The Sweet-Scented Name/The Bit of Candy
The Bit of Candy
A LITTLE girl had some candy in a piece of paper.
At first there was much candy, but she ate it till there was only one lump left.
And she asked herself should she eat this lump also or should she give it to the poor.
"I'll give it to a poor girl," said she.
But after a while she thought: "Perhaps it would be better to divide the candy in half and share it." So she ate up half the lump.
Then she thought about the bit that was left, and she said to herself: "I'll break that in two again and give half of it to the little girl."
At last so little remained of the lump of candy that it wasn't worth while giving it to the poor girl—so she ate up what was left.