The farmer's boy . ()u would haw to do wouldbe to kl lliem grow. \hc\ would take cnw of themsel\-es. In the case of llu onions tlu- hoeing out ])ait was not\Xry bad, but when he got down ;)n his hands and kneesto scralt h the weeds out of tlu i-ow> with his lingers, histroubli- be^an. The bo\- said his bac k aihed. His fatlur SiimnuT 77. comforlcd him by telling him thai he •^ucssetl not thaihe was too young to ha\e the backache - thai hed belterwait lill he was fifty or sixty, and his joints got stiff andhe had the rheuniati>in ; tiun he would ha\e sometliinj^to talk about. 78 The Farme
The farmer's boy . ()u would haw to do wouldbe to kl lliem grow. \hc\ would take cnw of themsel\-es. In the case of llu onions tlu- hoeing out ])ait was not\Xry bad, but when he got down ;)n his hands and kneesto scralt h the weeds out of tlu i-ow> with his lingers, histroubli- be^an. The bo\- said his bac k aihed. His fatlur SiimnuT 77. comforlcd him by telling him thai he •^ucssetl not thaihe was too young to ha\e the backache - thai hed belterwait lill he was fifty or sixty, and his joints got stiff andhe had the rheuniati>in ; tiun he would ha\e sometliinj^to talk about. 78 The Farmers Boy But the boy knew very well that his back did ache, andthe sun was as hot again as it was when he was standingup, and his head felt as if it were going to drop off. Herose once in a while to stretch, and to see if there were anysigns of his mothers wanting him at the house, or hensaround that ought to be chased off, or anything else goingon that would give him a chance for a change. He bentto his work again presently, and tried various changesfrom the plain stoop, such as one knee down and theother raised to support his chest, or a sit-doA\Ti and an
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