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with her for a present to mother,
and then, if Johnny got a white
lump, he was happy indeed, and
thought it as good as any ‘sweeties’
out of the shop.

But his mother did not like him to
tease for such things; and so, if she
forgot to give him a lump, he did not
much like to ask for one.

Now it so happened that, a week
after this scuffle with the dog,
Johnny’s grandmother did come over
to see them, and did bring a pound
of lump sugar with some other
things in her bag.

This lump sugar was put into the
best sugar-basin, and the grand-
mother and father and mother had