Joseph's brothers, Mamma, for you know how unkind they were to poor Joseph. Mamma. Yes. Cain felt towards his brother Abel just as Joseph's brethren felt towards him, though there was no reason for it. But this naughty, unkind feeling soon led to something worse. First, Cain found fault with his brother; then he grew jealous, and became angry with him; and, at last, one day when he was alone with him in the field, he rose up against him, and killed him! W. Oh, Mamma, how very sad! Did Cain really kill his brother Abel? Mamma. Yes, my dear, I am sorry to say, he really killed him. This shows us how careful we should be not to give way to naughty, evil tempers, for one bad thing leads to another, and, at last, if people get very angry, they hardly know what they do. We should pray to God to fill our hearts with love, and try all we can to be kind and obliging to every one around us. W. I should think naughty Cain was never happy again; was he, Mamma? Mamma. I do not think he ever was, my dear, for wicked people who break God's commands are never happy. Soon after Cain had done this cruel thing to his poor brother, he heard God's voice calling to him, and saying, "Where is Abel thy brother?" And then this wicked Cain said, he did not know. W. Oh, Mamma! but that was telling an untruth, for he must have known he had killed him. Did not God punish him for being so wicked? Mamma. Yes: God told him that he should leave his father and mother, and wander about on the earth all the rest of his life; and God put a mark upon Cain, that every one who met him might know that he was the wicked |