. Little helpers . m he hoped to see before the eveningwas over, and went valiantly to work with the spade. What nice big spadefuls you make! Tiny said, afterwatching him a while. When I dig, it most all slides offwhile I am picking up the spade. Thats because you are not quite so strong as I am, saidJim, smiling, and turning over an extra large spadeful by way ofproving his statement. The two little gardens were thoroughly dug by the time thatit was too dark to work any more, and Johnny had hoed andraked Tinys smooth, while Jim was digging his. Then theywent into the playroom, and Mrs. Leslie
. Little helpers . m he hoped to see before the eveningwas over, and went valiantly to work with the spade. What nice big spadefuls you make! Tiny said, afterwatching him a while. When I dig, it most all slides offwhile I am picking up the spade. Thats because you are not quite so strong as I am, saidJim, smiling, and turning over an extra large spadeful by way ofproving his statement. The two little gardens were thoroughly dug by the time thatit was too dark to work any more, and Johnny had hoed andraked Tinys smooth, while Jim was digging his. Then theywent into the playroom, and Mrs. Leslie brought them a lampto light up the lesson. We will have a little singingfirst, she said, opening the organ. Tiny and I will sing the eveninghymn, and you must listen, Jim, andtry to catch the tune. Jim listened, and by the timethey reached the Doxology, he hadjoined them, and went through thetune without a mistake, seeming even to know the words. His voice was a very sweet tenor,and Tiny exclaimed delightedly, —. LITTLE HELPERS. 95 It will be just as easy as anything to teach him to sing,mamma! Id have come in sooner, said Jim, looking very muchpleased, but that last verse was the only one I knew. I wentto Sunday-school a few times when I was a little boy, and thatverse came back to me as soon as you began to sing it. Then Johnny and his pupil sat down by the table, and took Tinys hand and went to the parlor, thinking thatthe two boys would manage their undertaking better without anaudience. Johnny felt very much embarrassed, but he plunged in boldly,as the best way of overcoming his feelings. Ill do you the way they did me, the first day I went toschool, he began, and taking his First Reader, he opened it, andhanded it to Jim, saying, — Just read a little, will you ? Jim burst out laughing. Its heathen Greek to me, he said. I dont know morethan half the letters. Why, if Id known how to read, I couldhave picked up the rest somehow, and thats why I asked youto te
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