large/7704/teddysbutton_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/teddy_01_feuvre_64kb_21
large/7704/teddysbutton_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/teddy_01_feuvre_64kb
English
7704
'Oh, I say!' murmured a small sceptic from the crowd, 'it was twenty bullets last time; make it fifty, Teddy!' 'And that's the story of my button,' pursued the boy, ignoring with scorn this last remark. 'And did your father have only one button to his coat?' OH I SAY MURMURED A SMALL SCEPTIC FROM THE CROWD IT WAS TWENTY BULLETS LAST TIME MAKE IT FIFTY TEDDY AND THAT'S THE STORY OF MY BUTTON PURSUED THE BOY IGNORING WITH SCORN THIS LAST REMARK AND DID YOUR FATHER HAVE ONLY ONE BUTTON TO HIS COAT
. He got up to the colours, and with a shout he plunged his sword right through the enemy's body that had stolen them! The enemy fell stone dead. My father seized the colours and looked round. He was alone! The other soldiers had been beaten back. But was he in a funk? No; he gave a loud "Hurrah!" picked up his sword, and fought his way back, the enemy hard after him. It was a race for life, and he ran backwards the whole way; he wasn't going to turn his back to the enemy. He pressed on, shouting "Hurrah!" till he got to his own side again, and then he reached his colonel. '"Captain dead, sir I've got the colours!" He saluted as he said it, and then dropped dead himself at the colonel's feet, the blood gushing out of his heart, and over his clothes, and over this button!' The little orator paused as he sank his voice to a tragic whisper, then raising it again, he added triumphantly, 'And thirty bullets and six swords had gone through my father's body! That was something like a soldier! AS QUICK AS LIGHTNING ONE AFTER THE OTHER HE GOT UP TO THE COLOURS AND WITH A SHOUT HE PLUNGED HIS SWORD RIGHT THROUGH THE ENEMY'S BODY THAT HAD STOLEN THEM THE ENEMY FELL STONE DEAD MY FATHER SEIZED THE COLOURS AND LOOKED AROUND HE WAS ALONE THE OTHER SOLDIERS HAD BEEN BEATEN BACK BUT WAS HE IN A FUNK NO HE GAVE A LOUD HURRAH PICKED UP HIS SWORD AND FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK THE ENEMY HARD AFTER HIM IT WAS A RACE FOR LIFE AND HE RAN BACKWARD THE WHOLE WAY HE WASN'T GOING TO TURN HIS BACK TO THE ENEMY HE PRESSED ON SHOUTING HURRAH TILL HE GOT TO HIS OWN SIDE AGAIN AND THEN HE REACHED HIS COLONEL CAPTAIN DEAD SIR I'VE GOT THE COLOURS HE SALUTED AS HE SAID IT AND THEN DROPPED DEAD HIMSELF AT THE COLONEL'S FEET THE BLOOD GUSHING OUT OF HIS HEART AND OVER HIS CLOTHES AND OVER THIS BUTTON THE LITTLE ORATOR PAUSED AS HE SANK HIS VOICE TO A TRAGIC WHISPER THEN RAISING IT AGAIN HE ADDED TRIUMPHANTLY AND THIRTY BULLETS AND SIX SWORDS HAD GONE THROUGH MY FATHER'S BODY THAT WAS SOMETHING LIKE A SOLDIER
large/7704/teddysbutton_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/teddy_01_feuvre_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/7704/teddysbutton_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/teddy_01_feuvre_64kb.flac