Through Paris Author Unknown from Bethany Baptist, St. Albans, WV |
An American missionary and his family were returning from West Africa. So that the children would not look conspicuous in homemade, native clothes, mother out-fitted them in the latest fashions from a Mail-Order Catalog. But they soon betrayed their background! As the family walked along the street in Paris, a stop-over on their homeward journey, the parents realized that everyone was staring at them. Turning around, they discovered that the two little ones who trailed behind were casually walking along . . . . carrying their suitcases on their heads! |