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'They know just as much as soldiers, and as to your old button, I b'lieve you just picked up the old brass thing from the gutter!' THEY KNOW JUST AS MUCH AS SOLDIERS AND AS TO YOUR OLD BUTTON I BELIEVE YOU JUST PICKED UP THE OLD BRASS THING FROM THE GUTTER
uldn't cross it now. My name is Nancy Wright, that's who I am.' A princess could not have revealed her name more royally. She added, after a pause, 'And I mean to come over first, so go back.' 'Never! I never go back!' 'Then I shall push you over in the water.' 'Come on and try, then!' Then there was silence; both the little people eyed each other defiantly, yet a little doubtfully, as if measuring one another's strength, and their faces grew eager at the coming contest. 'Boys always ought to give way to girls, always,' Nancy said, using her strongest plea; 'you're not a proper boy at all.' 'You're not a proper girl. You're wearing a boy's hat and a boy's jacket.' 'I'm a sailor's daughter, and everybody can see I am. You say you're a soldier's son, why don't you dress like one?' Teddy felt he was getting the worst of it. He fingered his button proudly. 'I'm wearing something that has been in the thick of a bloody battle; that's more than you can do. Sailors don't know much of fighting. EEN CROSSING THIS BRIDGE FOR YEARS MORE REASON YOU SHOULDN'T CROSS IT NOW MY NAME IS NANCY WRIGHT THAT'S WHO I AM A PRINCESS COULD NOT HAVE REVEALED HER NAME MORE ROYALLY SHE ADDED AFTER A PAUSE AND I MEAN TO COVER FIRST SO GO BACK NEVER I NEVER GO BACK THEN I SHALL PUSH YOU OVER IN THE WATER COME ON AND TRY THEN THEN THERE WAS SILENCE BOTH THE LITTLE PEOPLE EYED EACH OTHER DEFIANTLY YET A LITTLE DOUBTFULLY AS IF MEASURING ONE ANOTHER'S STRENGTH AND THEIR FACES GREW EAGER AT THE COMING CONTEST BOYS ALWAYS OUGHT TO GIVE WAY TO GIRLS ALWAYS NANCY SAID USING HER STRONGEST PLEA YOU'RE NOT A PROPER BOY AT ALL YOU'RE NOT A PROPER GIRL YOU ARE WEARING A BOY'S HAT AND A BOY'S JACKET I AM A SAILOR'S DAUGHTER AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE I AM YOU SAY YOU'RE A SOLDIER'S SON WHY DON'T YOU DRESS LIKE ONE TEDDY FELT HE WAS GETTING THE WORST OF IT HE FINGERED HIS BUTTON PROUDLY I'M WEARING SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN THE THICK OF A BLOODY BATTLE THAT'S MORE THAN YOU CAN DO SAILORS DON'T KNOW MUCH OF FIGHTING
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