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Later in the afternoon Teddy made his way to the old elm outside the Hare and Hounds, where several of the men were resting on the wooden benches, some with pots of beer, and round whom some of the admiring villagers had made a little circle. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON TEDDY MADE HIS WAY TO THE OLD ELM OUTSIDE THE HERON HOUNDS WHERE SEVERAL OF THE MEN WERE RESTING ON THE WOODEN BENCHES SOME WITH POTS OF BEER AND ROUND WHOM SOME OF THE ADMIRING VILLAGES HAD MADE A LITTLE CIRCLE
d take orders, and fight under their captain, just like soldiers.' And then Teddy went home and electrified his mother by telling her, with an air of great importance, 'Mr. Upton and I are going to give the soldiers a tea-party when they come.' The days passed; Mr. Upton was as good as his word. A large tea was provided in the village schoolroom, Colonel and Mrs. Graham taking a hearty interest in it; and when the soldiers came in one hot, dusty afternoon, everything was ready for them. Teddy and others of the village children crowded round the Hare and Hounds when they arrived, and Nancy was foremost of the crowd. 'I don't think much of soldiers,' she said, her nose tilted up in disdain. 'They're very dirty men, and covered with dust, and they've no band, nor flags flying, nor nothing.' If Teddy was disappointed in the look of his heroes, he did not say so; but Sam remarked, 'I expect they've left the band and the flags in the town; these are only the lot that they can't put up there. O KEEP WATCH LEARN THEIR DRILL AND TAKE ORDERS AND FIGHT UNDER THEIR CAPTAIN JUST LIKE SOLDIERS AND THEN TEDDY WENT HOME AND ELECTRIFIED HIS MOTHER BY TELLING HER WITH AN AIR OF GREAT IMPORTANCE MISTER UPTON AND I ARE GOING TO GIVE THE SOLDIERS A TEA PARTY WHEN THEY COME THE DAYS PASSED MISTER UPTON WAS AS GOOD AS HIS WORD A LARGE TEA WAS PROVIDED IN THE VILLAGE SCHOOLROOM COLONEL AND MISSUS GRAHAM TAKING A HEARTY INTEREST IN IT AND WHEN THE SOLDIERS CAME IN ONE HOT DUSTY AFTERNOON EVERYTHING WAS READY FOR THEM TEDDY AND OTHERS OF THE VILLAGE CHILDREN CROWDED ROUND THE HARE AND HOUNDS WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND NANCY WAS FOREMOST OF THE CROWD I DON'T THINK MUCH OF SOLDIERS SHE SAID HER NOSE TILTED UP IN DISDAIN THEY'RE VERY DIRTY MEN AND COVERED WITH DUST AND THEY'VE NO BAND NOR FLAGS FLYING OR NOTHING IF TEDDY WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE LOOK OF HIS HEROES HE DID NOT SAY SO BUT SAM REMARKED I EXPECT THEY'VE LEFT THE BAND AND FLAGS IN THE TOWN THESE ARE ONLY THE LOT THAT THEY CAN'T PUT UP THERE
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