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There was silence; the uncle puffed away at his pipe; he was a good man, and had more brains than his appearance warranted, but Teddy's speeches were often a sore puzzle to him. The boy continued in a slow, thoughtful tone, 'I saw some one to day that I feel might be an enemy, but she's a girl; men don't fight with women.' THERE WAS SILENCE THE UNCLE PUFFED AWAY AT HIS PIPE HE WAS A GOOD MAN AND HAD MORE BRAINS THAN HIS APPEARANCE WARRANTED BUT TEDDY'S SPEECHES WERE OFTEN A SORE PUZZLE TO HIM THE BOY CONTINUED IN A SLOW THOUGHTFUL TONE I SAW SOME ONE TODAY THAT I FEEL MIGHT BE AN ENEMY BUT SHE'S A GIRL MEN DON'T FIGHT WITH WOMEN
y the open door to smoke. 'Uncle Jake!' A grunt was the only response; but that was sufficient. The two perfectly understood each other, and a minute after Teddy was perched on his knee. 'I'm wondering if I can't get an enemy!' the boy proceeded, folding his small arms and looking up at his uncle steadily; 'all good people had enemies in the Bible, and I haven't one, I should like to have a good right down enemy!' 'To fight?' asked his uncle. 'To carry on with, you know; he would lay traps for me, and I would for him, like David and Saul; we should have a fine time of it. And then perhaps, if he did something dreadfully wrong, mother would give me leave to fight him, just once in a way. Don't you think that would be nice?' 'Fightin' ain't the only grand thing in this world; peace is grander,' was the slow response to this appeal. 'That's what mother says. She made me learn this morning--"Blessed are the peacemakers!" but you must have an enemy to make peace with, and I haven't got one. HO PULLING OUT A PIPE FROM HIS POCKET SAT DOWN BY THE OPEN DOOR TO SMOKE UNCLE JAKE A GRUNT WAS THE ONLY RESPONSE BUT THAT WAS SUFFICIENT THE TWO PERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER AND A MINUTE AFTER TEDDY WAS PERCHED ON HIS KNEE I'M WONDERING IF I CAN'T GET AN ENEMY THE BOY PROCEEDED FOLDING HIS SMALL ARMS AND LOOKING UP AT HIS UNCLE STEADILY ALL GOOD PEOPLE HAD ENEMIES IN THE BIBLE AND I HAVEN'T ONE I SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD RIGHT DOWN ENEMY TO FIGHT ASKED HIS UNCLE TO CARRY ON WITH YOU KNOW HE WOULD LAY TRAPS FOR ME AND I WOULD FOR HIM LIKE DAVID AND SAUL WE SHOULD HAVE A FINE TIME OF IT AND THEN PERHAPS IF HE DID SOMETHING DREADFULLY WRONG MOTHER WOULD GIVE ME LEAVE TO FIGHT HIM JUST ONCE IN A WAY DON'T YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE FIGHTING AIN'T THE ONLY GRAND THING IN THIS WORLD PEACE IS GRANDER WAS THE SLOW RESPONSE TO THIS APPEAL THAT'S WHAT MOTHER SAYS SHE MADE ME LEARN THIS MORNING BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS BUT YOU MUST HAVE AN ENEMY TO MAKE PEACE WITH AND I HAVEN'T GOT ONE
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