city at the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right?

Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on the field. Uncle Sam’s face turns red.

a lady went to a hat shop to buy a hat.

as she was very fussy, it took her a long time to pick on one. already at the end of his patience the salesman was afraid that she might change her mind again so he tried to flatter her: "an excellent choice, madam.

you look at least ten years younger with this hat on!" to his dismay, the lady took off her hat at once and said: "i don't want a hat that makes me look ten years older as soon as i take it off.

show me some more hats!"

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the wedding gift

ray’s wedding had gone off without a hitch. everyone seemed to have had a good time. a few people had too good of a time; they went home with designated drivers. all evening, the gift table remained unguarded. who would steal anything, ray thought. he had never heard of such a thing happening at a wedding. but his best friend aaron said there was a first time for everything. he strolled out regularly from the inside festivities to check on the gift table, making sure no one suspicious was hanging around it.

ray and julia went on a 3-week honeymoon to italy right after the wedding. when they got back, they opened all the gifts and sent out thank you notes. but there was one problem. a married couple that used to be good friends had apparently given nothing. this surprised julia, because walt and mary said they were thrilled to be invited. and, they actually seemed to have had a great time at the wedding. frankly, ray didn’t even care if they hadn’t given a gift. he just needed to know whether to send a thank you note. ray called aaron. aaron said maybe walt had left an envelope on the gift table like aaron had. “yes, but we got your envelope with the cash inside,” ray said.

“maybe my envelope looked too thin, and some thief thought walt’s envelope looked nice and fat.”

aaron asked ray if he had looked everywhere for walt’s gift. had he called up the wedding site to see if anything had been left behind? ray said that he had looked everywhere and made a lot of calls that were fruitless.

ray didn’t know what to do. if he sent walt and mary a thank you note for a gift they hadn’t given, they would be insulted. if he didn’t send them a thank you note for a gift they had given, they would be insulted.

“what would you do?” ray asked. aaron said he would call walt up and tell him the problem.

“you can’t go wrong with simply being honest,” aaron said.

“oh, yes, you can,” ray countered. “sometimes it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie.” but he thought about it, and finally decided that honesty might be the best policy. he called walt and told him the problem. walt said that yes, he had given an envelope. in fact, the envelope contained $500 cash.

“$500?!” ray asked. “that’s a lot of cash, walt!” walt admitted that it was, but he had gotten a fat raise early that year and ray’s was the only wedding he’d been to in quite a while. ray thanked him very much, and apologized sincerely for someone stealing walt’s generous gift. walt told him that it was “only money.”

when ray told aaron about walt’s gift, aaron laughed. “the only thief at the wedding was walt! i quit playing cards with him last year because i caught him cheating. and it was only a $10 pot! i’m sure i told you about that.”

“yes, you did tell me,” ray said. but, of course, he had to send walt a thank you note anyway.

Once a simpletons wife told him to buy some ice.

Two hours later, he didnt come back. She wanted to know why he didnt come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.

Whats the matter? She asked him. Why dont you bring it in?

I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold me so Im running it dry. The simpleton answered.

Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

Jack and Ben are good friends. One day, they explore a forest together. When they go deep into the forest, suddenly they hear a sound. “What’s that? The sound is so terrible.” Ben says.

“Oh! Bear! Look! A bear!” Jack says and climbs quickly on a tall tree.

Ben tries to climb on the tree. But he can’t. “What can I do? Help me please! “Ben says to Jack. But Jack does nothing.

The bear is coming. Ben lies down quickly and pretends to die. The bear looks at Ben and walking around him. Ben holds his breath. The bear smells Ben and thinks he’s dying, and then the bear goes away.

When Jack sees the bear going far, he slides down from the tree and wakes Ben. “What did the Bear whisper to you?” Jack asks Ben.

“Why didn’t you help me? Have you not heard the sentence: A friend in need is a friend indeed?” Ben shouted.

患难见真情

杰克和本是一对好朋友。一天，他俩结伴去森林探险。当他们深入森林时，突然听到一个声音。

“那是什么?这声音真恐怖。”本说。

“啊!是熊!快看!熊!”杰克边说边迅速爬到身旁的颗大树上。

本试着爬在树上，可是他做不到。“我怎么办啊?快帮帮我?”本朝杰克喊道。可

是杰克什么也没有做。

熊来了。本赶快躺在地上装死。熊看看本。绕着他走了儿圈。本赶忙屏住呼吸。熊又低下头闻了本，以为他死了，然后就走开了。

杰克看到熊走远了，他才滑下树来，叫醒本。“熊刚才跟你说什么了?“杰克好奇地文本。

“你刚才为什么不帮我?难道你没有听对患难见真情这句话吗?”本大声喊道。

I've Just Bitten My Tongue

"Are we poisonous?" the young snake asked his mother。

"Yes， dear，" she replied - "Why do you ask?"

"Cause I've just bitten my tongue! "

Notes:

1 poisonous adj。有毒的

2 Cause I've just bitten my tongue 因为我刚咬了自我的舌头。 句中 Cause 是 Because 的缩略形式。

我刚咬破自我的舌头

“我们有毒吗?”一个年幼的蛇问它的母亲。

“是的，亲爱的，”她回答说，“你问这个干什么?”

“因为我刚刚咬破自我的舌头。”

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"

"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.

"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"

"She is the one who sells the candy."

Im glad to be here to share with you my definition of success.

when we mentioned the success, the usual worldly criteria are wealth, fame,

high social status and something other like that. in reality, we can’t deny t

these things in some way. but personally, i believe that succeis the realization

of people’ hopes and wishes. and to live with a high ideal is a successful life.

it is not what one does, but what one tries to do, that make a man strong. so i

believe that succeis ninety-nine percent mental attitude, it calls for lots of

positive quality: effort, love, diligence, efficiency and so on. i think the

successful life always have these characters. if a person inherits his family’s

millions and leads an easy life, he is not a successful person in material

terms, it just can be said that he has the smooth way of life, he is lucky in

some way, but that is not the succe.unceasing effort is the price of success. no

matter what is the result, we always can get more from the process. what we

should do is that insisting on our goals or dreams and always encourage.

ourselves to challenge more, to hold the opportunities, never give up. it

sounds like si-mp-le, but it is really hard to do. also the key points of the

success.

relatively speaking, in our daily life, succewould be rather si-mp-le. for

me, i’m standing here to take part in the speech competition is somehow also

success. as i’m a easy to suffer from stage fright, i choose to hold this

chance, my goal is my own character training——to be more confident, to have more

courage to front such situation, i really do it, i have truly gained by

participating, i’m success.

what is success? i’m sure that everyone has his own interpretation as i do.

in the inspiring words of philips brooks:“ do not pray for tasks equal to your

powers ,pray for powers equal to your tasks, then the doing of your work shall

be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.” so believe in our hopes ,believe

in ourselves. every one can create the success.

thank you!

A little kid fell in love with another little kid, a school mate. Sometimes the kids think they fall in love when they have a crush on someone else in the class, when they‟re eight or ten years old or something like that. So the eight-year-oldkid came back home and asked his father, “Father, is it expensive to be married?” And the father said, “Yes, son, it is very expensive.” So the son asked, “How much does it cost?” And the father said, “I don‟t know, son. I‟m still paying.”

有个小孩爱上了另一个小孩，对方是学校的同学。八岁或十岁左右的孩子有时会迷恋班上某个人，然后就以为自己恋爱了。因此这个八岁的小孩回家问他爸爸：「爸爸，结婚很花钱吗?」爸爸说：「是啊，儿子，非常花钱。」儿子又问：「要花多少钱呢?」爸爸说：「我不知道，儿子，我到现在还一直在付钱啊!」

she kindled a third match. again shot up the flame; and now she was sitting under a most beautiful christmas tree ,far larger, and far more prettily decked out, than the one she had seen last christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchant's house. hundreds of wax-tapers lighted up the green branches, and tiny painted figures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down from the tree upon her. the child stretched out her hands towards them in delight, and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched; still, however, the christmas candles burned higher and higher， she beheld them beaming like stars in heaven; one of them fell, the lights streaming behind it like a long, fiery tail.

“now some one is dying,” said the little girl, softly, for she had been told by her old grandmother， the only person who had ever been kind to her, and who was now dead that whenever a star falls an immortal spirit returns to the god who gave it.

she struck yet another match against the wall; it flamed up, and surrounded by its light, appeared before her that same dear grandmother, gentle and loving as always, but bright and happy as she had never looked during her lifetime.