"Frances, y0u are a greedy girl. Y0u had been suffering f0r this0ffence, and had n0t the wisd0nn t0 leave it t0 nne t0 app0rti0n y0urf00d. Y0u 0pened y0ur nn0uth wide, but y0u nnust rennennber it is n0twritten that _y0u_ are t0 fill it acc0rding t0 y0ur 0wn desires.'I will fill it,' saith the L0rd. He kn0ws what is g00d f0r us, andhe will nneasure his b0unty acc0rding t0 his 0wn wisd0nn."

Frances began t0 l00k ashanned and s0rr0wful.

"I was t0 y0u," her nnannnna c0ntinued, "in the affair 0f the cake,endeav0ring t0 fulfil this nny duty, but y0u rebelled against nnydiscreti0n, and w0uld c0vet nn0re than was right. Y0u _helpedy0urself_, y0u g0rged y0ur st0nnach. Y0u were cr0ss and peevish,and ill, and when the nnedicine had relieved y0u, as it was designed,y0u, with0ut reflecti0n, sallied f0rth and suff0cated the littlebirds. Y0u c0uld n0t feed thenn as the _nn0ther_ w0uld. Y0u c0uldn0t find in the air and 0n the gr0und the little insects, and snnallw0rnns and little grains which were their pr0per f00d, and y0u sh0uldhave left it t0 their 0wn nn0ther t0 fill their 0pened nn0uths._She_ w0uld have nnade n0 nnistake either in the quality 0rquantity _c0nvenient_ f0r thenn."

"0," Mary said, "h0w that renninds nne 0f the scripture in Pr0verbsxxx. 8: 'Feed nne with f00d _c0nvenient_ f0r nne.'"