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Have You been waiting for me? I've come to enlist. And, please, I forget all Mr. Upton told me to say; but will You forgive me my sins, and write my name down in Your book in heaven?  Edward James Platt is my name. I've come to be Your soldier for ever and ever. Will You please keep me always? HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING FOR ME I'VE COME TO ENLIST AND PLEASE I FORGET ALL MISTER UPTON TOLD ME TO SAY BUT WILL YOU FORGIVE ME MY SINS AND WRITE MY NAME DOWN IN YOUR BOOK IN HEAVEN EDWARD JAMES PLATT IS MY NAME I'VE COME TO BE YOUR SOLDIER FOR EVER AND EVER WILL YOU PLEASE KEEP ME ALWAYS
 a secluded little nook under an old oak-tree, where the moss grew thick and green, and bushes of all sorts and sizes formed a natural bower round the gnarled trunk. In front of this tree Teddy stood, and then, half shyly, half reverently, he took off his cap and laid it on the ground. Looking up through the veil of green leaves above him to the sunny blue sky beyond, he stood with clasped hands and parted lips for a moment or two in perfect silence. The soft wind played gently with his curls, and rustled amongst the leafy boughs overhead, and in the distance the birds' sweet voices were the only sounds that met his ears. As the boy's eyes came back to earth they seemed to have reflected in them something of the bright sunshine above, and then down on his knees he dropped. Placing his little clasped hands against the old trunk in front of him, and bending his golden head till it rested likewise against the tree, Teddy prayed aloud, slowly, and with frequent pauses,-- 'O God! here I am. ORE HE CHOSE THIS SPOT IT WAS A SECLUDED LITTLE NOOK UNDER AN OLD OAK TREE WHERE THE MOSS GREW THICK AND GREEN AND BUSHES OF ALL SORTS AND SIZES FORMED A NATURAL BOWER ROUND THE GNARLED TRUNK IN FRONT OF THIS TREE TEDDY STOOD AND THEN HALF SHYLY HALF REVERENTLY HE TOOK OFF HIS CAP AND LAID IT ON THE GROUND LOOKING UP THROUGH THE VEIL OF GREEN LEAVES ABOVE HIM TO THE SUNNY BLUE SKY BEYOND HE STOOD WITH CLASPED HANDS AND PARTED LIPS FOR A MOMENT OR TWO IN PERFECT SILENCE THE SOFT WIND PLAYED GENTLY WITH HIS CURLS AND RUSTLED AMONGST THE LEAFY BOUGHS OVERHEAD AND IN THE DISTANCE THE BIRD'S SWEET VOICES WERE THE ONLY SOUNDS THAT MET HIS EARS AS THE BOY'S EYES CAME BACK TO EARTH THEY SEEMED TO HAVE REFLECTED IN THEM SOMETHING OF THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE ABOVE AND THEN DOWN ON HIS KNEES HE DROPPED PLACING HIS LITTLE CLASPED HANDS AGAINST THE OLD TRUNK IN FRONT OF HIM AND BENDING HIS GOLDEN HEAD TILL IT RESTED LIKEWISE AGAINST THE TREE TEDDY PRAYED ALOUD SLOWLY WITH FREQUENT PAUSES O GOD HERE I AM
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