The Worst of It | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 12, 1865

The Worst of It.

“Do you want any berries, ma’am?” said a little boy to a lady one day.

The lady told him she would like some; and taking the pail from him she stepped into the house. He did not follow, but remained behind, whistling to some canaries hanging in their cages on the porch.

“Why do you not come in and see if I measure your berries right?” said the lady; “how do you know but what I may cheat you?”

“I am not afraid,” said he, “you would get the worst of it, ma’am.”

“Get the worst of it!” said she, “what do you mean?”

“Why, ma’am, I should only lose my berries, and you would be stealing: don’t you think you would get the worst of it?”