BEN AND TIM. 113

Now I suppose that Ben was really sorry
for his fault, and no doubt his promise not
to do so again was very sincere ; but when
once a child has got a@bad habit, it is very
hard to get rid of it. It was, therefore, a
long time before he could remember what
was said to him, better than what was said

 

to his brother Tim. He, however, mastered
this difficulty, and at last, when his mother
laid her commands upon him, he was su
to take them to heart, and obey them.

Now I recommend it to all blue-eyed, and
black-eyed, and gray-eyed children, to think
of this little story, and to take care that they
remember better what their parents tell them,
than what they tell any one else.

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