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It's So Different To Be A Sparrow. But Nobody Asked This Rat If He Wanted To Be A Rat When He Was Made. Nobody Said, 'wouldn't You Rather Be A Sparrow?

I Don't Know Who It Is," She Said; "but Somebody Cares For Me A Little. I Have A Friend.

When A Man Looks At The Stars, He Grows Calm And Forgets Small Things. They Answer His Questions And Show Him That His Earth Is Only One Of The Million Worlds. Hold Your Soul Still And Look Upward Often, And You Will Understand Their Speech. Never Forget The Stars.

Whatever Comes," She Said, "cannot Alter One Thing. If I Am A Princess In Rags And Tatters, I Can Be A Princess Inside. It Would Be Easy To Be A Princess If I Were Dressed In Cloth Of Gold, But It Is A Great Deal More Of A Triumph To Be One All The Time When No One Knows It.

If Nature Has Made You For A Giver, Your Hands Are Born Open, And So Is Your Heart; And Though There May Be Times When Your Hands Are Empty, Your Heart Is Always Full, And You Can Give Things Out Of That--warm Things, Kind Things, Sweet Things--help And Comfort And Laughter--and Sometimes Gay, Kind Laughter Is The Best Help Of All.