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And Ted he got as red as fire, and says, "It's full of them to day, sir"; and teacher said, "Go down to the bottom of the class till you can empty it of them then, and tell me when you've done it." And when Ted comes next to me I says, "Is your button lost, old chap, that you're in such a stew?" AND TED HE GOT AS RED AS FIRE AND SAYS IT'S FULL OF THEM TO DAY SIR AND TEACHER SAID GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CLASS TILL YOU CAN EMPTY IT OF THEM AND TELL ME WHEN YOU'VE DONE IT AND WHEN TED COMES NEXT TO ME I SAYS IS YOUR BUTTON LOST OLD CHAP THAT YOU'RE IN SUCH A STEW
I'm going to do it quite by myself to-morrow.' CHAPTER IV Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon. The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket. 'Where's Teddy?' 'Teddy Platt!' 'Young Ted, where's he got to?' 'Fetch Teddy!' This was the general cry. But Teddy was nowhere to be seen. 'Has he been kept in?' queried one. 'Likely enough. He's up in the clouds to-day.' 'Oh, ain't he just! Why, I offered him half such a huge apple. My! it was a beauty! And his eyes sort o' wandered away from it, as if it had been a piece of mud! "Thanks," ses he, "I'll have a bite to-morrer--not to-day."' 'And teacher was down on him sharp, too,' put in another eager voice. 'He answered all the 'rithmetic wrong, and he said forty soldiers made a rood! And teacher ses, "Is your head good for nothing but soldiers? ION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ROBERT HARDER TEDDY'S BUTTON BY AMY LE FEVER CHAPTER FOUR ENLISTING FOR LIFE THE VILLAGE CHILDREN WERE SWARMING OUT OF SCHOOL THE NEXT AFTERNOON THE HEAT AND CONFINEMENT OF THE CROWDED SCHOOLROOM HAD NOT LESSENED THE SUPERABUNDANCE OF ENERGY AND HIGH SPIRITS AMONG THEM AND THE BOYS SOON CONGREGATED ON THE GREEN BENT ON A GAME OF CRICKET WHERE'S TEDDY TEDDY PLATT YOUNG TED WHERE'S HE GOT TO FETCH TEDDY THIS WAS THE GENERAL CRY BUT TEDDY WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN HAS HE BEEN KEPT IN QUERIED ONE LIKELY ENOUGH HE'S UP IN THE CLOUDS TODAY OH AIN'T HE JUST WHY I OFFERED HIM HALF SUCH A HUGE APPLE MY IT WAS A BEAUTY AND HIS EYE SORT OF WANDERED AWAY FROM IT AS IF IT HAD BEEN A PIECE OF MUD THANK SAYS HE I'LL HAVE A BIT TO MORROW NOT TO DAY AND TEACHER WAS DOWN IN HIM SHARP TOO PUT IN ANOTHER EAGER VOICE HE ANSWERED ALL ARITHMETIC WRONG AND HE SAID FORTY SOLDIERS MADE A ROOD AND TEACHER SAYS IS YOUR HEAD GOOD FOR NOTHING BUT SOLDIERS
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