134 CHAPTER IX. Av -GREAT.-ER TG HT; MOHNNY had a great many new thoughts in his head after he- had heard - that story about the weasel; and it was one of the nice things about this little laddie, that he had always plenty of thoughts of his own; he was not like some boys and _ girls whom I have seen, whose heads seem no better than pieces of wood, without any ideas of their own at all.