A Great Fright. 135

 

Such children as those are not at
all amusing; and it is dry work
teaching them, taking care of them,
or playing with them ; for, you see,
they really are not much better than
wooden dolls. May would not have
been so fond of Johnny if he had
been a boy of that kind.

But he was not a bit.

I think he was a very happy little
man, though, of course, he had his
troubles like all the rest of us. In-
deed, perhaps, he was more sorry
about many things than some of
those wooden-headed young, people
might be, just as he was more glad
about others.

One thing is certain. This little