The minister's little six-year-old girl had been so naughty during the week that her mother decided to give her the worst kind of punishment.  She told her she couldn't go to the Sunday School Picnic on Saturday.

When the day came, her mother felt she had been too harsh and changed her mind.  When she told the little girl she could go to the picnic, the child's reaction was one of gloom and unhappiness.

"What's the matter?  I thought you'd be glad to go to the picnic." her mother said.

"It's too late!" the little girl said.  "I've already prayed for rain."