"DO UNTO OTHERS"

 Phil and Marjorie had been very selfish. When baby brother had toddled¹ up to them after dinner and asked them for a little bite of their candy they had run away and hidden behind the bureau, where they greedily ate it all. Soon after, while they were looking out of the nursery window, they saw a little boy earn a nickel² by carrying several packages for a lady up to the front doorstep of her house. To their great surprise he ran down the street and gave it to a poor blind man on the corner.

 

This made the children think how mean they had been to their little brother. So Phil said, "Let's go to the candy shop and buy a peppermint³ stick for baby brother. We'll take our very own money."

 

"Let's give the poor blind man something, too," added Marjorie, as she turned her bank upside down to get out the money.

 

"And I'll give my other five-cent piece to the little boy who was so kind to the blind man!" cried Phil.

 

When they returned both children were smiling happily. "Did you see how glad the poor boy was to get the five cents?" asked Phil.

 

"Yes," answered Marjorie, "and did you hear how gratefully the blind man thanked me?"

 

But all that baby brother said was "Yum! Yum!" as he sucked away on his pink and white peppermint stick!

1 toddled   

v.（幼儿等）东倒西歪地走( toddle的过去式和过去分词 )；蹒跚行走；溜达；散步

参考例句：

• It's late — it's time you toddled off to bed. 不早了—你该去睡觉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her two-year-old son toddled into the room. 她的两岁的儿子摇摇摆摆地走进屋里。 来自辞典例句

2 nickel   

n.镍，（美国和加拿大的）五分钱

参考例句：

• Nickel can be used for making coins.镍可做成钱币。
• May I have a nickel?能给我五分钱吗？

3 peppermint   

n.薄荷，薄荷油，薄荷糖

参考例句：

• Peppermint oil is very good for regulating digestive disorders.薄荷油能很有效地调节消化系统失调。
• He sat down,popped in a peppermint and promptly choked to death.他坐下来，突然往嘴里放了一颗薄荷糖，当即被噎死。