LESSON 5stringpapereagerlydashedcasecrashdishesretortedsentencetrayCASTLE-BUILDING (CONCLUDED)Soon, Herbert was as much interested in castle-building ashe had been a little while before.He began to sing over his work. All his trouble was gone."This is a great deal better than crying, isn't it?" said papa."Crying for what?" asked Herbert, forgetting his grief of a few minutes before.Because pussy knocked your castle over."Oh!" A shadow flitted across his face, but was gone in amoment, and he went on building as eagerly as ever."I told him not to cry over spilled milk," said Joe, looking down from his place on the sofa."I wonder if you didn't cry when your kite string broke,"retorted Herbert."Losing a kite is quite another thing," answered Joe, a little dashed.The kite was gone forever; but your blocks were as good as before, and you had only to build again."I don't see," said papa, "that crying was of any more use in your case then in Herbert's. "
