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large/7704/teddysbutton_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/teddy_04_feuvre_64kb
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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. 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
 for a drummer-boy as soon as he's big enough, and I'll go with him!' cried Carrots. 'Oh, come on,' shouted one of the impatient ones; 'if Ted's not here, let us begin without him.' And Teddy's delinquencies at school were soon forgotten in the excitement of the game. He had not been kept in, but had slipped away the minute school was over, and was soon dodging in and out of the thick overhanging trees along the edge of his favourite stream. His little feet sped swiftly along, and as he ran he talked in a whisper to himself, which was his way when anything special was weighing on his mind. 'I'll go right into the wood, and get under a thick tree. I won't let a squirrel see me, nor even a rabbit. I must be quite quiet, and it must be like church, and I shan't come away till I've done it.' Into the wood he went, but he was hard to satisfy; roaming here and there, peeping round corners, and thrusting his curly head in amongst the bushes, it was fully half an hour before he chose his spot. UT I'M THINKING HOW TO ENLIST HE'LL GO FOR A DRUMMER BOY AS SOON AS HE'S BIG ENOUGH AND I'LL GO WITH HIM CRIED CARROTS OH COME ON SHOUTED ONE OF THE IMPATIENT ONES IF TED'S NOT HERE LET US BEGIN WITHOUT HIM AND TEDDY'S DELINQUENCIES AT SCHOOL WERE SOON FORGOTTEN IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GAME HE HAD NOT BEEN KEPT IN BUT HAD SLIPPED AWAY THE MINUTE SCHOOL WAS OVER AND WAS SOON DODGING IN AND OUT OF THE THICK OVERHANGING TREES ALONG THE EDGE OF HIS FAVORITE STREAM HIS LITTLE FEET SPED SWIFTLY ALONG AND AS HE RAN HE TALKED IN A WHISPER TO HIMSELF WHICH WAS HIS WAY WHEN ANYTHING SPECIAL WAS WEIGHING ON HIS MIND I'LL GO RIGHT INTO THE WOOD GET UNDER A THICK TREE I WON'T LET A SQUIRREL SEE ME NOR EVEN A RABBIT I MUST BE QUITE QUIET AND IT MUST BE LIKE CHURCH AND I SHA'N'T COME AWAY TILL I'VE DONE IT INTO THE WOOD HE WENT BUT HE WAS HARD TO SATISFY ROAMING HERE AND THERE PEEPING ROUND CORNERS AND THRUSTING HIS CURLY HEAD IN AMONGST THE BUSHES IT WAS FULLY HALF AN HOUR BEFORE HE CHOSE THIS SPOT
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