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There is a world, however, and one pretty closely mixed up with this, though it never shows itself to one who has no place in it, the birds of whose air have neither storehouse nor barn, but are just such thoughtless cherubs  thoughtless for themselves, that is  as wee Sir Gibbie. THERE IS A WORLD HOWEVER AND ONE PRETTY CLOSELY MIXED UP WITH THIS THOUGH IT NEVER SHOWS ITSELF TO ONE WHO HAS NO PLACE IN IT THE BIRDS OF WHOSE AIR HAVE NEITHER STORE HOUSE NOR BARN BUT ARE JUST SUCH THOUGHTLESS CHERUBS THOUGHTLESS FOR THEMSELVES THAT IS AS WE SIR GIBBE
ut the streets and the people and the shops, the horses and the dogs, even the penny-loaves though he was hungry, had lost half their precious delight, when his father was no longer in the accessible background, the heart of the blissful city. As to food and clothing, he did neither much better nor any worse than before: people were kind as usual, and kindness was to Gibbie the very milk of mother Nature. Whose the hand that proffered it, or what the form it took, he cared no more than a stray kitten cares whether the milk set down to it be in a blue saucer or a white. But he always made the right return. The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the next is transmission: Gibbie gave both, without thinking much about either. For he never had taken, and indeed never learned to take, a thought about what he should eat or what he should drink, or wherewithal he should be clothed--a fault rendering him, in the eyes of the economist of this world, utterly unworthy of a place in it. FROM A HOME TO A SCHOOL BUT THE STREETS AND THE PEOPLE AND THE SHOPS THE HORSES AND THE DOGS EVEN THE PENNY LOAVES THOUGH HE WAS HUNGRY HAD LOST HALF THEIR PRECIOUS DELIGHT WHEN HIS FATHER WAS NO LONGER IN THE ACCESSIBLE BACKGROUND THE HEART OF THE BLISSFUL CITY AS TO FOOD AND CLOTHING HE DID NEITHER MUCH BETTER NOR ANY WORSE THAN BEFORE PEOPLE WERE KIND AS USUAL AND KINDNESS WAS TO GIBBEY THE VERY MILK OF MOTHER NATURE WHO'S THE HAND THAT PROFFERED IT OR WHAT THE FORM IT TOOK HE CARED NO MORE THAN A STRAY KITTEN CARES WHETHER THE MILK SET DOWN TO IT BE IN A BLUE SAUCER OR A WHITE BUT HE ALWAYS MADE THE RIGHT RETURN THE FIRST THING A KINDNESS DESERVES IS ACCEPTANCE THE NEXT IS TRANSMISSION GIBBEY GAVE BOTH WITHOUT THINKING MUCH ABOUT EITHER FOR HE NEVER HAD TAKEN AND INDEED NEVER LEARNED TO TAKE A THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT HE SHOULD EAT OR WHAT HE SHOULD DRINK OR WHEREWITHAL HE SHOULD BE CLOTHED A FAULT RENDERING HIM IN THE EYES OF THE ECONOMIST OF THIS WORLD UTTERLY UNWORTHY OF A PLACE IN IT
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