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Perhaps this accounted for his popularity, perhaps it was his marvellous aptitude for telling stories, many of them wild productions from his fertile brain, but certain it was that he was the pet and the darling of the village, and none as yet had resisted his sway. PERHAPS THIS ACCOUNTED FOR HIS POPULARITY PERHAPS IT WAS HIS MARVELLOUS APTITUDE FOR TELLING STORIES MANY OF THEM WILD PRODUCTIONS FROM HIS FERTILE BRAIN BUT CERTAIN IT WAS THAT HE WAS PET IN THE DARLING OF THE VILLAGE AND NONE AS YET HAD RESISTED HIS SWAY
d she says she won't have it. I don't see if it is right for soldiers to fight, why it isn't right for boys!' 'I don't think there's any fellers left for you to fight with, so you're pretty safe. Besides, it was only Tom Larken, who set them on to try and get your button from you, and he's gone off to another part of the country now.' 'I think, p'raps,' went on Teddy slowly, as he turned over on his back and looked up at the clear blue sky above him, 'that I wasn't quite true about the bullets. I think it was six bullets and three sword cuts. I forget when I tell it how many it was; but she said she didn't believe a word!' Five o'clock struck by the old church clock close by. Teddy was upon his feet in an instant, and with a wild whoop and shout he was scudding across the green, his curls flying in the wind, and his little feet hardly seeming to touch the ground. There was none in the village so quick-footed as Teddy, and for daring feats and downright pluck he held the foremost place. FOUR BOYS IN ONE WEEK LAST TIME AND SHE SAYS SHE WON'T HAVE IT I DON'T SEE IF IT IS RIGHT FOR SOLDIERS TO FIGHT WHY IT ISN'T RIGHT FOR BOYS I DON'T THINK THERE ANY FELLOWS LEFT FOR YOU TO FIGHT WITH SO YOU'RE PRETTY SAFE BESIDES IT WAS ONLY TOM LARKEN WHO SET THEM ON TO TRY AND GET YOUR BUTTON FROM YOU AND HE'S GONE OFF TO ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY NOW I THINK P'RAPS WENT ON TEDDY SLOWLY AS HE TURNED OVER ON HIS BACK AND LOOKED UP AT THE CLEAR BLUE SKY ABOVE HIM BUT I WASN'T QUITE TRUE ABOUT THE BULLETS I THINK IT WAS SIX BULLETS AND THREE SWORD CUTS I FORGET WHEN I TELL IT HOW MANY IT WAS BUT SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE A WORD FIVE O'CLOCK STRUCK BY THE OLD CHURCH CLOCK CLOSE BY TEDDY WAS UPON HIS FEET IN AN INSTANT AND WITH A WILD WHOOP AND SHOUT HE WAS SCUDDING ACROSS THE GREEN HIS CURLS FLYING IN THE WIND AND HIS LITTLE FEET HARDLY SEEMING TO TOUCH THE GROUND THERE WAS NONE IN THE VILLAGE SO QUICK FOOTED AS TEDDY AND FOR DARING FEATS AND DOWNRIGHT PLUCK HE HELD THE FOREMOST PLACE
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