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Page 187 - That's not right ; the 'bacco is yours, not the money.' The bad man say, ' Never mind, you got it ; go buy some dram.' The good man say, ' No, no ; you must not do so.' So I don't know what to do, and I think to go to sleep ; but the good and bad man keep talking all night, and trouble me. And now I bring the money back I feel good.
Page 279 - The teacher saw her and said, " Mary, you had better kiss your brother." Mary dropped her hand, and looked up at the teacher as if she did not fully understand her. She had never been taught to return good for evil. She thought if her brother struck her, she, of course, must strike him back.
Page 254 - Sold them at the same price I did the fresh ones. He would never have looked at the melon until he had gone away." " Ben, I would not tell a lie, or act one either, for twice what I have earned this morning. Besides, I shall be better off in the end, for I have gained a customer, and you have lost one.
Page 211 - Another time, a gentleman employed him to carry a letter to a town, bidding him make all haste. On his way, he tried to spring over a ditch, but it was so wide that he fell in and was nearly drowned. The letter was lost in the mud, and could not be recovered. The gentleman was angry when Little Peter told him of the loss, and drove him out of doors with his whip. " It comes from above," said Peter, as he stood on the steps.
Page 283 - WHY should I deprive my neighbour Of his goods against his will ? Hands were made for honest labour, Not to plunder or to steal.
Page 187 - ... the good man say, that not right, the tobacco is yours, not the money; the bad man say, never mind, you got it, go buy some dram ; the good man say, no, no, you must not do so...
Page 211 - The bystanders laughed, and thought he must be out of his senses, for of course it could not fall from below; but they did not understand him. A minute after, the wind tore off an entire roof in the same street, which crushed three men to death. Had Little Peter gone on, he would, probably, have been at that moment just where the roof fell. Another time, a gentleman employed him to carry a letter to a town, bidding him make all haste.
Page 210 - ... It comes from above." I will now tell you why. When his father was on his deathbed — if, indeed, he had a bed, for he was very poor — he said to his son, " My dear Peter, you will now be left alone, and many troubles you will have in the world. But always remember, that all comes from above ; then you will find it easy to bear everything with patience." Little Peter understood him, and, in order not to forget the words, he often spoke them aloud. He received every gift with the words, "It...
Page 253 - What do you ask for it, my boy ? " " The melon is the last I have, sir ; and though it looks very fair, there is an unsound spot in it," said the boy, turning it over. " So there is," said the man ; " I think I will not take it. But...