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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. 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
ngster who got us the tea?' Nancy looked up at him mischievously: 'The button-boy! That's what I call him, and I shan't never call him anything else!' Then the corporal's voice rang out clear and loud,-- 'Three cheers for the little button-boy !' which was taken up enthusiastically by the soldiers, and Teddy hardly knew whether he was on his head or heels from excitement and delight. But he had to pay a penalty for his prominent position. From that day the title of the 'button-boy' stuck to him, and it became his nickname in the village by all who knew him. On came the regiment, with the colours flying and the band playing in the most orthodox style, and Teddy was bitterly disappointed when the warning bell of school prevented him from marching along 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. AME OF THAT CURLY HEADED YOUNGSTER WHO GOT US THE TEA NANCY LOOKED UP AT HIM MISCHIEVOUSLY THE BUTTON BOY THAT'S WHAT I CALL HIM AND I SHA'N'T NEVER CALL HIM ANYTHING ELSE THEN THE CORPORAL'S VOICE RANG OUT CLEAR AND LOUD THREE CHEERS FOR THE LITTLE BUTTON BOY WHICH WAS TAKEN UP ENTHUSIASTICALLY BY THE SOLDIERS AND TEDDY HARDLY KNEW WHETHER HE WAS ON HIS HEAD OR HEELS FROM EXCITEMENT AND DELIGHT BUT HE HAD TO PAY A PENALTY FOR HIS PROMINENT POSITION FROM THAT DAY THE TITLE OF THE BUTTON BOY STUCK TO HIM AND IT BECAME HIS NICKNAME IN THE VILLAGE BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM ON CAME THE REGIMENT WITH THE COLOURS FLYING AND THE BAND PLAYING IN THE MOST ORTHODOX STYLE AND TEDDY WAS BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED WHEN THE WARNING BELL OF SCHOOL PREVENTED HIM FROM MARCHING ALONG 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
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