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He brought a lot of young frogs in a handkerchief, put some of them in the master's desk, and amused himself at intervals by slipping the others down the backs of the boys seated in front of him. His corner was the most unruly one in the room, and whilst waiting for another class to come down he began one of his stories in a whisper to a most interested audience. HE BROUGHT A LOT OF YOUNG FROGS IN A HANDKERCHIEF PUT SOME OF THEM IN THE MASTER'S DESK AND AMUSED HIMSELF AT INTERVALS BY SLIPPING THE OTHERS DOWN THE BACKS OF BOYS SEATED IN FRONT OF HIM HIS CORNER WAS THE MOST UNRULY ONE IN THE ROOM AND WHILST WAITING FOR ANOTHER CLASS TO COME DOWN HE BEGAN ONE OF HIS STORIES IN A WHISPER TO A MOST INTERESTED AUDIENCE
The schoolmaster was very lenient with the boys that morning, or else they would have been in dire disgrace, for lessons were imperfectly learned and said, and never had he found it so difficult to keep their attention. But if Teddy was inattentive and careless at school, he was doubly troublesome at home, and for the next few days his mother's fears were realised. The excitement of all that had taken place seemed to have quite turned his head for the time. He jumped on Kate Brown's back--the hired girl--when she was carrying two pails of milk to the dairy, and the contents of both pails were spilt and wasted; he shut up a fighting bantam cock and the stable cat into a barn, and left them fighting furiously; he locked one of the farm-labourers in a hayloft, and pulled away the ladder, so that he was not released for hours, and he proved such an imp of mischief in the house that even his mother meditated handing him over to his uncle to be whipped. At last it came to a climax in school. THE ROAD WITH THEM THE SCHOOLMASTER WAS VERY LENIENT WITH THE BOYS THAT MORNING OR ELSE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DIRE DISGRACE FOR LESSONS WERE IMPERFECTLY LEARNED AND SAID AND NEVER HAD HE FOUND IT SO DIFFICULT TO KEEP THEIR ATTENTION BUT IF TEDDY WAS INATTENTIVE AND CARELESS AT SCHOOL HE WAS DOUBLY TROUBLESOME AT HOME AND FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS HIS MOTHER'S FEARS WERE REALIZED THE EXCITEMENT OF ALL THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE SEEMED TO HAVE QUITE TURNED HIS HEAD FOR THE TIME HE JUMPED ON KATE BROWN'S BACK THE HIRED GIRL WHEN SHE WAS CARRYING TWO PAILS OF MILK TO THE DAIRY AND THE CONTENTS OF BOTH PAILS WERE SPILT AND WASTED HE SHUT UP A FIGHTING BANTAM COCK AND THE STABLE CAT INTO A BARN AND LEFT THEM FIGHTING FURIOUSLY HE LOCKED ONE OF THE FARM LABOURERS IN A HAYLOFT AND PULLED AWAY THE LADDER SO THAT HE WAS NOT RELEASED FOR HOURS AND HE PROVED SUCH AN IMP OF MISCHIEF IN THE HOUSE THAT EVEN HIS MOTHER MEDITATED HANDING HIM OVER TO HIS UNCLE TO BE WHIPPED AT LAST IT CAME TO A CLIMAX IN SCHOOL
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