human
She wants a gift,--the earth-child wants a gift; and she promises to be very good, and to take excellent care of it and never lose it. The little one shall have a gift.
gpt
Dear child, she said,
human
Oh! how can they? cried Nina.
gpt
I would be so careful of mine, dear spirits. I would lock it away, and--
human
But you should never do that, dear one. If one shuts away one's gifts and does not let others profit by them, that is ill too. One must make the best of them, share them with the world always, and remember whence they come.
gpt
Will you show me some of your gifts?