`` I 'll show you presently ; but tell me , first , if it looks quite right and natural to you . Children sometimes spy out faults that no one else can see , '' answered the lady , evidently pleased with the artless praise her work received . `` It looks just like our house , only more beautiful . Perhaps that is because I know how shabby it really is . That moss looks lovely on the shingles , but the roof leaks . The porch is broken , only the roses hide the place ; and my gown is all faded , though it once was as bright as you have made it . I wish the house and everything would stay pretty forever , as they will in the picture . '' While Marjorie spoke , the lady had been adding more color to the sketch , and when she looked up , something warmer and brighter than sunshine shone in her face , as she said , so cheerily , it was like a bird 's song to hear her , -- `` It ca n't be summer always , dear , but we can make fair weather for ourselves if we try . The moss , the roses , and soft shadows show the little house and the little girl at their best , and that is what we all should do ; for it is amazing how lovely common things become , if one only knows how to look at them . '' `` I wish I did , '' said Marjorie , half to herself , remembering how often she was discontented , and how hard it was to get on , sometimes . `` So do I , '' said the lady , in her happy voice . `` Just believe that there is a sunny side to everything , and try to find it , and you will be surprised to see how bright the world will seem , and how cheerful you will be able to keep your little self . '' `` I guess granny has found that out , for she never frets . I do , but I 'm going to stop it , because I 'm twelve to-day , and that is too old for such things , '' said Marjorie , recollecting the good resolutions she had made that morning when she woke . `` I am twice twelve , and not entirely cured yet ; but I try , and do n't mean to wear blue spectacles if I can help it , '' answered the lady , laughing so blithely that Marjorie was sure she would not have to try much longer . `` Birthdays were made for presents , and I should like to give you one . Would it please you to have this little picture ? '' she added , lifting it out of the book . `` Truly my own ? Oh , yes , indeed ! ''
cried XXXXX , coloring with pleasure , for she had never owned so beautiful a thing before .
Birthdays Marjorie color first granny morning one resolutions right sketch