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'Who's been bringing up the sailors to you?' asked his grandmother. 'That little girl I told you of  Nancy her name is.' 'Where have you seen her?' 'Down by the brook; we fell into the water together, because we both wanted to cross at once.' WHO'S BEEN BRINGING UP THE SAILORS TO YOU ASKED HIS GRANDMOTHER THAT LITTLE GIRL I TOLD YOU OF NANCY IS HER NAME WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN HER DOWN BY THE BROOK WE FELL INTO THE WATER TOGETHER BECAUSE WE BOTH WANTED TO CROSS AT ONCE
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.' 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?' 'Eh, my laddie? Well, they're both good in their way. I couldn't say, I'm sure.' 'Mother, wouldn't you say the soldier was the bravest?' 'Perhaps I might, sonny; but a sailor can be quite as brave.' Teddy's face fell. 'I never thought a sailor could fight at all,' he said, in a disappointed tone; 'I thought they just took care of our ships, and now and then fired a big gun off. T 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 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 EH MY LADY WELL THEY'RE BOTH GOOD IN THEIR WAY I COULDN'T SAY I'M SURE MOTHER WOULDN'T YOU SAY THE SOLDIER WAS THE BRAVEST PERHAPS I MIGHT SONNY BUT A SAILOR CAN BE QUITE AS BRAVE TEDDY'S FACE FELL I NEVER THOUGHT A SAILOR COULD FIGHT AT ALL HE SAID IN A DISAPPOINTED TONE I THOUGHT THEY JUST TOOK CARE OF OUR SHIPS AND NOW AND THEN FIRED A BIG GUN OFF
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