Pride

The little boy was greatly elated when informed by his mother that the liveliness of her hair as she combed it was caused by electricity.

“Oh, my!” he exclaimed. “Ain’t we a wonderful family! Mama has electricity on her head, and grandma has gas on her stomach.”

Pride often has no better basis in fact than the self-congratulation of little Raymond in the following story:

Raymond came home from a session of the Sunday School fairly swollen with importance. He explained the cause to his mother.

“The superintendent said something awful nice about me this morning in his prayer.”

“And what did he say, dear?” the mother inquired, concealing her astonishment.

The boy quoted glibly and sincerely.

“He said, ‘O Lord, we thank thee for our food and Raymond.’”