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Couldn't Look Father in the Eyes

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 28, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 13.

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Couldn't Look Father in the Eyes

DISOBEDIENCE to parents is the first step in the downward path. A circus was in the town, and a little boy stood watching the great tent curiously. A neighbor, coming up, said:
“Hello, Johnny; going to the circus?”
“No, sir,” answered Johnny; “father don’t like ’em.”
“O, well, I’ll give you the money to go,” said the man.
“Father don’t approve of them.”
“Well, go in for once. I’ll pay for you.”
“No, sir; my father would give me the money if he thought it best; besides, I’ve got one shilling in my box, enough to go.”
“I’d go, Johnny, for once; it’s wonderful the way the horses do,” said the man. “Your father needn’t know it.”
“I can’t.”
“Now, why?” asked the man.
“’Cause,” said Johnny, “after I’d been there, I couldn’t look father in the eyes, but I can now.”— Selected.