He gives him plenty of time to come to Him and tell Him how sorry he is to have done wrong.

God gives him the chance to beg His pardon.

But if he does not do that, he is sure to be punished so that he will do more and more evil and become more terribly unhappy all the time." "I'll look out, too, now if I can hear the voice," was Maezli's resolution.
"The chief thing is to follow the voice, Maezli," said the mother.

"But we must be quiet now.

Say your prayers, darling, then you will soon go to sleep." Maezli said her little prayer very devoutly.