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But Teddy crept up to his little room to change his wet clothes before he met his mother, and then was very silent about his adventure, merely saying, by way of explanation, that he had fallen into the brook; but at tea, a short time after, he suddenly said,   'If you put a sailor and a soldier together, which would you choose, Uncle Jake?' BUT TEDDY CREPT UP TO HIS LITTLE ROOM TO CHANGE HIS WET CLOTHES BEFORE HE MET HIS MOTHER AND THEN WAS VERY SILENT ABOUT HIS ADVENTURE MERELY SAYING BY WAY OF EXPLANATION THAT HE HAD FALLEN INTO THE BROOK BUT AT TEA A SHORT TIME AFTER HE SUDDENLY SAID IF YOU PUT A SAILOR AND A SOLDIER TOGETHER WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE UNCLE JAKE
the matter, 'they may be sometimes brave, but they don't fight like the soldiers, and they have no banners, and red coats, and band; and they don't know how to march. A sailor walks anyhow. I saw one once, and I thought he was tipsy, but he wasn't. A sailor walks like a goose--he waddles!' 'You're the horridest, rudest boy I've ever seen!' And with the utmost dignity Nancy walked away, Teddy calling after her, 'You made a pretty good charge for a girl, but you couldn't get past me!' And then with one of his loud whoops he raced home, and hardly drew a breath till he reached the farmhouse door. His grandmother confronted him at once. 'You young rascal, what have you been doing? You're never a day out of mischief. If I was your mother I'd give you a good whipping; but she spoils you.' 'And you do, too, granny!' Teddy's laughing blue eyes, as he raised them to the grim face before him, conquered, as they generally did. 'There, go to your mother, she's in the dairy; I wash my hands of you. NDERINGLY AT HER WELL HE SAID AS IF CONSIDERING THE MATTER THEY MAY BE SOMETIMES BRAVE BUT THEY DON'T FIGHT LIKE THE SOLDIERS AND THEY HAVE NO BANNERS AND RED COATS AND BAND AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO MARCH A SAILOR WALKS ANYHOW I SAW ONE ONCE AND I THOUGHT HE WAS TIPSY BUT HE WASN'T A SAILOR WALKS LIKE A GOOSE HE WADDLES YOU'RE THE HORRIDEST RUDEST BOY I'VE EVER SEEN AND WITH THE UTMOST DIGNITY NANCY WALKED AWAY TEDDY CALLING AFTER HER YOU MADE A PRETTY GOOD CHARGE FOR A GIRL BUT YOU COULDN'T GET PAST ME AND THEN WITH ONE OF HIS LOUD WHOOPS HE RACED HOME AND HARDLY DREW A BREATH TILL HE REACHED THE FARMHOUSE DOOR HIS GRANDMOTHER CONFRONTED HIM AT ONCE YOU YOUNG RASCAL WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING YOU'RE NEVER A DAY OUT OF MISCHIEF IF I WAS YOUR MOTHER I'D GIVE YOU A GOOD WHIPPING BUT SHE SPOILS YOU AND YOU DO TOO GRANNIE TEDDY'S LAUGHING BLUE EYES AS HE RAISED THEM TO THE GRIM FACE BEFORE HIM CONQUERED AS THEY GENERALLY DID THERE GO TO YOUR MOTHER SHE'S IN THE DAIRY I WASH MY HANDS OF YOU
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