To my granddaughter Elisabeth Fresneau

Dear child, you often say to me: "Oh, Grandma, how I love you, you're so good!" Grandma wasn't always good, and there are many children who were bad like her and who corrected themselves like her. Here are some true stories of a little girl Grandma knew a lot about as a child: she was angry, she became sweet ; she was greedy, she became sober ; she was a liar, she became sincere ; she was a thief, she became honest ; finally she was naughty, she became good. Grandma tried to do the same. Do as she did, my dear little children, it will be easy for you who don't have all Sophie's faults.