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As Teddy quietly perched himself on the seat beside his mother, he murmured to himself, 'Twenty soldiers in front of me, twenty rifles pointing  I shall stand like a rock  I'll set my teeth, and I shan't even blink my eyes. AS TEDDY QUIETLY PERCHED HIMSELF ON THE SEAT BY HIS MOTHER HE MURMURED TO HIMSELF TWENTY SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF ME TWENTY RIFLES POINTING I SHALL STAND LIKE A ROCK I'LL SET MY TEETH AND I SHAN'T EVEN BLINK MY EYES
g her little son tightly by the hand. The bells of the village church were ringing out for the service, and groups of two and three were passing in at the old lych gate. Mrs. John was talking in her sweet clear voice to her boy, and he, letting his restless blue eyes rove to and fro, noting every bird on the hedges and every flower in the path, kept bringing them back to his mother's face with a dreamy upward gaze. 'I will try, mother, I really will. I will keep my hands tight in my pockets, and my feet close together; I will pretend I'm going to be shot by a file of soldiers, and then I really think that will help me not to fidget. I promise you I'll be good to-day.' And having received this protestation from him, Mrs. John passed into church with a relieved mind. Teddy's restless little body was a sore trial to any one who sat next him in church, and many were the lectures that had been bestowed on him by Sunday-school teacher and pastor, besides the gentle admonitions of his mother. DY'S MOTHER HOLDING HER LITTLE SON TIGHTLY BY THE HAND THE BELLS OF THE VILLAGE CHURCH WERE RINGING OUT FOR THE SERVICE AND GROUPS OF TWO AND THREE WERE PASSING IN AT THE OLD LITCH GATE MISSUS JOHN WAS TALKING IN HER SWEET CLEAR VOICE TO HER BOY AND HE LETTING HIS RESTLESS BLUE EYES ROVE TO AND FRO NOTING EVERY BIRD ON THE HEDGES AND EVERY FLOWER IN THE PATH KEPT BRINGING THEM BACK TO HIS MOTHER'S FACE WITH A DREAMY UPWARD GAZE I WILL TRY MOTHER I REALLY WILL I WILL KEEP MY HANDS TIGHT IN MY POCKETS AND MY FEET CLOSE TOGETHER I WILL PRETEND I'M GOING TO BE SHOT BY A FILE OF SOLDIERS AND THEN I REALLY THINK THAT WILL HELP ME NOT TO FIDGET I PROMISE YOU I'LL BE GOOD TO DAY AND HAVING RECEIVED THIS PROTESTATION FROM HIM MISSUS JOHN PASSED INTO CHURCH WITH A RELIEVED MIND TEDDY'S RESTLESS LITTLE BODY WAS A SORE TRIAL TO ANY ONE WHO SAT NEXT HIM IN CHURCH AND MANY WERE THE LECTURES THAT HAD BEEN BESTOWED ON HIM BY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND PASTOR BESIDES THE GENTLE ADMONITIONS OF HIS MOTHER
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