Two young people, a boy and girl, aged six and eight, were being put to bed by their mother, and she, like a good mother, saw that they prayed before they got into bed, but just before she had taken them to the bedroom, the boy had provoked his mother and she had spoken to him reprovingly. When the boy was saying his prayers, he said, “O Lord, bless Mamma, and save her from getting cross.” When the girlie prayed, she prayed more consistently; she implored the Lord to “Bless Mamma,