. Teddy and Carrots, two merchants of Newspaper row . could nt havegot rid of it if I d stayed there a month. Knocked medown twice before I could even get the bars fixed. Heacted like the goats you see up in Shantytown, anlooked a good deal like Skip Jeilison in the did nt figger on sheep bein ugly. I was nt soawful scared at first, for I lowed he was playin, angot up soons I could. The next thing I was downagin like one of them babies at a fair what you throwballs at. It was an old ram, I spose. I should have thoughtyou d looked out for him. You jest bet I did after that; but I had nt
. Teddy and Carrots, two merchants of Newspaper row . could nt havegot rid of it if I d stayed there a month. Knocked medown twice before I could even get the bars fixed. Heacted like the goats you see up in Shantytown, anlooked a good deal like Skip Jeilison in the did nt figger on sheep bein ugly. I was nt soawful scared at first, for I lowed he was playin, angot up soons I could. The next thing I was downagin like one of them babies at a fair what you throwballs at. It was an old ram, I spose. I should have thoughtyou d looked out for him. You jest bet I did after that; but I had nt timethen, you see. Why, he was all over that pasturequicker n you could wink. After a while I got round 7 HE PRODIGALS RETURN. 117 by the other side of the fence, let down the bars, anthen sneaked up through the bushes till I got the wholelot of em inter line. Then I kept clubs flyin so theyjest had to scoot, an afterward--an afterward, Teddy,what do you spose ? Why, how do I know ? That old skinflint said I hadnt any business run- • ••••. WHY, HE WAS ALL OVER THAT PASTURE QUICKERN YOU COULD WINK \ nin cows jest before they was milked \ I spose hethought I ought to stood there and let that ram havefun with me. Well, it took him an me pretty nigh anhour to get em untangled, an then he told me to driveem back to the pasture. I told him I d go homebefore I d trust myself in the lane alone with thatblack-faced sheep of his agin. Then he said I couldnt IlS TEDDY AND CARROTS. have any supper, so I started down once more, pickedup plenty of rocks, an after a while got em in. ThenI came back to the house hungriern a bear. He hadthe nerve, after all that, to tell me he was a man of hisword, an so long as he d promised I should nt haveany supper, hed stick to it. I didnt get any, either!Why, I could have eaten a brick that night, if there dbeen butter on it. Did nt you have a thing to eat ? Not so much as a bite. I didnt want to come backan say I got tired in less n a day, so t
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