闈掗笩 The Blue Bird_181

is that we draw nearer to happiness by trying to give it to others. But now something happened. Everybody became excited, the Children screamed, the parents threw up their arms and rushed to the open door: the Bird had suddenly escaped! He was flying away as fast as he could. "My bird! My bird!" sobbed the little girl. But Tyltyl was the first to run to the staircase and he returned in triumph: "It's all right!" he said. "Don't cry! He is still in the house and we shall find him again." And he gave a kiss to the little girl, who was already smiling through her tears: "You'll be sure to catch him again, won't you?" she asked. "Trust me," replied our friend, confidentially. "I now know where he is." You also, my dear little readers, now know where the Blue Bird is. Dear Light revealed nothing to the woodcutter's Children, but she showed them the road to happiness by teaching them to be good and kind and generous. Suppose that, at the beginning of this story,