MOTHER
Illustration★★★★Out of the French Revolution came the story of a mother who had wandered through the woods for three days with her two children, trying to survive on roots and leaves. On the third day, she heard some soldiers approaching and quickly hid her- self and the children behind some bushes. The sergeant in charge prodded the bushes to see what was stirring behind them. When he saw the starving woman and children he imme- diately gave them a loaf of brown bread.
The mother took it eagerly, broke it into two pieces and gave one piece to each of the children. “She has kept none for herself,’ the sergeant said. “Because she is not hungry?” a soldier asked. “Because she is a mother,” the sergeant replied.
The point
During the French Revolution, a starving mother gives her entire portion of bread to her children, illustrating the heart of true motherhood.