difficulty can any one of us laugh from the heart... But look at this child, and at the supreme ease with which he brings joy into people's hearts: is it a flash of lightning? Is it a sudden sound.. or is it the merry hour of the bath?!!

3 — "Take him away from me!"... "Get it out of here!"... That is what this little one's face is saying; but what is this thing that has upset him?!... Most often it is a scrap of fur that would hardly hurt an ant strolling on the ground!...

4 — Most of the time, when events cross us, we carry them in our hearts and keep silent, grudgingly; but the child sends them forth in a ringing cry from the depths of his throat... What is a train whistle beside it!!