The farmer's boy . h to theboy that she- ha;l not ihr heart to iv:u>c him, and con-le-nlcd herself with admonitions not to stav out loo long,not to wade in too dee]), not to get his ilothes wet, etc.,etc. The boy began with one of the small jjuddle^, tor hehad these cautions in his mind, hut llie scope of his continually enlarged, and he |)resentlv was Irvingto determine just how deej) a phut. he could \enture intowithout letting the water em loat h oMr hi> boot-top^. He 32 The Farmers Boy did not desist from the experiment until he feh a coldtrickle douTi one of his legs, f
The farmer's boy . h to theboy that she- ha;l not ihr heart to iv:u>c him, and con-le-nlcd herself with admonitions not to stav out loo long,not to wade in too dee]), not to get his ilothes wet, etc.,etc. The boy began with one of the small jjuddle^, tor hehad these cautions in his mind, hut llie scope of his continually enlarged, and he |)resentlv was Irvingto determine just how deej) a phut. he could \enture intowithout letting the water em loat h oMr hi> boot-top^. He 32 The Farmers Boy did not desist from the experiment until he feh a coldtrickle douTi one of his legs, from wliich sensation he con-cluded that he got in just a little too far that time, and hebeat a hasty retreat. But he had made his mind easy onthe point as to how deep he could go, and now turned hisattention to poking about with a stick he had picked was C[uite charmed with the way he could make thewater and slush spatter with tliat stick. When he grewtired of this performance, and the accumulating wet began. On Ihr joirr over llic brook to pcnctrali hi> clotliiug Iuti and iluii, W- adjounudto the meadow and set his slit k saihng down the >iream.]l liiled his heart with dilighl to set. liow it |iiuhedand \\hiiled. and he slumped along the hrook l)orders and Spring 33 shouted al it as lie kr])l il c-oni])an\-. Later he returnedto the roadway and made hah a (U)zen (hims or more tostop the tiny rills that were coursing down its did this with >ueh serious tlioughtfulness and withsuch frequent, studious j)auscs as would well fit the actionsot the worlds great philoso])hers. Xo doubt the boy was making diseoxeries and learn-ing lessons; for the farm, with \aried Xalure always soclose, is an excellent kindergarten, and the farm childrenare all the time improving their opportunities after somefashion. When the boy went indoors, his mollur showed symp-toms of alarm o\er his condition. Ifc thought he hadke])t ])retty dry, InU his mother wanted to know what onea
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