Excerpt from The Blue Jar Story Book

"Oh mother, what beautiful roses! Won"t you buy some of them?"

"No, my dear."

"Why?"

"Because I don"t want them, my dear."

They went a little farther, and came to another shop, which caught Rosamond"s eye. It was a jewellers shop, and in it were a great many pretty baubles, ranged in drawers behind glass.

"Mother, will you buy some of these?"

"Which of them, Rosamond?"

"Which? I don"t know which; any of them will do, for they are all pretty."

"Yes, they are all pretty; but of what use would they be to me?"

"Use! Oh, I"m sure you could find some use or other for them if you would only buy them first."

"But I would rather find out the use-first."

"Well, then, mother, there are buckles; you know that buckles are useful things, very useful things."

"I have a pair or buckles; I don"t want another pair," said her mother, and walked on. Rosamond was very sorry that her mother wanted nothing. Presently, however, they came to a shop which appeared to her far more beautiful than the rest. It was a chemists shop, but she did not know that.

"Oh, mother, oh!" cried she, pulling her mother"s hand, "look, look!

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