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«So should I, if I could go in the right
way,’ said John.

“““ No lessons to learn, and no errands to
do,—nothing but sailing about all the
time,’ continued Jack.

“¢T should like to see foreign countries,’
said John.

“¢ Yes,’ said Jack. ‘London, and Liver-
pool, and Calcutta. There are elephants in
Calcutta.’

¢ Are there?’ said John. ‘I should like
to see an elephant.’

“¢¢ So should 1; —and a whale! Perhaps
we should see a whale. I wish I could go
. to sea.’

“¢T mean to go, some time or other,’ said
John.

*“¢So do I,’ said Jack: ‘and I wish I
could go now. Boys go very often as
young as [ am.’

“Jack went home that night determined
to ask his father to let him go to sea. His
father laughed, and did not make much
reply ; but his mother said, very seriously,
that she could not hear a word of it, and he
must not ask again.

“The next day, Jack wanted John to ask